The daily sentinel., 1913-01-09
SCHOOL NOTES.
lBy ]. HENRY ALLEN. !

school assembly. room George Kun
kle, who has made deep study of
sociology, gave a forceful and enter
timing address to the High School
students, taking for his subject "Our
Present Economic Conditions -
Without entering in detail into a
discussion OF the bad conditions, he
stated that We have reached the
point where some change must be
made or we shall have to deteriorate.
There are three kinds of proper
ty," stated Mr.. Kunkle. private,
class and social. All socialists and
non-socialists agree that a man has
a right to own in secure possession
his home, his horse and buggy. his
automobile, etc. Other things should
be public or social. as the public
school. Not a single man would
want to return to the private sys-
TEN of education which existed in
earlier forms of primitive life. The
socialists propose that all properties
which are now private shall remain
SO. Highways, parks, schools, etc,
should remain public property. Big
corporations own class properties.
Although they are sometimes claimed
to be private, they are not private,
but often have many thousands of
stockholders. Socialists do not in
tend to touch private property, but
to absorb class properties. making
them social or society properties for
the benefit of the majority of the
people"
Socialist speakers" Mr. Kunkle
remarked, spend too much time in
ranting about the bad economic con-
ditions when they should devote more
time in giving constructive policies
for taking over our national indus
tries.''
To illustrate the methods proposed
and the results hoped for, Mr.. Kun
kle took the Standard Oil Company's
business as an Illustration. In de-
tail he showed how, ii the socialists
were in power in our national con-
gress, the Standard Oil Company's
business could be taken over by pur-
chase from the government. making
u government property instead of the
property of large trust He pro-
ceeded to illustrate. with figures
carefully worked out how the gov
ernment could soon save enough so
that the amny thousand workmen,
refining and selling the oil. would
receive much larger wages at the
same time that the consumer would
buy cheap oil of superior quality.
He said that probably Mr.. Rock
efeller would not want to sell, but
that the government would have a
right to enforce the sale according to
the right of eminent domain. He
stated that some would call it con-
fiscation, and he illustrated this par
ticular point with several illusions
t.. rx1I L.. L.
the same manner" he said, 1.-The
American colonists may be said to
have confiscated their colonies from
King George. The slaves, in a sim
liar way. were confiscated In the Civ
il war. Whenever the, people wish
TO take over any institution for the
good of the maiority,' they have the
right to do so.
The High School faculty and stu
dents gave close attention to the
speaker, who spoke with the convic-
tion of man who has a message.
Hon. Horace T. De Long and Civil
Service Commissioner J. Munroe
Stewart were present and enjoyed
the address
Mr. Kunkle will give the same talk
at the Franklin school Friday morn
Ing at 8 o'clock The public is in
vited to be present.
C. p. Zaner, the originator of the
celebrated Zaner system of penlnan-
ship, is in our city today. visiting the
different departments and inspecting
the work of Fred NJ Bacon, our su-
pervisor of penmanship. He compli-
ments Mr.. Bacon's work highly
At $40 yesterday afternoon MIR.
Zaner gave talk to the High School
faculty with special reference to pen
manship in the high school At A
o'clock he met the teachers of the
grades below the high school in a
general meeting.
Many people continue to come to
Grand Junction. Since the Christ
mas holidays AS new pupils have
been enrolled in our city schools. 3
Ct them entering the high school
This brings our High School enroll
ment up to 297.
The number in our High School
classes are Freshmen. lis: sophie
! mores. so; juniors. 81; seniors, As
Skating Again.
The backing up of water in the
river, due to the ice lam the first