East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-24

Il and there is no glory except IN the
story books There are no heroes
because there are too many. A man
may sacrifice his life for his country
and It won't be known 10 feet away.
There are 100000 men all offering
TO do the same thing.
The people of the United States
have much to be thankful for this
Christmas eve. Here the families
may gather round the firesides, In
Europe only the chimueys are left
standing and the houses are in ashes.
The mothers and daughters are made
beggars and the fathers and sons are
in the trenches. or with the neglected
wounded or in those burning piles
that make the air thing of horror.
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Dogmatism is one OF the great ours
es OF the world. II people would
just think to their full
The Curse OF capacity and train
Dogmatism. their children to think
the human race would
profit beyond the reaches OF imagi-
nation. The brain is a flesh and blood
organ. II can be developed just as
an athlete develops his muscles. But
brain power cannot be improved when
people are merely asked to believe
and not TO think.
The danger in blind adherence to
doctrine OF any sort lies in the fact
that conditions change. a principle
that will be good at one time may
rot apply at ali a generation later.
When the constitution Of the United
States was adopted it may have been
wise to have the legislatures elect
United States senators. 1t is no longer
wise. other political dogmas that
were accepted as truthful decade
or a generation or a century ago are
no longer sound. The same thing is
true regarding our economic prob
lens.
Society is a living organism, not
machine, and our problems are always
evolutionary. Nothing is so fatal to
progress as the notion that We should
not do a thing unless We have done II
before. Yet that is the very essence
of standpatism. whether in politics
business or other social activities.
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In his annual report to the Chicago
board of education Peter ReinOerg
until recently pres
Making Use OF ident of that body
school Property. considered. aloni
with other sub
jects. ways of securing greater utili
: zation OF school buildings. Although
the board has already moved far il
this desirable direction, said Mr.. Rein
berg, there is a question as to its lega
authority thus to act in conformit!
with the wishes of the public. En-
: abling legislation was suggested Il
C make clear the powers of the boar'
$ in this respect Attention was als'
$ called by Mr.. Reinberg to the neet
d for more funds to be used in further
j ing the plan of making social center
n of the school buildings.
g Not only should the schoolroom
5 outside of school hours be availabl
S for various purposes, including tn
n holding Of public meetings, but tn
: Fairgrounds, and. If possible, tn
t gymnasiums. also should be open TO
e use under proper restrictions at othe
times than during the school day
There should be correlation betwee
park boards and other recreatio
l. agencies Of the city on the one han
and the school authorities on tn
other. The school Fairgrounds an
gymnasiums could be made in man
cases TO serve the needs Of their com
Il munities at less expense TO the tax
u payers than would be involved in tn
creation Of entirely new facilities b
the park authorities. Attendants mus
&c be in charge of course, If the schot
e Fairgrounds and gymnasfums are I
." be thrown open during other tina
% school hours. but the expense thus In
- Cured would be small as compare
. with the benefits.
ie The educational authorities Of th
- city, as soon as they can properly d
. so. should arrange for the more gel
eral utilization Of school property f'
community purposes.-Chicago New
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he The news that bids for building II
d. federal building will be called for
" February is welcome; by next Chris
IL mas the postoffice may be in the ne
IN location and Santa Claus will find II
J. quarters less congested than at pre-
y ent
ne The English are a great people b