Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-10-26
PUNCH Of THE
IRISH" FELT IN
LETTER To LEADER
Booster of County Unit Plan
Uses Strong Words in Urging
Voters to Do Away With Old
District System.
AN OPEN LETTER.

Kernville, Oct. 19.
To the Editor Of the Leader.
Dear Sir:
ta'-YouT prefaee>stos my 1Ietters In the
Leader of October ~ is quite in place,
and ! appreciate the motives which
led you to put it there. But Must
protest against the wording of your
note, which seems to imply wrong
motives on my part. | assure you
bear no "grudge" against any school
board nor against any person. | am
writing Of conditions that EXIST un.
der the present school system, and
have no doubt Gndeed | know that
would find similar conditions in 9TH
er barn.school districts. | mentioned
these schools in particular to supply
concrete cases for public considera.
tion. The facts are so. The school
boards are directly responsible. 9th
er similar boards would be no better;
but that doesn't alter the case. The
root of these evils is the District Sys
lem which allows incompetent boards
to contro' the destinies of our chill.
dren. MI. Shave stated in his article
n your issue of last week that one
cblttAiou iulotu Nltostllol llt 'ouhly
Unit Plan was that there aren't five
voters in Lincoln county competent to
serve on a board of education" How
much less are there three in. every
district in the county!
The spirit of animosty" which you
truly say will get us nowhere, is,
nevertheless, factor in the life OF
nearly every community. We have to
fight fer everything we get In this
world. | am sure you don't mean to
suggest that our big organized major
ity here should give up our fight for
better schools because a few Of our
neighbors don't agree with uS. | per-
sone)ly do not enjoy any sensation
of "an'mosity." | have too man3
worth while concerns to waste time
and energy In ill-feel!ng toward my
fellows II anyone thinks that
| would like him to know that my
very good friend. VIM. Scott is chair,
man of one of the boards | referred
to and that am on friendly terms
with at least two directors of each
of the boards that | criticiZek 1t is
true that few people here 90 not
like me; one or two nave even tried
to hurt me. ! feel nothing but sym.
pethy for them. Some time they will
make my acquaintance, and be sur
prised to find me quite a friendly
peace loving citizen.
II hurts me that yCd refer to me as
seeming "sore." | don't got that way,
1t hurts me to have to correct mis-
understandings. 1t hurts me to have
to call people or institutions 10 tas's.
! would much prefer 20 sit comfortab-
ly at home with my wife, my music
and my boolis--to fcrGet the strus
Cling world that's round about US
But, after all it's social world, and
the farther it is from perfection, the
greater is its need OF constructive
criticism. | am not an iconociast, but
builder. If would tear down : tot
tering structure 1t is to erect decent
edifce IN its place. If | attack a rot
ten system 1t is to buld 2 better sys
tenn where the old one stands. Oar
present district system is a failure.
Now that we have a remedy at hand
it is meet that VIC should recognize
conditions as they are and change
them.
You suggest &c little cooperation
and less complaining. Perhaps |
should say, my dear friends, let US
be quiet and peacenble: !et us not