The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
THE SCHOOLMASTER

to keep the line of shadow running along grey
village of Cavada the province santander
unlike the other villages in Spain and
the Basque country 1t gayer in former times when the costumes
bright but still picturesque enough and the dry hot air that
cordiera darkskinnd
gltters here
another
murmu be heard through the walls regular cadence
stands the school, n his school looks much like any
Gloomy forbidding walthe husk
schools will not change till Society changes its little desks
row, black and little heads black too rcles
imposed squares midst that giant
standing there-the schoomaster.
all universal brotherhood he shows
ingenuity patience capturing attention thirty
little heads and in driving into them of the
of life.
THE schoomaster of called Baldomero
quiet simple and gentatured whom everybody described by
word conscientious Within the small circumference of the vii
age punctuay proverb
school would that the clock
srupuous honesty thoughts
and his thoughts those concerned with the organisation
cooperation soceere everybodys liking Some de-
ared him to be cred" But those expressed surprise
their miserable aveke thought
could be Red honest fellow could help
ing highly of Baldomero Zori
chief personages
thought very differently And they
heartily because there fault find with hmsave
his devih opinions about freedom and the general happiness
The rector and crate had control the schoothat
shop which turns out the coming generation Keep firm grip
the schools don't the slipping through your
fingers N
THERE called free
the schools of Spain icy
body give full
me inspired
his life: Long live the Schoos
After triumph, the priests Spain swoopd
fiercely than the schools In this they supported
whose portrait gallery displays
pompou collection degnerates history they sup
by the Dictatorship For where officers kings priests
hold the ceptre Here moreover country where both herah
making back arm, nquison days. Alas
eloquent speakers
law of day brings them freedom happness
Truly task to lend color such dark
So the rector and his shadow the looked this
pleasantly ndependent-mnded
the dangerous because he liked with deadly
could detect anything sedous his
set about catching him in another trap.
Today the unhappy land of SPAIN right
visit the schools to see what kind teaching goes inside -
m day describing was at work. the door
opened Through projected light into
the darker classroom entered the two men in black And there they
stood listening.
zOr mperturbaby with the lesson that he giving
questioning little Juano suddenly shy-perhaps
he had not been listening properly-and smmered ou @
"Justce equality :"
Two long strides and the rector came stand in front Of
the urchn A
whats that?" he asked in a fury
But unito dumbfounded dpOssessed and gapd Ruiz
who fourteen and the best the wanting
he had been listening and remembered what had been s
repeated
81" isns yelled the black
ing forward he thrust his the intelligent
at never
said equal Paul. NAME declared that
they unequal"
He shouting; stood out his temples tiny bubbles
formed at the of his lips the urate content with sescuag
raised his aloft.
The schoomaser forward, collected. M
"Alow rector" he said
"Alow WHAT" beloved the ITO tell lies
them these children? To that
hidden of God; Children, teacher
telling lies"
WCTOP that said the schoolmaster
0eyes his hands trembed a little.
But the rector began bawling louder than JAN
"You He Your lessons all lies You at the
Church Justice? Justice ndeed No may Of Justice
to Christians it business of theirs God You NAV
only talk to them of Faith and Love-"
And with such hard hatred did he spit
front Of the terrified children into the face that
master drew back whittier diatng were
ting stirring their He felt stammered out
= "You wretch" |
and grpped his while the curate raised his him.
But the rector not holding his firmly two shots
out The rector collapsed and lay still heap the cura fell
and writhed the ground.