The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-02

come back home and get nowhere
Just look around at the misfits and in
coTrigibles who no longer were ac-
ceptable in the public schools, whose
parents thought they could make up
for it all by sending them to private
schools and after spending enough
money on them to have paid their
school taxes for the balance of their
| lifetime get them back home without
their having gotten anywhere or hav-
| ing finished anything.
Chose incorrigibles you refer to
| must have been sent to Mariana, Mr..
Blinson; and, allow US to correct you,
| it isn't private school, tho the stud
ents have to stay by themselves a
good deal sometimes. We have seen
! quite number of Ocala boys and
girls leave the public school and go to
flivate schools in other cities to finish
their education. They were not mis-
| fits nor incorrigibles, but smart and
well-behaved young people, who are
now useful men and women. At least
one of the best teachers in the Oeala
| high school was almost entirely edu-
Gated in private schools. When we
lived in DeLand thirty years ago,
Stetson University gave instruction
to children from twelve years up.
Most of the children of the town and
many children of winter visitors at
tended this school. the efficiency Of
which was conceded to be considerably
higher than that of the public
school.-Ed.)
Have you not within recent years
| seen private school venture in Ocala
fail totally and that with reputable
teachers, too? (
eyes, and we remember couple of
private schools which were most sue
cessful until the people who conduct
| ed them decided to move. There is,
at present, no call for private school
III Ocala. We had supposed that eve
rybody knew we considered Ocala
public schools much better than the
average. What instigates scalding
tears to sometimes roll from our
wearied eyes is that we find we can
work for years for an institution,
brag on it. praise it, tell white lies
for it, and yet if we go for one little
minute against its grain, it, or some
of it, calls US "anathema MARIANA
tina" which, if you have a Latin stu
dent in your family, you can have
translated for you.-Ed.)
You advocate the adoption of the
prohibition amendment to protect the
people from the baneful effects and
| influence of the liquor traffic and that
IS. good. You advocate voting for the
compulsory dipping of cattle to pro-
tect the cows and yearlings and
calves from the discomforts and
damage of the pestiferous stick and
favor anything that is humane and of
advantage to the material or econom-
&c interests of the county, You are
orthodox on the prohibition and tick
| questions but when the case of the
two hundred thousand school children
of the state, seven thousand, five hum
dred of whom are in Marion county, is
presented, you at once go into convul-
sions.
| (The kids say we have the right
dope. They are not stuck on studying
| Will never De any use TO
them. And we haven't had convul-
sions, either. We haven't even had
| the spif-Ed)
So far as / have been able to learn
the only other papers in the state that
are with you, are the Punta Gorda
Herald and the Palatka News-rather
| lonely should think.
(Yes, but just see what brainy
bunch we are. We don't mind being
lonesome, Mr.. Brinson. 1t is a mighty
weak soul that can't do what it be-
lieves to be its duty unless it can
touch elbows. But we are not lonely
on this subject. Many good friends are
with us.-Ed.)
Let the people of Marion county
vote for the amendment and save us
from having the finger of ridicule
pointed at us as being the dark spot
of the state of Florida.
Very respectfully,
]. H. Brinson.
1--WE should worry.-Ed.)