Show parents urged to protect public property y during dining the summer vacation the school building vacant most of the unit time ind and if left undisturbed would remain in fir the same condition it was in when was closed in the spring however this condition docs does not hold in many cases as the school building is made to suffer unnecessary damage at the hands of thoughtless chil dren the chief damage is caused by broken windows which has amont amounted led to as mich ws as a s two jiun dred dollas in one on year at the iju duchesne chesne county heh school and the figure at other has been as large in proportion to the sizes or of the buildings this damage is absolutely unnecessary and must be paid by a school district which is financially too heavily burdened burde ried under the most favorable conditions to furnish the best to our boys and girls As long as we have to spend a part of our school money repairing damaged property we cannot expect to enjoy a number of things so vital in our present day educational system parents should cooperate coo with the school board in cutting this needless loss to its lowest point the school house is no place tor for children ildren cl to be wallowed allowed to play all children are prone to do things away from home which they would not think of doing at home and in a thoughtless moment th the e best of them may break a window or otherwise cause damage which will throw a burden on the entire community but this Is not the serious part of 0 the thing for the window can be replaced in a short sh rt time but the discard pard for public pub le property created in the child by b y such an act will remain with him h I 1 in for a long time and it not corrected will become a part of him with possible bad results A parent who upholds a child in fit all any y giong act is wa an unwise parent and is not doing the right thing for the child too often an indulgent father or mother attempts to excuse the acts of ct their child by pointing to a neighbors child and by doing so strike a blow at good for a good citizen does not license himself by the acts of his neighbors but rather chooses for himself what he shall do rather stringent measures are now nov being employed to stop this needless waste and while it is to be hoped that no difficulty will be necessary essaiy the fact remains that all offenders offen deis of who they are will be harshly dealt with help the young people keep out ot or trouble double by keeping them away from places where they will likely get into it rather than punishing them after they get into difficulty |