The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-01
AMER|CANISMlN =,
\ NATIONS .SCH0O[s
Timely Statement BY Mainland
Educator on Needs Shown
BY German War q

Our public school Aystem shqild BE-
the outgToMth Oh American Conditions
and should respond to American snvir.
onment, says John +. Rngle, principal
Of tie Placer UAion High school, Aul
burn, California, in an article printed
feeentiy in the San Francisco Exam
liner. This fact wac steadily kept in
mind BY the founders Of our nation.
There wise men made the township the
unit for school government, thereby
making II easy to found schools under
frontier conditions. They also had IL
enacted that only fundamental. sub ects
were TO be taught in, the public schools.
This again showed wisdom, because MOS
.nsers are forced to develop initiative
and handieraft. !, /,
They need fundamental trainipR in
readings writing and arithmetic; this
] training should be fgnislied bv the
State. Orr fathers fufther pfdvisfed
for the development of the public
school system into great State paiyer-
stiles and splendid agricultural colleges
so as to moet American conditions
Our forefathers made IL clear in both
their writings and their addresses that
the public school is an instrument for
the protection and development Of the
States The school aecomplishes the pre-
cedihg parposa by developing gDod citi.
zcns, and good citizens arei the ma
teriah out Of which great States sre
j made. a ..H ~ h&#E
Pathsrs, Foresight lf
They forcsaw that millions Of immi.
grants, speaking Strange tongues, would
crowd our ports and throng our cities;
lthey also OWNED that the public
schools wcretthe only institution fitted
70 grapple with the tremendous prob
lem of transforming the children Of
these immigrants into Ainssican. siti-
izens. Had ID not been for the assimi-
lating power Of our public schools TO-
day we would have in this country a
most perplexingi race problem. 4,
The State stands far above political
tstrife and sectarian contentfonA For
this reason 10 very properly prohibits
the tenohing of party politics or Of re-
Iligious doemas in it's public school, II
the State should allow matters of pub
lie contention and strife to be EN-.
bbodied In Its public school system, then
this system would become a means for
UNDERMINING the State. A. ~ g,sltt
The public scbool must command the
lallsgianca Of everybody, beeause Ii
teaches only those things which every
body wants taught. II exists primarily
for the1preaervetionrpf tho rState, and
not for inditiduall1 NJ tsS y tat'y'taSyt
N p6litiss wetel taught, in the public
schoolb, the him AH6nid be TO ihstill into
the minis of childfens certain policies
lin government, No attempt would bt
made to Belittle ~ sutilkrm.ne govern
Eent. Tie teachefsa Of religion always
inspire respect and reverence for the
State. The rabia paeifist, however
teaches o doctfinea that, IL carried oui
logically, would, render this State utter
ly defenselesss h,5Agg s,st .&IT
Absolnte Neeessftv E
NJ rander tbe' atota dceorso,s,s !.
ltantamounf A. dcstrov;ng n III, nrn
Ehibit The teaching ~ Inelitics and rp
jiy;op IN onr schools ~ w;ss' and min
ttapv, "a. nravent the teacb;ngT of. ex
Etrrme ftst do.trines ~ onr nnbli,
schools n absolutely neer ssary n. IN,
Iwelf0Fa of the State ~ rs ~. ~ 9.
Dnrin9 The mast tgentsIfive venr,
Emanv american educators have Mt
EtemDted to- introdure into kmer,cat
schools German theories end pyactiSes
I'm, certpin, localities ana IN some school,
N has been Thought proncT- ia exalt ali
Theories eom;ng from Germanv,~
m INV, opipion o,,ra eonntry' 10 toaa,
in "a m1cb DANGER from tbe sducationn
pro. German laT from fire politicai bro
herman 0nestinn. Do Wa need M
educutiouaT housecleanin0 booinnin,
Win Jthose ~ tbe Ton ard estend;no I.
the ones at the bottomf Answer fol
I,yourseIfl M, ~!
Il Not lone. since a friend Of mine as
serted that. nearly aIl o. o,r modsrr
lthigb school, texts' ON Eardpean, bistor,
have baen written mn, morei fayorabIy