The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-06-17

both stimulatiVc and touching. II
need my child hut &c you must have
him for that work shat spare him."
has been the rule among the parents
this year. not the exception Nothing
assists in school life Hike this and
everything is pledged the parents Of
Ardmore ty the teachers iu the way
lot devotion to the childs interest in
order to retain &c.
The Schools Social centers.
Ne pledged the pupils Of the schools
boz ttp beginning of last year as Jolly
Ia time as to be- found anywhere In
Ardmorc Any reputable pupil when
asked if it has been proved. will au.
swer Yes
Each morning beginning with song.
the days routine broken 10y book and
story. brought into the room by the
Library movement each week. closed
10y am afternoon session iu recitation.
debate or play. AN brought to climax
iu some hue occasion Ha TEaIl give
ing Christmas. Washington Day etc.
where pupils. parents and teachers
met about the altar of the public
school made the schools places where
life aboundcd aud JOY found a home.
over five hundred parents visited the
schools this year
The High Schools Part.
The High school was asked to real.
lie that il was part OF the busy
world Men and women of power.
preachers. lecturers. reformcrs. actors.
teachers and business men were
brought before these boys and girls
TO tell them what they thought Of
things Religion was elevated by
Cody teachers In song and the Bible.
Literary societies were organized and
nobly sustained Debate was cultiyat.
ed and oprossion so stimulated as TO
become the admiration of the city a
school paper was established and edit.
cd o. the Seniors School decoration
sprang To the front Room Wed with
room. grade with grade Boys and
girls became intro.spcctivc Careless.
ness went below par Refined asplra-
ton took hold The cigarette and
loose conduct on street fen into disre.
puie. In short Ardmore High School
came to be reckoned. as one of the
school men visiting MS said. "onc OF
the best. II not the best in the Terri
tory. We should DO our best to keep
It that way We have the pupils. we
have the right parentage and YOU as
trustees will cordially support and
with that combination the taxpayer
can get his moneys worth Of High
School in this city.
A Clear Note Of Declaration.
Just here then It would be well to
say to any and all taxpayers. having
children they could send through the
High School. Pay tuition as much as
you please in any school you may
choose TO patronize. but remember
when you are doing II you are getting
nothing better In training, finish, com.
panionship or morals than you can get
without those tuitions in the public
High School of Ardmore There Is an
open challenge for anyone to dis.
prove that foregoing statement.
Care for Property.
Nothing indicates prosperity and
proper spirit better than care for the
place one calls home. The school
rooms have been the places this year
where generous fingers adjusted pic
lures. flowers and other things Of
beauty to give that setting which the
soul OF every child demands over
twenty-five good pictures were put in
TO the schools by the children them
selves. The Orio Ladies' gave pic
ture display and used the proceeds for
purchasing the finest prints this coun'
| try executes. over one hundred dol
lars worth OF these are ready for the
schools in September. In this same
paragraph II Is fortunate that the Pub
lie Schools can name another beuefac-
tor Feeling that every teacher must
need have the use Of a case for books
and other articles, the Ladies Of the
Leaf, before the schools began last
year, contracted for twenty Wernicke
cases. These were put In at cost of
about one hundred dollars. The en-
tcrtainments offered by the schools
and generously patronized by the peo'
pie brought fund where We put ,n
over two hundred dollars more Of
maps. charts, globes, etc. SO taking
IL all I'm all the schools have grown In
power of apparatus and property with
your aid something near eight hundred
dollars Letme beg continuance OF
| this care from the hoard and from the