The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-09-18
The Schoolmaster.

Some sneered az woodrow wilson
when he was candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination, because he was a
school teacher.
The Republicans during the campaign
and also the Progressives summed up
Mr.. Wilson's fitness for the position be
holds by stating that he was a school
master. Some OF them went so far as
to say that he was not very good
schoolmaster.
After Mr.. Wilson was elected, some
OF the leading Democratic editors, whose
leadership was acknowledged by nobody
but themselves, denounced Mr.. Wilson's
theories as to Mexico as the preach
ments OF a school teacher and his gen.
eral policies as entirely academic.
After several days investigation, this
paper printed series Of articles upon
what the schoolmasters had done in
this world. The record was entirely
creditable to the school teaching fra
ternity, one OF whom was Socrates and
another OF whom was Woodrow Wilson.
1t is fortunate for the world that we
have school teacher as chief OF this
nation.
A few days ago Emperor William, the
kaiser, complained bitterly to SCHOOL,
master Wilson that the French were not
fighting fairly. Like small boy in the
village school complaining to his teach
or /" faint no fair" the emperor all
legged that the French we're shooting his
men with dumdum bullets.
The emperor also told Schoolmaster
Wilson that bis heart bled for Louvain,
but that the Belgians had brought the
destruction OF Louvain on themselves,
because Belgian civilians had shot down
his soldiers.
To the American mind, which holds
every mans home as his castle, the
shooting Of soldiers by civilians when
the soldiers invade the civilians homes,
is not looked upon as great crime.
In the meantime. a delegation arrived
on these shores from Belgium, carrying
to Schoolmaster Wilson their story of
the atrocities they say that have been
perpetrated upon their people by the
invading Germans.
The President Of France, when he
heard that the kaiser was complaining
about the conduct Of his soldiers, quick
" sent message to Schoolmaster Will
son in which he alleged that q guilty
conscience was troubling the kaiser and
that be made the charge against the
merciful French Of committing crimes
he knew that his own people have COM
mitted.
All the governments at war with one
another communicate through School
master Wilson.
During all this critical time the school
master in the White House has so con-
Quoted himself that none of the dis
putants who offer their complaints to
him have yet been able to accuse him
OF Partially.
1t takes wise schoolmaster, even IN
the conduct OF a country school, to get
through the term without being "ac-
cused OF partially"
The time will come when the school
master at Washington will be able,
more than any other man, to impress
upon those who are mad under the ex-
element OF war the folly of what they
are doing, aud they will give heed to
Schoolmaster Wilson more quickly than
they will to any other living head Of a
people, because they will know he has
been fair umpire in all disputes referred
to him.
It is better to have schoolmaster
than a war lord in the seat Of the mighty.
The schoolmaster in the village academy
or in the university is most useful citi-
zen. Schooimaster Wilson IN the White
House shows that he who has followed
the ancient and honorable profession OF
teaching wherein children are controlled
is BIZ his vocation splendidly equipped
for the control and leadership Of a peo-
pie whose form Of government is re-
publican. Memphis CoiisHiercial APP
peal.