Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-11-22
4 HIGH SCHOOL
A Former Resident Has Some
Interesting Ideas

A recent issue Of the Demo
erat" published a letter, by Mr..
Elmer II. Harrell, ex-county sup
erntendent, raising the question of
a high school III Carroll county.
AS a former resident, and still a
citizen of that county, the question
raised by Mr.. Harrcll strikes me
as being a very important one,
which should appeal so strongly to
Carroll CONTAINS that the matter
would never rest until full grown
high school was an accomplished
fact. In this day when one hears
so much about progress and pro-
gressivism it is singular that the
good people Of that county have
not thought of these words il con-
nection with the school question.
Without education there can be no
Isuch thing as progress, as the lat
ter is only the outcome and result
OF the former. Then how are we
to get the education without the
facilities the plant as i were,
where the thing is manufactured.
If no substantial benefit would
accrue from a high school in the
county, pride alone should cause
the average taxpayer to be viii
ling to divorce himself from the
parsimonious sum necessary to the
establishment and maintenance of
one such place in the county. But
the real lasting benefits which
would flow from such an institu-
ton of learning are many, the i
enumeration of which would be
useless, as the citizen is already
acquainted with them from having
them called time and time again to
his attention.
The contemplated and much to
be desired school could be divided
into branches; one business and
the other academic. The girl or
boy desiring the weapons with
which to carve their destiny
in the busy marts of trade and
commercialism could enter the
business course, but those students,
whose ambitions were fixed on
professions, and whose minds
were bent on going to college or
university could take the classical
course.
] DO not know how many tax
payers there are in the county or
the value of the taxable property,
but it seems that raising the neces-
sary funds would be comparatively
easy, and the only question to set
tie is how many high schools should
the county have. There shouldbe
one at Hollow Rock and one al
Huntingdon at least
Now the hack of a high school In
the county is real serious qnes-
ton, so serious in fact that every
citizen, whether he has children
or not, should be up in arms about
it, and should write a letter TO the
different members of the county
court urging that the question be
raised, and full discussion be had
concerning the premises.
Every citizen of Carroll county
should ask himself this question:
Does the county want TO continue
to stagnate, or does it want to go
ahead with the rest Of the counties
Of the state2 Then be should re-
member that he is one of the units
of the county and that she needs
his best effort and assistance to be
able to forge ahead and meet the
demands of the time. And the
time is certainly ripe for a move in
the direction of high school in
the county.
The great American philosopher,
Franklin, said that an investment
in knowledge returned the best
rate of interest.
Education is energy and energy
ie waaltb Then LOT nc have n,orn