The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-18

Do you know where your boy or girl is after he or she leaves home? Crowded conditions necessitated shortening of school hours, and the shortening of school hours necessi- tates regular attendance and intensive work on the part of the student while in school Only by the cooperation of parents can attendance be secured: {: and only by the best of attendance can the highest order of work be se- cured.
 The earnest cooperation on the part of parents for the past four months has been of great value in the successful on-going of the schools.
 Notice These Figures.
 Why should there be more than a hundred Freshmen, nearly a hundred Sophmores, but only thirty Juniors and forty Seniors? Surely some par ent has failed to appreciate the full worth of Junior and Senior High School work for his boy or girl.
 Girls and Boys.
 Why is it that so many more girls are in school than boys? Do girls need High School training worse than do the boys? Or is it that the boys wages are needed for the sustenance of the family? Surely the bread and butter" plea can not be offered for those boys of High School eligibility who may be found not engaged regu- larly at work.
 There are several hundred children in Hot Springs school district who are not in school who, by all means, should be-
 Who is responsible for this neglect of childhood
 The first and heaviest responsibility is upon the parents
 There can be but three reasons for this neglect of offsprings-ignoran indifference, or poverty.
 The second responsibility is upon the school. Has the school taken hold of this condition with right spirit and determination to give every child in the city a chance?
 The third responsibility is upon the public. What interest are the people as a body taking in this special ccndi- ton of affairs?
 They pay taxes to support the schools and pay eheerfully They be- ieye in public schools and vote for them every time.
 There is one important thing lack Ing and thai is tHat intaHae, active, interest in all children col actively and individually that moves he entire community to see that ev ary child gees to school and secures that training that gives a fighting chance in life's great battles.
 Parents. are you willing for your children to grow up in ignorance? Are you going to permit it? Are you daily turning your boy or girl into dollars, md thereby dwarfng manhood and Or are you turning dol ars into boys and girls that they may oe strong and useful men and women?
 School teachers and school authori .ies, are you moving along in your in- difference and permitting the helpless ooys and girls to grow up in ignorance and perhaps vice?
 Is the citizenship Of the city willing 'or these boys and girls to be neglect ed? Are the business men offering hem small pittances called salaries, hat the parent uses as an excuse for keeping the children out of school?
 The faculty is going to do some active work in an effort to get all the children in schooI. In doing this work they appeal to the parents. and people for help, courteous treatmeut and solid cooperation in behalf of helpless 
 Are the parents going to allow the to show more interest in and real regard for their children than they themselves do If so may God have mercy upon both parent and chil- dren
 Is your chjd in school every day? If not do you become offended when the teacher makes an investigation and an appeal for regular attendance?
 With but few exceptions the people of Hot Springs deal with the teach CTS very courteously and considerate- lv. Every child is entitled to kind and treatment from the teacher and the teacher is entitled to the same kind of treatment from both par ent and child.
 The best interests of the child de- mand a very close. pleasant and har- monious relation of parent, child and teacher The best interest of the child demand that the home be filled with a wholesome educational atmos- phere. Every child should be thor oughly convinced that he must be ed ucated. We often hear the parent say that he cannot afford to educate his child. In all earnestness can he at- ford not to educate his child'
 Can the government afford to let its oiti7anebin erow in ignorance2