Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-04
THE SCHOOL AGE.
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over in Illinois they propose to raise
the school age TO i6 That is, chill
dren are 10 be compelled - attend
scrool until they have completed their
18th year. OF course there VIII be OPP
position. There wilt be opposition TO
the compulsory education law. II the
age be fixed at any limit. and there
viii be those who w!lltry TO evade the
law and there will be all sorts and
conditions of people to argue against
the law. Perhaps the bill may fail OF
passage the first time that II is intro
duced. But ultimately IL Will pass. Tor
the simple reason that II has the worR-
ers behind it. AS FAR as the other folks
are concerned, they need no compul-
sorry education laws. They realize the
value OF an education and there the
parents are ready to strain every re-
source in order to give their children
the best education that money can pur-
chase. OF course. after all. money
can not do anything of the kind. II
can simply smooth the way. But an
education can not be purchased, can
not be obtained by proxy. He or she.
who is to get it, has 10 work for 1T.
and has TO put in hard work. if IL is
to be made worth while. But then there
is nothing under the sun, that is worth
having. that does not nave to be
worked for. and hard at that. There is
no need OF asking the farmer. He has
long since arrived at the conclusion
that the country folk can not be too
well educated and so he has his short
courses and his libraries and his spe-
c!al teachers. for the people who have
long since passed the school age and
who want to keep up with, and. if pos
sible. ahead of their children.
It has been taken for granted that
the opposition to compulsory edIca-
ton laws came from the poor. who
needed the earnings of the children to
keep the wolf from the door. But even
that does not seem to be the cause,
and the workers have long since come
TO the realization of the fact. that a
civilization is doomed where the toll
Of the children is necessary to keep
alive the workers. Thus we find that
the great labor organizations of Illinois
entering the fight for the extension OF
The school age to 16 years. and there
ought to be no opposition 10 the de-
mand unless it come from employers
who hope to wax fat on the profits de-
rived from child labor.
THE DUCK HUNTERS SERMON.
! III D. jenkins. d. D.. in Sioux City
| Journal.l
The fact is" he continued, many
Of the moral perils of life would be
easily eliminated did those threatened
use half the sense OF goose. especially
wild goose The man who suggested
| refugees for birds in migra ton under
stood their ways to a nicely. Did you
ever go out to a large cemetery in the
northern sections of our land when the
first returning fight was on? You will
! find them filled to overflow with birds
when there is not bird in the whole
country around them. For that matter
| the same is true of any city park. And
where cities like Milwaukee strictly
forbid lake shooting inside the break
water one will find thousands of wild
ducks perfectly at home until the har-
| Dor freezes over in the ate fall, anG
/ they will return to it again as soon a.
! the ice goes out in the spring. Birds
| never forget or disregard the danger
zone, altho 1t be unmarked. There may
be myriads of ducks and even geese
inside the protected region along oul
lake parks and ports while there is MOI
one for miles In sight outside that bar
4 rier which defines the harbor.
Now is 1t not strange that multi
tudes Of young fellows who think they
are smarter than all creation will
steal away from safe homes and decen
society eve-y night and expose them
selves to the periis of the red light
district? The home is, bless God. safe
the church is safe and the society o
! cultured and honorable young womer
is safe, but the young fellow wht
must see the world takes his chances