Show fir mi n ir K B i T schools el i C I 1 fily by principal john A watts GREETINGS to tile thi roosevelt public tile the pa irons arons and pupils of the elementary school your teachers send greetings another year is ig pr practically gone another mile post will soon be passed perhaps mono of us have all we wa set out to do are ni nineteen netzen hundred and twenty six should become a memory it is not a question of having done what we set before our selVa when the tha year was young to do but the thing that does count is bow hard have we fought if I 1 ours is the feeling of 1 I gave the best beet ther cheri was in me then w we e have just mas mason ason for pleasurable ces all men dream all men hope every man anan has ills his ideal idea but it is likewise tr true ue or should be so that just when we seem ready to grasp the p prize lo 10 our vision is lifted and w we e see beyond to bigger and better things it Is upon the principle pla of a receding ideal and mans ability and ration to to pursue that the safety and perron nency of our great social institution such as the home the church and the school depends depend ara not we under the protection of our gre great at government enjoying an ideal of the past will not those who are yet to come realize oui dreams will not the richness of their lives depend upon how well we plant and their ability to reap the harvest surly it is so then let us do our part of the job well where is our hope for the future realizing that the home church wild and the school are thi the centers through which we reach the great masses of our population and knowing too that under our present complex form of living no ona of these agencies in and of itself is quite sufficient to life our eyes to the stars set us to marching on toward th great future and to imbue us with the spirit of social responsibility to make us a contributor tri butor to the welfare of th group and at the same timi time give the desire tor for economic independence requires raqul res the com combined bleed effort of all our forces educationally and socially then to meet these thes conditions economically with as lit tie ile loss as possible each of these thes great forces must recognize the place of the other and lend their full support to the of this great work viz the building of a worthy citizenry to make out of the boys and girls of today the men and women of tomorrow who will because of i 1 thairl ideals love and fellowship carry the olive branch of deaca unto all they undertake to do with only a desire for cooperation and not wishing to under rate or ignore the other forces of of education vr wi desire for the moment to fix your attention upon the schools of our com chmir infinity what we need what has been doni dona has been well done they rhey who have have built their eyes asre w re upon the future ours is fie tale task to carry on the work to 0 ret the standard one step higher theris no ilo reason why the schools of roosevelt should not be the equal of any in ili our fair land this is our hope that when our boys and girls go on to higher education tuy thy may do so equipped so BO as to make them successful su competitors in their chosen fields of endeavor many there thera are arc who will never get beyond common schools to them will conic come with greater force the responsibilities of life theirs will be the heavier load we can single out no particular group upon which to center our efforts it is our duty to give equally our attention to the rich arid and the poor I 1 the fast and the slow the fortunate and the un fortunate foit the fact is it I 1 Is our duty to build worthy citizens out of every ode on e who comes under thi tha influence of our great school system tema the idahl condition will be when we are able to take the child as he is and make of him a happy useful member mer fiber in his community wherever his lot may be cast we need a contented and industrious citizenship how our hopes may mav be el Rel izod Ta parents rents we have in the elementary schools sel fools three hundred of your boys and girls our room is limited in some bom of the classes every available space is utilized in son conf ri of the rooms not another seat could be crowded in the tact fact of the matter is that in some we are too crowded to do efficient work you havi have already taken to remedy these conditions but there are other factors that thai need our attention they are wo we have too much regularity irregularity it of attendance tt too many pupils are habitually tardy are not pupils often kept at home to work whan their time co could uld be spent far more profitably in school have we not as parents consider it carefully been to prone to feel we need the child more than he needs the school would it inot be well for us to Preserve reserve the order of our think inar lne parents Is not finished when ban we feed and clothe out oui boys and girls important as that abat abe lie we oe owe it to them to sate safe guard an and prepare thern them fo for r tile the future Is t this his the same world 11 was twenty nay ton ten years ago do we ot of today live as our parents lived will the tha men ind and women who shall live in ili our land tomorrow live as we of today live there Is ia only one rational answer then the n let us build into their lives habits of thrill thrift industry punctuality and honesty virtues that make for a careful high minded and sive citizenry this is our task citizens parents and teachers are a like alike responsible for the carrying on 3 if f our great democratic ideals this thic must be done through the horn home the church the various philanthropic organizations throughout out oui land the school and all other social agencies whose purpose it is to foster and preserve our splendid inheritance hori tance from the past parents we need you you need us can we not come to a common understanding we cam As teachers our desires are for a greater cooperation through know knowing ing each other batter misunderstandings are minimized the purpose of our institutions the home and school can be realized alizai re we invite you to visit your schools they are yours it is not enough that you sen send them to us but you should know slow and what they are being taught in many ways we wa are cancelling each others efforts you by your teaching at home good as your methods may be do not teach as we do and so the child becomes confused c on fused will you not leave the matter that cones within the realm of teaching school subjects to us Is this asking ashing too much we because we do not know the disposition and temper of your child are likely to maks harsh and able criticisms critic sms ams in ili fact xv wi may antagonize tag onize rather than develop child I 1 repeat parents tor for bertei understanding we teachers and parents meed to know each othea better A strong chain is the r re suit of proper combination of a nun bar ar of 0 strong links just so in ahr life of a community our is s to build a happy childhood hild hood into a conservative aril regressive sive manhood and woman let us get to together gather may lay the he joy of greater achievement be yours parents of the boys and 0 girls iris wi we teach is our wish for you |