The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-03-28
Buckley School


noranco and pluml allegiance TO the
master class The socialists were de
feated in the school election ON March
1. by a vote of 2l9 to 100
This in view OF the fact that the
present socialist director elected one
year ago. has proven the most pro
gressive man on the board and has
forwarded every movement in school
matter for the benefit of the workers,
seems unacoowtable, but | win en-
deavor to explain the situation.
Three weeks ago the Parent Teach.
ers' Association was perfected In our
school. This state wide organization
said TO be for the purpose of promot-
ing good feeling and a better under
standing between parent and teacher,
was widely advertised. All of the peo.
pie. male and female, tax and non-tax
payers, patrons and those who were
not patrons of the school. being in
vited. There were thirty-five or forty
people present. The lily fingered
members of the bourgeosie came with
the Snug assurance of running the
whole affair, and evidently, eandidly
believed, they were conferred a favor
on the ignorant toilers who produce
their maintenance for them. How
ever, 1t transpired there was a larger
aggregation of socialists than was
compatible with peace and good will
The bourgeoisie with the help of the
church and the bull moose principal
of the schol, had every detail of the
work completed as they considered
best for all concerned. The first
thing was a very pleasant talk by the
principal of the school, next came
the reading of the constitution. When
it was finished, one of the socialists
made a motion for it to be adopted,
article by article, carried" Every
thing went lovely till we came to ar
ticle 4, which read something like this,
The executive committe to consist
of five members, the president, vice.
president, and three others to be APP
pointed by the president
OF course the crazy socialists OBJ
jected to this, actually insisting that
the article be amended to read The
executive committee to consist of five
members, the president, and vice-presi-
dent, (who had already been elected
at a previous meeting) and three
members to be elected by the associa-
ton. Fortunately they were not
strong enough to out vote the respect
able element, but there was one of the
cranks so persistent in arguing the
case (and it seems absurd of course)
but he actually was such a plausible
talker that several of those ignoram-
| ises seemed to agree with him, SO it
/ finally appeared, that it would not be
expedient to refuse a compromise. So
it was amended to read: An executive
committee to consist of five members
president, vice-president and secre-
tary (all elected by the organization
and two other members to be appoint
I ed by the president with the approval
of the membership. This being salts
factory to the rabble, the president
proceeds to name the minister as one
of the committee and a childless so.
ciety woman for the other Very
good? Oh no! Madame rose majes-
tically, feathers flying, face flushed
and eyes flashing and with outraged
dignity gasped.
81 had promised when spoken to,
about acting on this committee, to do
so, but, almost sobbing) / do not
care to serve with the social element
represented here"
Just like that, right in the teeth of
that dangerous mob. In all probabili-
ty there will be an effort made to get
a Carnegie medal for the heroine. But,
oh horrors! Imagine if you can, the
embarrassment of madame, the presi-
dent when my lady in her rage ex-
posed the fact that the whole affair
had been pre-arranged. Imagine the
frantic efforts of Monsieur, the B. M.
Principal, to explain how opposed he
was to steam roller methods, and last
try to imagine those beastly socialists
when some of them failed to suppress
a smile at Madame's hysterial out
burst or when others rudely grinned
at the principals explanations that
failed to explain. During the lull that
followed the explosion, the secreatry
read the rest of the constitution to ar
ticle nine, which was to the effect that
it would take a two-third vote to carry
any measure. Mr.. socialist made a
motion that that article be amended
to read a majority could carry. The
uppererust was suffering from brain
flag by this time and the motion re-
ceiying a second from another social
list, carried with only one lonely dis
senting vote from a standpatter in the