The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-11
The School Bells Ring

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The School Bells Ring
school bells rang In Bismarck's
public and parochial schools Mon
day and several thousand bright
faced children trooped off to begin a
new year Of readin'. writin' and
rtthmetic and tho score or 50 Of
other studies which modern educa-
ton offers the present-day youth.
Just as spring brings It's burgeon-
ings Of new hopes for most Of US, so
does fall bring forth new ambition
in tho hearts Of the juvenile element
Of the population. The renewal Of
old oomradeships, even among those
IN the grades, the happy outlook to-
ward new adventures, in the class
room and out. lend rest to an occa-
sion which some Of US may have
viewed with regret In our own youth.
It may be that maturity brings q
new attitude toward such things, but
It does seem that the present genera
ton views the passing Of the sum-
mer vacation with less regret than
appeared to be the case q score or
more Of years ago. The modern
school may be a livelier and more
interesting place than the ''little red
school house" which 50 many Of Us
remember. Indeed, it should b 50,
what with the well-known hickory
stick relegated to the limbo Of for
gotten things and other equally no.
ticeable advancements due to the
new enlightenment.
; School openings also are q source
Of hope for the adult portion Of the
population, for It Is upon children
who attend school today that to-
morrow's burdens win rest. The
training which We give them now, 1t
home and In school, win determine
in large part how those duties will
be discharged.
This hope Is particularly high this
year. since the average individual Is
IN . mood to wish that his children
viii make less Of q mess Of things
than he has done. There Is room
for . great deal Of enlightenment In
this world and. instinctively. many
assume that It will come from the
normal sources Of education.
That they do is merely proof Of
the 1allacies which many Of Us have
acquired, for even little thought
viii convince anyone that the school
= not carryall for either progress
or enlightenment. The school is
hardly ever any better than the COM
munity IN which 1t exists. It Is SUBJ
ject to the same handicaps which
hamper US al.
The cause Of real progress has no
more advocates in the classroom than
In other walks Of Life. There IS no
more Inspiration there than else
where. no more efficiency and no
more zeal for human advancement.
Frequently We find persons with
courage enough to point out In the
classroom the fallacies and foibles
which have brought the world to the
condition We observe today, but such
bravery Is hardly ever rewarded with
anything except criticism. In many
communities the school teacher dare
not be the apostle Of progress lest he
become unpopular and lose his Job.
We accept Is joke the ancient
school board question rs to whether
the teacher candidate would teach
that the world Is round or HAT, but
there Is plenty Of basis for It and
things occur today which are fully
Is absurd and archaic. As . result
the school teacher usually finds Il
more convenient to teach the beauties
Of things = thsy are rather than
things Is they might b were the
world to become really subject to the
dictates q honest education.
Because th1se things are true We
arc prone to expect too much Of the
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