Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-08-11

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mine or ~anybodys. none OF EN- car
write so you can read it. none of en-
can spell SO you can read it. cant fig
ure and don't know geography. bu1
they are always taking some or the
darndest things. political science. in.
fernational relations. drama. buck
dancing. SOCIOLOGY. latin. greek art,
Oh Lord the things they go in for
runs on By the hour!
But its as | say. not only our brood.
but none OF EN- that | have seen can
write. spell. figure. or tell you what
bounds Corea. Everybody has swim
ming pools. but nobody has got a
plain old geography. Gymnasiums to
the right of You. and tennis courts to
the left OF you. but not a spelling
bBUk III a q load or schools.
Then they got another gag they call
Credits. II you do anything thirty
minutes twice a week. why you get
some certain Credit. Mahy its lamp
shade tiLting. maby its singing. maby
its a thing they call @Music Appre-
CITATION that used to drive my cow
boy son Jim pretty near Nuts. He
never could see how that would aid
you to rope a calf. They give out
these things at schools for anything
b a anyone can think of. Some OF
em you get more Credits than for
others. Fl a thing is particularly use
less why IL gives you more credits.
There IS none at all for the things
that we thought constituted School,.
. could write. read. spell. figure.
and give the capitol OF Rhode Island.
and they ~ouldent give You a Credit
IN a year But you tell where a Latin
word was originally located. and how
its been m~anhandled and orphandised
down to the present day. and say they
will claim that You have the nucleus
OF q Thesis. and you are liable to
get a horde OF Credits. Now who
cares about the word. or what 1t has
contributed to the welfare O. Nations
$500 Rt& AAiAIo IT. LAGE4Is
You have got yourself the family
tree OF a word. Course you cant go
out and get a job on 1t. but these old
professors value 1t mighty highly.
Some Of these days they are going
TO remove SO much of that Bunk and
Hooey' and the thousands OF things
that the schools have become clogged
up with. and we will find that we a
educate our broods for about one
tenth the price and learn EN- some.
thing they might accidentally use
after they escaped.
The smarter a nation gets the more
wars il has. The dumb ones are too
to fight. Our schools teach us
what the other fellow knows. but 1t
don't teach US anything new for our
selVs- Everybody Is learning just one
thing. not because they will know
more. but because hey have been
taught that they wont have to work
IL they are educated. Well we got so
many educated now. that there is not
enough Jobs for educated people.
Most OF our work Is skilled and re-
quires practice, and not education.
But none OF these big professors
will come out and tell you that our
education nigh be lacking. that it
might be- shortened. that 1t might be
improved. They know as 1t is now
that its a Racket" and they are In
IT, You conident get me to admit
making movies was the bunk
either. None OF us will talk against
our WI graft We all got us our
"Racketsr nowadays.
There Is just about as much
4Hooey" In everything as there Is
The heathern live with less
effort, and less worry.
Trying to live "Past" II parents,
and not up to EN-" is one of our
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