The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-31
EQUAL EDUCATION FOX ALL

>,.,o. h.+ore have people looked with such ex-
...+.ncv and hone to our public and high scnoos
"A a final source from whence would come "s.p
for amiloration Of some OF the woes @nu ''''''0
Of organized society.
" Democracy fastens its faith on the education Oh
all the children of all the people Inc p1'n''p.o
~ education for the few, tor the peetet pot", ~
the more fortunate, for the ruhne c'asSee'
discarded for an education wn1cn ieoAe'"e
! moods Of a community rs a social group
! Greater changes have come about during we ':es
,hrndr.d wears in the social life OF all 'nous't'"'
PEOPLES than those OF q Thousand pte'o1o -
r.. ..v nrooram Of education is but result OF
49,. chances. The new faith in education nas
go. because the people-not the leaders Oh the
,.on,a-but the people themselves, have discovered
+h.+ education is the one thing which helps tnena
tn meet effectively the perplexing problems OF moo
ern life.
enumeration. the abandoning Of farm and rufa1
life for city fe the rise Of class distnctlons' IN
dustr;al CHANGES the passing OF trade apprentice
shin and training for occupations, have al con-
tributed to the demand for a more intensive eu
cat;ona scheme which is bound to add to- the De'te1
ment of all classes Of society: -:
Four-ffths of our immigrants belong TO tne c'ss'
Of unsklled laborers., One seventh OF our popu'",
t;on are foreign born, one third OF those emPioSeu
= our factories are foreign born, one-han OF
those engaged in mining are foreign Dorn' one
fourth of those engaged in domestic service ana
in transportation are foreign born Inc tendency
of the foreign born is to mass IN industries sucn
AZ mining, manufacturing and transportation.
Society has come to recognize the need OF speca1
education for the people who are engaged IN tnese
vacations and for their children who will doubtless
continue to serve in much the same capacltles. 7.
We are becoming top heavy with cities. Popula-
ton is~rapdly swinging to the Cities Inc cen'ral-
ization of manufacturing industries. as.oHe Oh the
great causes of this and present indications point
to the future domination of the city over society.
The problem, of the education Of the !aborlng
classes in the cities is without question zone that
is demanding much serious thought and effort on
the part not only of foremost educators Of the
country but legislators as WE'LL But the city prob
lem is no greater than the problem ofthe isolated
country school in the pioneer sectonsof our coun-
try No where is to be found greater rural school
problems than in the northern stretches Of our
great commonwealth of Minnesota
Many phases of the city problem do not appear
in our rural schools and conversely we have many
rural problems which do not present themselves in
the city schools.
Is it right that the children of the pioneer who
blazes his trail into the northern forests or those
of the farmer who moves out on the expansive
prairie should be deprived of the educational bene
fits accorded their more fortunate city cousins!
The pioneer, be he forest prairie settler, rarely
has the means to provide teachers for his children
He must wait until sufficient other neghbors move
into the same community before school can be
started and teacher hired-and then alas-too