The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-09-09
Get READY
FOR SCHOOL
Take Advantage of the OppOr-
tunities at Your Door.

One more week and the annual
school vacation will have passed. The
noon hour Of summer; interesting pc
riod OF the happy days Of childhood;
time Of childhood's rest and pleasura-
Bile exercise; the time when little bod
les expand with a sense of their own
freedom; a time when little cheeks
plump out and tingle with the flush
OF healthful exercise; a time when
little eyes sparkle with animated con-
tests Of proud little manhood; a time
when the mature development of ma
lures summer beautieslend a charm
to childhood world that makes the
little souls expand; the hour Of health
and growth and youthful victory, will
then give place to labor and the con-
test Of little minds
The merry clang Of the school bell
will again break the silence of the
long summer yacation-a call to arms
of the little minds from which will be
selected the rulers of the next genera
tion-the regularity Of its daily music
teaching lasting lessons Of prOmptness
and punctuality, and responded to
with that quick concern that is alike
Characteristic of decision, resolution
and obedience.
The troops Of merry laughing school
children that daily throng our streets
during the school season is a gladstone
sight to see. And we have often
wondered musingly at the inevitable
transition from such careless state
Of joyousness to that serious considera-
tion of things that controls the desti-
ny Of nations.
How few people fully realize the inn
portance of an intellectual training
for youth. The high plain Of our
American civilization demands the
fullest intellectual development, to
enable young men and young women
to take advantage Of opportunities
and equip themselves for the contest |
Of life. Every element of physical
and mental manhood that centers in
that one essential quality, the ability I
TO compete, finds its inception, its in /
,entiye and its fullest development
n the systematic training Of our COM
non schools.
Parents, send your children to
school or to college. Let no pretense, /
10 excuse, no fancied inconvenience !
your sense of responsibility or
essen the obligation you owe your
sons and daughters in fitting them
10 do battle with the world more ca
,ily and more successfully than you
lave done, who have fought through
ife against overwhelming odds.
Whose pathway to the goal has been
itrewn with lnsurmountable ohsta-
lies. You who have won your title
% home, or a competence, by slow
md painful progress through the sue
,essiye degrees of adyersity: who have
mastered the hard disipline Of exper-
ence; whose bed through life con-
aimed a minimum of roses and a
maximum of thorns To you we say
hat every day or week you absent
7our child from school YOU discount
lis chances for success in life in cor
ratio. Ask yourself what
light you have to collect toll on the
opportunities of youth. to discount its
to impose a penalty on
is aspiration Opportunities multi
ply. Positions Of honor, chances of
lntold wealth, preferred nitches in
he monument of fame, hold forth in
N the allurements Of this subtle fas-
,ination, bright laurels weathered to
.rown the brow of him who its him
elf to grasp them. Weave about
our child the dream of fancy that
hildren entertain. Equip him. The