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Show I WHO OiS THE SCHOOLS? CJ "Twelve high school students have been barred from the school r5!l--l T to atta'n scholaristic standards set by the faculty. The "?.c' authorized such a policy at the principal's suggestion. 'J v 1n1e of the students have been informed by the prosecut- mih at they have no recourse in the courts." Horses and Rozerl students should be mentally unfitted to remain If ing if o " 'rc"y to e crec'tecI, and as a principal of general appli-jy appli-jy Dl'trm- the policy is a violation of individual rights, against which Americans should maintain a jealous opposition. The pubic schools are among the last of real home institutions, and must be preserved to the people. Boards of education are not chosen and teachers are not employed to make selection among the children within their respective juridictions for teaching, and no child, even if subnormal, may be deprived of their school training or its equivalent in special instruction. It is not always the boy or girl who attains a scholastic standing set by a faddist principal or faculty who makes the best scholar. Vlany a. diligent student has been hindered in his work by a well-si.fllcien7n-sc ut incaPatle teacher. the que; The principle involved in this is whether the school, the public .-( illy '$01 js for (.Jg benefit of the people, or the convenience of those u j.iployed, to give instruction. Are the laws of Washington such lTShat twelve pupils may be barred from further opportunity at the sll('will of the principal? The cost of public schools is the highest f single item in the tax budget and with every fad introduced into the curriculum it increases. Directed play, outside pageants, thea- trical exhibitions make the pupil in many cases an overworked in-' in-' dividual whose mentality is handicapped by giving attention to the steps in a marching figure where a score must keep step in absolute unison or "spoil the act." Parents must be aroused to the necessity of constant watchful- ness lest the school boards, principals and teachers become too firm-I firm-I br convinced they, instead of the taxpayers, own the schools. Dear- -vincIePendent- |