BROCK CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

dared t«> come to Canada with the avowed purpose

of forcibly taking possession of our eountry.

in the judgment of the committee thai arranged for the celebration of « ii<- gloriom deedi of our early history, ii is most Important thai Canadian children should be trained to revere the memoriee of the great and trne men and women of one hun- dred yean ago, and to rejoice because of the vic- tories won I'V them for fr Lorn and for Imperial

unity.

There are men who have written to the news- papers objecting to the course ire ad-.pi.-d. Thej Beem to think ii Improper to le1 our children know- that our country was ever In danger, and that it was Bayed by the unselfish devotion and the brave deeds of our ancestors. However, in spin- of their protests, based on weak and unpatriotic sentiment, we Intend to teach young Canadians to remember the patriotism and valour of the founders and defenders <»f Canada, and to train them to become worthy bu< - to the men and women who made

such Bacriflces for them.

We have no wish t<> till the hearts of the pupils

in our BChoolS with animosity towards the greal

nation whose fertile fields and happy homes we beyond the greal river thai separates it from our own fair land. We wish to develop In our children

a spirit that will lead them to >a\ t" tie- people

across onr borderland nol "Hands off ana-' hut '-Hands together to achieve for God and for humanity tie- highest ami broadest and truest Ideals that have been revealed to tie- Anglo-Saxon rao

We do not wish to make our children quarrel* some or offensive, bnl we do wish them to he patriotic Canadians, full of loyalty to their flag, their Empire, ami their King. We wish them t" understand what their predecessors did in order that they may have faith in themselves ami in their country; and we Intend that thej shall learn the

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