The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-10-22
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THE TEN-MILL AMENDMENT

write some more of those three
column efforts? Just very few more
of such picking to pieces and | shall
feel secure about the ten-mill amend
ment so far as the Star is concerned
for surely there can be none so dumb
that they will not see the utter film
siness and nothingness of your at
tempts to argue against the amend
ment.
/ continue in Office until | am called
to the other side. This being the
case please give me something to
work with and do not tie my hands
nor those of the board while we are
here.
/ wish to return the good wish by
saying that you are altogether too
abilities to trying to tear to pieces
the educational fabric that the best
and ablest people in the state have
been working faithfully upon for
more than forty years.
Your attitude toward the public
school for long time has been that
of an unfriendly critic. Time and
again you have referred in insulting
and disparaging terms to the teach
ers as a body and they have toiled
patiently on with the exception of
those who felt that they must take
care of themselves by accepting other
work and larger remuneration.
Since occupying the Office of super,
intendent have not been in the posi-
ton Of teacher but have been engaged
in the very difficult and diplomatic
and discriminating position of en-
ployer of teachers. We have had num-
bers of disappointments with them
and some have proven themselves un-
worthy the noble name of teacher,
but the teachers as a body are worthy
of the respect of the best people of
any community and also worthy of a
decent living wage.
Today we need just twenty white
teachers in Marion county more than
we have. While the condition is acute
on account of war conditions, it has
been growing upon US and the super
intendents and board members and
trustees-those who have the burden
of employing teachers and financing
the schools-have recognized that the
work was outgrowing the income.
The work of the. people connected
with school work has been all the
time to raise the standard of the
work and to build up just as strong
body body of teachers as possible.
For any one to criticise this purpose
would be to brand them as being
either densely ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
so-or straight out enemy of public
education.
Your opposition to the proposed
ten-mill amendment is only an incl
dent in your general policy of oppo-
sition, antagonism. criticism and gen,
eral enmity toward the system in
vogue of public education.
By the way, have not found a
single man who has children to be
educated who is opposing the amend
ment. / do not say that there are not
any but in looking over the list OF
those who have stood forth as cham
pions of ignorance. | do not know any
of those to have school children.
To start with yourself as the great
leading apostle of ignorance, you have
no children to educate and when you
did have you patronized the schools
of denomination that is not known
for its friendliness to public educa-
ton. This was strictly your own
business and it is not my purpose to
even suggest criticism of your ac-
ton but possibly just this fact will
go good distance to explain your
persistent nagging and faultfnding OF
the public schools.
Then you have communication