The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-16
BY ROGER W. BABsoN


Babson Park, Mass, Dec. 10
Brains-not wealth or military pow.
er-are the basis of national pro.
gress, including physical and
spiritual as we'll as mental.
Unemployment and Federal Debt
This country's postwar employ
ment problem is really up to our
educators. If there is much unem-
ployment after the war, il will be
because our nations school commit
tees have not properly backed their
school .uperintendents and teach
ers. Whether or not 5000 billions of
government bonds are to be paid,
refunded or repudiated, will de-
pend upon the attitude of the
young people now in our public
schools. Hence, the future Of our
huge Federal Debt depends upon
our local school committees.
II is true that these educators
like to pass the buck to us parents.
Without doubt the homes are not
doing their part toward a better
America. We parents, however, are
not brain specialists and are no
more responsible for the city's
educational plant than for its water,
light and sewage systems. The edu-
ca ion of our children is the respon-
sibility of our school committees.
Who Are Your School Committee {?
The human brain is the most del
icate. most complicated and most
wonderful machine in existence.
The future of every community de-
ponds fundamentally not upon its
banks. buildings, streets, utilities,
factories. or stores. These are but
tools. The future depends upon
the brains of its young people, 49,
little masses of "inscrutable jelly"
weighing about Al ounces per child.
Remember that our physical and
spiritual condition is a a reac-
ton of these brains. Yet, today
most brain specialists are giving all
their time to the insane and those
having fractured skulls, brain tum-
ors, etc, rather than to normal
people.
But whom your community
directs the development of these
most delicate. intricate and marvel
Gus machines? The answer usually
is "shopkeepers, and second-grade
lawyers, carpenters or plumber" !!
Really, this situation is absolutely
ridiculous. Very few school com
mittees have a trained physcholo-
gist on their boards! In short, the
trouble with most communities is
that they have put the development
OF brains into the hands of men
and women who are absolutely un-
fitted for the task. Most OF them
are using the scho- ! committee as
a springboard for their personal
political ambitions.
What Is Education?
Education is the development OF
the brain which determines wheth-
err we think rightly or wrongly
about everything. II person ne
elects his health or judgment,
something is the matter with his
brain. II he fails to recognize the
Fatherhood OF God and the Broth
erhood of Man, something is the
matter with his brain. II parents
are not properly bringing up their
children, something is the matter
with the brains of these parents
Juvenile delinquency is merely a
symptom OF brain delinquency
Everything, good or bad. in your
community is the result OF its
| brains.
The relation between brains and
employment is 100 per cent. The
only way to help these unemployed
permanently is to develop their
brains. This can be done; but not
by putting them ION relief or by
giving them an education. But
this is only one feature Of the un-
employment problem. II is far
more important to develop the
brains of prospective employers
and labor leaders. Too many en-
ployers hold power-not due to
their brains-but because they have
inherited the business from some
grandfather. In fact. Mrs. Babson
and | feel so strongly about this
that we have given $3,000,000 10