The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-10-17


body else, or should be made to become
master Of some trade or proficient
in profession. This can only be &C.
complished by means of higher institu-
tions of learning Is there any reason
why the boys and girls of Wallowa
county should not enjoy the advantages
of fully equipped and well maintained |
high school? There is Just as much |
need of higher education in this county
as in any other. The children are just |
as deserving and just as much is due !
them as is due the children of any other
part of the state. The children of this |
county will grow up to manhood and
womanhood, and will scatter out and |
sett lie down in different localities
counties or states al it is then that
their educational qualifications will re.
feet for good or for NAT ght upon the
locality in which they were schooled.
We must admit that the standard OF
our community, the strength of our
government and the future greatness of
our people will depend upon the train.
ing we give the boys and girls of today
and those yet to come. The ,respon-
sibility of the future rests upon those
| for whom our schools are conducted.
We may 60 where we will and wherever
we find community that maintains a
well equipped and thorough school,
there we will find abiding indus
trious and progrt ssive people. There
/ is no better means by which we can
determine the standing of a community
than by its educational facilities.
The establishing OF the Wallowa
county high school marks the begin
ming of new period in the educational
affairs of the county. The boys and
girls are now given an opportunity
to receive their Secondary schooling at
home, and, when they shall have
finished the work here, they will be
ready for college or professional training.
The work of the county high school
is broad in it's scope. Four courses are
offered-the classical, the scientific,
the English and the commercial. The
school will be equipped with labora-
tory for the study Of the sciences, and
agood library for use in connection with
tie teaching of history and literature
will be installed as rapidly as the re-
quirements demand. Manual training
will be made part of the commercial
course, and music will be offered to all
those who wish to take it.
In cities where 20 cd high schools are
maintained, the per cent of eighth grade
graduates who pursue higher education
is much greater than in towns where
inadequate high school facilities are
offered. The same is true of county
Offer your boys and girls a good high
school where there is Fan opportunity
for some selective work and Jew will
! fail to pursue it.
The people of Wallowal county must
have confidence in the county high
school. They must take pride in the
school and manifest an interest in It..
, They must impress upon the minds of
: the children that the county high
! school offers the same courses and Just
I as good instruction as does any aca-
demic school in the state. Unless this
is done the home school will be run
down and the distant school built up.
If our boys and girls are sent away to
high school, or its equivalent, it means
reduction in the home enrolment,
and more it means lack of confidence
in the people to support in their midst
that which they must send elsewhere
to get at greater cost.
1t costs money to maintain good
schools. 1t is quite expensive to put
up a laboratory for the study of physics
and other sciences. II takes money to
establish library for the proper study
of history and literature, and there is
no small expense attached to equippine
school for carrying a commercial
! course, for it must be thorough. Yet
these are expenses necessarily attached
to equipping and maintaining high
school of reputable rank and character
The expense of building up such a
school is too great for any ordinary
town or district The subject of higher
! education should be of interest to every
|, parent and patron Of the schools ol
Wallowa county. 1t should be freely
and thoroughly discussed and wide
awake interest made manifest Publ,
sentiment has much to do with the
building of good schools. Every citizen
must feel an interest in the high schoo
and insist that the course OF stndy anc
the teaching be thorough and up-to