BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 May 1910, Page 3

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

To the Editor. •s''") —I cousideied the matter ol tiie kite school committee election us .uielveu, except lor a query to be replied to by Air i'aLiner. 1 am not malevolent, not seeKing selil-aaver-luse.inent; perhaps tins was not the reason tiie present tilt at " W.-U.i''." "J iivenis,' 1 rorsooth, was not lnclinul to put his signature; the same way lie receipts a bill, or signs a ckoque. It is 110 use piling 011 the aujoctives (about liigmlieU! silence ana contempt); this is a word picture of what might have been, and the possessor of such is indeed a rani avis. There is any a mount of the counterfeit. As I consider 1 have sailed for my opinion, being hero in Levin before either "J uvenis" or any of our complacent selfsatisfied Solons put a foot in it; but owing to my contempt for self-ad-vertisement, my detestation, and of a predominant element, self-asser-tion, 1 keep in the back ground; yet with good intentions, and giving honour when it is due. liroadaores, bank-balance officials, schoolmasters, etc., or any prominent person of social status, because 1 am a worker, do not cause me £o be deferential. Not a. bit of it; 'they must earn my respect first. Strange thing hero in Levin, "Juvenis," that those who appear to bo somebody, are so ostentatious in their public comings in and. goings out. Kine example to the rising generation this! There is an utter lack of anything dignified. And, in conclusion, ".Juvenis," I beg to say that there is more real patriotism bet-? ween my finger and thumb, than in your total of avoirdupois; so "kennel up" yourself.—Yours, etc., W. M. F.