Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-26
s. O.:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1913.
THE AUDITORIUM QUESTION.

desire the cooperation of every citi-
zen of the town of Walhalla and Wal
halla School District. We all want
to SEQ tho school fitted up with a
creditablo and adequate auditorium,
but the question arises, How are we
going to get it? And that is the
question the justices ask co-opera-
ton in answering.
1t is scarcely necessary for us to
point out here hat the question is
pivOted on finances. The trustees
have funds sufficient to meet the cost
OF erection and equipping the school
building as originally designed, ma
teriaHy increasing the capacity Of
h school, meeting present n an
iicipating future needs OF the school
for some time to come, and thereby
paving the way for increasing the
efficiency of the school, But what of
the auditorium? No school is entirely
complete without an auditorium, and
one too small to meet the demands
made upon it is but an a~ggravation.
)" 10 IN NV W.
going to be satisfied with an audi
torium of 400 seating capacity? Ger
tainly not. Such a one will not more
than half meet the needs Of the i'm
mediate present. Then what of the
future? If the trustees are forced,
by insufficient funds, to give to the
people OF Walhalla School District a
room-it will not be an auditorium
of 400 seating capacity, they will
deeply regret the necessity of doing
so. and wo viii all repret It FROM the
day .ro work is completed.
Aud ,ho, Nri9Ea Us to the Qucs-
Zion. NAa, aje we going 10 do about
Et2 Gh@5 question: has 30 be sojHat.
IL the .s.y AUu. Iuvule, CO.,. LEI us
go about it intelligently and solve
the problem once for all; and above
all, let us solve it correctly.
The trustees, realizing their ina
bility to do what those who have
given the matter careful thought
for help and cooperation from the
citizens Of the district. We quote
from this appeal as follows:
"The trustees OF your school dis
trict are now ready to invite bids for
the school auditorium and additions.
With the funds in hand they can
build an auditorium that will per-
haps sea 400 people. Our sister
towns tell us from experience that
such a building is not half large
enough, and urge upon us the great
necessity for increasing capacity.
Nevertheless, this is the size of the
building that will be put up unless
something is done to substantially
increase the building fund.
"Are o going to be satisfied with
an auditorium of this size? If not,
come to a citizens mass meeting next
Thursday night, 9th instant, at
$50 o'clock, at Pitchford's Hall, and
tell It's why you are not, and what
you are willing to do about it. The
architect will be present with plans
and specifications, and ready to an
swer all questions"
Are You interested in the welfare
II advancement OF Walhalla School
District? II so, attend this meeting
and say what you have to say, do
what you can do, and help all you
can. You know, as we know, that
an auditorium Of 400 seating capac-
tty will mean nothing more than a
chapel for the assembling of the
school children, and it will be made
quate eve for that.
But if that is what we get, don't
Blame the trustees. 1t will be our
own fault-not theirs. They realize
our needs, and they want to meet
them, and it is up to us to devise
ways n means for them to give
the district what is needed. They
are ready to build what we want and
need if we give them the necessary
funds with which to meet the bills.
Come out Thursday (to-morrow)
night and LEND your presence and as
sistance. And don't think hat be-
cause you may live beyond the lin
its OF the town of Walhalla that you
are not wanted. EVERY INTER-
ESTED RESIDENT OF WALHALLA
SCHOOL DISTRICT is urged to at
tend. Come and help get what we
want and need. No citizen should
ever open his mouth in, the future to
criticise If he fails to come out in
response to this callfof the present.
1T is your business that the trustees
are to transact, and it Is your duty
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