The Forrest City times., 1909-08-20
AS TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.

Last week The Times quoted figures from the school census showing that there were two hundred and twenty five children Of an edueable age in this specia, school district whose names were not enrolled upon the school books. With this article today We want to start a crusade for education. for more schools and better schools. and for better attendance al those schools We new have
 In each school district in the state the money set aside for school pur- poses is apportioned 10 each school according To the number of children of an educable age. as shown by the school census
 Thls being fhe case is it not reason abe and just for those "ho have the matter sincerely al heaTt-whieh class should embrace every right thinking person in the land-to de sire and use their earnest efforts to 4A4a@44 AI4l- 1tSA4N kA4dA NA4t A4RAiNa o propriated should reach and benefit al of those for whom Il vas intended.
 IL seems to us mere waste of words to write Of the value Of all cd ucstion. the subject should be one on which there should be nc faintest glimmer Of doubt. Education is the one thing today 10 which this world is the heaviest debtor for all the ad- yances made throughout the centuries since those dark ages when prehis- toric humankind dwelt in caves or in trees. and subsisted upon the vic tins of their own prowess. Ignorance has been and is the curse of the world Ignorance has sent more souls to the great beyond than all the wars of his tory. and to ignorance can be charged the most of the wars.
 With the advance Of education vii come better and surer ways of preventing and curing disease. better methods of tilliug the soil, the elimi- nation of poverty, and through it the elullUdt Ion Gl eflH3es
 And an education is birthright Of every et.ild. + is wltAin reach ot the H1mblest a. II k of the more af- fluent We could write on this sub ject for ages and then the half would n0r be told of al the advantages that come with education No one can voQch for the advantages Of an educa- ton more than the man CT woman who through neglect or wilful.ne>s, or lazinesS, or who through some mis- fortune. .et pass. or were unable to profit by the opportunities offered them. in their youth. and who realize when il k too late the truth Of the lines;
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 The >adde>t aft the>e-.i' might have been.
 We would ike to be able To write a more elaborate article. to impress upon 0aY readers more farcibly the advantages of education. to write t in letters of fire across the skies sc tlat al who would might read
 on the parent or guardian who las under his or her charge d boy CT gin of edacable age. sacred trust i, laid They owe il to their child or ward that he or she should have ample and sufficient opportunity to take ad- vantage of the opportunities offered them 10 secure an education.
 h conclusion we want 10 urge upon the patrons of the various schools and upon the pupils. the importance of regular attendance. Nothing tends more to upset a school, or to put al naught the most earnest efforts of a teacher than irregular attendance. This effusiOn may have no effect upon the minds of many Of those who read, but IL Is written in hope that it may strike a responsive chord in the hearts of some who may appreciate the truth of what We say. If this might be the case and tLese words should be the means of influencing some boy or girl to at least make an effort to Se- cure an education. We will feel that our efforts have not been in vain. and will consider oursel yes amply re- paid.