The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-03

force at the head OF the largest
building-so let him out. And so
on fer the rest of the so-called vie
Tins" Call on the board for veri-
fication of these facts if you wish
One fellow thinks the teachers all
bad because they don't all attend his
church. Another says they should
make the children behave when At
the opera house. Another thiaks
they are not thorough enough, AMI
should hold the children back until
they know everything in a certain
grade; the next fellow kicks because
they are not all promoted whethc'
competent or not One kicks because
they don't have domestic science:
will leave town if they do not start
it. at once; another says it's fad,
and will leave town if they do start
it.
Now, there's the whole thing. A
,ot of people want to be knockers iu-
mending the things that ur school is
doing and doing we'll, they try to find
fault with the whole thing.
Now, what is the fact with regard
to our hign school? Simply this,
that we have the best high school
We have ever had, and better than We
will have again if these knockers can
have their way. The failures in the
high school were merited, and were
strictly in accord with the univcr
isity rules that credit shall be given
ir
Teachers are not responsible for
the fact that some children have bet
ter brains than others-for children
often inherit small stock from their
parents And if the parents happen
to be knockers, constantly tell
ing the children al home that the
teachers are no good the chances are
that the children do not get full bene-
fit from the school, In fact, little
of this knocking in the home will do
an immeasurable amount of harm.
Teachers, can't teach the children
good manners in the school in thirty
hours a week, when they have the
example of bad manners at home for
the other 13S hours a week. And,
furthermore, Mr.. Candidate, it's hard
ly fair to knock on teachers because
they don't go to your church. They
may be just as good as you are for
all that.
1t has been my observation, having
lived in the Wenatchee valley for
some years, that our school is fully
up to the advancement Of our citi-
zens, and if anything a little ahead.
have seen it grow from small
school to a city system. | have seen
the need for new buildings urged by
our board, and have seen the knock
ers fight hard to prevent the badly
needed building being built. Yet
many of these same knockers will
point with pride to our fine school
houses-which they tried to prevent
being built. They pose as boosters
when talking about "city improve
ments.
Now, it may be that our teachers
are not all angels, and if they were
they would feel sadly lost in Wenat-
chez. But we must give them credit
for being respectable and hardwork-
ing and underpaid men and women,
who are doing more for the upbuild-
ing of Wenatchee in one day than
all the knockers will do in ten years.
They are trying to make good citizens
out of boys and girls who come from
ali kinds of homes, in at least some
of which good citizenship does not
prevail-for a knocker is not good
citizen.
Let us then be boosters-boost for
the good and give credit where credit
is due. Get a man out as candidate
for director who is a booster, and
boost for him. And let every booster
be on hand next Saturday and not
only boost for the booster but knock
the knocker. | am not particularly
interested in any one of the teachers
or candidates. But | have lived long
enough to know that there is more
gained by boosting than by knocking.
And, Mr.. Editor, suppose you do
little boosting yourself?
Yours for right,
H. J. L."