Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-06-12

That We are In the mltiat ~ an cdu'
cational revolution, there In not q
doubt. However, comparatively few IL
our American citizens seem 90 be- con
Scious ~ a. II ls one of those bloodlcss
American Revolutions. II may last for
years and years but there viii be no
war debt 10 pay when II II over II II
ever In over, one reason we de- not hear
much about this revolution In because
the grown M folks are not taking much
interest IN Il, No Il IN not among the
educators ~ our natiun, M YOU would
naturally expect. n II were there would
socn be something done. There has
been slight disturbance among the
teachers and educational leaders hut Il
was due 10 financial unrest and few
dollars added 10 their salaries soon put
an md Ia that az viii nm soon M the dol.
lars are In sight. And this was right.
-ous cause but II was one ~ the effects
rather than cause " cur educational
revolution,
No, the trouble In not among the par.
cnts, Ia whom the school belongs. Most
% them ara asleep and do not know
there In anything unusual going on In
our schools. Most ~ the people who
own and centred the schools " our ma
ton seem perfectly satisfied with them.
40 satisfied that they seldom step IN.
side ~ school house t. zee what In
gun. on,
This silent bloodlcss revolution In 20.
INK an anon. the children, There are
1000. 900 children III this army. In
lust few years these s.,ooo,ooo chill
drcn viii M the men and women AZ this
nation, They are the boys tnd girls
Who are to take our places hat assoon
as We drop cut and we are dropping out
every day. The world II calling them.
The earth, the air, the SEA In calling
them, The farm, the city. and every
form II human activity IN calling thcm
The future holds more for our boys
aud our girls than We viii ever know ar
see. and they ought 10 hc prepared for
the day In which they are 10 live and
serve humanity, but they are not. A
Few, hut oh, such few are receiving
my training for thu great world work
that In calling them. while thu very
great majority are drifting into the
future with all its possibilities without
any training for any thing.
Aud herein In the most dangerous ,cv'
olu,ion our nation has ever known, The
fac; that the children " today actually
refuse Ia be educated IL one of the red
dcst flags floa,in. over our nation, II
means more suffering, more sorrow,
more loss In every way than anything
else that II going On, II means loss
II time. loss ~ money, loss ~ energy,
and loss 81 life, To the future of our
country, The greatest draw back To
our country to-day II IGNORANCE, and
w are multiplying Il everyday, Most
u our suffering. most of our unhap.
pincss. most III our poverty aud crime
today are the results " an unframed.
uneducatcd citizenship, What In the
natter Why do our children nearly
all drop out IL our free schools before
they reach the end IL the seventh
grades
There Ia no effect without cause,
There IL reason Zoe this unnatural
fact. u IL as natural for children Ia
"~'n as u '"r Wo'" I" s,.w WV
envi'onmcn, ~ norma, cn""'en ,o.'
to learn until learning In made unnatur'
al. II Is as natural Tor the mind Ia
develop as the body, II IL moro natural
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