The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-16
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b.lion o, every good citizen that ri
town should b. al the head Of IL
class. which IN itsel: Is an hoaor4bl'
ambition Some -oEns seek 10 exec
in games which are by no means
TO be despised. as lie Olympic game.
I made al ancient town famous. but
merely 10 excel n physical provesi
is not sufficient Our excellence lasts
/ but for season
Other cities have sought 10 excl a
/ commercial narts Of Their respective
1 sections. which is also a worthy an
bitlon. but other places may. BY
I railroad facilities, factories, or rivers
Z and harbors, take The supremacy from
them and they VIE have 20 seek =
lower level in the scale OF import
ance.
Cities NAY seek 10 excel in the
erection % churches and graded and
high school buildings. and for tine
hold their supremacy, hen another
town o. city will erect larger and
more magnificent church edidces. and
more costly and better equipped
sctoo, Buildings, give equally Il not
better preparatory training. and tha,
city 1r Town 5 then classed as the
Intellectual center. yet each have
a. equal chance 10 appeal 10 the
man who desires 10 move his family
from The rural districts. where they
car enjoy the privileges OF a higher
education
Tale and Harvard have made their
respective cities and surrounding
country the Intellectual centers o,
their respective states. yet Harvard
was founded on an armful of books
laid down by Congregational
preacher who said. Let US found
= university"
Ardmore has its graded school and
rs most excellent high school, giving
a four-year course Of preparatory
learning. OF which every citizen :.
Justly proud. but can we. with that
advantage. 90 out and invite people /
to move TO Ardmore TO educate their
Berwyn, Oil City. Springer, Wood
ford. and Lone Grove give a two
year course in high school work, and .
New Wilson ls preparing even now
70 move INTO a magnificent building |
where d full four year course will 1
be taught Marietta. Madill, Tisho-
mingo. Sulphur. Psuls Valley. and /
other cities and towns in this sec
lion can combat the invitation 10 |
move TO their city for higher edu-
cation By saying. Why move TO |
Ardmore. We give you the same as1
they viii there, and perhaps you vii |
be nearer home here Durant and |
Ada can justly say that ArdmOre |
IS not In il with them. because |
they have the normal which gives I
them two years beyond the high |
schools. and only two years short Of
the STATE university !
We in truth VIII have to admit
that Ada and Durant have something
on US" even though We may boast of
the fact that We have the best high
school. People. as a rule, who are
,olicitous about the education OF their
will move to the best place
o give It TO them, either TO one Of
he towns whore the normals are
ocated or to the city where is To-
.ated the state university.
There is not city or town in
Oklahoma that has pioneered" the
ull college course for its children,
while 90 per cent will never have the
mbitlon to take the college course.
ct three per cent, on an average.
S the sum total of those who do,
nless 1t be in town where the
ollege is located, THEN 1T RUNS
IS HIGH AS 20 PER CENT.
Can this privilege be provided for
D city the size Of Ardmore? II
an. Can Ardmore be the pioneer
n the state Of Oklahoma in pro =.
iding this privilege for its children?
t should. and that would give us a
restige that no other town could
axe from us, either by the manipu
alton OF the cotton or other farm ,
roducts market.
Without the expenditure Of ons
ollar in buildings and grounds, we
ould have a grade college in Ard [
lore and at no extra expense for
eating the school building Some
ne is going to ask how this is
ossible, but listen: We have a to- :
Il valuation of more than five mill
IN, eight hundred thousand dollars
n which we pay for school purposes
* and six-tenths mills. This tax