Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1911 — Should Daily Salute to the American Flag In Schools Be Restricted? [ARTICLE]

Should Daily Salute to the American Flag In Schools Be Restricted?

By Dr. J. J. FINDLAY

. J. FINDLAY of the University of Manchester. England, Lecturing In This Country

CHE DAILY SALUTE TO THE FLAG AS PRACTICED IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATRIOTISM. It’s the same as with Lord’s Prayer. There are very few teachers who can manage to let their classes repeat it day after day without letting it become a mere matter of ROTE and not of REVERENCE. In England we use the flag ONLY on state occasions, and I think it means more to the children than when they see it flying from the rooftop of their schools EVERY DAY, as they do here.