The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-02-27
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] experiments For eXemplc, he said
We need and ought 20 have n
compulsory education bill No man.
no woman. should be allowed to
bring a child Into this world and not
be made TO provide for its education.
/ There are exceptional circumstances
of course, such as where a destitute
mother needs The support OF her
child We need something still FUR
ther-an adult delinquent law.
There are adult delinquents in this
world-a law whereby any man or
woman who makes child IA delin-
/ quent shall be punished. The state
/ has a right to say you must not bring
child up under immoral circum-
stances and environment. We ought
/ to have law like that"
Even compulsory education Is Ger
/ tainly extreme enough, considering
our system of government as first es-
tablished and generally regarded as
fairly good up to very recent times
But. in addition to substituting the
state for the parent in the matter OF
school attendance, what shall be said
of a law prescribing set rules for the
government of children In the home
as well as I'm the school?
( "The state has a right to say you
must not bring a child up under I'M
MORAL circumstances and environ
ment' has captivating ring in these
all-regulating times.
It is charming as q sentiment, but
would be dangerous as law
who would be left to say what
constitutes immoral circumstances
and environment?
Many good citizens regard dane
ing as both immoral and sinful
while other good citizens not only
allow their children to dance, but
pay for the services of dancing mas
ters to make them proficient.
Thousands OF good people refuse
to allow a deck of playing cards in
their homes. regarding even the
presence of device identified with
gambling as an immoral factor
dangerous TO their children.
Thousands of other good people
with different views play cards them
I selves and teach the games to their
children.
ON the other hand some perhaps
20 10 an extreme In allowing chill
| drefi too much license Others are
30 austere and hide-bound that they
will not allow fiddle in the house.
! Any law attempting to define the
| hroper moral environment each home
| must provide for the children there
brought up would be such radical
departure from all accepted notions
as to the relations of the citizens to
the state that II would become either
Ridiculous or oppressive.
In poetry and sentiment a consid-
cradle latitude Is admissible.
Laws for the government OF great
states with diverse population and
differing views on the right ana
wrong of individual department ana
custom should be as few as possible
and practical in the highest sense,
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! Tho Grand Prairie Texan speaks a