The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15

! to know what Is necessary for thu
successful conduct Of our schools, and
must have one Of those super -educa.
tors tell us to buy a teakettle ane
report that he had made such recon-
mendation in order that he coult
draw his salary!
It IS much too obvious for whom
said writer Is working, for me to not
make known the object Of the weep
ing for our country child. Don't weer
for us, but weep for the future Of the
organized Pedagogues," when the
people see to what lengths some Of
them have gone in order that they
could gain control of the school sys-
tenn Of the state.
# didn't know so much about our
school system and what has been
done to it by the near educators, !
might weep with you! But the only
weeping I can do Is from rage over
my physical inability to expose the
things that have been done and why
they are now working so hard to have
q change made in the system of Sc
lecting our school officers.
Think of It'll! Nine schools where
normal courses" are part, If not all
of the subjects taught! And that
when two were provided by the con-
stitution as all that would ever be
needed in the state! The multitude
of educators, near educators and much
less than near-educatorS we have had
to pay at the expense Of our country
children! New departments created
to educate the rural women! And
now that some OF the counties have
decided that they can't afford to pay
a county agent, the clubs in those
counties can't have any special in
structors come into their counties, "be-
cause there Is no county agent!"
Nice, isn't it? They are asking thou
sands Of dollars every year for the
extension department Of the agricul-
tural college but now, when we have
taken some Of the extension workers
off the payroll, we get nothing for the
money we pay for the upkeep Of the
extension department.
May I ask II there are no wolves,
coyotes, west of the river?
It is certainly no great recommended
ton for a school inspector, that they
know so little of the relative needs
of the rural jewellers, when she didn't
even know that hundreds Of farmers
are unable to prevent the wolves
preying on their stock, just as they
are unable to get rid Of the wolves
in Sleeps clothing" mentioned by the
writer as Giving east of the river"
The wolves I mean are not of the
class that is meant in her reference,
but the bunch that has thrust laws
upon the rural districts that have not
only curtailed their progress, but
ruined them financially.
Yes, you are right when you say
that the "stones viii cry out at the
injustices done the rural children!"
Not by false economy, or Shiny poll
tics" but because of the dictationS OF
the Shiny near-educators and their
host of satellites that have been fat
tening on the labor of taxpayers in
all the districts of the state.
If said wolves will only leave the
state and let us poor ignorant hay
seeds alone, we will be content to live
in ignorance co till such time as we
can "dig out of the mess" and put
our schools on an educational basis
as they would be today if it had not
been for the political wire-pulling
that has resulted in both educational
and financial ruin of the schools that
were meant to be used for the bene-
fit of our children!
Please, let us not be fooled any
longer by their seeming interest in
our rural children, but take things
into our own hands as the constitu-
ton provided!
Yours for better knowledge of our
educational system.
Sincerely,
Mrs. A. A. Peck.