The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-09-06
RAPID CITY HIGH SCHOOL.


1tAEAO 1xM 0C0UUAls
Bright Prospects FOR : 0ood Year46chO0ll
Of Today and Yesterday.
On Monday morning Of this week thu
public schools 81 Rapid City wert
opened, and the new school year promi
SEES to be q successful one for the pupils
who are are so fortunate as to be able
to attend. Prof. Berkley comes with
splendid recommendations and endorse.
ments and we feel sure he will prove to
be all he is recommended to be. The pro.
lessor is ably assisted by the corps o.
teachers selected by the board and there
is no reason why we should not have a
successful school year.
As we watched the long string Of boys
and girls On their way to school on Mon
day morning, 70 could but think how
much greater tLe school advantages OF
our present day are over those when we
received our rough hewn education in
the earlv days OF the public school sys-
tenn. AS we watched the boys and girls
passing on their way to school careless
OF everything around them except their
momentary ~pleasurers. we could but
feel glad for them that the future was
completely velled from them, and all
that was in store for each one could not
be seen. We thought OF their advanta-
ges in getting an education and we can
but feel that they will need vastly super
Tor educatlons to those OF their fathers.
Times have changed in SO many Ways
that a greater degree OF knowledge Is re-
quired OF the coming generations to fit
the people for the various duties OF life,
and especially is this true OF the pollti-
cal education. From our view OF the
situation the boys OF today will by the
time they have reached manhood, be
confronted with the gravest political
questions that civilization has had to
contend with since governments were es-
tabllshed among men. 1t is nothing
nor less than the capitaland labor
question and we earnestly hope that
they will possess the manhood, courage
and knowledge to meet these problems
in the way they should be met. It seems
to us that a certain amount OF educa-
ton along this line should be given to
those IN school. The difficulty among
the people is that spirit OF indifference,
which is born Of an ignorance OF the
laws and social conditions under which
they live.
There is q time coming when some of
the more fundamental principals of po-
liticai economy will be taught in our
schools and it ought to be done now but
there seems to be- q desire on the part OF
some to prevent any such thing being
done. This VIZ believe is because the
truth on these subjects, if brought out to
students, would soon inspire such an in.
vestigation into our whole social condi-
tion as would uproot some of these un
Just systems Of robbery Of the industrial
classes, and IN consequence a very care
ful watch is kept on the various legisla-
tive acts in regard to the course OF
study to be taught in our schools, and
the old established colleges are guarded
with an eye of jealousy, by those who
are profiting by these things which would
suffer most by such Investigations and
studles. We hope the people will soon
Dc awakened to the great Importance Of
political questions in our schools is as
nothing but good can come from it.
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