Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-18
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i Editor Capital Journal-Being yol
have published statements, heretofore
from Others relative to our Fruitland
school / thought l would write anG
let You know how the most of us fee
on the subject.
Now there are some out here who
believe their children should be edu
gated SO they had an election called
for July 18th for the purpose of rails
| ing money to employ another teacher
that is, employ two teachers instead of
one for the coming year. But they reck-
oned without their host. Now there are
a lot of us that don t believe in edu-
cation. We believe il is tomfoolery
| Well all of us that don believe in ed
ucation went to the election. None of
us stayed away, and we took them by
surprise and defeated them. We voted
down their tax proposition for another
! teacher. We showed them we don Y
stand for education. That we don It be-
lleye in such nonsense.
Many of us are bachelors, and those
| of lis that have children think they
ought to be made to work and stop this
nonsense of going to school.
AH0 9AHiOiicdn pcOplS nave ROHe VIII
about education, and they should be
learning their children how to work in
place of fooling away their time 60
ing to school. If there are going to ge
any educated people let it be the rich,
who can afford it without taxing the
rest of lus. But the common people have
no business with it. And there ought
to be a law passed making it a crime
with a heavy penalty for the common
people to send their children to school.
Let them learn how to work. I believe
it would be proper for each district to
select one child from the common peo-
pie. and send him off to school until
he is able to read the newspapers.
Then he could read the news to the
rest of the common people every Sat
urday night. In that way they could
keep posted on what is happening. And
in that way save all the time, trouble
and expense of all of them going to
school for several years, and save the
trouble and expense of having school
houses in each district and paying |
teachers. And | thin the one selected |
for this purpose should be taller than |
the rest by several inches so he can
see over the crowd when he reads to
them. Then again he should be polite
al and district dictator, telling the rest |
how they should vote on all occasions.
His opinions should never be question
ed, and followed by all in their min
ntest details, and his ideas on educa-
ton should be supreme in the district. /
The penalty should be severe for any
one violating any OF the provisions of
such law. By such law millions of
dollars would be saved by the people |
IF this nation that are squandered on
Then they will be more hap
pier They wonld not have to worry
about anything, except what they had
% eat and wear. No political or relig
Gus worries, because the district die
-ator could and would relieve them of
I'll that.
When we reach that stage there will
le no necessity for school houses. Only
he district dictator should have
miniature school house, about quar-
er of an inch square, suspended from
lis watch chain, as fob, to remind
he common people in him is the seat
If all essential knowledge and to whom
hey must look to for guidance in all
,hings terrestrial and celestial
We are proud that such an idea to
'evolutionize the educational system
If this country originated in. our dis
rict, We do not intend to leave any
hing undone until we have accomplish
d our purpose The first step in this
direction is to employ one teacher
where two are needed. Next is to have
he teacher appoint daily little ig
lorant child or children to hear reel
ations. The teacher to hear just as
ew as possible. And if the teacher secs
hat unless something is done he viii
AVE to hear recitation he can go to
alking before the school on something