Show A FREE itar BOOK discussion there hag been considerable differ of opinion ver ever the recent action of the city board of education in deciding that for the present the high eathol pupils will not be text bookie iree free the basis ot of this action is IB wat that the city school district bat ba not the lunds bunds to expend in that direction the interests of the me grade sc school hooli requiring the use of all gaea elesia available at the present time lima apropos of this thin matter is the view taken by the lute late illinois legislature on this same subject wherein the legislative senate committee on education tok toi k adverse actie actio on the proposed tree free textbook text book law in that bat state and killed the measure mea eare in discussing the subject the chicago chronicle expressed the view held by a considerable majority of the illinois legislature legislator and by liae breser and public there with low lew exceptions as an ih ib so se view were given tiroui through h the newspapers this was that the free text book bli alli was a pernicious measure mea euie carrying carryl nt the ocia forward in a direction which threatens destruct loo of indi aud and eel ael respect ct that the publio public school Is ie no more entitled to tree free books than he is ie entitled to free deboef a free rice to aud and from a free cil attendance when il that it if an eaues education tion I 1 ia worth having li it la is worth paying lor for as ae far as aa may be nece necessary esary to pay fir 10 that the public bad talau itself generously and overtaxed itself to 1081 maintain iree free public schoon swid aud to pile upon I 1 he expense already luo urrea that of providing evary child wh wb arienda these tree free to them in all else elee with the books and utensil ut enil used eded in ID the course or of a neais education would baitt ben a wrong to the state elate and to the abo IL who be the forced recipient ot of stich euch charity ob arity and ana wool loulu also be an injustice to tut b very groat great number of parents who contributing according to their tax b oblee blee to the maintenance of the public acho I 1 do not use uee that thai establishment at all al to this the chronicle adot adf there is an attempt on the part f educators to magnify their office at the expense of the people they wish to load the school system down with all sorts ot fads fade and they think the he public will stand the imposition the public to Is indeed patient it is patient even as the camel but the last straw came and broke the camels hack back and as apro a producer the camel was of no further farther account professional educators should beware ot zeal without discretion and extravagance that becomes destructive so tar for as concerns the view that the abe furnishing of free text books threatens destruction of individualism and self respect and is 18 no DO moro more appropriate for a public school scholar than are free rides etc ate the NEWS cannot agreta agree with the illinois idea at all for the reason that the ibe latter displays display a ices sive pettishness aud 3 car rylon to ita logical the he argument as presented in our chicago oo temporary it witold apply to free tee ech so e well as free text books boobe and ald thus characterize mI those who take that position as am at adverse iverse to the publio public system if at not worse it may be true that it if on an education la Is worth having it 19 worth paying tor for as aa far as way may be necessary and to turn the point OB 01 the illinois people the education or of 0 children is worth having by a state hence the state pays for it as far a i necessary even to the be stent of free books as well as free tuition tui lou tiou when circumstances cum stances allow there is no more loss of sel in accepting free text books than in im receiving tuition tree free from thee the state school teachers hence to in this city the grade soki aos have free tuition and ancl free text books and this condit condition ioni should be maintained as loo long g as kosgi ble since it Is a mater material jal assistance asi istance io ift educating the be but me be bight school stands second in ili order in no ni cee for the reason that it joes does DO nob 1 include all children under a compol 1 sory attendance rule and the majority of children do not reach there at all it auld be a most desirable thing ii if free tuition and books could be main tanned to in the high machoul but it a out i somewhere becomes necessary neoe esary it I 1 j better belter to do it on the free text books fur for high school pupils than to let the load tall fall on the more general Ins tItU tion tue toe grade and when air r permit the tha better col condition lidl should be resumed AS to the other polar point that of eduma 4 9 rs re seeking to magnify themselves ati at we the expense of the people there la Is too goo I 1 much display of that though all educators do noa indulge therein too often when ketren retrench oh A went is called r too cue cry 0 I 1 opposing i education to Is raised without reason for folt justification and many fads fire are suf ferea to prevail arc m this very bans i but the public avo aou school boards or are coming to deal with this matter as an it I 1 deserves and to adopt or modify with cool judgment and in consider ft tion of all the me circumstances regard less of nf overzealous over zealous or 0 r specious cla LU or yet free text boohr or anything that facilitate the children of a state s ate gene rally receiving a sound practical edval eda catlon cation are not noc a fad or destructive olt of self respect or energy in the individual H sta Jento dente |