The Newark journal., 1908-06-05
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

today. The outcome of our school this
year has made a splendid showing,
and the future of the school glows with
prospects of unusual brightness.
Now what is wanted is following
up. To some, vacation means a re-
Taxation from all effort in the line OF
school work, but it will never do to
let the enthusiasm die down and expect
to resurrect it three or four weeks be-
fore the time arrives to dust out and
air the room for occupancy again. Let
the school board keep the ball rolling,
keep the matter constantly before the
people, and create such sentiment
among the people they will have no
other idea than that the schools of our
town are just calculated to meet their
wants, and in the meantime plan and
make them such. Study well what
will meet the demands of large ma
| jority, and make the schools accord
ingly to meet them. Keep the matter
before the people constantly, continu-
ally all the time, and we can have
one of the best schools in the state,
but bear in mind it will never be done
| by spasmodic effort, neither can it be
| done without the aid and cooperation
of the parents with the directors and
teachers. Every citizen in the COM
community should feel an interest in
the welfare and upbuilding of the
! schools.
While The Journal has always been
warm friend to the schools, it in
tends to take a deeper interest in them
| in the future, for the schools are the
most important public institution on
American soil today
Growing little reminiscent along
this line we are reminded that during
the history of our public schools in
Newark, scores of boys and girls en-
tering upon the threshold of manhood
and womanhood have gone out from
our schools into the great school of
life to battle with the problems that
confront the busy man or woman who
dares to succeed in life. Some of these
| same boys and girls are now men and
women, and some of them have attain
ed prominence in their county and
state. Would that The Journal could
place before our readers in this issue
the familiar face of each and every
one, but such is among the impossi-
bilities, for Grim Death, on his white
horse, has thinned the ranks, and as
death loves a shining mark, many
of the most promising fell before reach
ing the MONDAY of life.
But many are left and while none
have achieved great riches nor fame,
many of the best, most useful and
promising citizens of the community
have acquired practically their entire
education from within the walls of the
old public school building only few
years ago set aside to make way for
the more modern and commodious
building which will stand for years to
come as monument to the progress
sive educational spirit of our commun-
ity.
The Journal repeats that the schools
are the most important public institu-
ton on American soii, for in them we
gain the knowledge SO necessary to fit
us for citizenship in the worlds great
est Republic; the knowledge SO neces-
sary to make US good and useful men
and women: the knowledge that often
leads to the birth of ambition and of
the higher and nobler qualities in
many a poor and perchance vicious
boy, changing his entire course in life
and perhaps transforming him from a
semi-savage into citizen who may
prove a blessing to his race.
The Journal is therefore ready to
fall in line and help to boost any
movement calculated to improve the
schools, not only the schools of New
ark, but of Independence county and
the entire state.
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