THE SCHOOL JOURNAL

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 21, 26 May 1909, Page 2

THE SCHOOL JOURNAL

The Virus of Flunkeyism—History Re-Written.

By

Dog Toby.

Richtewaa XwdigaaUoa. ZTX R. D. MeUAREX, MP - fa a • I ■ letter to the Mfaiacer for Eda--4J A / ewtica. fas uttered a tfaeely / protect agaisst the mner fa which history is tefag taught fa oar teiiccls. tkreugh the media!*! cf the ’Khced joursal He says: “I observe tfat a to-ras cf iMyersaissH is befae taught fa «ar *chee!« which is eaJetiUtcd to be to the detriment cf the democracy cf New Zealand, if siKh te-ackisg is reEtinjed generally. The lessens being *’d the 'HEyreseieet being stamped upon the mfads ef onr ye~ng people, are tfat ike uptsaildfag of tie Eritash natloa and Eesyire fas been due to the work of royalty, axisteeraey, and the military eU.se. Tte seedier is being placed before aad above tie civifan. I w jeakusly ifalgzast at any attempt wade tc inoculate eur people with toe virus cf ffankeyiswi er priggislisess. and as a father asd eitUen 1 particularly resesit sstoh at ties as teadhfag cur children sen t intents xsd ideas witoh are tfaely to tars them cut ge-ed Tories and noI'tong else.* The Minister, ia repiy. ccserves tfat the erfa'i tourfaL in suppiyisg htetorieal arttoJes. eaaaot very well ave-id referrvEg to the nzen who fave taken a leading part fa the struggle for r?-ylre. sad naturally the soSdiers asd sailc-rs fave fad * rertafa amount cf rrrwve-.v fa eenneetioa with cutstasdiEg epLsedes ia Pt t >sh fastory. A Glaring Tz.efaase. xz.s ss. e-f «Kirse. EC answer at all to Mr. McLaren's reaspsafat. It is, at best, a half-hearted aptoegy tor teeing tenpelled to refer to sz-fa men as NeJsen and WelilsgtCß. The true remedy is to be found fa a judieaous re-writfag c-f history. Wfat fa tie story of Wateiico asd Tziiixlru” ee.Hstu.red to the great fght be twees C*?a«i*n<r Herdscs a»d Mr. WaikUye’ T.-rtfag to- tie Sehred Journal tor May I i®d the fcEerefag afarsrvl riere cf tfankeyssm: “I wesad rereusEend ywu tc read al! you exs abort Nelsen. Welzfagtes- Gordon. Cfrve, Lawrenre, liviagstcEe, E.ferts, Wclfe, Stoiskwry, Eeaeensfeld. Earlie Frere, aid Cnmner.” Fancy any true demrerat being given suea fare as tfat: fancy vfag,tg efadre-3 to read about seven cf whom teto-Eged to tie Hose cf Lc rd*. tVe wut io teach them tfat all arsstcerats are useles.s vampires, wk-o prey c® the very vlttos cf c-ux toiifag, teemfag wTx-w*. Net a word » said abc-fa Heir Hardie and Tern Main and E-rs. TSQetx asi-i Mr. Ixrg and Vxto-r Grxyseß, the eivfEasa to whoa Ec-re ifaa any sc Mier cr sailer the Er.lash ilztif.re owes sc meek- Fancy, also, fa a cexstry like this ctot-tg with approval a remark made by a p-rissee. The very Ueugfa is enough tc -ii'g-.st any rLghtwisded dem. .<.:vi with cur whole system cf edtoutks wfa-A tolerates sack things. History to Order. Ts.e time fas ecai* wies. fa Ike interests cf toe -ieaceemy c-f New Zc-alazd. ‘.story mast be rewritten. It esald ■fa* scare r-aeh fc-rus as this: Per a lezg time tie world was grepfag fa darfcxes& Men thcught they bed a duty t< their cczztry, which ix* very bet nc eae had taught t’aess anything kigteer. They .sed to igkt tor their fames and wirea and little eae*. just beesnse tfay knew no better, and they fad net learnt tfat tie cn'y things werth b«hUB« Ser are higher wags® and •fa;ier faan. We knew tfat H really

doesn't Katter who owns ocr country, and it W better to run *way than to fight, because if yeu fight you may get wounded, cr even kißed. But these men bvej in the Dark Age*, and were only dunkeys. They talked aboot the Britisb Empire and the k<w-. :r c-f th? ftig, and a kf cf things which we knerr were very silly things to talk abe-st. They used to think a tot about what they called their doty to ether pec-pie, as if we fad a duty tc xr.ycsc but curselve*. We st.il fare to fight, but we fave to fight tie eayitalssi, and our duty i* tc get as much as we cam and give xs> little a* ycseiKe in return. Oer ecsutry fas no diina cn us. fast we fave a great elala on it, and every little fay aud girl shcsld karn tfat the first duty cf a eitiren is to get a Govern* nesl subsidy and a GoveraascEt faHetScme silly c'd Ecmxa said tfat it was a gterkss toizg to K-eed tor tie State. We my it is a glorious thisg to faeed the State. The Heal Enemy. But we must net tdame taese igneranfi reej'e cf past ages too much. Ticyt lived before the dneovery ci the greah faet that the oaly real enessy ef njankiEd is private property. How fcrlhanate wa little children are in being taught tad advantage c-f State ownership by too fa.:-* that the very books we use are nef cur c-vr. Hew ske it is io feel that we can make them as dirty as w 4 like because they don’t belong tc us: and bow hen id it mast have been for children wkea they fad to keep their books clean because their parents and fad to pay fcr them. In the fad old days chSdrea «si their parents a kt fee eduearicn, and they were surzosed to show them sewe respeet. and this le-i to the worst first vi the vJrrs of fiunkeyian. We fave not yet acclished all fems cf private property, but gecd ess, called ttoeialssts, are trying to do set and when they srxeeed we shall kavd ec- disease, cr theft- or crime of asy sort. -The fact tfat cur sehed books have to be fan'gated to prevert the possibility of syiefaizg disease shews hew btUe danger there weald fa of infeetton if everyfady owned everything. Honsr Where Honour Is Bsc. We wart rewemfar never to wcrK toe fare?. If we work tec fard there is toss work for other feevto to de-: also we are fall ir.g the eayitalfet- AB riebf y-vfle art wkked tecjto, and aB working men are geed wen. We must always txto resport: -Bly e I juabenr agitators, and say “Sir” when we speak to them, faeasse they are the men who fave teadk up the British Earylre and srade is great. There Is no Sankey ism in •i’lvtg resteet tc a labour leader, because be teips us to get bigger wages; bat it is fisttkeywm to respect tkd ntoSEcry e-f nts like as»l Nelson. Iceaase they ci'y yreveited too SVb.A freas us, and tfat ilds't raise c-ix wages at all. We don't cv e anything tc Englxsc. bat Enghaad owes a great deal tc New Zealand. We have shewn her tfat the has sxde a great mistake in respecting mescry ef far kings and c-xeess, and scJdkre and exßcre, xe-1 that the trse heroes are not those who made war ia defence of teurtb and fame, fat those who made war apew capital and were ready to leave tM defence cf tbelr country for tfa far kct< larpcrtant ta*k of reeling *rt tfa fajfj esc.jl. jtr ixca* tfa land*