history of man, for the consummation of the hope of mankind, a union of nations, not for war, not for selfish ends, but for a world-wide peace.

Human thought and public opinion has crystalized into one great desire, and that is for the World State. People know that the time has come, when nations cannot live selfishly, each one for itself, but they must live for the world. No longer must alliance be set up against alliance, and understanding against understanding. The greatest statesmen of the world. realize this great need. David Lloyd George says: "In my opinion, a League of Nations is absolutely essential to the future peace of the world."

We have made the world safe for democracy by a marvelous victory over German autocracy and militarism, and we will live in the exaltation of that victory for many years to come. But our task is not yet finished. We now face the task of keeping the world safe for democracy. It is generally admitted that this can only be done by the creation of a League of Nations. But there are many things in the world for the League to do besides guaranteeing peace, as necessary as that may be. At the conclusion of the recent war, many new nations were formed, according to new lines of race, language, and national sentiment. Can the world afford to leave these nations unprotected soon to be overcome by the greater nations of the world? No; the world cannot, and the world must not. That is the way it has been in the past, but we are looking into a future,, far brighter than the past has ever been.

The world realizes the need for such a league, but as yet it remains a dream, a hope, not yet realized. It is a shame, a burning shame, that today America, contrary to the wishes and the fondest desires of its citizens, has been kept out of the League, simply because of the petty jealousies of a few quarrelsome senators. We are accountable at the bar of history for our action toward the League, and we cannot afford to let the generations yet unborn suffer for our misdeeds. There may be a League without the United States, but it is very doubtful as to its success.

America must rise up as one man, demand her rights, and join this League, or if not this League, then some similar one, and then she will remain as she has always been, "a monument not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, Peace, and Justice, upon which the world may gaze in admiration forever."

Winner of First Place in Boys' Essay Contest, State

High School Meet, 1920

(Time: two hours).

THOS. SHEPHERD, Fort Valley, Ga.

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN THE GREAT WAR.

The influence of American Democracy played a very important part in the Great War. People that were filled with sorrow and despair became encouraged and heartened when they learned that America had come into the war on the side of Justice and Right. There were many people in the countries of the Allies that had some doubt in their minds as to whether or not they were really waging a war that was necessary. But when they saw America, that great nation that has always stood for freedom and against tyranny, come in, every doubt vanished from their minds and they gave better support to their governments than they had done before.

Throughout the war, soldiers were encouraged to fight with more zeal and to endure more hardships by the thought that they were on the side with the Great American Democracy. The same thought helped the countless millions of people who were behind the lines in the Allied countries, doing the great work which every army must have done for it, to take more interest in their work and to accomplish much more than they could have without the moral support of America.

But the influence of American Democracy has even a higher mission than assisting the other countries to crush the barbarious militarism of Germany. The people of other countries have caught the spirit of Democracy. They have been inspired by the ideals of America. They always knew that America held high ideals but we have now proved to the world that we were willing to back those high ideals up.

"A man of words and not of deeds,

Is like a garden full of weeds."

This applies to nations as well as to individuals and a very large per cent of the people of the world thought that America was a nation of words only.

But when they saw how America went into the war and put all of her material resources and her men behind those brave people who were fighting for their homes and for the cause of human rights and justice, they were converted to America and

oecame firm advocates of American ideals. They saw American soldiers spill their life's blood on the battlefield. And the thing that had the great influence over the people was that these boys were giving their lives, not for any selfish interest of their country, but in order that the false principle of militarism might be wiped off of the globe. They saw that America not only held ideals but acted ideals and this removed every doubt from the minds of the people of the world as to the sincerity of American ideals.

The actual fighting of the war has stopped but the war is not over because the world is not settled as it will have to be before peace and order can reign. American Democracy is going to play as important a part in the settlement of the great questions which are before the world today as it did in the fghting.

Men who have been contented under governments that were autocratic are not going to continue to be contented after seeing the unlimited possibilities which lie before a people who have a real democratic government.

American Democracy asserted itself in the Great War. Only time can tell what a great influence it is going to have towards hastening the time when innocent people will not have to go to war on account of old rivalries between their rulers,-when people will be allowed to devote more energy to things of the mind, and to the pursuit of happiness.

Madison County, Georgia, Organizes

Among the new regulations of the Madison County Board of Education are the following:

To further encourage high school education, Danielsville is designated to receive the $1,000 direct from the state and to give Comer $500, provided she meets the full accredited standard as required by state standard. These are to be known as Senior High Schools. Also to give to one school in each militia district other than Danielsville and Comer, to be known as Junior High Schools, $300, if they put on at least four teachers, with one teacher doing full high school work of the same standard as the Senior High School, except that the eighth and ninth grades only will be required of them. Also the Board agrees to give to any school in the county with three teachers, $100, if they have a teacher with high school license and do one grade of standard high school work. The work of all high schools is to be approved by the County Board and the above amounts are to be paid on completion of spring terms of schools, when records are submitted showing they have done the required standard of work. Without the consent of Board not less than

nine months work will be accepted of schools receiving this special aid. These amounts are to be paid over and above the regular appropriations to said schools, and these schools are to receive pupils from anywhere in county free of all tuition. charges. They may charge a reasonable incidental fee of all children alike.

Any child not living within three miles by nearest traveled route of a school of his grade will be paid 10 cents per day to help such pupil reach school. This will be paid upon the written statement from teacher and approved by chairman of local trustees.

The Board wishes to emphasize the fact that the law requires all reports to be made before paying out the public money. The local boards of trustees may be of great help in the enforcement of the Compulsory School Attendance law.

All applications for a Junior High School should be made to Board not later than first Tuesday in August, when Board ex pects to designate same.

The number of public high schools in the United States is nearly seventeen thousand, or an increase of 452 per cent since 1890, says the United States Bureau of Education.

During the same period the percentage of high schools under public control increased from 60.8 to 87. Two hundred and seventy-eight high schools have more than five hundred pupils each.

The largest high school in the United States, according to the government figures, is Polytechnic evening at Los Angeles where 8.140 are enrolled. Second is Commercial, Brooklyn, with 7,508 boys: third, Morris, New York, 6,733, (co-educational); fourth, Washington Irving, New York, 5,785 girls, and fifth, Stuyvesant High School, New York, 5,323 boys.

Although only ten per cent of all high schools are in cities, city high schools enroll more than half of all students. There are now 81,034 high school teachers, compared to 9,120 in 1890.

Book Reviews

OUTSTANDING DAYS, Herrick; The Union Press, Philadelphia. This little book of 282 pages is a collection of sixteen essays by Dr. C. A. Herrick, President of Girard College, with supplementary library material for each of the outstanding days. Among the days treated are: New Year Day, Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays, Easter, Good Friday, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Commencement Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This book is dedicated by Dr. Herrick to his mother "who at fourscore and five years walks life's pathway with faith in God and love to felowmen." This gives some idea of the spirit in which the author approaches the Outstanding Days.

PUBLIC SPEAKING, Stratton; Henry Holt & Co., 342 pp.

This is a practical and helpful book to help train the members of a class to become effective speakers.

LA CORRESPONDANCE ELEMENTAIRE, D'Arlon; The Gregg Publishing Co., 115 pp.; price 88 cents.

MANUAL DE CORRESPONDENCIA COMMERCIAL, Mercado.

The above two books meet well the aim of the authors "to furnish to students a number of sample letters written in correct language and form that are used by educated business men in French and Spanish-speaking countries."

COMMON SCIENCE, Washburne; The World Book Co., 390 pp.

This is the latest volume of New-World Science Series, edited by J. W. Ritchie. The author states that the foundation on which the book was built is a collection of about 2,000 questions asked by children in the upper elementary grades. The questions were classified by the author according to the scientific principles involved, and the development of these principles gives the subject matter scientific unity and logical sequence. There is a wealth of practical information in Common Science. The knowledge gained is applied to the solution of everyday problems, and the principles themselves are built on the child's observation of familiar phenomena. There are over a hundred experiments, as easy to do as they are interesting, and the apparatus required is simple and inexpensive.

ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY, Gruenberg; Ginn & Co., 5p8 pp.

This is one of the most interesting text books that has recently come to our attention. The author states as the leading motif, "Man's conquest of his surroundings, through the application of more and more knowledge, through the making of his