Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01
Does Payette
Need a High
School Building
A Vital Question Reviewed by {
High School Student.

Inc HoSL OI US are at IulS tllAe
of the year, making resolutions which
We fully intend to acrry out and
which are either, for our own finan-
cial Or physical good or for the
benefit of our fellowmen. All of US
should be able to find some means Of
doing good and, those things which
concern our fellow citizens, should
in our estimation be held first in i'm
portance in our minds.
/ There is one thing which especial y
demands our attention. That is the
education of our children and our
public schools. People seem very
Indifferent towards this, the msot
/ important thing in a persons life, an
education. From all appearances, pee
pie must think that when they send
their children to school, they have
performed their duty and let It end
there. The teachers may do the rest
But, have they done their duty: They
most certainly have not, and we
shall here attempt TO show reasons
why they have not
Every broad-thinking person con-
siders the education of their children
an investment, in which the returns
are sure That, an education, IS es-
sential to properly fit them for the
fulfiHment of their various staicns
in life 1t is a known fact that, from
our schools of today, the future busi-
ness men and citizens OF tomorrow
are to come Therefore they needs
must have the best education possi-
bic. Many students, owing to their
financial conditions, are forced to
end their education with the High
School. Therefore, the High School
should be made as good and as per
feet a school as possible. But, are
We doing all we can toward making
this education possible? We provide
good books. good teachers and a
building in which to work. Is this
all that is necessary? Indeed it IS
not
The personal interest of the pat
rons, the equipment of the schools
and the environment play important
parts In education.
First, the personal interest of the
patrons, is of great importance. We
will not attempt to say how far ttat
interest extends. Yet We can say
truthfully that none of It ever ex-
tends as far as a personal inspec-
ton Of the work being done N
school. How many patrons DO you
imagine, have visited the High School
since school started in September.
Would you be surprised If SAID
that there had been none whatever,
with the ecepxtion of three or four
ladies who were there to special
program. We (pupils) would be
pleased to have visitors come to some
of our classes and see how we work.
It would at least show the teachers
that you are interested in their work
and appreciate their Efforts, and, iti
would be an incentive TO the pupils
to greater and better work. We ask
you 10 please come up once IN
while and visit us during the COM
ing semester.
The equipment of the schools,
which is of the most Importance,
should equally demand our attention
II We are permitted 10 draw Ut
tie comparison. We shall attempt TO
show, how like business undertak-
ing. the schools are. As we mention
ed before, the schools are an invest
ment in which the profits are sure If
the undertaking is promoted under
the right conditions. Suppose for
instance, that one of you business
men is doing a very large business.
Let US suppose that he is attempting
to run a two-story business in q lit
tie one-story building and although
he is making fair profits, he could.
in a larger and better equipped store
building, increase his profits to such
an extent that It would pay to en-
large. He is crowded; he cannot give
his customers the necessary attenr
ton and owing to the old and anti
quated methods, he is making no
progress. Now, what would you advise
him to do? Would you expect him
to stay in the old rut and worry along
Just because he is making a fair
profit? Indeed no. You would sug'
gest that he get In larger and bet
ter equipped quarters where he can
increase his profit.
Now we ask you to apply the same
principle to our schools. We are
crowded beyond reason. Two hund-
red High School students are ex-
pected to get along In five rooms