The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-12
The Junior CoIonist
ROBERT LINDSEY Editor

tatives and senators to The National
Congress are elected by popular vote
and that the president is. elected by
electoral votes. but the text or teacher
fails to add that often half or two thirds
of the votes have been bot and do moi
express the true sentiment of the peo-
pie. So,instead Of congress being made
up of representatives from the people
| it is composed largely of members oil
the capitalistic class. So the pupils
are made to belive they are very impor-
tant and when they are Of age they
must vote for that great government
the u. S. A. IF they only knew they
were voting the bread out of their
mouths the cloths from their backs
and roof from their heads how long
would they remain in such ignorance
Let Us open text in mathemat-
les, and there we see pages devoted TO
profit, loss, discount. interest, bank
ing, trade, gain. commission and bro
kerage; stocks and bonds, taxes and
insurance. all Of which the pupil spends
weeks on and is drilled in extensively,
for he must be skilled in competing
with and swindling his fellow man in
order to survive in this world of strife,
greed and supremacy.
In English we study as far as posi-
bic the writings of men who have writ
ten in favor of our dog-eat-dog system.
Why are we so afraid of the works of
Robert lngersoll. Emerson, Eugene V.
Debs and other great truth writers?
Sure they give truthfulness in its high
est glories-and we are afraid Of the
truth.
Yes, our educational system needs a
change and radical change. The ris-
ing generation needs more truths, facts
and practical work ami less lies, fairy
tales. theory and memorization. The
ignorance on the part of the laboring
class which has kept the world in a
state of limited feudalism for the past
four or five centuries, when it should
have been living in perfect freedom,
must be eradicated throug h the public
school system. The future men and
women of the world must be taught
honesty, facts, brotherly love and,
above all things, they must know how
to render service to mankind instead
of how to swindle their fellow man, But
as long as the young generation is fed
on capitalism we will continue to have
wars, pestiIence, famines, sickness and
unhappmess. When labor learns that
happiness lies in serving its fellow man
instead of robbing him of his last mouth
full Of food; when labor finds that
wealth is lugubrious instead of luz
urious and that the capitalistic class
has poured into its minds millions of
faIsehoods thru the press, the pulpit,
lectures, books, and schools intoxicated
the minds of the people, keeping them
in supreme ignorance-all for the pur-
pose of getting another copper penny
from the already starving masses-then
will this world learn the lesson of true
life, love and liberty. But the masses
must be educated, and only by the right
school system can it be done. We
must set the minds of the world right
from the beginning Of life. Old pc
trified minds are hard to make to
change. The young active mind is the
place to commence. Mighty castles
can be built on new solid foundations,
but only huts can be built on sinking
sands.
When the world becomes educated,
when every man and woman is grad
uate of college that teaches liberty,
equality. fraternity. honesty and ser
vice to mankind, then will the ignor-
ance among the laboring class vanish
from the earth and freedom will reign
over all lands.
Education is the national flower Of
all nations. Let it thrive and bloom
with all its splendor and glory and
spread its fragrance of happiness, bro