Show A coming the other day miss margarett margaret wilson daughter of the president addressed a committee of congress on a the reason why schools hool I 1 in the district of columbia should be thrown open to the people as corn core centers this idea of makine makin sir a community center out of a school house applies no less lesa to the little red school house I 1 in the count country than it does doeh to the big school in the city both are utilized a as Pd product etie ie plains only a comparatively few hours boom out of the 24 As ad to the country proposal is to use us it as a a social sort ren ran dav for district where here the near eat ira or miles indes away there by y removing from rural life the tha bane lane of lonesomeness some curol schools already are given to such use do a ac least to a certain extent compared with the number that are at n t however they are As to the use of the city scho i as a center or social welfare it 11 seems that if et is quite as aa necessary a as in the case of the cun coun ty schools thousands of people live in the lit fl flats atit and congested districts who aie quite a aa lonely as aa the person living ten miles mile from irom his newest nearest neigh bir in the country city fulka folks we art in need of such community centers and the prospects of utilizing the great plants in 10 the city to I 1 better belter advantage adva niage will be a milestone along the roadway of democracy every school should be a comman ity center serving servina as an agent of education nit alone for far the young but for every individual who co con be induced tu to interest himself 1 in the essentials of true citizenship |