American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-03-11

It JUN 0Cnt III DOCH SIut5 OF Cne TdIfOadL Sensible peO-
pie will not be influenced by such a plea. They will be sat
lsmled with getting the proper school facilities and equip
memt, at any location that is reasonably just.
The proposed site for the new building contains about
-FOUR acres. The ground slopes only enough to give good
drainage, and is large enough to afford sufficient play
grounds for either the high school or the grades.
But all these things are familiar to the public, and need
only be referred to, to refresh their memories. The i'm
portant thing is to equip the children for the responsible
tiles of life. Looking backward a few years. what child
who ever attended the American Falls schools, ever left
school equipped for a business career. What one of them
ever had the rudiments of business taught them? What
steps were ever taken, in the schools, to discover their nat
ural bent along practical lines, and to develop each indi-
vldual along these lines. None whatever. What about
these things now? Parents need only visit the manual
training, domestic science and business departments to
answer this question themselves. In the manual training
department you may see the future carpenters, contract
ors and builders, draughtsmen and engineers. In the sci
ehce department you will find the future druggists and
physicians. In the business department you will find the
future stenographers, bookkeepers, business men and
bankers, all receiving a training that will be of great prac-
tlcal benefit to them all their lives, and a benefit to the
communities in which they reside. This training brings
out their natural abilities, and permits each child to adopt
a llfes calling which will not be a misfit. It has been a
tauC OF our educational system that such instruction and
framing has not always been given. Boys have chosen
tneir occupations largely as the result of accidents, and
win no regard to their natural abilities. Those who
went behind dry goods counters were fired with the am
Dltlon TO become merchants. If they possessed natural
abllltles for such work, they succeeded; if not thew strup-
ged tnrough life as only partial successes or else as fail
No. Ii lin HldIlHeT SOFA water clerks sought to become
druggists. Others drifted into the varions trades and
ccallngs more as the result of accident of EMPLOYMENT than
from any matured purpose, and many more simply drift
ed, not being fitted for any particular thing. Go into tho
manual training department and ask TO g tho wnrk of
Farley Franklin and Howard Stains, and MANY others
wHom we might name, and Judge whether or not they are
peing developed along the lines of their natural abilities
ana Chen decide whether the bonds should be voted or not
Just one thing more, and that is the domestic science do
partment, which might very appropriately he called tbo
Happy nome ueDafJmentN. II IS far from boipO +Lo Lat
important department of the schools. At every farmers
institute some specially educated and specially trained
man Will deliver a lecture On the subject of "a balanced
ration for cows" The government puts its hest to
work studying such subjects, issues the Information gain
ca IN special bulletins, and scatters them broadcast among
the farmers in order to make the COWS healthy and nyo'
duce more milk. Did you ever hear of a "baiancod ratiionT"
Tor human beings? And is such a ration of less importance
.han d balanced ration for cows, pigs or horses? There are
II uyspepucs IN the families where the mother has had .
eomestlc science training. Neither are there anv ninched
raced, pale, weakly children in such families. Such children
40 not lack a sufficient quantity of food, but thew lack #
III II right proportions to build healthy bodies and devo1
op clear minds. Domestic science is a blessino to aver,
nome which 1t enters. Many women who have not had tboo
~ u 0t II Oh domestic science training in school have had
~ az nome IN the form of cooking lessons given bv q wise
inother. such may not understand the reasons WIN certa;n
of o fns are a part or the menu, nor why a certain rotation
o ~ t1 tIa; IS KEPT up, but their families get the benefit with
puI thelr having this knowledge simply because fortnno
them with the right kind of a grandmother Rnt
.hen are many other homes which are not what homes
vet nho e mere are many children who have plenty to eat
sn nd wiz ae sgunted because they do not get bone muscle
anu nerve building foods in the right proportions Slch
ZONES 10 expend,, very often, more for provisions than tho
m Nino' ana always get less value for their money.
men thihk OF one sewing machine for ~fifty-six girls, be-
cause there is not room for more. Is this GIVING tba te,oh
sr OF pupils FAIR treatment? Is this the kind of a domestic
science department we wish to advertise to the world?
Our schools are on the right plane. Keen them tbero
Equip them for the best kind of work. Do not be deceived
nto believing that the added taxes, if taxes are increased
ae an VIII be burdensome. A few business men will paw
luCe considerable sums Rut those hnci,oc 49, -. r.
ng or OF, and prospecting from public patronage. They
all done well. Some may feel pressure for money oc-