The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-17

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aim he has tower with every current
whim of education, or run the risk of
being designated as not modern He
must also comply with every turn of
national temper hence has no time
more than casual few minutes to OBJ
serve teaching-no time at all for a
failing or problem child, or the one of
exceptional talent.
Half-Eaten Breakfasts
Now, just why should we of the rur-
al communities add to the burdens
and confusion of systems already OPP
Grating, when our children, on the av-
erage, read better than fifty per cent
in the high schools who have attend
ed the various town schools? Why ex-
pose them to the long hours, the early
rising, the hurried or half-eaten break
fasts, the turmoil of catching or wait
ing for the bus, or in many cases, the
long walk to the bus line in the severe
winters of our northern climate?
The proposed shed shelters or
warming stations, used in New Eng
land in the Middle West have not
done away with serious problems of
bus transportation, as mothers often
realize, when notes are found in the
children's belongings, and their
chance remarks reveal serious con-
ditions.
What About Supervision?
Teachers are required to give strict
to play grounds. What |
provision for supervision can be had |
for these so called warming stations |
where our children are to wait for the |
bus? | heard one mother remark at |
2 recent meeting where this proposed |
plan was discussed: what the chill |
iren don't learn on those bussesi"
Yes, the whole bus set-up leaves food
or serious thought-for the moral as
we'll as the physical welfare of our
These proposed larger units of ad-
place the schools too far
way to be easily accessible to parents
It time when schools and homes are
arther apart than ever, despite the
assertions of the PTA which in itself
S far from what it could be.
Consolidation, the trend now, as our I
most capable, thoughtful educators {
gree, is herding in one of its worst
Orms. Like Capitalization in govern {
nent, it is wrong and un-American.
schools that take on more services
7hen they are failing deplorably in :
ervices they now have can hardly :
confidence. :
We know that the radios, movies, ::
omics, pictorial magazines, mono :
yllable pulps, sports, and recreation
II tend to prevent good reading, as
hey are all non-verbal They call for :,
My shallow thinking. Our best school :
len are deeply disturbed by this. =
hey should be frank and call upon =
arents to aid them in the combat :,
No Wonder We Have Juvenile Il
Delinquency n
So our children feed on the violence Y
the comics, adore speed, memoriZe II
wing verse-but no fine poetry, and S
initiate the materialism of the movies. fl
it any wonder that our nation has g
Juvenile delinquency problem? 1t is c.
uprising that this problem is not
orse.
If we permit these reorganization
ans to mature, go unchecked, the q
hools will all too soon be bureau n,
attic propelled institutions with fl
ahmed programs whose unrelated @,
formation breaks up even the pat 81
rms of memory, so that all the child m
tains is a hodge-podge of chaotic, II,
infused thOught-sure of nothing, ir- 81
sponsible, discouraged by his lack ia
reading ability, which, with a good h.
,cabulary, writing and spelling, are Al
@ keys to all real progress in learn 9e
g. If
We resent the thought of putting al
r grade children into a system that in
a herded school where teachers are ne
We demand that our nc
Institutional right to keep them in ba
+ homes where we can establish re- eX
onsible habits, have them help in wi
e home, and share in it's pleasures