The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-31
SCHOOL DAYS.

At this season of the year the
boys and girls are beginning TO
think of once more taking up
their books for another eight or
ten months work. Most of them
will remain in Arcadia and at.
tend our high school, uneXcelled
by any i'm the south or north,
and unequalled by but few.
With Captain Lynch as the big
Chief and the splendid corps of
assistants that have been chosen
for the the training of Arcadia's
and DeSOto cOunty's boys and
girls is assured to be the best
the country can afford as far as
the high school goes.
Many however, will leave
Arcadia for more distant
lands and enter our colleges, uni.
versities and preparatory schools,
seeking a higher insight into the
things that make up the educat.
ed, cultured and refined lady and
gentlemen, and hoping by a better
preparation to fit themselves for
reaching greater degree of sue.
cess in life's battle.
, Some will enter the colleges
and universities of our own state.
flOri1a is fortunate in having
within its own borders
schools that rank well with those
of other states. Some will 90 fur
Their north and enter the older
and more mature schools, with n
better reputation, perhaps, than
some of our own but-well, they
are all good, and we do not wish
to discuss their merits and de-
merits here. After all, it is the
boy or girl and not the school
that will ultimately bring sue,
cess. But wherever they go it is,
or should be. with one single pur.
pose I'm view, not to have good
time, but have it they will at
school, and rightly should; not
to learn to he a fine lady or
nice fellow, but they will learn
to be that too, for no place will
bring a person out Of the ruts
more quickly and surely; but
with the single purpose in view
OF being better prepared for life ;
for making a living, yes, but
what is even more important,
better prepared for making a life.
We have a keen and sympa-
thetic feeling for the welfare of
the boys and girls of our land.
excites our interest
more than a healthy, well devei-
Oped, growing, boy or girl, full
of youth and all that goes with
1t, healthy energy, buoyant spir-
watch them grow and develop
and see them round out into full
and perfect manhood or woman
hood, the most perfect fruit of
Gods own work.
The advantages offered by n
college education will materially
assist those who will turn them
into the right direction, to devel-
Op into that full and perfect |
manhood and womanhoOd THAI
we delight to see. We regrer
that it is not the opportunity of
every one of them to have a share
in the good things that are in
store for those who will go to
college and take them.
We would not discourage
those who are forced to remain
behind, for there is work for
them to do, and which they can
do. Many of our most successful
men never saw the inside of a
college. Success does not close
its doors to those who are not
college trained, nor does it open
them to all who are college train
ed. The college education merely
gives one an advantage over
those who lack it. Arcadia is
proud of her boys and girls.
Many of those who have gone off
to college in the past have won
honor and credit for themselves
which in turn was reflected on
our city. We have confidence in
the new generation of students
that they, too, will do their duty
to themselves and will not de-
part from the good start they
have received. in our own high
'chool.