The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-08
Mr.. DOOLEY ON EDUCATION
BY F. p. dunno.

Charles w. Eliot, Despair" be C. w.
chunities." On tn conthry, they seem
to be pleased with Billy Baxter. 1t is
too bad.
Again / am rayiooced to tears be
what amuses people. Wan iv tn worst
things that can happen to a people is
to be aisily amused. Iddycation has
made us too ticklish. We stop to hear
a band play in the sthreet, go to the
variety show, In laugh at jokes. 1T
is dreadful TO think iv. Laughter shud
be used sparingly. People shud on'y
be amused be %seeryous things. / am
amusin'. So is scenery. / have not
laughed since I see Pixies Peak.
"But why go on. Iddycation is a
failure. It hasn't suppressed sthrikes.
it hasn't p%revinted people firm loosln'
their tempers, it hasn't %subjooced their
passions, an worst iv all it hasn't
made thin sad. It's a failure. | looked
forward to tn day whin gin'ral Idly
cation iy tn masses wud give all tn
wurruld a crouch; whin tn eye iv
youth wud be bedimmed be a tear an
tn brow iv age cracked in seams be
melancholy; whin laughter wud be con-
fined to dumb animiles, an man, Idly
Gated man, wud walk about tn wurruld
with a quiverin' undher lip; whin tn
theaytres, tn saloons an tn gamblin'
houses wud be closed UP, tn hurdy
gurdy silenced, an life wud become
wan perpechool sad, sweet moan Alas,
it amt so. TIL grave p%resints no at
thractions to me fellowmen. Though
iddycated, they continue to be human.
" all tn men I know. l alone have
profited be iddycation. In me We see tn
EXCEPTION to tn rule. I am always
sad, always downcast. / defy amy
wan to tickle mel
so that's what tn prisidint iv Har-
ward thinks iy i~ddycation. It's gone
wrong. It amt helped us amy. We
mus close tn public schools an hang
Grape on tn dure.
DO I think so? Do | think poplar
i%ddycation Is a failure? Faith, do
not. / don't think anything is a fail
ure. Some day whin 1 get a good dale
iv money together, I'm goin' to hire a
hall an invite all tn prisidints iv col
leges an l am goin' to give thin an
Entertainment. Twill begin with a
little music an they'll be a turn be
teams iv naygur comedians, a number
on tn pianny, an a luminous recita-
ton. Thin I will sthep to tn front iv
tn platform an I'll say:
Ladies an gintlemen, me object in
gettin' We together on this occasion is
to ask We to cheer up. 1t amt as bad
as it seems, boys. Things is pretty
good afther all. 1t is thrue hat We
haven't cured all tn wrongs iv tn
wurruld but nobody asst We to. TIL
throuble with We is that ye'er intilli-
gence has soured on We. Intelligence
whin they'se a good dale Nv it an ye
know it's there, is sometimes a form
iv milancholya. l suppose We wake up
in tn mornin' feelin' CHEEKY but afther
awhile We tire iv life, We have fears iv
approachin' danger, people around We
symptoms? Well, like Doctor Bunyon
l hold that we've begun gorgin' ye'-e
mind with too much thought. Ye
have a form iv mental bilyousness.
Brace up, me la-ads All is we'll. We
need a change iv dite an air. Wipe tn
chalk dust firm ye're sleeves an come
out into tn sthreets an mingle with
tn people. Thry a little lighter read
in. Ye've kept ye're eye on tn pot
too long. If We look away a little
while, it'll begin to bile. If We take me
advice in two months yell be new men
an We can rayturn to we're thought
%refineries with glad hearts an tache