In Defense of History

An alarming but also understandable statement appears in an article entitled “Repeating History’’ (National Review, September 16, 1977.) “At every level of schooling in America, the study of history has been declining,” says Russell Kirk. For those of us who have been busy in a workshop sponsored by the Federa­tion of Protestant Reformed Christian Schools this is an alarming statement. We presume, however, that this does not characterize the present situation in the schools which have their...