Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-31
WE NEED THE CLEARER VIEW.
rCherokee Republican,

lCherokee Republican,
! Someone styling himself Cecil
Montague in last Sundays Journal
makes the following sweeping asser-
! ton:
know that the people do not rule
theoretically they may. but actually
they do not The actual ruling powers
! in this country today are Wall street,
Roman Catholicity, professionalism. the
Masons, the knights OF Columbus, the
Fatherland, the Menace, the Irish
! World, Samuel Gompers, commercial
clubs, socialism and Billy Sunday. each
! one of them serving a SELF interest
| and nothing else.
Such a misleading (tho undoubtedly
| in sense true) statement should not
| go unchallenged. If the Implication
conveyed in the assertion were true,
! it would be high time that America
no, Americans, if there were any left
awake to the peril Of the situation.
The broad enumeration includes per-
haps 80 per cent Of the people OF the
nation. Why in the name OF reason
| should they not rule? Should the mere
fact that the individual is, perchance,
| a Catholic. a protestant, or member
OF some one Of the thousand social
orders which honeycomb society, inca
pacitate him to perform the functions
Of self-government? Would Mr..
Monta que limit the right of participant
| ing in governmental affairs to the non
| Catholic, etc, etc? 1t is high time that
the red rag Of "isms" and orders" OF
all kinds Haunted so brazenly before
thinking people be trampled under
foot and clearer view Of our nations
emblem of broader freedom be per-
mitted by the people Of our lana, be
they in their social or religious rela-
lions what they may.
DUPLICATION IN STATE SCHOOLS.
Midland Schools.1
Much more Importance has been at
tached to the duplication OF work IN
our state schools than conditions war
rant. 1t is impossible to graduate cred
liable scholars from these schools with
out teaching all Of them some OF the
same things 1t is absurd to talk OF
eliminating English, history, mathe-
mates, or Psychology from the college
at Anes. It would be rank extrava-
sance TO maintain 80 magnificent a
plant as the one at Ames without re-
curing proficiency in many OF the Gull
tural subjects from those pursuing
technical courses. The only criticism
that has ever been made on the alumni
OF Ames is that their average cultur-
al standing was not 30 high az that
shown by college and university grad
yates. Whether there Il any reason
for this lone criticism or not Is neither
here nor there The fact remains tha'
there would be just cause for the criti-
cism II all cultural subjects were re-
moved from the cuTicuIa- II the state
board Of education or some other BODY
possessing both authority and the nee.
essary information could finally anc
above appeal determine the budgets
for the three state institutions. w
would hear little or no talk about Dup
lication of subjects. Under present
conditions. there win always be an un.
dignifled contest for funds The stat.
OF Iowa Is big enough and rich enough
TO deal generously with al three o.
our state institutions and 70 turn on
each year from each institution q clasa
OF graduates unsurpassed IN scholar
lship. culture and in technical snicien'
Icy. II economy were necessary. tn
elimination OF subjects from the Curl
cula would be wrong beginning. Tn
state appropriations may bs inequis'