Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1920 — Americanism [ARTICLE]

Americanism

By LEONARD WOOD

1* was ia making education Ba* ariy riaaw to all, bat in osmo aama compulsory aa all, that the destiny of the free repabKc of America was practically aattlaJ —Jameo Russell Lowall: "New England Two Ceatwriee Ayo." IGNORANCE 18 the enemy of democracy. Without our schools we might “ well shut up our government and give It over either to anarchy or to despotism. It has been held by some persons that education breeds anarchy. Sound education does not Anarchical Ideas find their place In the hrshm of the ignorant There are few men who have been students of government conditions and who have harrwna anarch lata. Others who preach direct action against democratic government are those whose brains are aiwwwmel through whatever cauap. They have not taken to heart the ieeocns of htsiiey Americanisation means education. TW unknowing and the unthinking be taught tn know and to think. Tn almost every case they will think right and act right A school board property conducted id a board of health. The Fathers knew education’s service ta the cause of liberty. The schoolhoase and the statehouse of democracy were builded together. With ta* safety of a nation depending upto education there are still those Bmoeg us who seemingly believe that Gia teacher is net of A proper ldrte. There ar* men and women teX lsm wi>Mf hands ar* entrusted th* teachthg of American children less then the daily wage On this subject of the pay of school taaebers thare ar* Americans who need Afrfeahtaation. It I* good to know ’Xn ZLT m IWrAlih/wwl M Afi lO* « UVri 111 (JOU- IX