The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

DNN h'Oh"AShJ 10 NipVuStOiui w no
Americans, and it is hoped that we
will ever find sufficient number OF
intelligent, well informed, conscien-
.ious voters to render our government
safe and make it an aggressive force
Tor good in elevating humankind.
Our institutions, ecclesiastical, so.
cial and governmental, depend upon
the citizenship; the character OF the
citizenship depends upon the charac-
ter of the training and development
OF the bols and girls and the charac-
ter of this training il that for which
we older ones are responsible.
The responsibility of training and
developing properly the youth OF the
land is the greatest AID grandest re.
sponsibilty laid by Heaven upon hu,
mainly.
Now, 10 insure the highest order of
citizenship, We must thoroughly edu-
cate our boys and girls, and, if we do
not wan: other people to rule our chill
dren in after generations, we must
make them competent and able to
rule themselves.
To set about the work OF supplying
our young people with the very best
and incest, the amplest and most in
viting apartments and the best in
strucfors for their development, is a
task which we cannot honora,
bly, evade so long as Heaven gives us
means to eonsummate the glorious
work.
1t is not enough that we "put up
school building and put in black.
boards and seats that'll do" An old
acquaintance of mine was accustomed
to say, "a do amt worth d-n."
Though vulgar, it shifts of business.
Our school apartments should be fine
ly and fully furnished with the
prettiest and best.
The best characters come from the
cleanest, best ordered houses. The best
architects are those who have been
surrounded by the best and prettiest
architecture. The best poets come
from rural homes, where they imbibe
from nature the inspiration which ma
ture alone can give; in short, we are
largely what our environments make
us. The Interior architectural designs
of our school buildings should be OF
such character as to excite and devel-
op in the observing pupil just con-
conceptions OF good architecture and
a love for the beautiful and poetry Of
mathematics. The decorations
carved designs, frescoing, notices
pictures, etc.-should be abundant
and of such nature as to arouse the
esthetic nature and develop the facul
ties Of comparison.
1t is gratifying to note that we citi
zens OF Johnson City are soon to have
the opportunity to vote a sum to Sc
cure better facilities for educating oul
young people. Our accommodation
are inadequate to the demands.
Last year there were 500 boys and
girls in our schools, and some of oul
rooms were simply packed to confu
sion.
The board now controls Tor tht
whites but one building, (Scienc'
HilD which will accommodate only
about one-fourth OF the pupils.
The board is awake to the enormity
OF the work and now calls upon thu
F.. town to appropriate $4,000 for secur
ing the needed buildings and furni
ture.
Should there be enough opposition
:. to defeat the passage of the bonds
public schools in Johnson City ar
dead for two years and many nobl
boys and girls cowardly cheated on
OF their rightful chances to secur
, their desired places in the world.
Even the corallary questions which
, cluster about this school question are
: to say the least of them, boundless il
Y their comprehension.
As citizens who earnestly desire t
place our community right to TIL
5 front, let us prove our sincerity in thi
/. by voting the needed amount to Sc
0 cure to our children at least as goo
: chances as other communities Civ
e their children.
+ Let's come together on the 9TH {
}. July and plant another stone on thi
n royal road to prosperity which John
y son City is proudly treading,
r The amount asked for streets an
! school buildings is very reasonable
when we consider that We now carr
G only $4,000 The bonds we now carr
s have brought us property, the tax OF
which would more than pay the inter
d est. One OF the first questions asked b
Q correspondents is, Glow about yoa
schools?"
: Let us not, by refusing TO work 70
: these bonds, contradict former profeI
/. sions of our confidence in Johnso
City's fnture.
r, w. A. RAMSEY.
| - -