The Junior Historian, Volume 12, Number 6, May 1952 Page: Front Inside
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THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1897-THE OLDEST LEARNED SOCIETY IN TEXAS-1897
President :
HERBERT GAMBRELLVice-Presidents :
CLAUDE ELLIOTT
RALPH STEEN
MERLE DUNCAN0-
THE JUNIOR HISTORIAN
Published by
The Texas State Historical Association
Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center
Box 2131, University Station,
University of Texas, Austin 12, TexasANN WILKINS YOUNG
Editor :
H. BAILEY CARROLL
Associate Editors:
FLORENCE ESCOTTDORMAN H. WINFREY
"No man is fit to be entrusted with the control of the PRESENT
who is ignorant of the PAST, and no People who are indifferent
to their PAST need hope to make their FUTURE great."Issued six times during the school year in: September, November, December, January, March, and
May. Regular subscription $2.00; club subscriptions (five or more to Chapter members) $1.50
each. Entered as second-class matter February 21, 1945, at the post office at Austin, Texas, under
the Act of March 3, 1879.HISTORY IS THE KEY
by WALTER E. LONGIs History worth anything to me?
Apparently most adults do not attach any
special value to history, for about the surest
way to break up a discussion group is to bring
in some historical reference. The immediate
reaction is blank looks and a sudden dissipa-
tion of the group to other quarters where
the conversation deals with lighter things or
prosperous affairs.
It is likely, however, that the high school
student has a deeper interest in history than
his parents. He is reading and hearing the
results of today's political and economic mis-
takes, which were almost identical with the
same errors recorded in history. He is there-
fore asking himself the question, "How can
I help to avoid these blunders?"
In international affairs Americans take it
for granted that the philosophy of the other
peoples of the world is the same as theirs.Even a casual study of history shows that this
feeling is entirely unfounded.
In the Second World War America made
many of the same mistakes in dealing with
her allies that she made in the First World
War. The United Nations organization could
have been much stronger if the problems of
the League of Nations had been studied.
Many of the present international complica-
tions could have been avoided by a better
knowledge of the history of Russia, China,
and Korea, as well as England, France, and
the other major nations.
America is a tolerant nation, but tolerance
must be tempered with good judgment based
on a knowledge of history; otherwise tolerance
can destroy us.
History too often is stupidly ignored, but
history writes on.PAUL ADAMS
Director:
H. BAILEY CARROLL
Cor Sec. and Treas.:
MRS. CORAL HORTON TULLIS
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Texas State Historical Association. The Junior Historian, Volume 12, Number 6, May 1952, periodical, May 1952; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth391342/m1/2/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.