Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-22
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The county na1 y If8ht 10 O1peCI ~
great loyalty from her teachers AZ from
her soldiers. The teacher has almost
a. important part TO play Just nov
as the officer in the army or the gov
eminent official who Is helping guide
the destinles Of the nation. The teach
er Is placed in position where he can
| WELD great influence, and IL he uscs
that influence toward breaking down
! the loyalty and the love of country
which should be engendered in the
heart OF the student, he is closely ap-
preaching treason.
A, meeting Of educators in one Of the
eastern states brought out the state
ment that at least a thousand Of the
instructors in the educational institu-
tons Of that state are of doubtful 10y
atty. And from nearly every state
of the union comes the occasional ex-
posture Of some educator of more or
less note who has been dismissed for
disloyal utterances. MO doubt there
are many hundreds who pursue their
propaganda unmolested, for the rea-
son that no one takes it upon himself
to expose them. The instructors in
the colleges and universities seem
more apt to sin in this way than the
teachers in the smaller schools, per-
haps because their hearers are Of suffi-
cient maturity to grasp the significance
of such teachings and report them
more frequently. 1nasmuch as the stu
dents In these higher institutions of
learning are closely approaching man
hood and womanhood, the dangers OF
disIoyal teachings are greater and more
apt to grow into serious consequences.
Just why this frame of mind Is so
apt to obtain among the members OF
the teaching professions is difficult OF
understanding. A possible explanation
lies in the fact that the discomfort with
things American seems to have gained
it's greatest ground among the teach
ers of literature or foreign languages.
It Is possible that their studies have
been along idealistic lines 50 long that
they have failed to observe the trend
OF events in our modern days, and as
criJe the virtues of the anclentts to the
European nations today, failing to
grasp the vital fact that Germany, In
particular, is practicing all the vices OF
the ancients and few Of their virtues
A little wholesome study Of contem-
pcraneous literature. particularly some
that is being put out by the United
States government at this time. might
prove beneficial to these Missionaries
and lead them TO different and more
wholesome view Of things as they ex-
list in this country.
DIR. STEINER AGAIN.
CAlax Miller in His Washington, Iowa
Democrat
II we were in DR.. Steiner's place,
we do not believe We would stir up
anything about the patriotic business.
He comes back at his critics in a let
ter to the Des Moines Register. plead
ing his cause valiantly, but according
to our mode Of thinking jumping out
Of the frying pan into the fire.
He says many Of the foreigners COM
ing to this country, do not know what
America is. That is precisely the COM
plant We make. A lot Of them do not
know and apparently d. not want to
know. Dr.. Steiner has written won
derful books, but how much do they
affect a lot Of the foreigners who come
to this country, and who never see
them. Tho trouble with his books is,
that they are read by people who do
not need them. for entertainment and
for study rather than for educational
benefits The kind OF immigrants who
need the advice of men like Steiner
are not the ones who ever see the in
side Of book. Therefore, lot OF
his writing Is mere waste Of time, as
far an they are concerned.
Nobody wishes to drive Steiner out
Of Iowa, but the state would go on II
q thousand Steiners left It. He says
that you can not make good Americans
with club. There are some to whom
no other argument appeals. And we
also want to ask him what kind OF
treatment they got in the countries
they came from, IL it wasn't argument
with a club. And, anyhow, our trouble
is not with them, but with him. And
he need not talk about the distress
it is causing him. His kind OF ques-
tionable utterances will cause the ur1-
necessary loss of the lives Of lot OF
sons Of mothers and others who will
also be distressed. The mother OF
Merle Hay is likely also distressed,
and unfit for her work. So he is not
alone suffering, and II by his unwise
and unpatriotic talk he causes other
lives to be lost, he has no reason to
plead the martyr racket because he
suffers. No he is not a martyr, he is
merely mistaken, and in war 1t Is