El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-07
OTHFR HALF OF THE SCHOOL
SHOULD ATTEND.
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s7i,g of the Dublic schools Of e Paso with an
attendance larger than that Of laSt year N sI @
L fact that majority Of the exiled families from Mex
m have returned to their former homes IS cause Ior s
faction for everyone except of course, the chaIen lne
selves, who are having hard time accuSlols ~ 80
TO the confinement and restrictions OF school aIli le
dom Of vacation spent largely out Of doors Inc u PD
schools began with enrolment for the tst DAY OF o
OF about 100 than the trst day last year. an u @
increase being American children and there are lnolcaohs
mat succeeding days VIII substantial additions 10 Ine
enrolment Id. :.
tifiug the fact remains that the last school census
showed f745O children Of school age N the cry ms
means that few more than half Of those are Attending
public schools who within the ages elgnt 70 - -
bv the compulsory school law OF Texas as nose "l
which children must attend school minimum OF oO Gays
Last year the minimum was so days ana next year Il VI"
he 100 Several hundred attending private Schools
which the law recognizes but even then the gap between
the total enrolment and the figures OF the shool census
Perhaps it can be said that all the children Of school
age here complied with the law, the schools would De iouno
lar too small to accommodate them but that IS the con
Germ Of the school board and the taxPayng pubc me
concern of the parents and employers IS TO see that al
children within the age get the beneIlL OF men e
opportunity while 1t Is available TO thel ana II HOL u
larger buildings are needed they viii have to be PROVIDED
The law is very definite in its requirements OF scnool al
tendance penalties provided for employers and parents
Mo contribute TO the truancy Of children The fine for
employers SO and for parents or guardians not 10 e4
coed SIS It the intention Of the school authoes mere
10 check carefully the school list against the list OF
those in attendance at the schools public and private ana
20 after the remainder.
Parents OF guardians been lax regarding the eou
cation of their children should realize 1t IS better not TO
huor them If they desire stay out Of school and better
10 meet any sacrifice necessary to send them TO sch9o
than TO allow them continue without the INSTRUCTION
which alone viii fit them for successful lie N maturity
Unlike some countries which foster ignorance as means o.
eepng their people subsection, the United States rosters
enlightenment realizes that teIacy IS public and per
ons disgrace and insists that Its citizens shall have the
utmost education possible to give them There may e
peal cases in which temporary absence or the child OF
school age from the schools may be justified The law taxes
ognizanoe of them though such absence requires the con
sent of the school authorities For the rest the school
the place for the child Wherever IN this city his home
nav be- there school conveniently near and ne should
be in If Bov or girl the chds future success enjoyment
and social position chiefly dependent the instruction
received now
Seeing that former ambassador Bernsorf has been
awarded the civilian Iron Cross by his emperor its strange
that William Hale Thompson, "buTgomaster Of the sixth
largest German city IN the world has not been honoTec
similarly
Maybe Itay's army VIII reach Vienna IN time to assist
the Austrian government in making up its mind what 10
90 about the pOpes peace offer.
II begins to look as though good many gOuash feed
e soon viii have change TO spaghetti As between die
md diet they'll choose the latter
If the girls keep their knitting needles going bTisky
IS now it's going to be long, hard winter for the manu-
-7rt1rers Of knit goods.