Show POLITICS IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS THE baltimore herald has the following sensible and pertinent paragraph on the school question nothing in the world is so destructive of the true educational spirit as for school officials to cease being appointed on grounds of fitness as instructors tors and to obtain their places by political preferment at the very moment such appointments are made either in the teaching or supervisory departments at that moment dry rot attacks the whole educational system of the state this policy so destructive of the true educational spirit is now advised by the organ of the party which has obtained control of educational cat ional affairs in this city that ls to say it counsels the appointment of no teachers b but ut those of its own party of course it deprecates party influences in education in theory and yet at the same time attempts to enforce it in practice and to commit the board of education to the policy the rejoinder to this will be the old and exploded falsehood that no gentiles were ever employed as teachers in the public schools when the cormons mormons Mor mons sP held control butia but if this were true it would not justify a policy that is destructive of the true educational spirit that will threaten with dry rot the whole educational system of the city however it is not true teachers rea chers have been employed at different limesand times time sand and places in this territory who were and when they acted like gentlemen they were treated like gentlemen and respected in their place As a rule men have been selected who were believed to be moral and god fearing but some of them were not even god belier ing and have used their position to inculcate infidel notions to the trident of the youth and therefore of the community we say that teachers should be chosen for their ability to teach and to set a good moral example and that because Uber liberals aPy have gained control of the school board that is no reason why talented persons of experience peri ence in the art should be excluded from teaching in the public schools because they belong to the peoples people a party A and nd the advice g given ven to pursue this improper course proceeds from evil motives and will be found unwise and impolitic and inimical to the public welfare |