Sharp County record., 1915-05-21
ONE BIG TIME AT
SCHOOL MEETING
Much Feeling That Will Do
The Town No Good Is
Displayed Saturday.

Saturdays school election in
Evening Shade was no doubt the
most unusual event of the kind
ever held in the town.
Details are unnecessary, and
would not look well in print, al
though a faithful chronicle of the
facts might prove interesting to
the public generally. Suffice it to
say that two tickets for directors
we're in the field, and the vicinity
of the polling place indicated more
that a hot political fight was being
waged than that the people were
determining upon the important
question of their public school, a
question which should have the
fairest and calmest deliberation.
The directors chosen were D. X
Taylor, C. N. Horn, R. S. Craig and
W. T. Gray. The two hold-over
directors are Geo. w. Moser and
W. N. Metcalf. These new direct
ors, as well as the two old ones,
are among the towns best citizens,
and we feel sure they will handle
the situations which are to confront
them to the very best of their en-
ereies and abilities and settle every
question in the way in which they
are led to believe the best in
terests of the district as whole
will be best served.
The school mass meeting decided
upon only three-months term of
public school for the next term,
which is an unusual action here.
This course may be justified from
the standpoint that the district is
in debt and that such an action
will give the district an opportunity
to get ahead with its finances, yet
it strikes US that there ought to be
enough public-spirited citizens in a
place of this size who are willing
to 20 down in their pockets, as has
been done in many places, and pro-
vide their children with an ade-
quate school term,
The Record will state its lndlvld'
ual belief plainly, With a continu-
ntion of the feeling that at present
exists in this town concerning
school matters, our honest opinion
is it would be useless and waste
of money to attempt to have a pub
lie school term of any length, If
we are to have a school here worth
the money and worthy the name
conditions will have to change from
what they are right now, No pub
lie institution can prosper III a
holbed of factional strife, 1t we
are to continue, as we have certain
ly started on the road to the de-
struction of our educational inter
ests, and that means the deStruc'
ton of our other interests, why
tarry along the way? Why not
save time and much cavilY The
END can be hastened IL the school
house door is locked, scantlinG
nailed across in front and a sign
posted to the effect that those who
want an education can 60 some
where else,
Some people in this community
may not like this article, We trust,
however that those who were rant
ing around here last Saturday,
striking the town and school a
blow that hurt every time they
opened their mouths, will not have
the bad manners to criticise IT,
The Record stands for the best
interests Of the boys and girls and
young men and YOUNG women Of
the community In this matter
| These interests demand that the
Grown.up people Of this town act
like grown folks, that they drop all
foolish wruneline' that they come
together 40 friends and good Citla
lene, select teachers they can agree
upon, and support the school IT