Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-02-27
cIRIc PRIDE

Al u City, u tVAhs NhANSO w T"
school districts to keep up with
the procession in this 10Th century
time, when the spirit ofprogress is
on every hand, its citizens must
possess a certain amount Of civic
pride. They must believe that
their city, or town, or village, OF
school district, as the case may be,
is as good il not the best place on
earth in which to live and
they must be willing to do some
thing to help make it so. They
must not be satisfied with the same
conveniences or sanitary condition;
which prevailed last year or which
may prevail now but must always
be on the lookout to improve, to
build up, to clean up and to go
ahead.
Suppose the case in point to be a
school district in new and grow.
ing community. A few years ago
the district contained 60 or 40 pu.
pills A two room school house and
two teachers we're then sufficient
But the country grows; new settlers
come in and with them many new
children Of school age; the two
rooms are filed, then they are
crowded little later they are pack
ed and finally they overflow and
the teachers in sheer desperation
are compelled to appeal for help
and for more room in which to at,
tend to the intellectual wants oi
this small army of bright eyed
young Americans ali clamoring for
some kind Of school privileges. The
school officers do the best they can
under the circumstances and secure
a room in some vacant building,
remote perhaps from the school
house and another teacher is provi-
ded. This change may be made
in the middle Of term in which
case the school is, for while "all
torn up" and the work seriously in
terfered with.
Such a condition would not exist
in district whose citizens possess
ed even a small amount of civic
pride. Even the pride in appearan-
ces in the eyes ofneighboring local
tiles and of strangers who come
among them to seek homes should
prompt them to watch the chang.
ing conditions oftheir district and
say, This school house is too small
we must have a larger and better
one and we must employ more
teachers. Our children are the
peers of any children on earth and
must have the very best education.
al advantages. Our children must
have these things and we must
provide them and we are willing
to pay for them" This is the way
people who possess a proper degree
of civic pride or even Of parental
pride talk and act.
Or suppose the case to be that Of
an incorporated city, town or village
If the citizens of that town desire
it to be a good town, a prosperous
town, progressive town, a desir.
able town in which to live and
transact business and rear theil
families and to develop the best
rather than the worst traits of them.
selves and their children they must
make it town (which they need
never be ashamed; they must have
civic pride.
Every citizen who has that
commendable pride will take a per-
sonal interest in the welfare of his
town. He win watch the condi-
ton of the streets, the sidewalks
and other public places. He will
be interested in the purity of the
water supply, the sanitary condi-
tions, the fire appataus and public
order. He will positively refuse to
dump his garbage on vacant lots
within the city limits, imperiling
the health and comfort ofevery res
ident and creating an eyesore at
which the finger of scorn may well
be pointed by every visitor who
happens that way, even ifpermitted
Something That WIN Do You Good.
We know ofno way in which we can