Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-03-22

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A lady OF one Of the counties asks
in the Baltimore sun OF March aSsa
for light on the Snith-TowRer Blk
IL is a bill which. taken with some
others Of its kind. will bring or hasten
revolution. That Is the biggest point
against ii. All other points are m
significant, although 1t has not q leg
10 stand on anywhere. The bill is
productive OF Capitalization. Daternai-
ism and socialigm The public srhools
have used ali these badly enough, but
the bill makes q wholesome sweep
or course. all this is not evident 20 the
casual reader or bearer of the bill.
For nearly half a century ] have
pointed ont that The public schools
we're laying the foundation upon
which the people would rise 10 de-
mand from the State assistance In
every detail Of life. Herbert Spencer
saw this. and Of late years was
largely supplemented by one OF the
greatest public school superintencf
ents- Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, OF Chic
ago.
Numerous Senator's and ReDresen-
tatiyes have OF late made powerful
speeches In condemnation OF the per-
yaiiing tendencies. have letters
from some score OF them TO the point.
Hon. philip p. Campbell Of Pittsburg,
Kansas. made the Grafton on WASH
ington's birthdag before the House.
The revolution toward which ! have
said public schools were leading us,
he construed as likely TO be the equal
OF the French Revolution OF old.
Think CT it, In part. he said:
'.The use OF the government Is not
without deplorable precedent The
disappointment and despair Of the
people OF France. growing out OF the
delay In the inauguration OF the nil-
lennium by the Paris Government
led to the French Revolution. The
French Government undertook the
control and direction Of everything
that concerned the French people. II
was assumed they could do nothing
for themselves and that the Govern
ment could do everything. Failure
and revolution followed. We have all
ready departed from the government
Of the fathers into the same govern
mental activities into the personal
affairs of the people that led to the
greatest calamity in human history
the French Revolution
There we have 1t! Indeed I'VE
have already departed from the gov
eminent OF the fathers" In many lines.
Here is education itself Here is Hor-
ace Mann Towner himself. / asked
him what he was doing with the name
of Horace Mann. while geing con-
trary to Mr.. Aanns orders? He made
no reply to that, though he wrote me
very politely on other things.
Horace Mann was the father of the
public school system There is a
statue OF him in Boston at this day.
lie stands with an open book in his
0utstretched hand. pleasantly inviting
to education AS a Boston man tells
nc. be displays no signs of the truant
officer. On the contrary. Horace
Mann warned ali the lovers Of the
public schools il the most emphatic
manner not to allow compulsory edu-
cation a moments thought. His ut
lerances on this suhiect have been
given in the reports Of the u. s. Com
missioner of Education. Mr. Towner
now boasts to me that every State
now has compulsory education. This
is only one sample of how the views OF
The fathers have been. in these days of
greed, treated with contempt. No
patriot no honest man ought TO feel
like lifting his head in anything but
the severeSt condemnation
Mr. Campbell talks about a French
Revolution. The Socialists of our land
have long talked about it and said
the public schools would bring Ii.
They have, above educators them
selves. been the greatest fighters for
the public schools. because they say
with State education granted, 1t IS.
easy for the State to give everything
else. Here is the Socialist slogan:
Give ns the public schools and we
Viii give you Socialism. or, If not this.
revolution"
Dear reader, how does that strike
you? II dovetails beautifully with
what Mr. Campbell and have said.
My record so far.is over 100 letters to-
congressman against the Smith
Towner bill; over 100 to papers from
Boston to Seattle, and over 100 81
people. We must wake up or take the
consequences. But let us nots also
what Charles s Barrett said the 9th. r
day in Washington He is the presi-
dent of the National Farmers Union.
He was given at length in the Belti-
more Sun CT March 18th. He shows
how Capitalization. bureaucracy. pa
ternalfssn and Socialism have well-
nigh smethered Constitutional asov-
ernment at Washington. The pablo
schools. instead OF making average
citizens thinking beings. nave made OF
the majority brainiesS serfs and cam
tives whose highest duty is in hur-
raining for the fargerS OF their chains.