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should do this, which they would
not, and granting that they had
tbe same judicial traiuiug, which
they would not have, the judge
might honestly disagree with them
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evidence that there are some par­
ents who do not know what their
boys and girls are doing nights. It
pareuts do uot look alter their
children, it is time tor the city to
perform that luuctiou tor them
A few cases taken before the
juveuile court might have a very
salutary effect.
The students at the University
of Oregon are learning something.
They will ask fur the recall of a They aie thinking anyway. They
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THURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1912
The School Ma'am
BY ELBERT BEDE
The school ma'am is probably enough “ talked about" with­
out anything more being said on the subject, but in view of the
recent demand for betterment in the quality of our teachers it
may not be out of place to say a few words. The school ma'am
is a good subject, anyway, and does not receive as much con­
sideration as she deserves.
School ma'ams are born, not made—and they aie usually
b^rn about twenty-five years earlier than their given age.
There are two classes of school ma'ams—those who have
sufficient fund* to enable them to secure the education necessary
to at once commence teaching in the better schools, and those
who start at the foot of the ladder and work up.
The foot of the ladder is the country school—which, by the
way, has turned out some of our best and greatest citizeus, due
in part, at least, to the instruction of the country school teacher,
God bless her.
The rural school ma’am is a person of considerable impor­
tance within her sphere of action and a new teacher is sufficient
warrant for a special meeting of the Ladies' Aid in any rural
community.
She is usually a sweet and demure little bunch of dimples
and sunshine of eighteen summers—and no winters —who has
acquired sufficient knowlege of mathematics to 1« able to divide
the attention of the older boys of the community and add to the
admiration of the others, and has passed a graded school exami­
nation in the balance of the studies.
For pupils she has from ten to fifty assorted youngsters of
all ages and sizes, many of whom their parents and the Sunday
school have been unable to discipline- and the little school
ma’am is expected to do for them what their parents and God
cannot do—and she usually does.
In additiou to teaching the young idea how to shoot, while
herself dodging Cupid’s arrows, she must treat each pupil so as
to retain the good will of the parents of each, must act as a social
pivot for the community at large, be a moral guide and rule to
faith, sometimes act as janitor of the school and perform various
other and manifold duties, for all of which she receives the
municifent salary of $30 to $50 a month, payable to suit the
board of directors and contingent upon the condition of the
district treasury.
If she studies hard she may in a few years take her place in
a graded school along side of those who were fortunate enough
to receive a normal training before commencing their teaching
Here she will receive a salary of from $40 to $75 a month. By
and by sbe may get into a city school alongside those who re­
ceived a university and normal education, with a slight advance
in salary. By this lime she will be an old maid, but will have
the satisfaction of knowing that she has raised more children
than Roosevelt ever dreamed of raising.
There’s nothing more important in our great social system
than the school ma’am—the proxy-parent of our children, the
molder of character, the bulwark of American liberties, the
guiding star of the republic.
Of course we want to raise the quality—of her teaching, but
that is pretty hard to do on salaries ranging from $30 up, and
not so very far up either.
No matter how high a teacher may rise, it will take many
years of labor to enable her to save what the education necessary
to tbe fullfilhng of her position has cost her.
A business career offers much larger returns for the same
amount of education and efficiency. The day laborer, who
doesn't know the difference between an equation and the full
dinner pail, receives as much for his labor as the majority of
teachers. The schools are getting all they are paying for.
If we must have better teachers, the scale of wages must be
made an inducement sufficient to warrant the paying for neces­
sary education.
Another reason that there are not more efficient school
ma’ams is because about the time a school ma’am gets pretty
well up in her work along comes a real live male man and in­
veigles her into doing his cooking for him. School ma’ams
make an excellent quality of wives—especially the country
variety, which is usually more tender and edible than the
brand grown in the cities.
guess that nine of every ten who read
thia will agree with me. Then, 1 usk
again, w hat is your fear of the recall?”
How are the masses to kuow
when conditions warrant them in
invoking the recall? For example,
what does Mr. King or the editor
of The Sentinel know about tbe
merits or demerits of the Standard
Oil case, the Sugar Trust case or
the the Tobacco Trust case that
would enable them to say whether
or not tbe recall should l»e invoked.
Yet the late Justice H arlan's famous
minority report might have easily
incited the masses to invoking the
recall. Roosevelt would have no
doubt lieeu glad to have headed the
movement and millions might have
followed him without further
thought than that they lielieved
themselves to have been wronged.
Why do we fear the recall? Let
us suppose and propose a case close
at home. Let us suppose that the
McNamaras had never confessed,
had been found guilty and bad
gone to the gallows with protesta­
tions of innocence on their lips.
Millions of the masses—of tbe in­
telligent electorate of the nation
would have eagerly signed a recall
petition. Will Mr. King say he
would not have been one? Millions
more there were who would not
have felt certain of the guilt of the
McNamaras and might have voted
for the recall.
We're from Missouri, too, aud
Mr. King will have to show us
whereiu we are ten times lietter off
under the initiative than under
legislative enactment of laws. Such
a statement is preposterous. It
might be bard to show that we are
even as well off.
Mr. King’s simile between pri­
vate and public business is beside
the question entirely. To attempt
to run tbe business of the United
States on the same plan as a small
private business is run, is too cum­
bersome, too absurd for consid­
eration.
Mr. King endorses The Sentinel
when he says:
Ju st so long as judge’s render their
decisions in the interest of the m ajori­
ty they need not fear the recall
He infers that when the majority
does not feel that a decision is in
their interest the recall would be
invoked. T hat’s one great danger
of the recall. Decisions must suit
the majority, regardless of right or
wrong. The Savior was judged
once by a judge who feared the
majority. He decided the only
way he could and hold his job.
He favored the majority.
H ere’s Mr. King’s clincher.
"R ig h t here, in our opinion, is the
nub of the whole business. There are
times when a judges decision rendered
in favor of big business is not to the
DEFENDS RECALL
moment contemplate anything so interest of the large m ajority, and
a t this point is where the recall
silly
as the invocation of the recall right
In aurtber column appears a de­
hurts
some people. R ight here is
fense of the judicial recall, written by each individual that received an where the
masses w ant the recall.
adverse decision, although the re­
call would permit of such an abuse
and it is not improbable to think
that it might be so abused. Does
Mr. King infer that because tbe
"Y ou say the masses always grab at masses have never ‘grabbed’ at a
anything like this. Well, we are from judge, the judges of Oregon are all
Missouri. Please indicate to us where
the people of Oregon have ever right?
Mr. King says:
'grabbed a t’ a ju d g e."
"The
recall is an ax, to be used only
Tbe Sentinel said that the masses when great
wrong has been done the
grab at anything like the recall— "masses," and
an intelligent electo­
the getting of such a law on the rate, such as we have in Oregon, will
statute books. However, attempts use it only when absolutely necessary.”
have been made at various times We must disagree with Mr. King
to invoke the recall in Oregon—so that an intelligent electorate is all
far as we know without success. that is necessary to make the recall
At least two of these instances have a panacea for all existing and con­
been in Lane county and another templated political ills and woes.
in this judicial district. The Senti­ : The worst crooks are the most in­
nel has good reason to believe that telligent. Intelligence is necessary,
each of these attempts was inspired certainly, but honesty is more
for political revenge and that the necessary and no voter could cast
right or wrong was never once con­ an honest vote on a recall without
sidered. Nevertheless they leave taking the same time to study the
a stigma on the names and reputa­ proposition as did the judge who
tions of those attacked.
rendered the decision which re­
The Sentinel did not for a sulted in tbe recall being invoked
by G. F. King in reply to an edi­
torial in Tbe Sentinel.
Mr. King evidently misunder­
stood several of our statements.
He says:
Mr. King’s deductions here are
absolutely wrong and biased.
Because a decision is in favor of
big business, it is not for that
reason a wrong one; nor because it
favors a large majority is it for that
reason a right one. His deduction
better illustrates the point we have
been trying to make that the right
or wrong of a decision would be
entirely lost sight of in case the
majority was against such a deci­
sion.
It is not the principle of the re­
call that is wrong. It is the way
that it would work wherein is its
danger. It is a beautiful theory,
and would work perfectly under
the right conditions, but when
those conditions come there will be
no need of the recall.
Indeed the people need to do
more thinking.
The disgraceful actions of the
miscreants who entered the East
Side school bouse Monday night Is
DEFENDS THE RECALL.
Cottage Grove, Ore., March 16. Ed.
Sentinel : We have just finished read
ing your editorial under tbe caption
"M ore Thinking N ecessary" and duly
noted the injunction, "H ut stop and
consider a few m om ents."
W’e are glad you (lagged us right
here.
Now, let us see, we have the recall
in Oregon, and it includes the judiciary
of the state.
You say "T he masses always grab at
anything like th is." I'lease indicate
to us wnere the masses have ever
"grabed a t" a judge.
w
Indicate to us, please, we w snt to
be shown. The recsll of judges docs
not imply thut every person who may
have an adverse decision rendered
against him will invoke the recall.
Such contention is silly in the ex ­
trem e, and you cannot find one of the
"m asses" in a thousand who so con­
tem plates, or thinks of such s thing.
Then how will the recall I k ' abused?
The recsll is an ax, to be used only
when great wrong has been done the
“ m asses," and an intelligent electo­
rate, such as we have in Oregon, will
use it only when absolutely ncresasry.
You cannot, for an instant, make me
believe tbe people will be carried away
by a pro|K)sition like this. They will
ask for the recall of s judge when the
conditions w arrant them in doing so,
and 1 will venture a guess that nine
of every ten who read this will agree
with me. 1 hen, 1 ask again, what is
your fear of the recall? Again you
say, “ probably not one person in a
hundred knows the purport of the laws
upon which he voted under the initia­
tive. We will venture another asaer-
tion that not one voter in a thousand
knows the purport of the laws which
were passed by our legislature. There­
fore take your probable hundred and
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my asserted thousand who don’t know,
and we are ten tim es better olT under
the initiative than we are under the
legislative enactm ent of laws.
The recall is used in every business |
at the present tim e, outside of law­
m akers and judges.
For instance, if a man is working
for you, and doesn’t do your will, you
have no hesitancy In recalling him,
and you understand the law of your
business sufficiently to know whether
he is carrying out the law or not.
So in every business, if tbe powers
that place a man in a certain position
do not g et a correct rendering of the
law of their business, they hook the
recall to him without delay. You cun
find no one who will dispute the c o r-'
red n ess of theii position.
An appointed judge, or one elected
by the people, should render his deci­
sions in accordance with the intent of
the law. The law, if it be just, and
The Sentinel will not defend an un­
just law, is always in favor of the
large m ajority of the |>eople, ami just
so long as judges render their derisions
in the interest of the m ajority, they
need not fear the recall.
R ight here, in our opinion, is the
nub of the whole business.
There are times when a judge’s deci­
sion rendered in favor of big business
ia not to the interest of I he large ma­
jority, and right at this [joint is where
the recall hurts Home people. R ig h t:
here ia where some people don’t want
the recall, but right here is where the
"m asses” do want it.
R ight here ia where "b usiness" ia
afraid of being disturbed.
No judge would have to lie to hold
his job if he rendered decisiona accord­
ing to the law and evidence, if the
laws are just, and no judge would have I
to sanction an unjust law, even if he
had to uphold it. He would be left
free to condemn the law even if he had
to render a decision adverse to hia idea
of right and wrong, and he could call
our attention to it so th at it m ight be ’
remedied. Yes, the people need to do
more thinking.
G. F. KING.
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