Show CRIME AND ITS degradation OR olt EDUCATION AND ITS UPLIFT taso who head our prisons agree a as A to the relation which ignorance bears to crime they tell us unit that erli crime in its essence ind and for the timit nio t part Is due to ignorance A life of crime not only destroys the well being of tile the criminal but in ili as it increases tends to break down the whole social order crime lit in till all its varied ramifies a tlona tiong la 19 now costing tile people of united states clo clow jo to annually this Is in cash disturbances of the people their what it Is costing in ili its carlel dis tur bances of the people teopil their hel health lIth progress and engral cheral welfare certainly this lost cost Is 19 the greater though it cannot be mea mca in ili dollars since our gisto agree that erline crime in ili its essence is duo due to ig noralice noran nor atice cei society should apply the only anil antidote klote known for ignorance namely education if by proper education society can cut the money cost of crime 50 per cent it will not only save itself but will release thai into channels of infinite value to all alii but what has society done for education throughout the country revenel recen reven tl comparatively little to lo what it should and must do here are a few things it lias has lone done to education I 1 that which ithaca huilt built up through the years it has put nearly experienced public school teachers perilously near the dole if not on the dole jlove it has reduced the salaries of over public school teachers teacher sl to v less than per amitia lini tile the minimum amount allow I 1 balory I 1 lb lobor borers ors under the NKA codes about of these leae teachers hers aorl ie celled less than a year for their services I 1 j it lias has cut public school ex expend I hires nearly under those of tile the school year 1932 31 3 and more than under anae r those of five years ago the exa tures ther then were but one fifth I 1 tile lie cost of crime in III this country now while it hns has been reducing expenditures tures for public schools schoola it on en rolled in these schools during the school year more pupils than it did five years ago 1 in ili it deprived children of school age of tiny any schooling or reduced school terms to it a few weeks or it a few months ford for these children it lias has in ili many places converted free high schools into tuition schools it ha almost completely complete ly aban boned school building programs 1 while it housed improperly jorj more than pupils in city schools and a much larger number in I 1 rural schools tile above are a few of the things iio clety has done to education tion if society does not right about face aind double its present outlay by building up high standards for the proper education of its children it Is appalling to contemplate much less I 1 experience what ignorance in ili its destructive criminal re solvents will do to society during the rising generation society must soon decide what it will ilo materially increase Us its highest annual school bill or go on drifting anti thus double and triple its annual crimp crime bill with all the nf attendant evils and breakdowns accompany crime and ignorance e there Is no other way out but the educational roil route te society must pay which Is the saner bill education with social uplift to ili higher gher levels of reat reality tty or crime with social degeneration into squalor and utter litter decay serious reflection on oil tile ashes of the earths empires and tt an nd ad mixture of them with tile the fatty degenerative matter gro growing whig up about the heart of the nation would create a cleansing solvent which destroy ignorance and greed tile the causes of tile the de destruction of all civilizations the federal government is id expending a few hundred millions of collais in ili preserving the ille nations foreste and streams a splendid idea long cherished by tile president how heartening it would be it public education could hear from him bini in equally resonant voice and ald aid SCot rites news newa bureau ur 0 mi |