Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-02-23
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
In your paper last week was letter
by a C. Jensen have not had the
pleasure of meeting this person but I
am glad that all the fathers of our
high school students are not like him.
Have you stopped to realize how few
of our boys and girls could attend
school if they paid their own trans
portation, books, soap, towels, and
what not, as suggested by the author
of last weeks letter. Is G. Jensen so
we'll to do that he can afford to pay
his children's education, if he has any.
Why play into the hands of the So
called rich We want our education
for the masses and when one cannot
afford to pay for books that will not
prevent anyone from getting the edu-
cation.
G. Jensen certainly does not know
children. He says that if they want
an education they will get it, and also
suggests that others will help them.
You and know that children must
have considerable experience before
they realize how much an education
is worth and then 1t is too late. The
job of making living is too hard as
c. Jensen suggests. Those in the past
who have been successful in getting an
education outside of school have
usually had parents who were willing
to take the time to do the job them
selves. There is no such thing as q
self made man.
Why criticize the superintendent be-
ha f1rQ q uo CO.
G. Jensen realize that this is repre-
sentative government and that the
present situation was installed by
him and the rest of the people. If
certain things should be done, why
not do them? Has c. Jensen gone to
the proper authorities, or has the in
formation been cleaned from P. G.
student who had to return to school
for want of better occupation. Such
source would be poor place to OBJ
tain facts.
I suppose that during hard times I
should demand that janitor's salary
should be cut lower than mine even
though he earns 1t. am certain the
school board must know what he gets.
Ping pong may be waste of time
and the name is certainly not ex-
hilerating but / have bought games
for my own home that did not develop
the skill obtained from ping pong.
And the cost certainly isn't near what
I paid for my own home games.
When I went to school, dad bought
the books and there were some poor
children who could not go to school
because they had none. The buying
of books by the present method costs
each individual pupil only a fraction
of the cost Of previous years. The
books are used from year to year and
I suppose @. Jensen wouldn't believe
it but the books now are better cared
for than those which were bought for
the sons and daughters in my time.
Then, the books were ours and we
marked them as we pleased.
And as to the water for that afore
mentioned p G. student. I'll bet he
must feel cheap to have to drink from
the school fountain and run the water
bill up fraction Of q cent.
Such argument Is ridiculous. would
suggest that @. Jensen and others with
the same point Of view start a little
constructive work. Get the facts from
the proper source and then start
boosting.
This so-called depression is eco
nomic and man made Therefore we
have all had hand in making the
situation disagreeable. It's about time
that we get together and figure the
thing out. I can't do it alone and