Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-14
KEEP THE SCHOOLS OPEN
ANOTHER SUEGESTEO% E:OES
RAISING MONEY

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Subscrabe-A Moses lis s.aslfy
Needed.
EDITOR TIE CITIZEN IL have read Tie
articles written by Captain Patton on
raising funds to continue the public
schools this year. His public spirited
action i'll the matter does him great
honor. While l agree with him that it
is important to keep the public schools
open the full term, think it mistake
to limit the amount to be subscribed or
the number of subscribers. l would sug-
gest that aid in this way is not in accord
with Democrati: institutions and posi-
bly, may tend to pauper:z. the public
schools.
In place of he proposed way of raisiru y
money think if the school mmittee
Will have printed statement and sub
scIiption cards. to be seut by the chill
dren in the public schools to their par
ents. that enough money will be raised
to continue the schools until the warm
weather. If this docs not accomplish
the OBJECT then 1T can be supplemented
by those public spirited men and women
of wealth whom Captrin Patton now
calls on for assistance.
AS important as 1T IS that th.. public
schools are continued this year for the
full term it is much more important that
the taxation for school purpose be in
CT aSed tor next Year, So that it =. iii
fully cover all expenses at the public
schools and | woul include the free kin.
dergartcns now supported by cha,iiv.
IL tins can hc accomplished | should he
pleased to have nay school tax doubled.
Il. /. Davis.
The Public schools.
EDIT 'R THE CITIZEN The teacher is
the soul and inspiration of the school
She takes the bantling fresh from the
home nest. full of pouts and uncontrolled
passions. an ungovcrnablc little wretch,
whose own mother honestly admits that
she sent him to school to get rid of him.
This teacher takes whole car load OF
these little anarchists, one OF whom
single handed and alone is more than a
match for both father and mott her, and
at once pu' s thern in the way of being
useful and upright citizens. But at what
expense of toll. patience and soul
WEAKNESS.
Can we afford to |, t this fact r drop
out o: our system of social economy
Are our ears SO dulled by an,nality that
we have not caught the faint voicing of
her teaching! Are our children more
polite. more moral than they were before
they came in touch with her influence?
Do they abhor ilnpurity. and realize that
the body is the temple of an immortal
soul! If we can answer these questions
IN the affirmative, are wenot inoculating
the coming generation with moral lep-
rosy to let our public schools go down
under the heels of financial disaster? No
matter who has blundered; ours the
task to remedy. Ashe viIle's sorrows
crown of SORROWS would be the closing
of her public schools In their closing
there will e three to suffer; the chill
dren; the schools, land last, but not
least. the teacher. The childrcn's suf-
tering will b. the future outcome of pres
ent idleness. The scEoo's' will be the
loss of many familiar with the work,
difficulty in filling their places and loss
of public confidence. The teacher will
suffer financial loss. They will have
incurred debts with no means of meeting
them. Thy will have six months OF
idleness. with no present funds to meet
future demands, plans ali broken, before
them chaos, behind them reg et Let us
draw the veil.
The dearest wish of my heart is. that
a Moses may be raised up to lead us out
OF TINS Egypt. SchOLaSCuS.