The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-11-24
OUR BIT
IN The SCHOOLS"

is called upon TO 90 everything
possible which viii III any way as
sist ID guaranteeing the welfare OF
the Nation. SOON the noble serV
ices Of our young people at the
trent will fOJm al lndetlbie record
in the history of civlliz ttioa.
But the war of he present day
type calls f0r a great body Of
willing workers at home. Only
by the unqualified service OF the
great Amy AT home can the
success OF The great conflict be as
sared. Ou every hand We see the
realiz alton of the True American
spirit. Men aud women are band.
lag themselves together IN the
great task Of providing for the
comfort and necessities OF onr sol
dlers III the camps and at the
front.
What can the schools do 10 aid?
There are hundreds of thou
sands OF girls ia our schools learn
log 10 sew. \ Casual examiua
ton of the articles needed by the
Red Cross reveals The faet-that al
most every girl from the sixth
grade up can contribute 10 the
Cause. Some can do plain sewing,
some can make garments and
some can knit. Half OF the time
OF u sewing C asses In the Il e.
lusa Schools Is directed alWIg
these lines. "Where there is a
will there is "a way" applies here
as effectively as IN other cases.
ihe schools of the land should be
raily Ing 10 The support OF our az
mics in the field. Every city and
village and hamlet should render
an unmlstakable practical service
III helping to win the fight for de
mocracy.
Never was there a time when
the lessons of the school had the
opportunity to penetrate the life
of the home az they have today.
viii We use or negiect the oppor-
unity for this double srrvice?I
Ihe schools may help By teaching
economy, thrift and thoughtfu!.
ness. When the boys and girls
now of school age have reached
manhood aud womanhood there
viii be need for a higher standard
OF economy and wisdom for the
woik of life and tor the duties and
responsibilities Of citizenship than
We ever yet attained. Iiotnpt
and regular attendance at school
ana proper employ ment OF ont Of
school houIs will prepare our boys
and girls for life and wo.k in the
new age which will follow the
close of the war and the coming Of
peace Thrift, which has been
taught incidentally and somewhat
specifically, ought TO be emplllz
ed and taught practically IN all
schools. The wisest Of educators
are welcoming work that viii eDa
Gle them to train the children f0i
practical citizenship and will bring
about a closer relation between
home and school.
The school should teach the
children things which make the
parents realize in concrete ways
the value of training for thrift and
economy. The schools of Bogalu.
sd bave tried TO emphasize the ne
~cessity Of saving and the children
are slowly but surely learning the
wisdom aud necessity of laying
aside small sums earned Or given
tothem, for some definite purpose.
Another feature of teaching lhtift
is the gathering up of old papers
in the city 10 be used by the pa
per manufacturing industries,
lately established in u city.
The plan as followed by cur chill
dren in This work is for every
child III school TO collect as mnch
paper as he can III his own home.
Besides this the city is divided
into convenient districts and two
children who live in these dis.
tricts are appointed 10 visit the
homes where there are no children
IN school and collect the paper
once each week. The school chi'-
dren are allowed to- bring their
own paper at any time and Il is
taken care of for them by the
teachers and janitors. All paper
is taken TO a central depository,
where it is baled once a week, and
then conveyed TO the Louisiana
Fibre Board Co, Of u city, that
pays the children fifty cents for a
hundred pounds of paper. IT 9
children collected almost 320o
pounds during thefirst week, earn
ing therefore NEARLY $1,000 fet
their work Of collecting old papers,
which. If not called for by the
children, would have been destroy
ed by the owners.
The prospects OF continuing this
work are very good; the children
are very much Interested, even en-.
thusiastic about il, and the fuan,,
clal returns f.r this work will b