The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-22
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this STORE
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The citizenship of our Country is
CALLED upon to do everything pos.
sible which will in any way assist
in guaranteeing the welfare of the
Nation. Soon the noble services of
our young people at the front will
form an indellible record in the his
tory of civilization.
But the war of the present day
type calls for great body of will
ing workers at home. Only by the
unqualified service OF the great
army at home" can the success of
the great conflict be assured On
every hand we see the realiza ton of
the true American spirit. Men and
women are banding themselves to-
gether in the great tasl. of provid-
ing for the comfort and necessities
OF our soldiers in the camps at the
front.
What can the schools do to aid?
There are hundreds of thousands
of girls in our schools learning to
sew. A casual examination OF the
articles needed by the Red Cross
reveals the fact that almost every
girl from the sixth grade up can
contribute to the cause. Some can
do plain sewing, some can make
garments and some can knit. Half
Bogalusa Schools is directed along
these lines. where there is will
there is way" applies here as eff
fectively as in other cases. The
scholls of the land should be rally
ing to the support of our armies in
the field. Every city and village
and hamlet should render an unmis-
taxable practi-al scIvie in h,lrlHe
to win the fight for democracy.
Never was there a time when the
lessons Of the school had the oppor-
tunity to penetrate the life of the
home as they have today. Will we
use or neglect the opportunity for
this double service? The schools may
help by teaching economy, thrift,
and thoughtfulness. When the
boys and girls now Of school age
have reached manhood or woman
hood there will be need for a
higher standard of economy
and wisdom for the work of life and
for the duties and responsibilities of
citizenship than we have ever yet at
tanned. Prompt and regular atten-
dance at school and proper employ
ment of out-of-school hours will pre-
pare our boys and gills for life and
work in the age which will follow
the close of the war and the coming
of peace. Thrift which has been
taught incidentally and. somewhat
sporadically, ought to be emphasized
and taught practically in all schools.
The wisest of educators arc welcom-
ing work that will enable them to
train the children for practical cit
izenship and will bring about clio
ser relation between home and
school.
+ The school should teach the chill
dren things which make the parents
realize in concrete ways tie value
Of training for thrift and economy.
The schools of Bogalusa have tried
to emphasize, the necessity of saw
ing and the children are slowly but
surely learning the wisdom and ne
cessity of laying aside small sums
earned or given to them, for some
definite purpose. Another feature
of teaching thrift is the gathering
up of old papers in the city to be
used by the paper manufacturing
industries, lately established in our
city. The plan as followed by our
children in this work is for every
child in school to collect as much
paper as he can in his own home. Be-
sides this the city is divided into
convenient districts and two child
rem who live in these districts are ap'
pointed to visit the homes where
there are no children in school and
collect the paper once each week
The school children are allowed to
bring their own paper at any time
and it is taken care of for them by
the teachers and janitors. All pa
per is taken TO a central depository
where it is baled once week, and