WHAT WASHINGTON SAID
What Washington Said ON THIS one hundred and eighty-first anniversary of the birth of "the father of his country, let us lift from Washington's "Farewell Address" this sentence: "The basis of our...
...It is an exceedingly important election...
...Three of the required fifteen units may be in manual training, domestic science, stenography, bookkeeping...
...The University of Michigan also accepts vocational subjects...
...But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat bis neighbor...
...ANGER may be foolish and absurd and one may be irritated when in the wrong...
...EVERT MAN takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him...
...This use of the word "servant" is not new...
...We are gradually shaping our instruments of government so that they will more effectively serve in making the will of the people the law of the land...
...Two candidates are in the field—C...
...What Washington Said ON THIS one hundred and eighty-first anniversary of the birth of "the father of his country, let us lift from Washington's "Farewell Address" this sentence: "The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government...
...Enter Investor T E NEWS that "Chicago and eastern capitalists" have purchased the public utilities of La Crosse, Wisconsin, is of more than local interest By taking over the city railway and the electricl light, power and gas companies, these investors voluntarily choose to invest their money in a state where public utility regulation has reached a higher degree of perfection than anywhere else in the country...
...Wisconsin needs today at the head of her common school system a man of vision, of scholarship, of administrative ability, of courage, of devotion to public interest, and above all, of a keen appreciation of the service that may be rendered a community by the human management of its schools...
...It was signed "P...
...Cary...
...He has changed his market cart into a chariot of the sun.—EMERSON, To a Nine-Inch Gun (This poem came to the New York "World" office on a crumpled piece of soiled paper...
...His record during this long period has been presented in La Follette's...
...Experts have stated that his system of accounts as Secretary of the Normal Board is, for simplicity and publicity, the best among the hundred institutions of the state...
...Then all goes well...
...Kittle's work has won the commendation of leading educators and his candidacy has the support of Wisconsin men and women of distinction who believe that a new era should begin in the State Superintendent's office—an era of Service...
...changing from perishable products to stable products...
...He is not the candidate of any institution or set of institutions...
...La Follette's urges every progressive citizen to go to the polls on the 1st of April and help to forward the progressive, constructive development of Wisconsin's school system by voting for William Kittle for State Superintendent Servants IN THESE piping times of progressivism we refer constantly to our representatives in government as "public servants...
...The Wisconsin Way of safeguarding the public interest is found also to be "good business...
...It has been ten years of a "do-nothing" policy...
...CaRy's continuance in office would mean another period of marking time...
...it is the aristocrat and the bourbon who would be known as the ruler, rather than the servant of the people...
...that it flows immediately from them, and is delegated to their officers for the public good...
...A constructive program, therefore, is necessary, since both our marketing methods and our provision for the financing of farmers have been outstripped by other countries, and by the evolution of other industries within the confines of the nation...
...It is as old as our government...
...He believes that politics should serve the best interests of all the people, he believes that industry should be conducted to the same end and he believes that the schools should be adapted to the real needs of the community in training young citizens for character and practical efficiency...
...It was not recently coined to distinguish between servants of the people and servants of privileged interests...
...The other candidate, William Kittle, has been Secretary of the Board of Normal School Regents for nearly eight years—in which position he has shown administrative ability, initiative and a constructive temperament...
...Upon the choice made by the voters depends in large measure what progress will be made in this progressive state toward making the common schools serve more efficiently the needs of the people...
...For one thing, he helped build up a strong system of summer schools to train rural school teachers...
...VOCATIONAL WORK in high schools is now fully recognized with other subjects for admission to the University of Kansas...
...but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is at bottom right—Victor Hugo...
...Kittle has had no small part, as normal school officers attest...
...Kittle's candidacy are many of the foremost citizens of Wisconsin, men and women who are high in professional and public life and representing all political parties...
...Washington's words may be used to perform a great public service if they become a slogan for the passage of the "Gatoway Amedment...
...It is highly significant that publishers of farm journals, railroad presidents, university and experiment station men, bankers and farmers should feel it is necessary to do something by concerted action to place the business of farming at least on a basis of commercial and financial equality with other kinds of business...
...Tax payers will appreciate the significance of this tribute...
...His administration has been characterized by a lack of educational leadership, an apparent inability to sense the real needs of the public schools, an absence of initiative and aggressiveness in the paramount work of supervision, and exceptional activity in the nature of pamphleteering politics...
...He is a graduate of a normal school and of the state University...
...In the recognized advances that have been made during the past few years in the normal schools, Mr...
...F. MCCARTHY," and the author's address was given as "FOURTH BENCH, CITY HALL, PARK...
...Always he has advocated the most direct service to the common schools by the normal schools...
...In a speech on May 14, 1788, he said: "We have been taught here to believe that all power of right belongs to the people...
...Will this conference tackle the problem of the giant manufacturing and distributing monopolies that stand between the farmer and the consumer...
...Emphasizing the Farmer's Need SPEAKING of the First National Conference on Marketing and Farm Credits to be held in Chicago, April 8-10, Charles W. Holman, its secretary, said, "Thousands of farmers are changing their business...
...where "water" may not be pumped into new capitalization, where reasonable rates and service are exacted for the public, and where discrimination is abolished...
...In his educational platform distributed to Wisconsin citizens he has declared in the strongest terms that his main efforts will be to help the officials and teachers of the common schools...
...that our rulers are the servants of the people, amenable to their will, and created for their use...
...WHETHER YOUR SHELL HITS THE TARGET OR NOT, YOUR COST IS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS A SHOT...
...P. Cary, the present incumbent, and William Kittle...
...SILENCE...
...Representatives who know no master but the publio will, proudly read into those two words both their duty and their opportunity for high service...
...Exit Stock Jobber...
...YOUR FLAME IS FED WITH TWENTY THOUSAND LOAVES OF BREAD...
...And the difficulty of amending it so as to accord with overwhelming public opinion is the prime source of friction...
...To take one conspicuous example, we quote from Charles Pinckney who served in the Federal Constitutional Convention...
...Caby has held the office of Superintendent for ten years...
...Vote for Educational Progress ON APRIL 1 the people of Wisconsin will elect a State Superintendent of Public Instruction...
...A MILLION HUNGRY MEN SEEK BREAD TO FILL THEIR MOUTHS AGAIN...
...As teacher in rural, graded and high schools, as a city superintendent of schools and as Secretary, he has been brought into the most intimate contact with the educational system of Wisconsin and its present needs...
...He has directed his efforts constantly toward building up a teaching force in Wisconsin equipped to fit the schools to the needs of farm and city life and imbued with the spirit of service...
...agriculture, or commercial law...
...And in the announcement of the Conference it is stated that "While the people are complaining of the high cost of living many farmers are finding that their business does not yield profitable returns on labor and investment...
...The federal constitution has been found ill-adapted to the complexity of modern society and to ever-changing social and industrial conditions...
...YOU THING OF NOISE AND FLAME AND POWER, WE FEED YOU A HUNDRED BARRELS OF FLOUR EACH TIME YOU ROAR...
...Kittle is a progressive...
...Supporting Mr...
...Newspaper men in Washington delight in referring to the Capitol as "the servants' quarters...
...Upon that record the people of Wisconsin cannot afford to re-elect Mr...
Vol. 5 • February 1913 • No. 8
