Show THAT GRADUATING DANCE A number of the citizens are Justly up lit arum at the public school teachers teach-ers for conducting school dances It is alleged by Homo that the gradual lug dance recently held was n disgrace dis-grace to tho BchoolB and the city It I In said some of tho boy got full and misbehaved themselves Arrests followed fol-lowed for selling liquor to minors but the prosecution seems to hang fire Tribune It Is exceedingly horrowful to learn that the entertainments furnished by the schools are to ho unjustly criti clsed by a representative of our own district one who should lend his every energy to right the wrongs done rather than flaunt tho misfortunes of a 1 few as the misdeeds of a community commu-nity It Is true that some oC the young boys of our town misbehaved themselves them-selves but It Is not true that they wore members of our eighth grade class neither Is it true that tho dance was a disgrace Two of the three boys Implicated are not students of the district schools at all Neither of the boys was at the dance and to blame tho teachers for their actions Is worse than making mak-ing Peter responsible for tho slus of Judas If wo are rightly Informed all those arrested wero members of a certain divines church Why not lay tho responsibility at his gracious feet for nil good shepherds should take hoed unto themselves and unto tho Hock over which they have boon made overseers lest at any time wolves should enter In among them and destroy de-stroy tho Hock Wo as teachers realize tho great responsibility re-sponsibility under which wo labor and so also do we understand that to n greater or less degree wo are indirectly in-directly not directly accountable for tho conditions of our city Wo are molders it Is true but we do not feel that the schools should be hold re sponslblo for all the evils of a country coun-try 1 else what need bo them of pitying pity-ing ministers nnd divines Time schools are doing all in their power to hotter tho children of our country They are endeavoring day by day through constant labor to furnish fur-nish the nation with men and women of honor and integrity How far they aro succeeding In this the future will declare The past by which we judge of that yet to come tolls a most beautiful story At present we are bending toward tho good Conditions Con-ditions aro being ameliorated as the years roll on Being optimistic In our views wo feel that the future is lull of beautiful pictures pleasing to eyes of our most critical friends Fellow citizens we are very grateful grate-ful to you for your hearty coopera Ion and stlport You have aided us loyally Wo need your support With II We can succeed In developing i lute whole child the moral llio Intellec iinl the physical which Is the grand purpose of our public school system Hut should you nt any time feel that wo arc not progressing rapidly rap-idly enough or that the actions of home of our young men ate unworthy of emulation do not judge too harshly harsh-ly Do not misplace responsibility Do not condemn the whole for the actions ac-tions of a few Oo not publish to the state that which pertains only to the community for in so doing you neither nei-ther right the wrong reform the evildoer evil-doer or profit tho town of which you form an Integral part |