The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-13

one works. The altruistic element per-
force Is lacking.
How is the child with his ABCs Of
text books. and some lectures on home
economics and superficial examination
of sociological conditions going 10 util-
lie his books in the world where people
lare figuring on running trains, digging
local. making gas, selling gasoline. rum
lining. motor cars and printing mag
lazines, etc. Can't Be done. He's sot
to shed the information he had stored
AWAY and learn anew the intricacies of
modern business or the technical de-
tails Of mechanical trade or the ho-
lcus pocus of some profession.
As long as there is a school world. a
business world, a technical world. and
several Others, the poor youngster has
Gated. The elders must make world
cated. HE elders must make a void
| fit for the youngsters 10 live in. Its
up to him; not the children.
We've all been relying on someone
else for thousands of years. When we
t fail Of certain thing, we say the chill
dren will make it better. The children
will not They'll continue the same
Eold game; for they must. in order 70
live.
The older people, the parents, moth
Iers and fathers, ought to make a city,
county, state, and nation suitable for
the best growth and expansion Of the
oncoming generation. They have the
power, and they have the votes the
children haven't.
We seemingly are content to let a
few run the whole thing. This is 0. |
k. for there are very few who can run
anything. The trouble is that the few |
run it for themselves and the many |
take what they can get, and it's preci-
Gus little that is lying around loose.
Suppose we want some wood-go
buy forest and see who's standing at
the portal. We need a railroad to
transport our wheat-see the man
thousand miles away. Start coal
mine and try to market the black shin
ing stuff What happens? Suppose
you want to refine some oil. All right, |
go to it. Come around next year and
see how many miles Of pipe you've
laidI
Take a resume of the natural re-
sources. They are CONTROLLED and own
ed; but not so your children can get
much benefit.
Soon as we learn that education
means the knowing how to get liv-
ing without a struggle which involves !
life, then education will amount to +
something. The earth is here; it's
Gods, or was. The air was here be-
fore any Of US arrived, bus try to get
a wave length! The oceans roll; but
build ship and arrange for a port OF
entry!
It's all right for you to own tooth
brushes personally, a pair of suits
year, an iron watch and few other
things that no one else wants; but
not the feasibility of your having an
interest in the transportation system,
as you have in the postoffice or the
you spend considerable sym
oathy and thought with the existing
order of things and say the balance
IF trade" must moi be disturbed.
The adults need education-not the
children. The children learn by exam
Die and precept. That's why we have
% many Democrats and Republicans
md non believers in anything. Raise
he seats little higher, enlarge the
and let the child and the
attend the same session. The
hid will outstrip the elders and then
.eally points the way, as is to be hoped
hat he will next century. H