The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-11-16
What Others Think

i comment
I ity of the newspapers for the MIRA program
Many have been especially curious to know why
republican newspapers have given such hearty sup
port
The position of The Sentinel is easily explained.
In the first place don't where prosperity
comes from, what party brings it. The republi-
not any too successful due in large part
lack of confidence in the administration. Whether or
not such lack of confidence justifabe makes o
difference now.
We have an administration which came into power
with the greatest popular vote given the candi
dates of any party With the confidence of the nation
and with the time having arrived when, according to
past experience, upward swing of the pendulum is
due, the administration, with the approval of members
of congress of the opposing party, offered plan that
was recommended to that would give Old
Man Depression solar plexus. The minds that evov-
ed the plan of such cabre that The Sentinel would
feel presumptuous in attempting to pick flaws in the
plan. It accepts the plan without argument because
it evolved by greater minds than ours because
evolved by those who have had every opportunity
to know what ought to be done what ought to work,
who close to the problems of government because
confident the leaders sincere and honest in
their efforts.
Although we remain republican newspaper, we
feel that politics should not be issue, that what
want is better wages for the worker and food and
clothing for every resident of the land We want the
MIRA to work
We don't see how the plan fail to work, but
if should not work. do not want it to be said that
it failed because the opposing party failed to give CO.
operation. We wish to settle and for all whether
not plan such the NRA with the cooperation
of the people, is workable one Inasmuch the ad
minstration has embarked upon it, it would be
to try to stop the experiment from being tried than to
give cooperation and still have it fail
The Sentinel has no desire to the republican
party back into power through the failure of
plan that would have been successful with republican
support. It would much rather the plan work and
have the democrats remain in power another four
years.
fullest cooperation to the that is before us, re-
CARELESS of where it comes from.-Sentinel, Cottage
Grove, Oregon.
TN series of articles DR.. Glenn Frank, president of
the University of Wisconsin, discussed some of the
laws which he believes underlie thoroughly mod
ern education. They worthy of serious consdera-
ton.
Among the principles he set forth are these: We
learn by action rather than by absorpon learning is
specific rather than general the best things to study
those which important to our life and work;
we should study the things that will most directly
contribute to efficiency and happiness
Like many other progressive educators OF the pre-
sent day. Dr. Frank does not believe that college edu
cation is either necessary desirable for everyone
The four years spent in college might often be better
employed in gaining practical experience in work
shop or in business 1t depends largely the natural
talents and incnations of young person whether he
should go to college.
For one who has studious disposition and aspires
to enter one of the learned professions, college edu
cation is Indispensable of course. For those who go
to college merely to be able to say that they have gone
to college it is waste of valuable time.
AS Dr. Frank very truthfuLy says: I'VE cannot
prove that college education guarantees big income,
or that it makes us happier men or women. Most OF
the old arguments for college education are in the ash
can"