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Show ABOUT THE NIGHT SCHOOL. It may bo known to most of people that wo have a good night ochool in successful operation in Cedar City, but if it is, it is not on account of tho prominence which the move has been given in the local papers; but it is certainly a fac that we have an excellent ex-cellent school in session two nights- Tuesday and Thursday every week, judging by the attendance it is not half appreciated, or else our citizens are not needing scholastic culture half ho bad as might be supposed. Of course, the move has one drawback draw-back there is no charge for admission. admis-sion. It is quite possible that if some stranger were to come with a charge of fifty centB per lesson, the opportunity opportun-ity for learning would bo more popular. popu-lar. It is a well established fac that what we get easily is not so much valued as that for which we have to pay a high price. It seems to me that wo show poor appreciation for the generosity, not to say self-sacrifice, of the two com-netent com-netent instructors who are giving their time and talents for tho benefit of the community, by not attending in greater numbers than twonty-five to thirty students per session, when the accommodations are nmplo for three or four times that number. It muy be that we shall require time for the idea to soak in that wo are allowing al-lowing a valuable prize to escape us, but it is a fact that tho chance fqr mental improvement that so many of our fellow citizens are letting go by unappropriated, is of as great value as are soma of the land and water chances that we hear and read so much about from the financial boosters. boost-ers. "Knowledge is power," and power pow-er Ib something that 1b always seasonable sea-sonable and useful to Its possessor. Parents aro fond of telling their offspring of the danger and folly of letting tho golden moments of youth pass unimproved, and warning them that they will live to see the day when they will regret tho timo and opportunities that they have wasted, and it is a fact that there are but few peopje who do not look back with regret re-gret upon their neglect In this respect. re-spect. It would therefore seem that ' -- j'ii". i. .. , when people who had passed through such experiences had another chance given them, they would bo wiso enough en-ough to not let it escape them. It also affords fathers and mothers u fine chance to set a good examplo to their children another opportunity of adding strength to the teachings of precept by the force of example. Fellow cltizena fathers and mothers, moth-ers, busy young men and industrious young women, come ono, como all, and let us show duo appreciation of tho fino chance which is afforded us of mental improvement. Respectfully submitted by, NEVER-TOO-OLD-TO-LEARN. |