Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-30
THINKERS ARE ESSENTIAL.
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That those that think must govern those that TOLL
Brains rule Drawn the world Only by becoming
thinker does the oer right to participate government
Those neither think toll parasites those who do
and when is entrusted to their hands, it
ishes.
An auocracy is based upon the conception that only few
are thinkers and qualified to rule and when caste is utilized
substitute for brains to perpeuate privilege and the autoc
racy to think invites the inevitable destruction that
or later overwhems it.
Communism and other ism based upon the rule of Drawn
and the submegnce of brains preoomed to failure because
the class they aim to ex have learned to think Russia
has simply repeated the lessons Of hsoythrown off brain
less incapable auocracy and enthroned Lenne the thinker
but the revolving poetara that learned to think
shaved in conscrip industrial army.
democracy founded upon the theory that all people
equal before the law and entitled to participate in government
The of democracy depends upon the percentage of
thinkers among the people, and the percentage of thinkers
pends upon education The safety and indeed the perpuaon
of the republic rests upon the culture Of the peopeas the
founders of the nation realized.
The individual who is thrown into the hurlburly of life
with the handicap of eracy and ignorance has fearful hand
cap which only few forceul enough Even
those who only learn the primary rudmens at serious dis
advantage in age when the trained mind essential And
is not only the individual but the nation that loses because
because of lack Of cultured intelligence cooperative government
will therefor be easily comprehended that the most vital
feature for the nations future welfare the best and in fact the
only buwark against anachsm and hafbaked radcasm the
essential incubator of patriotism is the school and that
better dispense with any of departments Of
ernment than in any to handicap our school system
AS indirect result of the war; schools of the nation
face crisis Living costs have increased and the teachers sal
aries have not increased sufficiently to induce them to continue
in school work Some 100000 public schools in the United States
closed last year result of inability to competent
teachers and 100 schools Oregon closed Unless
relief is secured there will be 1000 schools closed year
this staeand many thousands of children deprived of their
rights and the privilege of securing education.
This at time when the value of education is APP
peced than before and when there pupils to be
instructed 1t affects not only the primary schools but the high
institutions of learning which have to for doubled attend
ance and doubled expenses on the old incomes.
The state rewardng the youths who left school for the de-
nse of their country with monthly bonus thus enabling them
education although both university and college
overcrowded These higher educational institutions must be
adequately financed that they for the increased at
tendance
To solve the school problem two miage bills have been
placed the ballot at the May primary election equaze
primary school taxation and provide increased and needed
and to take necessary expenses the state
versity, agricultural college and normal school,
the part of patriotism to place the child and the student
above the dollar and vote for both of these necessary
for welfare republic depends upon thinkers and our
thinkers principally the trained products of schools