The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-05
GOOD ROADS AND EDUCATION
Little Less than Criminal that Texas Youth Cannot Al.
tend School Because ot Bad Roads

y f. t9sW'9s pEfTfaHsa ~ stsA'3
University. which Aas delivered
/ Thursday nigh, al the state epod
roads convention at Waco
II clear definition be essential 10
cisas discussion :, may be well Tor
| u. Ia note carefully the phrase
| good roads at the very outset 81
! this discussion The Pennsylvania
| Railroad has invested thoasa ads
/ upon thousands Of dollars In the ef-
! fort 10 t.rrar. ttn roadway sn as To
/ mako It attractive to the eye as yell
IA more durable and substantial On
/ certain California railway line
I Chimes. peoples have been utilixod
| 20 beautify the fiRht.uf sway and one
| has always an impression ~ gliding
! amoo,hlf through q gorgeous flow
az garden one can never forget ~"
! exquisite experience afforded by
/ passing for miles through great
farms OF sAFi-caIored hYatntha In
certain diatri It's IN Holland ! take
| II that the purpose of this orgHuiza-
+ ton does not contemplate any pre-
/ tentions ornamentation Of our pub
! lie thoroughfares OF even an effort
90 so beyond the limits of utility in
the agitation for better roads, Our
purpose may be fully served by de-
handing consideration for q High
way easily passahle throughout the
year / say EASILY passable, for
one must know that the standards
Of possibility vary widely with the
merieiians I have heard an East
Texas youth aver that the highways
in Ellis county are fairly good, but
am certain that any man who has
! travelled through that richest OF all
counties over a bog or bottomless
blackness, facetiously styled road,
will ask to be delivered from bad
roads If the aforesaid boys be exam
pies OF good ones 1t il passing
strange that our law makers, who SO
zcalouslv guard the interests of the
railways and who do not hesitate to
make extensive grants OF land and
money to promote them, to the end
that immigration may be stimulat-
10 individual energy and communi-
" initiative the betterment OF the
highways without which settlement
can only tardily proceed, while the
benefits and advantages of the older
settled states must be indefinitely
withheld. awaiting the caprice OF
shrewd real estate promoters or OF
belated government assistance.
Evidently we think the privations
of the pioneer good for him and
Judge that by multiplying them we
shall be doing him service. The bold
est instance of putting the cart be
fore the horse is afforded by govern
mental activity in distributing gar
den seeds and souvenir postcards
over roads so bad that service must
often be withdrawn, until the long
DELAYED improvements can be made.
But this method is better than none
and until centralized government IS
sufficiently centralized to compel
the people 10 cast up the highway,
! sincerely hope that rural free de-
livery may be withheld from every
community that does not have
enough uterprise and self respect
to get out OF the mire.
But I am asked 10 speak OF the
relation of good roads to education.
Let ms agree with Spencer that edu-
cation is preparation for complete
living II may be further assumed
tIt
the psychologists into cognitiun,
seusibilitv and volition affords lu-
cid and easy analysis of the tuuc-
tons of one who lives completely.
Following this analysis venture 20
affirm that knowledge which Is an
Indispensable element In education.
/ will Dee increased hy good roads
which invariably saryv to promote
literature This they do through
reading. schools. and the yc,um
Statistics 1rr not lacking ru prove
how mdfyyllously The circulation of
/ periodical literature and books has
1ruwu in districts where there are
.aII-the-yyar-rouud roads Reading
u,s,fs ast, fuf rgadIus Ability
ECO reach readily ths unuIiD library
1f uDys neishborius town "s to ,lsit
fHy ,iil8ee book store pr to frequent
. lHr Igsl postotue.. 900 al. uulaiIuc
.Ieu. nf woFr Itt,rHI culture and
uHe appreciation u. uuHl. writing
Tb, sruutr 5000 sustained ua-
Hemer uf mr ..Foa. MUST Does
m.3 H. masf fundamental fo
literary development be- s nult Jess
thau criminal shat tts Dri,ueEes of
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