The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

| University tOme ana school League
in any community. or social center
/ move is an invaluable asset 10 all the
people. II deals primarily with the
educational and social features OF the
local community. II disseminates
knowledle among the people. II pro
notes the spirit of good fellowship. II
furnishes an opportunity to get &C
quainted. Il Offers an expression fpr
the universal craving Tor companion.
ship: II provides free and open dis
cusson, and thereby opposes radical
ism; Il augments the spirit Of coop
Grafton, thus adding to the strength
OF the community's resources: Il
.iyes an opportunity for self-expres-
sion, as well as an opportunity for
all to learn what each knows best It
enables community to study dill
gently the most pressing needs OF 10
cal importance. II he ps the church,
the homs the school. but II is more
Democratic than either the chl.ch,
the lodge or the school-it IS the non
sectarian. non partisan organization
Of a sovereign democracy.
40 Intelligent person now questions
the statement that The country should
be- the most desirable place In which
to live; and there Is no reason why
living in the country should not De
the simplest. the happlest, The most
desirable life Of all. During the past
Is years the misraipn from the coun.
try to the town or chy has been going
on az an alarming rate.
In many parts Of the country the
population Of the rural sections IL oil. /
most depleted. Investigations made
by eminent authorities during the pas,
decade generally agree that the one .
cause contributing most 70 this con.
dItlon is the lack ~ social recreation
The old-tlme corn husklngs. log roll.
ings. OUTLINES and other forms OF
community fellowship have passed
away without leaving acceptable sub
sutu,cs
lf tho depletion of the country OF
Us best bloCd is % cease. and 10 the
tide of population is 20 bee turned
back there must be no srntng or
starving OF the social Instincts. or.
eanized effort must be provided d
meet these fundamental needs Of the
home. the school the church and other
expressions Of the peoples social and
Intellectual deslres Conference mod.
iiies and improves thought. sover
eighty comes with cooperation. says
Woodrow Wilson.
Men OF the same community differ
widely on political and religious CUES.
tons, but they do not differ on the
question OF making the country the
most desirable place IN which g. live
Where then. should these communi
y or neighborbood conferences be 1
heldg The school house Is unques.
tiouably the LOGICAL place II Is the
common property u all the neigh
borhood. and il Is the only property
which bears without exception this !
unique relation TO the people OF every !
locality An astonishingly sman per. |
cent Of the people make use OF the Z
school plant in the absence Of com. >
nuniiy organization. School houses ,
have become monuments Of neglect 4
ID opportunity, Il Is no exaggera. 4
ion to say that In making the school q
house the forum Of the people =
les the chief hope OF perpetuating r
he republic and It's institutions Q
is Il not significant that this thing Z
the social center moyement) Is being +
'rected upon the foundation original ,
Y laid in America. where We saw n
rom the first that the school house q
nd the church were to be the pillars q
u the republic7 Is Il not significant b
hat. as u BY instinct. we return 70 d
hose sources OF liberty indebted. n
which we find In the common meet II
ng place. IN the place where nobody a
an be excluded. In the place owned
y everybody. In the place to which "
verybody comes AZ by right And o
! seems 70 me that the school houses. O
otted here and there. and everysI Il
here. over the great expanse OF this IL
alton. will some day prove 70 be