Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-29
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people could not have heard DR.
conmon's last address TO the New
Mexico Educational association II
which he discussed the evolution o.
discipline In the school and In the
home. lie contrastcd the old way Will
the new. Ills plea was for obedience
OF the chiId--eompulsory obedience
n necessary.
Are the new Ways better than the
oIdg DO we know ns much, and
know Il as well. M the generations
before us7 Are the sons Of this gen
Grafton as ready TO take up business
as their fathers wero7 Are the daueh.
tiers In this good year. 1914. better
fitted to become helpmnlce than were
their mothcrag
These are fundamental questions
deserving Of more consideration than
they are getting, according 20 the
view OF DR.. conmnn. Many OF Us
agree to his negative conclusions.
II Is nowadays a question OF the
casicst way. There must be easier
ways OF education. This Is well ex-
pressed By writer IN the current
number OF the Atlantic Magazlnc
"Our first years Of school were not
made easy and Joyous 10 Us by the
modern methods Of the kindergarten
and other similar systems of acquir-
Ing knowledge without effort, and We
thereby escaped the effects Of the fnl-
iheies that learning and education can
be attained without pains and con-
ccntration OF mind"
Hut the fallacy Of doing and get
ting things without work extends Ia
things other than the public schools.
The easiest way In these days TO cure
tho social syll Is to raise the wages
Of working girls or abolish the red
light" The easiest way to reform the
state Ii to grant woman suffrage.
The caslcet way TO develop the homo
life Is TO spend as much time as pos
sible at clubs for the sake OF the
'upIIft" And thus II goes.
BEING old-fashloncd, We cannot
readily surrender The idea that the
best way 10 raise children Ii To Insist
that they shall obey both parent and
teacher without question: that the
best cure for the social evil IL the de-
velopment Of character In The home,
A higher wage may be desirable, but
n will effect 40 cures II never has
Much Is said now OF the desirabllIty
OF minimum wage law. We believe
that such law would prove dotri-
ment to society rather than a benefit
Those incompetent would be dismiss
% rather than paid higher wages
that they could not earn. Many COM
potent workers would be displaced by
those less efficient but capable Of do
Ing tho work for less wage
II Is argued that wages for tho
mass hase direct relation 20 dcin-
uuency. but tho cause lies far less
with the wage than Il does with the
homo. A Just salary based on the
value Of services rendered. IL the only
safe basis on which TO build.
Woman suffrage. however dcsIr-
able, as a matter Of justice TO women,
Will prove no cnre-all for bad politics,
because there are as many sorts OF
women an there are Of men, and the
women are different from the men
In that they cannot disagree as 10
viewpoint and remain friends, as tho
men have learned to do. That was
Illustrated strongly IN our last city
campaign. The women might learn
that lesson Ia time. aud II y doubt
inl If over they can learn Il except In
politics
club activities are 20 be commend
cd or condemned on the basis OF
their results. When hofno life is me-
elected. clubs arc an evil. When they
help to broaden vision aud impart
Enlightenment and knowledge, they
arc blessing The danger lies IN the
club habit.
All these elements In present-day
life rum 80 deep that ii IL not safe TO
dogmatize. but Il seems safe to warn.
against easy methods OF securing
advancement.
The boy that lishts out the battle
will win IN just the degree that no
fights. The Gasp way of supplying
him with more money than he should
have, Kills his progress Al the very
outset. Having no basic Of knowledge,
he Is untitled to advance. And the
same Is true Of the girl
II Il because life rs made too easy
for them that large percensase Of
The children Of the rich, even OF the
well-to-do. arr failures. YOUNG peo-
pie will advance by going through
The formative process Of striving for