The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-09
Barometer of Public Opinion
The Bible In tho Schools.

Editor World Looking through the ~ dif-
feront textbooks compulsory additions to our
public school curriculum Cor was Few years
ago). found nine OF these books written by
agnostics or people who doubled the creation
OF man as the Bible gives 1t and the other five
breathed OF no creed.
How can the Bible be taught in public
school whore people sneer at Bible truths and
classify Bible stories as mythical. Textbooks
arc senerally written by teachers.
little learning Is n dangerous thing Is here
illustrated when man or woman dabbling in
science come to n closed door. they write above
1t for future generations to read: "Agnostic."
You can't measure or explain mothers love
yet you know 1t exists.
Moses learned his religion at his mothers
knee and all the splendor and knowledge OF the
Pharoh couldn't change his belief DO you think
materiallsm or our New Testament would be
taught their religion at home.
The Catholics had in their schools few
beautifully told and artstically illustrated.
Wouldn't book like this be better than Greek
mythology.
The Greeks learned these beautiful stories
and imbibed beauty of thought and body from
their resourcefulness and we are trying to cul-
tivate the aesthetic side in the child's mind by
studying them. These myths were the religion
and example Of these Greeks. They believed
them and imblbed their beauty by making
with all the beautiful literature in the world
and lay down thousand laws for Bible read
Ing, yet that child will never become any better
than his parents, teacher or example, most like
y the towns leading citizen.
From a little town in Maine came three of
the greatest hotel keepers In the world A noted
educator went to this town 10 diagnose the case
from psychological viewpoint and he found
the hotel keeper the towns leading citizen and
a wonderful man with charming manner and
cultured mind. man worthy OF emulation
Religion must be imbibed by the child he can't
absorb materialism in a textbook have the
Christian Science doctrine hurled at him by a
teacher ana then 60 home and have his mother
take him to the Methodist church for Sunday
school and his father take him to the Baptist
church for services. There must first be a one
ness, getting together on the Fundamental
principles OF religion, Our false standards are
upsettlng the generation. It's the age of ac-
qulrement rather than requirement.
The example. mother by straining her
purse and her nerves we'll to keep pace with
the woman with better income than he.3elf.
unconsciousy sets up an example for ner
son and daughter, the towns richest people and
these people are often n man, n braggard and
drunkard and his wife daughter smokers
of cgarets and wearers OF backless gowns and
| the shortest OF skirts.
The Spartans punished the mother when the
child failed In its duty. There ought TO be a
whipping post for every mother whose daugh-
ter and son break the laws OF the common
wealth and then we'd see these mothers hurry
| ing from their card tables or embroidery clubs
| searching out their boy sand girls. inuuirinl
| into their associates. taking them TO church
| looking after their welfare. their text books
| their morals In n way don't see them doine
! now,
| MRS r. W. ARNOLD.
| Hominy, Okla, Juno 6.