Show es education pay Is the school a worthwhile institution amany lany attempt ef havo have been made td others othera are arc being made madd to define iu cation catton thousands sands ot 0 definitions ive 0 been given and hundreds of foka have been written tor for the ape he 0 purpose of explaining just what cation Is have you in mind a ther her complete of its moan mean g parents send their sons and ugh tera to school at great costs to at t an education do they get ltv it ster ter these young people have spent any y coara cars of 0 conscientious effort in lowing prescribed courses of study d have mot met the requirements for adu adua atlon tion from some institution of arning they ae given a commence ent tit exercise what does it mean itye ave they not secured nn an education nt it possible to secure an aduca OUT on lo 10 education nn an evolutionary process every idea thought d act make its contribution to ones education du catlon cation the total of ones experiences his education lf if a wrong Is committed in n the community the question Is asked who fa to blame just who Is to blame he ahe homo the school the church the he community om companions anti anil associates education or what not t a fact that nil all those thosa factors and forces bear responsibility in the matter ter may it rot pot be true trite that nunn blunt ot 01 efthem them are at fault who know good and evil are as necessary in life as are night and day tho the good old book declared clarea de docia res that offenses fes must come and infers that retribution for same must follow often when wrongs are committed the school Is charged with the responsibility ot of being at fault havo have you ever known from personal experience of any teacher in any of our institutions teaching that wrong Is right light very often if our children do not succeed as we would like to have them we blame their school teachers tomorrow those who bear responsibility in the work of the world today will be gone and others must take their place does the training or education offered and received la in our institutions of le hearting arting help in preparing the now new generation to carry on this work it Is easy and rather natural for an individual who has haa had years and years of training and practical experience in some line of endeavor to look upon the work woric orttie or the school and to say bay that it la Is a failure it Is rather interesting to listen to someone who has had years of experience peri ence in some particular line condemn others who have not had the experience does the school malio mako a vital and worthwhile contribution to society does the training thor therein elit given pay considerable money is spent for or education and ea as to whether or not that money Is well spent will be determined by the character tri rl work done in the schools if the schools were taken away or closed for a number of years we wa may develop a keener appreciation or their real value it Is often difficult to appreciate that which la Is alway alwawi 1 with us ug the tha ills of life enrich and make dear to us their opposites the statistical report of tho the garfield school district which has just juat been complied compiled makes plain a row facts that should have the serious consideration of all who are interested in the welfare of our Be schools bools out of an enrollment of 1457 children in the district last season only 1352 were dally in attendance r from J rom this we learn that children were out ot of school every day that schools were wera in session cession there were 55 65 withdrawals and 81 the age dis tribu a tion for or the various grades showed a difference of six years in three of the grades tho the short school term in this district and the lack of proper interest on the part of many parents give to the elementary schools a tremendous responsibility in the matter of retardation our district made a fair rating in most of the subjects in the tests which are sent out from the state office at the close of the school season I 1 believe that education does pay and that our institutions of learning are making pi a splendid contribution la in many ways tor for the apgood ot of our boys and girls and while the schools cannot turn out experienced and successful men und and women they are a training in the fundamentals ot of learning end in the essentials of health and citizenship win will enable our young people to successfully handle and cope copa with the affairs of we life as they como come to them all panto whether vegetable grain trees or institutions of learning thrive bent under most wholesome whole somo situations A little boost and a bit of encourage mout give and simulation stimulation our schools aro are maeng progress pro gresa lets help thorn them to grow respectfully yours youra for bettor better schools F 0 supt bupt |