Show DO THEY KNOW THEIR TOWN The city of or Buffalo is considering the adoption of a Buffalo text book bool in the city schools It Is believed that the children of that city know little or nothing about the thc city eft and also that the public school is the place for them to learn There Thero Is more than a grain of truth in the view That is one reason we have haye welcomed Mr Whitneys Utah book for the pupils of at this state It gives them a chance to learn something about their state It would be wise if they could learn about their city as well wellAnd wellAnd wellAnd And that brings up another fact Not one Ono teacher in ten knows the rudiments of political method The pupils know even less loss How a candidate is select selected selected ed how the public servants of at the peo people people pie are chosen at the polls what rela relation relation relation tion the laws have hare with political party mechanism what the ward and city and county boundaries these are a few of or the fundamentals that growing citi zens should know I Indiana has a little text book called Township Government It begins with the smallest unit of political di dl division division vision Islon in that state and aud it is so rudi rudimentary rudimentary rudimentary that when It was suggested for general use In the schools the sage lawmakers of the state disapproved They thought every one knew new all that I was contained in hi the book And it de developed loped that so few knew that the need of It was evident And the little book has proved one most valuable Something of the kind would be help helpful helpful helpful ful in Utah The pupils especially of the higher grades ought to know their own homes the political boundaries the th party methods of selecting candi candidates candidates candidates dates the machinery of election the I duties of or various officers and the tha pay received They should know some of at atthe the powers that are delegated by the people pe to public servants They should know the history of their city of their state and after that of at their nation The Buffalo plan Is worthy worth of or adoption tion everywhere |