The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-10

The High School Should be the Best Strus
ture in Town. .

The proposed new high school is receiving
some attention from our people ct this time
The communication in the Press and B amer
on the subject tof Its location has caused
many lot owners TO find good places for the
school, and we think there need be no fear
that the best interests Of the people will be
properly regarded by the trustees or others
who may have the location Of the school In
charge. There are q great number Of good
lots; some ofthem can be bad cheap, n we
have no Idea that any trustee would allow
his personal interest 10 sway his judgment OF
action as TO its location.
There is one thing however, about the mat.
ter which we sincerely regret, and that is the
smallness of the proposed bond issue. Twen-
ty thousand dollars Is too small q sum to
build a school house for Abbeville. The
amount should have been forty thousand dol
lars. We are not building for today only.
The school house which we shall build
should be good enough for many years 10
come, and the next generation should not be
called upon to tear II down 1t should
stand for generations, and 1t. like thes court
house and the city hall should be good
enough 10 last our children, q hundred years,
For this reason we would appeal to the
authorities In this movement to build q
school house which shall be in keeping with
our new post Office and other public buildings
A peoples educational Institution should
represent their Intelligence. their pride, and
their wealth. Let us us not then, build q
poor little cabin for strangers TO criticise, and
OF which this generation would not be proud,
an OF which the mex generation would be
ashamed. Public bu 1dipgs re feet the high.
est and the best sentiment Of the people, and
tuelr school house should be their chief pride
even asst is OF the greatest importance 10
them and TO the children Of the generations
that are 10 succeed them.
The County Supervisor n his associates
have built a court house OF which we are all
proud.
The Mayor and the other men Of the town
have built a city hall which Is an ornament
TO- the city.
They had but little money with which to
start their work. And now let our school
house authorities build a better and a more
magnificent structure than was at first con-
tempIated or that could be built with 80
small q sum az SO. 1000. The cost Of the exist
ing school house was under estimated at first
and a further appropriation was asked and
most cheerfally given. Can't we build q
splendid school house, including all the tx
lures for SAC, 900? We can't do all this with
$40, 100. But we can build the walls and COW
er II for $4,000, and then sci! more bonds. II
we cannot do otherwise. we might appeal to
the city council for an appropriation with
which TO supplement the $4,000 OF bonds,
which we are authorized 10 vote, and which
We will be sure 10 vote.
With the aid and the assistance OF the men
who have given us q court house and a city
ball Of which we are all SO proud, there can
be no failure to build a credltable school
house.
We need a house, and must have II. The
bonds will be foated at a low rate OF interest
and we can let the next generation pay the
forty thousand dollar debt.
AS We understand, The. school authorI-
ties now have enough money on hand with
which to pay the present outstanding school
bonds.
As the holders OF these bonds are not
for their money, why can't we
borrow hat money with which TO add 10 the
splendor and the usefulness OF the new school
house?
Let us not go back on ourselves by
the new school house TO the cost Of
SIC, 900. W. would be ashamed OF q cheap
house.
The value to us OF a splendid high school is
not easily estimated. BY raising The STAN
lard OF education a great saving would be
effected for such OF our fellow-cltizens as have
TO educate. II the yearly cost OF SEN
ling a son or a daughter TO a distant college
ranges from $500 to 81 100, and II one or two
years of such cost IL saved to the citizen he
be that much ahead because OF the ex'
Of the high school. :
But the saving 10 those who are able to
send their children away is OF but small con-
sequence when compared to the advantage
hat would come to the children OF such pa
.ents as are not able 10 send their sons and
Ia ughters to college where their education
be continued. An education is worth
avery thing 10 the boy or girl, and the people
IF Abbevilie should place an education With
n the reach OF the poorest OF our citizens.
And then II We have a high school parents
would move here that their children may re-
,eive Its benefits.
We need and must have the high school,
nd we ought TO build one OF which we would