Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1901 — Compulsory Education Law Is Good. [ARTICLE]

Compulsory Education Law Is Good.

The Indianapolis Journal says; The decision of the supreme court sustaining the constitutionality of the compulsory education law is based on sound principles and reasoning. The state has a right to protect itself against the evils of illiteracy, and to this end has a right to require parents to send their children to school during stated ages and periods. Parents oan do a great many unwise things in spite of legislation, but the state has a* right to say they shall not bring up their children in ignorance when the means of education are provided at public expense.