The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-05-23
JUSTICE FOR FOSTER
PARENTS OF OUR CHILDREN


these trying and chaotic times when
the world is beset by unrest, by an
:: archy, by revolution, by the devils
brood of appalling evils that follow
in the train of war, we must make
sure that the foundations Of our re-
public are set on rock that it may
stand against the flood.
The peace and security OF the
world of the future will be in che
safe-keeping of the generations now
in our schools. The boys and girls
must "weate up the raveied sleeve"
of civilization. Their hands must
minister to the wounds of the nat
ions. Their minds must meet and
solve the difficult and crucial prob
lens that will be their inheritance.
Their hearts must be so imbut A...,-
the horrors: of, war and the o"iv
and anguish that inevitably follow in
its wake that they in their time will
enter upon it only as a last resort in
national defense or in support of
some great priciple of humanity.
Never has there been a more ur-
gent need for high-minded, great
hearted, splendidly trained, 100 per
home the vital lessons that these
times hold. Never has the future of
the nation been SO clearly committed
into the hands of the teachers. And
yet thousands of men and women of
ability who would prefer to teach
are reluctantly leaving their chosen
calling, forced by the. hard necessi-
ties of their very existence.
The teachers ask no largeness at
the hands OF fortune. They enter
their profession for service, not rich
es. But they invest years and money
in preparation for their life-work and
the knowledge. they gain is shared
with others who themselves use it to
their own profit. Teachers, then, by
every right and in all justice expect
return that will permit them and
their dependents to live decently and
|. in comfort.
In every community reached by
the Literary Digest there are readers
IF foresight, Of vision, broad-minded
men and thoughtful women who will
;ce-nay, perhaps have long since
sesn-the critical and compelling i'm
portance of this problem. We are
directing this appeal to them. We
urge them TO compare the salaries OF
those who are doing work Of equal
tyalue. There will be 4 challenge in
The facts that will STIR the community
to action.
). Let each community invest in
schools SO that it may thereby invest
IN trained man and womanhoOd
that. can play their part in the great
period of rebuilding and recenstruc-
ton that lies before US. Let each
community set for it's coal, as far as
is practicable, a minimum wage OF at
least $1,000 a year for the teachers
of America. This would cost the ma
tion perhaps as much as we spent so
gloriously in but one week of the
, Great War.
We are not pleading merely for
the welfare of some single profession
we are not pleading for q speciai
class; we are pleading for America
for her larger. her brighter, her rich
er future, for the fulfilrnent of her
glorious promise We are pleading
for coming race of men and women
who shall be qualified to make COM
plete the work of our forefaters who
founded this nation and dedicated it
70 liberty, and who will bring to full
fruition the new victories that we
have won in freedoms cause. We
are pleading for a wider teaching OF
the priciples, the purposes, and the
ideals of this nation that all men shall
know her meaning and shall have
equal access to her opportunities; !;
that the light Of Americanism will so
shine that it will flood. every home.
every heart, in our great land.-Lit-
ersry Digest.