Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-21
KEEP THEM In SCHOOL. .
IDaYsnuort Timee.l

Davenport Timee.l
School will open in a few weeks.
VIII your SON or daughter drop out
this fall for the first time, or Will you
insis. that your child continue to take
advantage of the schools which the
taxpayers have provided for your use!
II YOU had to pay tuition you would
consider it a privilege II you could
send your child to school without
charge.
But you say, Willie or Mary doesn't
want to so to school any more. what
Of it? Does Willie know what is good
for him? Is his judgment matu1ed!
Does he in his youthful wisdom know
more about what Is good for him than
has been demonstrated by the exper-
fence of ten thousand men and women
in any community in the country!
, And Mary is not old enough to judge
whether she ought to go to school att
er completing the grades or not.
But there Is the call OF the dollar.
At IA many children are allowed to 60
out to begin to earn money. It 1s the
most short sighted economic thing that
can be done. Keep the boy and girl in
school and they will be able to earn
much more money per year, ten years
from now. than they will earn at that
time II they drop out of school now
Many parents have to make sacrifices
it is one Of those acts of love. and
may not be appreciated by the child
| now, but It viii be in after years.
The school II the short cut to ei-
dciency. It 10 mental training just Al
work in gymnasium Is physical
training. 1t builds up. strengthens ano
gives self control. The best schooling
the public schools can give II none too
good for your boy or girl.
Keep the child In school. Don't lei
the boy or girl drop out. 1T II mp to
the parents to encourage study ano
to enforce attendance at school, II
necessary. Take an interest In the
! school work, talk to the boy about II
praise him when he does well, SPEAK
a word Of cheer to the girl when she
is discouraged with books. 1t VIII
pay any parents in the end to 90 TINS,
and in after years the children will
praise father and mother for not per-
hitting them to drop out Of the ranks
| of students.
It is all the more important now that
children be kept in school Never
was there keener competition in bust
NekS, never was tIiclS 81 CabS1 ASi'S'A"
for educated brains, never better pay
for skill. But there is only the shovel
for the man in middle life that doesn't
know something worth while. LOON
! around and see for yourself. Your boy
must have q fair chance. Your girl
| must not be handicapped in the mid
die of this twentieth century. Perhaps
you have not had tho change you Wish
YOU had. It may DO too late for You
but it is not too late for your Willie
or Mary. For their own sakes, keep
them in school.
Decide today that when the doors Of
the school room open in September
your boy and your girl viii be there
| to register ana to respond to the roll
cali. It il 4 serious thing to allow your
| children's future to be 5eopardized for
the sake OF few dollars they may
earn now, or to permit their Wishes
for q little passing liberty now 10 place
q handicap on them that they can
never overcome II they fail 70 take cd
vantage Of school opportunities now.
| Send wfffie ana Mary 60 school. Il
! they have not finished the grades. send
| them TO the grader; n they have IN
: islhed the grldes. emit them to ~ no