Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-20

ErespecO who gather in educationa al
scenterS, aud copvo..i~nS i'm the
Gates, aud Iiom tue graf
'ch0o.s of tins and q, her State and
carpeted halls discuss educat-
s'onal interests from their stand
Spol"t, nay. 20 70 the tax plyer..
Sthe people, who daily see their hard
Jennings, cheerfuliy paid for the
tmost part, ia great measure lost
: or mISapplled, manly 20 pay fur
athe 'eaching of tue children OF
sthose who could, can. aud often d,
gpay for themselves, but are willing
to spare of their earnings TO ed.
aucate ihe boys and girls of THEN
sless Fortunate neighbors
q 10 to, and consult the reports
soi state aud county officers. daily.
monthly term, and annual record
Free School Statistics and Won
y
VIII find by careful investigation
through these, the Only proper. safe
ana reliable channels, that fullv,
zone teIrd, often more, of the school
sP)phlatlon is not in attendance
upon The schools. Then consult
county officers, teachers and fay
3Payers, aud 1t will appear that of
s'h'7 t'uant crow6, this absen,
oh'rd, or often halt, more than o.
iper cent belong to that very elias :
Slor which the free system wa.
l'"''nly created, aud for which III.
state makes liberal provision. II
Evil a's" be made clear hevop a
.donbf, that the Indifference or d
large number, the carelessness od
''"crS' "nd the general worth
FRESHNESS OF many, contribute In d,.
.'ea' the State in her well mo -
e"' eaN"r To EDUCATE her sons and
."a"Sh'erS; and mainly through thar
very class, for which she taxes b.rI
''''@ehs aud spends largely her re-
sources, there too we shall see tho
.State not only defeated in her no
.neNoIent efforts To help and IN
educate and elevate her citizenship
out we shall become aware or tboS
tact, that she is financially nlavin
"a losing game.
What business man wouId nm,
pI"y an assistant or laborer navino
MN stipulated wages per dav or
month"; and he satisfied with halfs
Jays or months, or half of his
aoiilty for labor? Yet SO il is with
most oil our country schools. Wed
pay a teacher twenty, thirty. forty
dollars per moath, put him or her
IN "A certain district school. which &
naS around itwithin radius of four
miles, say, 90 children of SchooIs
'Se' Consult the teachers termE
reports and IL will appear thak
'i'en not more than half of those
% children have been in attendance 8
VI course the teacher gets his nav s
ne Is entitled to it. Tile State -
rue has had his time, but nor his
'o'Iity 10 teach; only half Oft
hrough no fault of his. but fors
want OF compulsory featureys
nat Will require the parents OF
'uardians of the truant children 70
ompel them to attend the school 81
nS'eauolby their absence Defeating s.,
lie main object oflhe school which 81
TO heip those left by the acciden,H
fortune, unable to help them IS
Elves, but too Indifferent and 81,
'reiess of the future welfare OFT
re children entrusted 70 tbair Cd
'e'u '"em to the school when 81
{" TOO often the case, its doors are S.
view OF their homes. The patien, I
.eads and refuses the medicine !,
the knife, shall the wise surgeons n
ioer' when he knows that theE",
ell oelng, yea, the yer Wife oftbeE e.
''''"' Is at stake? Nay verify, s.
nen the parent or guardian IS oi
INHERENT or too utterly wortbIesskc,
care enough for the edncationkP
" uplifting in the scale of man
~oma"hood of the children for
hch he Is responsible before Gas
d man. then in justice TO berselt
guarding her citizenship, she tbeH
lte should eXerciee tbo4