WOKING
AHEAD
GEORGE & BENSON
'rGGldeHtiXanting College
Cearep, Jntow
AN OBJECTIVE VIEW
Jokes about absent minded pro
fessors leave me cold. I can’t help
but bristle a little when people
poke fun at school teaching, the
craft at which I have worked hard
for 20 years. Persons outside the
field who say teachers as a class,
are more lazy or lesspractical
than other people, may, for all I
care, go climb a tack. Such char- !
ges are not worthy of dispute.
It is quite another matter how
ever, when persons in places of j
honor inside he field of education
lay hold of false standards and set
them up as essential principles.
The allegation for example, that
a teacher ought never to have a
fixed opinion is one that I resent.
Can it be true that a man’s ability
o make up his mind proves him
unsuited to teach others.
COLLEGIATE ATTITUDE
Few higher compliments can be
paid a man than to say he has
an open mind. It is a joy to meet
people of perfectly clear mental
vision, pel-sons Uiot blinded bfr
prejudices, men and women who
don’t get warped and lop-sided
views with new ideas. The right
approach in thinking about any
thing is an honest wish to find
facts, measure them and accept
them for what they are worth.
On the other hand, refusing to
accept a fact when you see it is
worse than not seeing it. There
are mental giants who are moral
cowards, no doubt, but don’t let
anybody tell you it is necessary.
Intellect and shilly-shally do not
have to go hand in hand. Hos
tility to hte truth marks a nit
wit, cerainly, but indifference to
the truth produces the same re
sult—nothing.
A BLUSHING MATTER
Recently I addressed an audi
ence well salted with men of my
own calling: teachers, school exe
cutives and men of degree in for
ma leducation. I talked about
things I believe in such as con
stitutional government, laws made
by representatives of the people,
free speech, unshackld faith, and
open competition. After the meet
ing one of the educators told me
I was not objective, did not have
an open mind.
He was ashamed of me for
having convictions. What a spec
tacle I was in his eyes a college
president with my mind made up.
I spoke of representative, con
stitutional government as better
han state socialism. I defended
man’s righ to own property, to
create and operate a business
with a hope of profit, as better
than government management of
industry. ‘If we lose these prin
ciples,” I said, “we will drift to
lower standards, surely as water
seeks its level.”
WE NEED FIXITY
Those are facts. Experts in pol
itical economy can prove them to
any open-minded listener. Or a
student can travel the Earth and
see for himself as I did. Where
does labor get the highestwages? j
Where does agriculture enjoy the
higher living standards? It is
in America, only in America,
rhe reason is our system, not just
3ur resources or our people.
Those facts need to be taught.
Europe’s outcast philosophies
wrong as they are, make progress
in America. Why? Because too
many of our young men leave
college believing they must have
an objective attitude toward
everything. They get no firmness
of purpose at school.. In my opin
ion it is high time educators got
some fixed principles on vital
matters like government morals
and religion.
ALONG MEMORY
LANE
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
October 25. 1934
Among the numerous buildings
under construction this fall are:
Nome Motor Co., with Bud Har
per and Ciliff Allyn proprietors.
They will conduct a garage and
transportation service. They will
conduct a garage and transpor
tation service. The Ndrth Pole
Bakery and the Pioneer Drug Co.
are also under construction. The
Norvin Lewis residence is fast
! nearing completion.
Delegate Dimond said that he
had been notified by the treas
ury department that small mines
need not have a license to re
tort gold. The new price of gold
is $35.00 an ounce.
The Pan American Airways’
Ford plane arrived yesterday
fom Fairbanks. Pilot Jones and
Pilot Murray Stuart were at the
controls. Fed Milligan, radio op
erator came to Nome, along with
Emerson Bassett, who will be the
local agent. They will commence
carrying mail on a contract next
week.
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