September 24: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1916, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Two prime results were the outcome of the series of talks by outsiders at the Teachers Institutes, the last of which were delivered on Friday: 1 — Teaching the teachers the practical things of today. 2 — Teaching the public what the public schools are doing. Thus the school has been benefited; thus the public has been benefited, and the sum of the two benefits makes for the betterment of the child who becomes the citizen, and thus is created an endless chain making for a combination of good schools and good citizenship which can have but one motive — good government. Teaching the teachers is not a new idea. Teaching the public is not a new idea. But teaching the teachers the practical things of life, by bringing them in direct contact with those who daily follow the practical things, and teaching the public the inside workings of the school by direct contact with the teachers open wide fields of possibilities.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1933, the Eagle reported, “HAVANA (A.P.) — A group of 16 American and British nationals held virtual prisoners of striking miners at the Tanamo Sugar mill near the north coast of Oriente Province tonight prepared to flee to the safety of the United States destroyer Hamilton. Meanwhile, a serious rebellious movement in Matanzas Province had fallen, apparently of its own weight, and the army of President Ramon Grau San Martin turned its attention to the possibility of a serious food shortage in the capital. Eight men, three women and five children were in the party besieged at the sugar mill. American authorities hoped to get them aboard the Hamilton without landing marines or sailors. It was not determined whether all the foreigners would go aboard the Hamilton or whether the men would remain at Tanamo and negotiate with the striking workers. The action of the American government came when food supplies were running short and the children were left without milk. The strikers threatened to cut off the water mains leading to the homes of the foreigners. The mills are about a mile and a half from the coastline. They are owned by American interests, including groups represented by Percy Rockefeller and Vincent Astor.”
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