From this point of view, the coming Presidential
campaign seems to promise a more informing and
beneficial alignment on great public questions than
we have had ior many years. It remains to be
seen, however, whether the G. O. P. will clarify
its platform sufficiently. It cannot be blind to the
fact that we have moved beyond the ideas and
conditions of the 1920's, and that no effort could
estore the individualism of that epoch. Yet it must
offer a retreat from rash experimentation, or it
will have no reason for existence.
In any event, there is no place on the political
stage for a nationwide third-party movement. The
two major parties are far enough apart on major
issues so that there is no point where a new party
can take hold. It is when the major parties be
come too much alike that the chances of a third
party become interesting.
The Little Red Schoolhouse.
(Kansas City Star.*
We read, and we know without reading, that the
!it!e 1-room schoolhouse is passing out. In much of
the country there no longer is any excuse for it.
Mctor car transportation and hard-surface roads
have given impetus to the consolidation of school
districts and the construction of modern buildings
and modern equipment for one school, serving what
formerly had been several districts.
