The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-26
DAILY THOUGHTS
By r. L. H.
! + j. +
The Public School

Soon the greatest institution of the
state will resume operation and thous-
ands of happy school boys and girls
will wend their daily path to the
school house.
What a diversity there will be in
the buildings in which they will at
tend school. Little white rural school
houses, larger town buildings and the
more magnificent structures of the
city school will all be the scenes of
young life acquiring the rudiments of
IN education.
There will be a difference in the
school houses themselves but not in
the purpose of the school. The most
remote school seeks to train the child
in the same fundamentals as does the
splendid city school and the one is
just as vital in the educational sys-
tenn as the other.
The school is the most vital bust
ness of the state everywhere. More
of the tax dollar is spent in education,
it affects more of the people of the
state than any other part of the
states business and it means more in
the development of the
wealth.
Education is not only the foundation
rock of civilization, it is the keystone
OF democracy. Democracy demands
that every man and woman have an
intelligent part in the conducting Of
government. To accomplish that the
of the state must possess
good educatins.
No person a vote in%telligentIy or
otherwise work intelligently for the
and nation unless he has the
schooling. Government by the
people is something that demands in
diligence of every citizen. The school
S the foundation of state intelligence.
Schools have been thought by many,
+ still thought by a few, to be
he place where the child learns to
cad and write and to figure. That is
and is rapidly giving way.
'oday the school is the training place
f citizenship.
lit is the melting pot of the nation
here every child becomes not only
but acquainted with the
vorkings, purposes and ideals of de-
locracy. Common ideals of man
God, patriotism and endeavor are in
in the individual in the pub
C school. There the child associates
18th all classes. 4
1t is the cradle Of democracy. The |
lid more than learning specific
nowledge, learns of humanity. He
'sociates with all classes thus obyf- II
ing any tendency of class distinc-
on IN becomes truly a social crea- !!
He learns to understand his
low beings and to see their ideals, l
and aspirations.
1t is the socializing institution of
e land. In his daily association the !
lid becomes sympathetic with his {
aymates and colleagues, learns CO. {
Grafton and experiences the fruits {
united endeavor. {
This one phase itself is very i'm {
rtant. If we but stop to realize s
at u entire social structure is E
sed on mutually Of interests. Our <
'efathers banded together to found Is
} nation because they had ideals :
d aspirations in common. The II
TOOL preserves these common pur- q
'es and ambitions by teaching the 81
Id IN learning civics and history. &
II course the child is to learn def e
e things such as geography, arith- Isl
tic, reading and grammar. But II
r. That Is the thing that should II
er be lost to sight. 1t is only
we do something for a definite
that we really progress. E
he child who attends school merely IS
learn concrete ideas distracted H
n the world Of reality, that child Ia
osing out in his heritage. He |H
lid learn those things in order thar vs.
may enable him to become all @
lligent voter, an efficient worker, III
Ill respects, for his community, l6
, and nation. E
We a nation a common language ia
common ideals through a COM i@
method Of training and you have in
-ong nation. Therein lies the po- Isl