The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-13
EDUCATIONAL NOTES IES
FRI FROM STATE DEPT.

vr.,,re the schools are 10
Over al ma eight months term Tor
lack o. is % miles this SIDE OIL N, Lhd'i IN
dred Or lr.s = ~ was encountered IN
little dnIlS S9G3 600 to secure cham-
pionship pusIbii9 Nor school and board,
Our own mss, gsat+ern set by other |
tsLl2w,ns communities Fe t.oa,.s 'i in
alaIT.les ares % to the pressure OF P I9 CnS
o5edlence. b ~ saving about $z'CUU
opinion ne oor taxpayers who during
for the p2O s+ Iassed spent in Flat
tns county over million uoloaso les
hsaol,oobiIes, automobile accessories
and dl RRap5eral government is planning
The leu aIassure road over the top OF
Costly .pp loI divide in Glacier Park
the con oyrnifcent and laudable under
"a 5a.. Il-I the department OF edpca7
.aAlns s-ressing the fact that Scnooi
nol = orc -, totally inadequate and that
hols5Is .,iIJings. dependent upon voted
new Dui :o+;o1s through bond issues,
appIop ll ~, f9,. behind the increase in
az , r,59mSber of children.
VI Tigbt central states propose 70
L-SU StS0 100000 in the construction
PsLu--ConobiIe highways, and two OF
q au .+ates are among the highest IN
.5' Tr;on IN point of illiteracy and IN
u5 = +bom schools are maintained by
y- .-,ja missions because practically
.-'e tempt is made locally to provide
u, rs ,.-,s is no disposition to criticise
~ the above activities-mOst OF
a ore either really of merit or are
!. ' last without harm-but haven't
q. ' 8 people, set up a false stand
and are We not getting a warped
- -sr.1qctive on the relative value OF
things? 7. .-;oo,.;,,,u
r. svnounding virtUous platitudes to
~ rising generatiOn-the value OF
.-i-r,aton-the joys and fruits of en-
sssror-tbe rewards Of the honest
and the transcendent joys of rectitude
.-d morality-but unless this same
-.ng generation is mercifully lacking
ma proper sense of humOr, it must
lave q Measurable time comparing
wr Dreachments with our pl form
uces
Our trend, educationally, is unmis-
.akablv downward. For a few years
Immediately following the war we ap-
reared to have gained, but this was
5ue 70 unsettled conditions in Europe
and our apparent gain was relative
and our apparently improved standing
vas due to a lowering of other stand
ards rather than raising our own
but even this has changed now. Des
bite the shattered conditions of Eur
opean finance one of the first step
taken after the war was to restore tn
schools and universities so that tOda,
even Germany leads the United State
IN higher education, although she pay
considerably less for even the highes
class Of pugilism.
Possibly there are those who will re
fuse to allow the eomparisSn and vii
claim that our standards are tn
standards Of cOmmercialism and wit
The almost childish vanity that so FIRE
quently Characterizes even the mos
petty American achievement, clair
that they are preferable.
L is all a matter of perspective. ]
tie American viewpoint is to be sui
VeTted entirely to a Standard of SUI
cess measured by material gain, W
are hopeless and seeds of greatness
not in US.
Il as an apparent minority sti
holds, there is something basic in Gu
lure and education to be desired fl
Us own sake, there will not be lackin
those who will continue the rather III
equal struggle in hope of ultima
triumph.
The problem cannot be delegated.
rests with US whether the presel
Madness IS to become the germ of Of
-qnate destruction or whether it
0ly a transitory phase that time al
eadeayOr will cure.