Show SCHOOLS UNO AND COMMUNITY LIFE probably no other agency of man mans creating has haa such tar far reaching power for good in the community as aa good live up date schools the time is long past in this country when hen just any old school will serve the purpose nothing la is truer today than that a community is known by the quality of its schools for it is a fact that the school is a perfect barm ometer for the community As the common ity so the school and conversely as the school so the community but aside from the mere aducat ional consideration a progressive school in a community loerts exerts it ita influence in other directions frequently very little regarded by bv the community generally in the first place a real live progressive school is never found in a sead dead community As well sell expect mushrooms from a barren soil s at to expect educational perfection where none is expected or demanded so then the really progressive school presupposes a like spirit in the community moll men of observation and intelligence have bave this fact in mind when seeking a location for a home probably the two first questions asked by nine in a out of every ten home seekers a are re what of your schools and who ayour your church es esa the really desirable catiz cilwa n with a family of sons ani and daughters to rear is always suspicious auspicious of the town without good school facilities ile he la is aware of the fact that the mere absence of these facilities argues a lack of interest on the part of the community at large and tightly rightly ref refuses ulas to cast his lot with them so that from a material point of view new the higher we build our schools the stronger their drawing power lower in the material things of life we have said saal that the school is the barometer for the community it is pre eminently so from a standpoint of morals morais the old adage As the father so the son is fast losing its force in this day instead we are bendine to 0 coin a counte As th the a son so do the father so that as we build u up p our schools year by year to a higher state of efficiency they in turn urn are building up the individual members of the community bradu ally trimming off cr crudeness and coa coarseness elevating the character acter and nd generally remodeling and revitalizing the entire body politic toen what of the schools of f this community 7 are they our first consideration 7 they should be what other interest in life have you reader that can for a momen moment compare with the welfare of your childrens children hil drent 7 and what other influence in the c holds childs life is there to compare with that of his get this thia fact firmly fixed in your brain and heart As your school so will your child be the child will be a faithful product of the school that moulds his character are we afraid to invest a few hundred dollars or a few thousand in modern school facilities 9 no community ever yet vet me made de the investment that it was not returned many by fold viewed from a purely financial standpoint it is the safest investment we can possibly make there is absolutely no excuse for a poor school in any community of self if supporting men and women the community that refuses to give of its best to its schools will if find itself as the years yeara go by gradually losing in the race of life and the people who deem no sacrifice too great to be made for their childrens welfare will year by year climb higher what of this community 7 li |