The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25
SCHOOLS AND PROGRESS.

The Public School at Crowley Ridge Institute will open for the l9ll-l2 session on September l9 next.
 This k an item of news that to few minds suggests anything beyond the fact stated. And yet, while impor- tant, it is perhaps one of the least important Of the very many most yi- tai facts pertaining to, and which consern the public school and effect ing the public weal-~e might say, life itself.
 Many of US dc not stop to think whether we are to have school that is ID 10 the highest standard, and We fear that there some who do not care They do not connect the present school with the future higher stan- dards of civilization, of inventive genius, Of ideal government, Of health, happiness and of livelihood They are merely existing themselves and are content 10 say 10 themselves, We are sending our children 10 school. They could not tell you 10 save their lives what is taught in the school how Il is taught, nor the ability Of those who teach. They know in general way that their children are attending school. and there is or ought to he some system in the curriculum, and that they pay taxes to keep the school going. They do not pretend to study or discuss the value of good schools 10 city or community, nor do they give a thought to the fact that their school standards are an index 10 the character of the munich palits, or their environments.
 The Times has always striyen for better schools better buildings, bet ter school advantages of every kind, because by close observation as we thread life's narrow pathway, we have learned the great truth that without education men and women Of to-day, and hence less soin the future, have little or no chance to rise to the best that God has given them in the way of talent. The value of good schools, t"good' Is scarcely emphatic for our meaning) the very best that can be had. cannot be set down here. It is so vast, so important, so wholesome, so necessary to our well being, so utterly vital to the very stability Of all our great institutions and every thing that is dear to the civilized man and the hope of every patriot, that there is no negative side to it and the affirmative Is fathomlesS.
 The child of today is the ruler of tomorrow, and if allowed to grow up in ignorance, there is but one, and that inevitable, anarchy and despair, and in the time of one gener- ation we have retrogressed thou sand years If parents think no better of their children than to deny them the advantages of scholastic training, and 10 deny means to not provide. then these same parents will never contribute to the progress Of civilization. but on the contrary. will be the weight around their minds which shall cause them 10 drown their every higher. n0bler, God-given as pirali0n and their abilities To achieve them
 When you improve your schools, you improve your city: YOU create values and add 10 the wealth of every house holder in the land Your schools are an index t0 your own intelligence. Your schools are the standard by which other intelligent men and wo- men measure YOU; your schools. il the best, will increase the population, if bad, will decrease il rapidly Your schools are the first matter considered by ! prospectiNeeitizenW with family. if he has any sense, and fl not we don't want tO waste any time in try ing to induce him to stop with Us. Your schools are meat and bread tO your civilization The child k the father of the man.8 the ideas Of the child obtain in the home, and thence permeate society Results better citlZeury, better officials. better laws more stringently enforced, better sanitation and Identification. more civic pride, more and better of every thing that is good and pure and holy.
 The next session of our public school begins at Crowley Ridge lnSti- tute on September l9, l9ll. Delays are dangerous. Now is our opportunity to do lasting good and earn the ever lasting gratitude of the rising genera tion, Let every citizen support and uphold our Public School: encourage the teachers by an expression of your appreciation of their honest efforts to guide your child in the path of wis dom. Visit the school, and let teach CT and pupil know and feel that you are interested in their success Give the school Trustees your confidence and your cO-OperatiOn, and let them know that you will stand by them at the rack, fodder or no fodder =