The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-03
TWENTY MINUTES FOR DINNER.
A Patron Presents His Views OF the
Quick Dinner Experiment.

Quick Dinner Experiment
Mr. Editor.
Years ago in the early organization
Of a county in Texas. because of the
fact that there were but few people.
1t became necessary at one term of
court in order to complete the petit
jury to take a man who had served on
the grand jury at the preceding term
II so happened that this man was on
jury that tried and acquitted a man
who had been indicted by the grand
jury OF which he was member. The
writer has heard him say since. that
he learned then. there were two sides
TO a question When he, as a member
of the grand jury heard the evidence
of the prosecution. he had not a doubt
but the man was guilty and voted TO-
indict him, but when as a member of
the petit jury. he heard both evidence
for the state and for the defendant, he
did not think the man guilty and voted
to acquit him.
This is "A lesson many of us should
learn. For many only see one side
and are too ready to condemn limo.
vations, as the world has ever been
TO ridicule and condemn reforms.
When the twenty minutes for diu
ner" proposition was mentioned last
term the writer opposed it, and when
II was begun this term he still opposed
II, but now that it has been begun he
believes he begins 10 see the othe:
side. Last session his children camc
home to dinner, and as children are
always eager to get back and play. tho
result was that If dinner was not
quite ready. they were sometimes per.
mittcd TO eat cold lunch and at othcJ
times compelled to wait few minutes
and in any event, they were disposed
to eat in a rush. a proceeding not con.
duciye to wholesome digestion. Under
the twenty minutes rule they have
time to eat are on the ground. enjoy
it as a picnic and are not in a hurry
to get back for fear that something
will happen that they don't see. and
they save the exposure OF a trip Il
and from home in bad weather. The
writer too. has seen many little tots
rushing pell NELL home TO and from
dinner. and that in cold. wet weather
How much better if they had a lunch
with them and were not thus eXpose1
| Yes, | have read the article by "A
Mother" and like mothers. | have
had two. my children have had twp
and I know how big their hearts arc
and how boundless their love. but
cannot agree to the proposition that
| the children of the public schools OF
Ardmore are suffering for rest or re-
creation, nor are they likely to as lone
as the hours continue from to - III
the forenoon with recess of fifteen
minutes in the meantime, twenty min
utes at noon, and from 1920 to 3:3l
with a recess of fifteen minutes ~
the meantime, and out at $3.50 p. n
Now let us be fair in this matter
Our school board is composed Of mer
who have the best interest OF Ard
more and her people at heart. The,
labor without money and without
price. our superintendent and teach
ers above all things desire to succeed
and possibly know as we'll how to con
duct schools as many Of their patrons
1t is said, however, that everybody
can give advice how to run a news
paper, and this may be true of public
schools Now in all fairness let tn,
board and teachers give the new
method a fair test, and if it is demon
strated the old method was the best
they will doubtless return 10 It, but Il
the new is best it should be retained
PATRON.