Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-29 | Page 20 | Breakdown of Russ Schools Seems Tragic

BREAKDOWN OF ft RIBS SCHOOLS 1 SEEMS TRAGIC Bji Teachers and Pupils Out- r.BI side Mosco"r Arc Appal- J linglyPoor MOSCOW DOES EETTER M Children Make Fun of Com-rades Com-rades Who Profess Bolshevism I M 3i I IV . Jan. 2 (Bj joclati cl ifii Press.) The virtual breakdown of I H9y 'i Bm mi ol . In 111 Hfl dozens of smaller places where tho t'fl corn i 1 d, I lie p n en t H appalling Those in tho L'nited Slates who got 111 their education bv trumping for miles H Q0W8 i" UK- II. ile n-. I HJ( school house wore far belter off than ' JUj land m . GTCrlY OF TEACHER. -BB liH '! have barels o c over my bod: i ' j8p- n cold room and I have nexi rfl ii o month: MBi I keep liie togethi v by trading in the public mar- ' B can I expect (he children to learn. -HBtft) They come to school hungry, poorly j clad and, as the rooms are cold, we eo hBf(! Is all. They hiivr-n'i any books, there H is no chalk lor the blackboard. The LJH discipline c;oes lo pieces" U? in Moscow, teachers' salaries hadn't B i months, until re- I Bfl mm '.uu.iimi tn -iio.onii rubles each, as a II 'ii the- pric h B .ii 1 " i -. hall enough i.. , bBi. ! buy ;v p.ur of shoes, oi one-tenth the juil ol cldthes. The men j Bi anil women teachers are ragged, wear- I HK m Ii -rallv l.tlli: j H ipart. Some of them hai of living in flpg ' j Ings where some heat is furnish. ' BhtJ Tlv clothing of the punds is on ; pa:- ' JS with that of the teachers. CHILDREN PATIENT. W B In Viiil.-. nntwithstundi" K there, is good discipline and the popili i" learn. Tl L.v i. H rather Btrange religious opin 3 urns, they are happj and merry tor all ; 3 like American nl school children. Ktll Thev communique H They make fun of their comrades or E?! teachers who wear long hair and call H lectures by Lunacharski. commissar ol IHH M.id'ime others, 'L .mi t be j do this "n emptj '.h and ct do not complain. Sfcfcw