Albert Elias Maltby
Published: 2017-12-11
Total Pages: 44
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Excerpt from "Old Glory" The Flag of Our Country: A Study in History and a Lesson in Paper Folding, Also Some Easy Lessons in Cutting and Folding The author of these pages has endeavored to supply, in a convenient form for the class _room, such data concerning the history of our flag as he considered most useful to the progressive teacher. During the years in which he has been engaged in teaching, various drawings have been made by him, and, in the following pages these have been placed at. The service of. Teachers. It is believed that love of country. And reverence for our flag should be incul'cated in all the work of our schools. Of course something beside a per cent examination or a diploma is needed to fit a teacher for the kind of work required in teaching patriotism in our public schools. The teacher must feel the senti ment individually, and heart and soul must be in the effort. The beautiful ceremony of the Saluta tion of the Flag, educative, inspiring, and uplifting as it most certainly is, should not be confined to the Industrial Schools of New York City. Each child incur public schools needs this daily re minder of his duties and his privileges. The study of the national flag as a thing of beauty is some thing that should be undertaken by teachers, so. That they will not, at least, as we have heard con cerning one hypercritical instructor, teach that the colors m 0111 flag are not such as harmonize. Be yond all theory of color must be the greater harmony of relation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.