Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-02-01
1.-THE PRESS AND
THE SCHOOLS"
Paper Read by Editor e. McCulley
of Arco, Before Eastern
Idaho Press Club

A present Uay nlSUorldH Sdyb VI
printing: Without it, the Revival OF
Learning must have languished, and
the Reformation could hardly have
become a fact in history. Its instru-
ment, the press, Is fifty chosen as
the symbol of the new area OF in
telligence and freedom which 1t
ushered in
But of what generic value was the
revival of learning when that learn.
ing was to be confined to a few
musty .monasteries and the secre-
taries of feudal lords?
"The name Of the instrument was
transferred to its present and today
the press is meant those publica-
lions that are the vanguard of the
army of intelligence and freedom,
an army that is battling for nearer
approach to truth, a broader under
standing of right, and universal
ity of justice that shall enable each
worlds inhabitant to realize, finally,
that al others are his brethren. That
day is coming; yes, it is nearly here.
"The press has large family OF
favorite children, but the nearest and
dearest, the sweetest and cutest, the
price of it's fitness of years, is the
schools. Whether it be in times OF
plenteous peace with it's enervating
influences, or when grim-visaged war
holds the nations in degrading grasp,
or when a panic's penury is visited
upon all manner Of men, the press
is in the forefront directing the pub
lie eye, ear and heart to it's price,
less possession, the schools.
"The child that gives it's mother the
greatest concern, the one she most
labors for, she most loves. So with
the press. For the schools of the
land it has thought and contrived.
For their patrons and support it has
labored in and out of season. For
their greater usefulness the schools
acknowledge no other factor approach
ing the press.
"In the United States there Is one
educational institution ranking as one
of the big four in point of attendance
and possibly first when it comes to
the enthusiasm and scholastic vigor
of it's students. Its proprietors are
millionaires. It's graduates hold all
kinds of prominent positions, from
United States senator down. Its in
fluence is felt in every state OF the
nation. And yet, that institution is
less than 40 years old and has new
er had a dollar of endowment or out
side aid. What has given such phe-
nomenal success? Let it's president
answer. Here it is: Our success
comes chiefly from two major causes:l
First, we maintain courses OF study
meeting the demands of all real stu
dents attending; and second, we
have continuously and literally pat
ronized the advertising columns OF
the newspapers Of the land
"But we are not obliged to 60 as
far away as Valparaiso, Ind, for all
that may be said along this line.
What would be the condition OF our
own beloved university, the normals
at Lewiston and Albion, and the
Pocatello academy IL wise heads had
not recognized that they would be
wasting energy without the cooper
alton of the press of Idaho?
"While that Indiana institution had
to buy its space from start to fin
ish, these Idaho institutions have had
free access to the columns OF every
journal of the state for much adver'
Using matter.
"The Idaho newspaper man is sys-
tematic booster from the very first
day he breathes the invigorating
ozone of this Switzerland Of America.
Mr.. President, 1t Is my belief that II
you could make an Idaho quill driv-
er dead drunk, store him in a bone
yard to sober up, and there he should
dream that he had slept thousands
of years to awaken with the resurrec-
ton; then when he cast his eyes up
on his osseous surroundings. he
would shout: Glory, Hallelujah. 1t
is the resurrection morn, and an Id
aho man is the first to heed the
blast of Gabriel's trumpet
but the Idaho Press does not con-
fine its efforts educational TO the
free publication of newsy notes from
the state institutions. The home
county and town are dear to the ed
itor, and he never loses an oppor-
tunity to aid their schools, from an
elaborate write-up Of high school
commencement down to the doings
of far-off county districts whose
teachers are encouraged to furnish
notes from their schools and neigh
borhoods, and in those notes NO
worthy cause ever fails to get its
mention.
"And as the rural schools and com