The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-01-09

WI wv N1A AN'a w hNAARhfAh -
money tor the erection OF whatever
school buildings necessary IN the
immediate future. mere are al
WAYS tw0 sides 10 every argument,
hut in this instance the very least
investigation that one interested IN
education and the general progress
OF our city, can make, we tecl
reasonably sure will convince them
that every cent OF the S24, 900 NAV
be nationally expended IN the cree.
ZION OF additional school buildings
in this city. The four room brick
building and the two portable build
ings, and the fourth building rent
I'd bv the school board tor the &C.
commodation OF the school this
year, are known 20 the patrons OF
the school to he inadequate; they
further know that It the present en-
rollmeut OF a little less than five
hundred children, were to all at
tend school at the same time, the
seating capacity would not accom-
modate them. And they under
stand that this condition exists at.
ter the school board has excluded
all children under seven wears OF
ace in the district. This done,
the first and second grades OF our
schools are now crowded 10 the eN.
tent that 1t is impossible to give
them the time that d. necessary TO
correctly advance pupils oi these
grades; and next year when the
seven year olds have grown %
eight, and probably thirty percent
bv migration is enrolled IN our
schools, we a see that our trou-
les are proportionately augmented.
In defense OF IN, school board
the News would like u cali the at.
tention OF our citizenship to the
tact that when thiIdrcn are placed
in school, the board OF education
takes their guardianship tor tn,
time being, and it is the board
hrst duty 20 See that their part JI
the work Is ltted TO the best ad.
vantage OF the pupils. For in.
stance, properly lighted, ventIlat.
I'd and heated rooms are necessary.
and none OF this is available IN
Tucumcari. II is necessary that
the board should not only look At.
ter the fixtures, furniture, heating,
ventilation, etc, but that the desk,
should he the proper size TO NJ the
grades, allowing the tect OF tn,
child to rest squarely upon the
floor, and OF such height as to Civ,
an upright position, and the shoulc
be placed so that the light shoull
come from either the back Or sid,
OF the room. There are a thou.
sand details that a school board.
on oath, must look after tor the
welfare OF the children atteudln.
our public schools, that IT neglect,
ed, the results 10 the future Vt the
community, and the health and vel,
fare OF the generation growing ~
is dependent.
So, when all OF these things arr
considered 1t does seem thai, Z
mere matter Of percent shoulC
not be thu whole consideration
when applied 10 the public school.
OF our city. You will hear argu.
ments on the street that the rate
OF taxation is too high. 1t Is vel
Tor those who presume TO stanC
sponsor for the future developme0.
OF Tucumcari 10 consider lust how
much additional taxation will bl
required to give Tucumcari IN,
school advantages necessary tOI
the proper education OF our chill
dren.
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rendition OF property IN this ct.
and school district will probably
not reach more than twcnty.rv,
per cent OF the valuation. the rat
r Is not so nigh after all.
/, All these things considered, Is
1 not worth the cost, 10 provide III
school children OF Tucumcarl wit
I the very best advantages possible
The inhabitants Of this CITY today
, and this school district, are pic
E neeripg the country, developing It
/ and making It a suitable oountr
& TO live in, and the very best ad
: vantages that we NAV provide 10
our children is a great deal shor
, OF what will be experienced her
, hy the inhabitants OF this city an.