Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-10-21
UNCONTROLLED TONGUES
(Editorial)

fact that the editor of this paper
honestly considers the News.
Record as sort of Vashon Island
voice, this editorial would not be
written. But someone must per
form duty that isn't pleasant,
and this seems the time that it :
up to this paper to do its stunt.
At meeting of the school
teachers and other interested pa
irons of the islands educational
welfare, held few nights ago in
the island club room, one OF the
unfortunate things occurred,
which has a tendency to widen
sectional differences, and the sad
part of the whole affair seems to
be that no one had the presence
OF mind to prevent the matter
from going unchallenged,
A woman from Seattle, filled
with more enthusiasm than tact,
came over to the meeting and was
asked to give an address. From
the second handed reports the ed
itor OF this paper has received,
this woman started into telling
the people of the island a lot of
things about the island, that none
of the people. who live on the
island ever knew Evidently the
complete lack of information she
had, and the super-abundant mis-
information she dispersed, failed
to please either the section of the
island she criticised, on the other
section of the island she thought
she could "joliy." For the most
Of the harsh words the editor has
heard has sprung from the people
in and near to the town Of VaShon.
Without entering into disserta-
tion on what she said, let it suffice
our readers to know she painted
Vashon as the "hero' of the is
land and Burton as the "villain. y
The one with paved highways,
thriving high school, and sweet
music to enchant, = while the other
was set forth as occupying a hazy,
lazy, mazy existance with a sort
of Rip Van Winkle high school,
where the music came mostly from
the whirring of the wings of the
bats, or the bowling of the jackal.
This editorial isn't meant as a
tribute to Burton or as a euconi-
um on her school system. Too
many people know Prof. Parkes,
and Director Sgone, to make the
latter necessary, and too many
people know the charm of Bur
ton s surroundings to make the
former needful. As between the
high schools, Vashon got trimmed
too many times last year by the
Burton bunch, to make compari-
sons anything but odious, so far
as school athletics are concerned.
Cut out the number of students
who come from Harper, and the
attendance Of the two schools is
almost identical. So far as music
is concerned, neither school has
any monopoly on this art, but
when il comes to a radio broad
casting, it was Burton who trotted
out quartctte which has put
Vashon island on the map from a
musical standpoint in a manner
that outclasses all competitors.
This editorial has said enough.
No one on Vashon island approves
of such piffle as was peddled by
the Seattle stranger suffering
from vocal verbositv. This wo-
man has it out of her system now,
and being purged, we hops this
editorial will get I out of the
breasts of the good folks Of the
island, too. 1t was unfortunate,
and we are sorry. When W. say
we" we mean Vashon island
peoplc-for the editor Of this
paper never saw this Seattle
EIarbinger'' and doesn' even
know her name. For eight years
we have struggled for island unity
and harmony, aud we now appeal
to the spirit of our island people
to be Just, and forget the fool
ish statements that were made at
the club room, that has hur. the
islands peace and harmony. and
all because "she did it unwit
tiugly." The gun kills Just as
surely, when it is discharged
whether the holder "knows, or
doesn't know, il was loaded -