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Show write a paragraph on the probable consequences if every person of eighteen years and over should have ten thousand dollars, no more and no less. One lad wrote that this equalization would never do, because a newsboy who had ten thousand dollars would not sell papers and Thomas Edison with no more than ten thousand' dollars, could not bring out his inventions. The keenness of intellect and the diligence of the Jews are giving tjiem high places on the eligible lists for teaching positions, and this makes it extremely important that this body of our fellow citizens should gain the right perspective in regard to American ideals and institutions. Teachers with vision have both a duty and a privilege in proper guidance of those who will be teachers of our children. Sometimes there does seem to be a metallic ring in the character of the foreign-born youth, but I do not see how the Jew is very different from any other section of the body politic. He deserves to succeed, for he has more diligence, more determination, and in many cases higher mental ability. To my mind, these pupils 16 |