The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-10-30
CRIMSON VERSUS BRINSON"

No, sir, Brinson hasn't versed Brin-
son. He wouldn't do that. You sure
ly are hard put to it trying to scrap
up some kind of argument or rebuttal
to my argument or rather present
ment of the case before us.
| never saw party try harder to
do something and fall fatter in try
ing.
| know you are in tight place and
out of argument and it has been
amusing to watch you founder around
and shuttle about trying to patch up
something that would have the ap-
pearance of justifying the unfortunate
position that you have taken.
Your mistake was in butting into
something that you knew nothing
about.
| was not responsible for this and
for a long time overlooked the annoy
ing slurs that you from time to time
were casting at the Schools and the
teachers, hoping that each would be
the last and it was with hesitancy
that finally took up the cudgel and
iuuICu yOuI IlulCuIOuS pOSlIiOIIS.
l will say by the way that l read
your writings closely and have a habit
of filing copy of paper that I
think may be of use in the future
You rashly rushed in and took up
positions that were totally untenable
and of course you have had hard
time defending them when they were
being demolished by hot shot from
first hand information.
Really, how many of the teachers
| of the county do you think would be
qualified to walk up into your sanctum
and take charge of the editorial work
of the Star? Well. do you not think
they would be equally as well pre-
pared to do this as you are to criticise
their work?
Ask the trustees of those schools
mentioned in my article if they have
not already asked for new buildings
and re-painting and repairs and more
times than one and for several years
Ask them how long do they think
they should wait.
| 1t has been suggested to me by a
friend of the amendment that if it
fails to carry and the income con-
tinues to fall short of the necessities
of the schools that the only way he
sees out is to cut out the high schools
entirely and reduce the whole system
to a purely common school basis
What do you think of that, you friends
of the high schools in Ocala and the
other parts of the county? According
to the previous positions of the Stal
in which practically all of the high
school work has been characterized al
"junk" this would meet your hearty
appreciation.
/ 1t is also rather amusing to note
in the system and management in try
ing to justify your attitude of whole
sale critic. Really, do you think yo,
are in better position to know th'
school needs of the city, county O.
state than are those people who hav,
enjoyed some measure of educationa
advantage and who have then devote,
their lives to the theory and practic'
of education? Do you really feel tina
you are in better position to know
the financial needs of the schools thai
are the men who have sat around tn
desk wrestling with the school prob
lens for years-men who are success
: full business men in their severa
lines? Do you really think you are il
a better position to know the need
Of the Ocala schools than the thre
trustees who have for years bee
working faithfully on their own tim
without dollar of pay for the inte,
ests of the local schools? The sam
thing would apply with the othe
boards of the county and the thing
that are true in Marion county ar
: generally true in the other counties.
You have referred in a triumphan
manner several times to Mr.. Light
article. 1t was simply tumble G
Figures. He refers to some statistic
/ that l suppose he culled from the b
ennial report of the state superintent
ent for the period ending 1916 and