Mexico Missouri message., 1917-04-05
Patrons Day
at Martinsburg
Prof. Pryor Makes Address-Pupils
in Lively Debate-Third Speaker
Quoted Here in Full.


pleasure OF motoring to Martinsburg
last Friday afternoon in company
with County Superintendent w. Clyde
johnson and Superintendent Herbert
Pryor to attend patrons day exer-
else.
The teachers of the school are D.
Oty Groce, superintendent, Miss
Lucille Moore and Miss Lottie Moore.
A good program was rendered by
the grade students. The debating
teams of the Ninth and Tenth grades
put up some good debates on the
subjects, Resolved, That Martins
burg must have the 1 cent building
fund in order to maintain the school
at the same high standard another
year." and Resolved, That Martins
burg ought to maintain a four-year
High School," A few more such de-
bates will place a four-year High
School in Martinsburg. The argu-
ments were SO convincing that the
negative had not word in rebuttal.
OF course, our old friend, Pryor,
had something good and everyone
was eager to hear it.
The program was closed by a talk
from Mr.. Johnson.
All spent profitable afternoon.
The editor desires to compliment
all of the debaters for having han
hnsr ah1Nr Tho
debaters representing the Tenth
grade were Lucy Horton, Lena Tate
Eunice White, and frankie North
cut. Those representing the Ninth
grade were Norine Tate, Clarice
Peery, Catheryn Seeker, and Anna
Pihale.
Below is a copy of the argument
offered by the third affirmative
on the NINTH grade team, Catheryr
Seeker.
81 certainly fail to see VIII!
it is necessary to stress the fac
that we must have higher levy.
fail to understand why you canno
see that it will be entirely impossible
to maintain our school at its presen
standard another year without al
increase in school tax. So 1 am goini
to emphasize a few points and en-
deavor to place the situation befor
| you and make you see it as clearl
I as 1 do.
First. You know that if you don
give a little more school tax, you vii
use that money some other way tina
will not be nearly so beneficial t
you. If you were going to purchas
new implement with which to farm
or purchase a fifty-gallon barrel G
gasoline, you would think nothin
of the money you invested. But wha
If someone would say something abou
the increase in the school levy
Then is when you would say, VIII!
no, can't afford to pay higher taxes
or, 1T is of no benefit to me, I'll sc
no good from it. But stop and thinl
kind patrons. 1t will benefit you. Fo
when you pay higher school ia
do you not help us to better on
school? Does your child not atten
the school? Does your child not com
here every day to obtain an educa
ton? Yes, 1 say that he does. II
comes here to obtain the educatio
that will be so necessary during hi
life. Do not think that merely be
cause an education in your days wa
not considered so great necessit
that it will not be necessary in you
children's lives. They will compel
with more educated people than yo
did. Consequently an education wi
be more necessary. l believe tha
we will all agree that the educatio
is absolutely essential in this da
and age, so we will not argue the
point. How do you expect your chill
to attend this school, and obtain tn
proper education, do the proper wor
in this kind of a place? They cannC
do it. You cannot expect it.
''If you don't believe this, just lool
for instance, at some of these oil
desks. If you will notice you wi
see that nearly every one is broke
some way or somehow. All teri
we've been having desks to breal
seats to fall down and books to ia
out of the desks. Our blacksmith r.
fuses to even attempt to repair Their
The fact is he has repaired them {
often that it has become such a t.
dious work that he refuses to try
again. Then, too, we have spent mol
money trying to have these desks r
paired than they are worth. The!