The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
co1FAx GRANT PARISH La. SATURDAY, MAY A. 1912
Oak Grove and Prospect Schools Join
in Picnic.

Oak Grove and Prospect Schools Join
in Picnic.
On last Saturday, April q, the Oak
Grove and Prospect schools had joint
meeting of the people of the two COM
munities, public speaking and deli
cious basket dinner, celebrating in a
way at the close of the schools the
splendid sessions had at the two places.
This celebration was at what is known
as Bruce's Mill, on the beautiful stream
of Gray's creek, whose banks are cover
ed with sand, the bed of the creek with
most all kinds of rocks and fine vari-
ETY. of fish in her waters.
Before ten o'clock in the morning the
people of these communities, as well as
from other sections of the parish, be-
gan to assemble and by eleven o'clock
quite crowd, consisting of men, wo-
men and children were on the ground,
and after repairing to suitable place
the speaking began with Rev. Smith as
master of ceremonies.
Uncle George Christian was the first
speaker, who gave retrospective view
of the past and congratulated the peo-
pie and children on the many educa-
tional advantages they now enjoy.
Rev. James Christian, late of Kan
sas and now resident of Pollock, was
next introduced, and in his forcible
manner gave the people a very in
structive talk, emphasizing especially
two important facts: For a republi-
can form of government to be what it
should be we must have an educated
citizenship; and that annually in this
State there are more than twenty times
as much money spent for alcoholic
stimulants as there is for the education
of the youths of our State.
The last speaker was Supt. Warner,
who in his pleasing and earnest manner
drew a graphic picture of the educa-
tional advantages offered the boys and
girls of the Prospect and Oak Grove
communities few years ago, when we
had a school term of three or four
months with one teacher and taught in
a church house with no equipments
save that used for religious purposes,
and then contrasted those advantages
with the present advantages, stating
that in each district now there was a
nice and neat school building of two
rooms, well equipped with modern
furniture, and each place had been sup
piled with two as good teachers as the
money on hand would permit them to
employ, and that each school had run
eight months. In concluding his re-
marks he emphasized the thought that
the burden of taxation for educational
purposes should rest equally on all tax
payers and that each and every child
should have equal educational advant-
ages.
After the speaking dinner was spread
and a better one was never spread
under the shade of the trees, and the
great crowd of people ate to their en-
tire satisfaction and there was much
carried home.
We understand the people of Oal
Grove are very anxious that Mr.. C. c.
Chapman and Miss Ruth Micheal be re
tanned as the teachers for the forth
coming session, and that the people o.
the Prospect community have asked
for the unemployment of Mr.. R. l.
Robinson and Miss Ethel Baiilio.
Long may these two splendid schoo
communities continue to prosper Al
they have in the past, and may thu
teachers of the schools continue tn,
good work at Oak Grove &snec
and live long enough to rea izsSSe grea
work they have accomplished there.
We may live to witness many NOR
occasions like this one, and hope w
may, yet everything was so pleasan
and there was such a good friend,
feeling existing among the people, be
sides the splendid school spirit existing
also, we realize it out of the question
for a people to have spent the tim
more pleasantly than at this schoo
picnic. ONE PRESENT.
i Oak Grove School Patrons Retain Prof