The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-09
FoHEsEEKERs ssD clTlzEKs-
4 DIALOGUE


The following Is Conversation tlal
migat haze taken place betwesu 4
hOmeeeekef and cilizen u vinita
Whether & really did take place b,
n0f matters little That such con
yefsafioa s made DosziDle-anG Dfyb
abie-by existing conditions Is uha'
anould eoHeefn eyery one interested
ID the welfare n the t0wn.
Hcmeseekef Hon iz ylnita sop
piled with sehOois7~
ciazen--*We nave tie common
ach0oi system of Oklahoma. operating
under school that b unexeelled
Homeseeker Have you high
sehooiz~
cifizen-''Yes. sir. this Is our SEE
.gsG year la hlgh school work ard /
sn toid tle aebool ~ doing good work.
II gOg have time. & ~iil Be glad u
show yOl our school grounds J
s08i1 be pleased - ahou them 70
r08."
iomeseekef Very well. { shall BE-
glad " ece the grounds. and alsO the
school buildings frJye minutes laterJ
We'll. your grounds are sli right. but
how about the buildings1 are these
fNo All the city has. with seven hun
dred school children - take care ".
and this after two years u high
school lifcg I viii be frank with you.
ny friend your ciiy Is a long way
from being upledate ia the matter
of school buildings That old frame
building, which you BAY was erected
ID 1872, looks like Il might have stood
there Tor fifty years; and the brick.
you say. Is sixteen years old Ny.
what n the matter with your people
10 respect 70 school facilItiesg In
other respects you appear 70 be- i'm.
bued with the spirit Of enterprise.
Your city council appears 70 be fully
alive 20 the needs of the city in the
matter Of paving add otherwise inn
proving the streets and alleys But
what about your board of educationg
Are they not IA accord with the spirit
Of progreasg That OLD wooden school
building ~ nothing but fife-trap
Why, would have 10 be forced TO
send my child 10 school before
would let IL enter that old hull Your
children are the most precious thing
yer have, yet you provide hre.proof
vaults and safes IN which 10 store
your money aud valuable papers. but
fail 70 provide a nre.proof school
building 10 house your precious ones.
citizen-"My friend. We are going
TO build a modern high school build
ing and later ward schools then
We VIII be one Of the best equipped
towns In the state in the matter OF
school facllltiesT
iIomeseeker - 'That is al very good
and as Il should be. but when are you
going 10 do all thisY
Citlzen-"We are talking the mat
ter over right nov Our Commercial |
club has held an open meeting at
which many citizens we're present.
and passed resaiVuOps favoring tbs
erection Of these buidings."
Homeseeker THAT Is very. very
good, also. but when are you going
to beging Resolutions and good in.
tentions won't build high school
structure. Resoivel Resolve', Is that
as far as you people have gone In
this matter. you have barely begun.
Why don't you set your board OF edu-
cation TO call an election for The pur-
pose Of voting honda for this work, \
float your bonds. have plans and spec.
ifications drawn. advertise for bids.
let the contract aud get TO work. It
may take almost a year TO do all this.
but I take It foF granted your town
slll not try to 60 through another
schoolastlc year Without at least a