Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 185, 16 June 1917 — Page 4
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM
AND SUN-TELEGRAM
Published Erery Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Company. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets. R. O. Leeds, Editor. E. H. Harris, Mgr. Entered at the Post Office lit Richmond, Indiana, as Second Class Mail Matter
When Your Own Son Lies Dead
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"The Red Cross is about, to issue to this country an appeal for as sistance an appeal for funds. The Red Cross will attempt to open the hearts of the country at large. It is a difficult task. Your
brothers tell you their sons lie dead. Your heart aches, and you try to understand it. You feel it you think you feel it. But it is not your son, and you have no conception, even though he be one
of the nearest you have in the world to you, of what your brother
feels. It is your brother s son that lies dead. In six months, in
three months, in one month your own son lies dead. It is for ev
ery one of us to bring before this country now what it feels like to have our own son lying, dead there. The Red Cross is about to
issue the S. O. S. call to this country, to save it from ignorance,
from indifference, from carelessness, from selfishness.
"It is a difficult task, butr $100,000,000 must be mediately."
raised im-
Wayne county's quota is $25,000.
This sum should be oversubscribed. Wayne county is not poor
but rich rich in material wealth, rich in spiritual possessions.
.' These $25,000 will not make a dent in our pocketbooks. We
; can afford to give ten times the amount and still have plenty for
amusements and recreation.
Back of every dpllar that is subscribed for the Red Cross will
be a soul that is responsive to the call of charity. Upon every dol lar will rest the benediction of Him who said :
Then shall the King eay unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world:
For I was hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in:
Naked and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison
and ye came unto me.
Tnen shall the righteous answer him, saying. Lord, when saw we thee an
hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed
thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
. these of my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
The Red Cross needs $100,000,000 for the work that confronts ' it in France and Belgium.
Americans have never been stingy in responding to a call for
aid. The most momentous call in the history of the nation has been sounded. If each individual American contributes his bit there can be no failure. President Wilson has said: i "But a small proportion of. our people can have the .opportunity to serve upon the actual field of battle, but all men, women and children alike may serve, and serve effectively. We must and will all immediately concentrate our energies and efforts and .by contributing freely to this supreme cause, help win the war."
, u The Statement of the School Board Yesterday the Palladium carried a statement submitted by the citv school board in which it sets forth its attitude toward
Superintendent Giles, Principal Pickell and Principal Ramsey. TheJ
statement concludes with the observation, "The Board has purposely delayed this statement that Richmond might take a sober second thought on the school situation." We have given the expression of the school board careful consideration, but are unable to justify the attack it makes on the judgment of the people of Richmond as it forcibly expressed itself in a deep seated hostility to the methods used by Giles in ousting Ramsey and to the lax method which permitted Pickell to keep two high school boys from receiving their diplomas a few hours before commencement. " The school board mistakes the temper of the people of Richmond if it believes that this community is. not enraged overthe methods that characterize the administration of the school system by Giles. The citizens of Richmond are aroused and they have
manifested their opposition in unmistakable terms. The school board gains no friends and wins no supporters by attacking the moderation and long suffering temper of the patrons and friends
of the school system. .
Every patron and every friend insists on discipline in the
schools, but when the head of the system, personified in this in
stance by Giles, permits the existence of a system that bars young
men from receiving their diplomas a few hours before commence
ment, then the people are in the right when they cry out that
something is wrong and single out the officers for their attack.
- How can the school board expect pupils to have respect for
teachers and officers if the methods used by Giles savor of in jus
tice, and outrage the deep-seated feeling of "fair play" which every American boy and girl has in his heart? The manifestation of hostility to the school system by the high school pupils and the general support which they received from the community can be condoned much easier than the system which worked a hardship on two seniors and created a furore all over the city. Not the pupils, their parents and the newspapers are to blame, but the system
which Giles has in vogue and which the school board publicly de fends is to be censured.
The implied attack of the school board on the patrons of the
school is as weak as is the manifest effort thereby to shift the dis cussion from the real point at issue, namely, the unfair tactics em
ployed by Giles to oust Ramsey, and the lax system of high school
administration which Giles permits. Not Pickell but Giles, as we have pointed out before, is responsible for the tactics used by the
high school boys to show their contempt for the action of the prin
cipal. The patrons of the Richmond schools have supported the board nobly and ably. Every parent deplores mob spirit in all its manifestations, every parent believes in the inculcation of morals
in the schools, but no man or woman in Richmond believes in un
fair tactics and underhanded methods. Their resentment will not be downed by the reflections cast upon them by the statement of
the board.
In its defense of Pickell, the board asserts that he had been treated as if he were a criminal. The board fails to consider that
there was provocation for the attack. That the boys did not act'
without an inciting cause, and that this CAUSE was nothing less
than a violation of justice and of fair play. Children respond glad ly to fair play and respond spitefully to injustice.
The explanation of the Ramsey incident leaves much to be desired. We believe that every man in Richmond with a spark of fair play in his heart resents the unjust manner in which Ramsey
was ousted. If the, school board wanted to dispose of his services,
why did it not act above board, tell Ramsey a few months ago to
seek employment elsewhere, and then give him a letter of dis
missal that would not brandmark him as a "criminal, convicted of a
serious crime."
. Giles wanted to get rid of Ramsey and the board stood by to watch the deed performed.' The school board knows that if "any
up-to-date factory or business house" wants to "let out" an em
ploye who has been iaithiui but has incurred the ill-will of a
superior, it does not kick him out without fair notice but helps
him to. obtain a good position elsewhere. The board cannot justify
its act by this subterfuge. A business house of any standing does not stoop to such practices. The whole truth is, Giles and the
board wanted to oust Ramsey in a drastic fashion, and hence they
went about it in a rigorous manner.. It seems fair to conclude, and one may read it between the lines of the board's statement, that the board did not expect the community to rally to the support of Ramsey and insist that he be given a square play. In the face of
this clamor for justice, the board to protect itself tries to beg the
question and resorts to an explanation that is as weak as it is des tined. to receive the unqualified condemnation of the public.
The public by demanding fair play for Ramsey is not asking
one whit more than is the board when it asks that the public con
done the actions of Giles. Ramsey's future is just as sacred in the estimation of the public as is that of Giles or Pickell. If . the school
board wanted to be fair it would have given Ramsey a letter that
would not have made it almost impossible for him to obtain anoth
er position. Therein lies the fault of the school board and therein it made the mistake for which it is receiving censure from the pub
lic The board's statement does not touch on this point. The statement of the board would have been received gracious ly by the public if the board had made some amends for the injus
tice it has done Ramsey. The public will not overlook this point. The boacd's action-is entirely too drastic and curt to square with justice and fair play. The dismissal of Ramsey will rankle in the
hearts of the people and will do damage to the school system. The
board might have mitigated the effect of the dismissal if it had
used more humane methods in its course.
In its last analysis, the board has made a poor defense and has
not remedied the muddle. The public i3 not satisfied.
It is pretty generally accepted as a fact that Melpolder's hand
played in the dismissal of Ramsey. Giles has supported Melpolder
who detests Ramsey. That Melpolder will not rest to defeat a man who has crossed his path is a matter of history. Ramsey did cross
Melpolder and now he is paying the price. It is a shame that Mel
polder's influence must be commented on in connection with the
Ramsey dismissal.
The statement of the board is weak.
AT THE WASHINGTON TUESDAY
SEEK
500 MEMBERS FOR OXFORD RED CROSS
OXFORD, Ohio, June 16. A cam
paign has been started for 500 Red Cross members,', the canvass to be made by young women enumerators of the Church and Community Feder
ation. ' Also Oxford has asked permission of the Hamilton Red Cross
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chapter to work the whole of this township, Instead of the Tillage alone.
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Mrs. Malinda Barton, Misses Bertie Frazee and Emma Gingrich and John Posey Jones were Richmond visitors Friday Friends received a telegram telling of the' death of Lee Gates, of Los Angeles, Cal Friday Mrs. Emily Williams was 86 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Beeson, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Williams. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kniese and daughter Pauline, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Crownover and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy, Mr. and MrsCharles Davis and family, the children, grandchildren and great grand children of Mrs. Williams, helped her celebrate the day. .... Mr. and Mrs. Robert Connell and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mueller will motor to Cincinnati Sunday .Mrs. Flora Larson, who has been fluite sick with measles is able to be out again..... The Carey club had a delightful time at their picnic supper Thursday evening. Sixty-six were present Elizabeth Warren, Naomi Squier and Isel Tbornburg gave piano solos, Ruth Warren sang a solo, Harold and Dorothy Doty, a duet. Jean Thompson told a story of Peter Rabbit, Alice Dugranrut recited and. Ruth and Firman McCormick and Ernest Jones played a trio.. .. .Miss Alma Wagner Is spending the week with her aunt, Mrs. Will Brown at Williams-
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Address a letter to J. C. Hutzell, Druggist,1504 Main St., Fort. Wayne, Ind. Just say "Prove it to me without cost." Sign your name, address and age plainly. . That's all. A special treatment for Infants and children.
FOUR-TIM MAYOR AGAIN IS CANDIDATE
EATON, Ohio, June 16. Stanley B. Foos, fpur times mayor of Eaton, baa Hied a petition declaring he will seek re-election at the hands of the Democrats. Opposing him on the Republican ticket la Attorney Harry Risinger, of the law firm styled Risinger and Risinger. At present he holds the office of city solicitor. Several petition cards were filed late Friday night and when the closing hour came not an office was without an aspirant. The offices and. the candidates follow: Clerk Earl Dalrymple, Democrat; C. O. Fisher- and Joseph Wilson, J., Republicans. Treasurer Charles F. Ressler, Democrat; J. E. Miltenberger, Republican. . Marshal Willard Armstrong, Democrat; A. M. Runyon, Dick Somers and W. J. Evans, Republicans. - Council H. E. Dalrymple, F. ' R. Christman, W. R. Deem, J. W. Harris, T. W. Gates, Clem Arnold and John Ernst, Democrats; H. B. Cleer, J. S. Fisher, F. E. Overholser, R. H Morrow, and H. A. Nis wander, . Republicans. , Board of Education H. W. Fulton, H. C. Albaugh and Charles C. Spring. Democrats; R. M. Conover, Charles S. Bloom and E. P. Vaughan, Republicans. Board of .Public Affairs D. M. Swihart and D. H. Deem, Democrats; R. A. Halstead, F. A. Price and T. J. Minton, Republicans.
MURRAY GIVES OUTLINE FOR . SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
Rev. L. E. Murray, of the. First Christian church, announces the following outline for the uniform lessons of the last six months which were takes from the Gospel of John. 1 Eureka;' 2 Can; Nicodemus; 4 Samaria; 5 Bethesda; 6 Bread of Life; 7 Feast of Tabernacle; 8 Father; Blind Man; 10 Good Shepherd; 11 Lazarus; 12 Annointlng; 18 Supper; 14 Comfort; 15 True Vine; 16 Holy Spirit; 17 Prayer; 18 Garden; IS Death; 20 Ressurectlon; 21 Lovest Thou Me?
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