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Show A QUESTION OF DESIRABILITY. In commenting on the nmilatlon of the Teachera I'edeiatlon 111 l hleogo with the Tederntlon of Labor Harpers Week!) thinks tint the tencheis should prove u stead) ing Influence, 'and by their conservative attitude toward ruling rul-ing fuetnra In their now environment have an oppnrtunlts to lender n real service ' It thinks thnt If the tcachcia were ordered to go o l strike, the) would appreciate the wrong nnd folly fol-ly of stopping the work of the schools nnd thrusting the children out upon the Btreets, hecnuse these tallois cant mnnage their nwn nffalrs satisfactorily Must education cease, nnd the soung ot the land who have not nny loo much time In which to fit themselves for the duties of mnnhool and womanhood, be kept out of sihool for six months because be-cause Iheie Is a strike In the Pcnns)l-vanla Pcnns)l-vanla coal fields? Of course, there Is no was to tell Just what the teachers might do In such n case It might be tint their views would be conservative and restraining, nnd It might be thut the Insufferable conditions that would result from a closing of the schools would be relied on ln some cases by strikers lo force compliance with Ihelr demand and tint the wishes of the teachers In case the) weie opposed to the strike woull not be much considered consid-ered It Isn't worth while to Indulge In sentiment and tn consider that the most desirable thing Is the thing thnt will be. for In the ultimate choice, the question always comes to be What Is most desirable? and the majority or the most vehement will always decide that. |