Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-19
Aimed at Omaha

Franklin News: At last Omaha has secured IT.
desires in getting the surrounding suburbs Joined TO
IT, making Omaha Of the big cities % the west
South Omaha has already applied for the Job
assistant mayor Of the combined cities. but was
turned down by Mayor Jim Dahinan. who always did
like TO be the whole works himself.
Beatrice Sun: The Board Of Education Of Omaha
has decided that high school pupils may be excused
from studying American history n the principal rec
onmends that they be given their diplomas without
taking that course Of study. This action Is in hne
with the prevailing tendency in school circles to make
the course OF study easy that anybody can get
a diploma. The tendency IT, bad We may reiterate
what have said before that lowering the stand
ards Of education 20 meet the grade Of intelligence
OF the less capable may result in an injury to he
capable pupils When easy courses Of study
installed for the benefit of the less able. 70 that
they can get through and get easily won diploma
the capable pupils may be diverted from the
difficult tasks TO the and thereby lose the
training and mental discipline which the perform
anee Of the difficult task gives The schools
should not teach their pupils that difficult tasks
should be evaded. Nothing be accomplished by
that painless method slidns through either school
life.
Loup City Times-Independent: The Omaha papers
surely trying give Billy Sunday the black eye
and make him the worst criminal outside the
prison bars TO destroy any influence for good
he might exert at the meetings he il going 70 hold
IN Omaha this fall. You Omaha editors must To
burning under conviction, and fighting Billy Sunday
TO relieve your wrath.
Nebraska City Press: The Omaha Bee states that
the Nebraska Railway commission il about to issue
order that may have the effect OF determining TO
what extent controls the creation OF public utility
plants this order stand against the establishment
Of second telephone plant In an interior The
law does not give the commission such authority
hut Il 20 be sesing authority wherever It
get away with II, the ultimate aim being control OF
all public utilities and In the latter field its powers
should never be larger than they are at present.
Papllion Times: The Omaha Board OF Education
has certainly established a precedent in deciding
the study of American history would be optional in
the Omaha school hereafter The given is
that II In too difficult for the pupils to master and
carry their other work. Well. come fpeople nave so
far lost the American ideals that perhaps they are
just little bit ashamed OF the history of their
country Perhaps IL does not meet European ideals,
At rate. things have come 20 a sorry state when
the history OF the discovery OF our continent the
birth OF nation baptised in the blood of the patriots
whom have been taught to revere. and whose
progress In all lines Of development eclipse those OF
nation. ancient or modern, Is OF so little lmpor-
tance to be neglected. No wonder our country is
beginning fail in its mission OF being the great
melting pot OF the world. Perhaps the elements
have become varied and complex that national
pride has ceased TO exist. Perhaps we had better
pull down the stars and Stripes as being too common
and perhaps we may we'll forget the Fourth OF
July and other occasions that remind us Of days OF
past glory Bur there few OF us old-fashoned
people who sui chne 10 inc foeas OF our iore-
fathers and who love to read to them and their
achievements Then. too there those who believe
the tasks OF students in schools necessarily diff
ficuit We used to taught that nothing worth hav-
ing could be achieved without hard labor. But why
the history country should be dropped when It
not nearly difficult arithmetic, algebra, latin
and many other studies. Why not drop them all and
make the school curriculum of and pleasure.
send students their diplomas by parcel post and do
away with this needless work and drudgery. which
we were taught developed the best that In By
all means make Il nice and for the weaklings Of
future general ons