The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-02-26
MASS MEETING
SATURDAY, NIGHT
SCHOOL PATRONS TAKE FINAL
FLING AT THE PROPOSED
BUILDING SITE.
Effort Was Made Through Speeches
to Arouse Unusual Interest in
Election Being Held
Today.

Another spirited mass meeting was
fheid lii the district court room at
1.-THE court house Saturday night to
further discuss the school site propo-
isstion and to take the necessary steps
Ito get the voters out to the polls to-
i day to vote on the proposition.
iSpeakers declared they understood a
movement was on foot to keep vot-
iers away from the polls. but they
I expressed the hope that all citizens
would speak ont their sentiments
Through the ballot.
4 Capt, Il. r. Marehbanks was asked
ito preside over the meeting, and he
lid 50 in d gery business like manner
latter q brief talk
Tha first speaker OF the evening
was M. Gibson. member of the
isenool board. who re-stated his rea-
Isons for favoring the present cam
pus az a site for the new high school
1 building. Mr.. Gibson declared he
| was the only member OF the board
who faFared keeping the high school
ION the present campus and further
THAT he made motion after motion
Ito keep it there, but could not get a
second He likewise proposed to
| leaYe the matter 10 the people and
| vas denied this plea. He explained
4s,a+ tt.A 1xaa,d ,,rdarctaod that ,sfbnu
1.-The row high school was completed
that old Marvin College would be
torn down and the campus cleared of
1.-THE make-shift houses as much as
possible and that he felt that there
Twas room enough at the old cam
pns for the new building.
Mark Smith made heated talk in
which he censured the board for its.
! Judgment. He declared he would
give 500 towards cleaning off the
present campus and building the new
building there. He said the people
were going to have high school
there regardless of where the board
erects the contemplated building
He pointed our that election time
would ron around and that the pa
tfons y II ect q board that 3oald
sfant wsles Of the people. He
safe Il sisas cot be a waste OF mon
ey 10 pat tha new building on the
proposed site after SO long a time
because ellis county is doing every
thing ia her power to build good
rural schools and that the new build
ing might be so utilized some time
r. P Whipple discussed the man
ner Of calling elections for the bond
issue, saving no published notice was
given through any paper and that
the people voted for the bonds with
but knowledge that the order pro-
vided for the purchase Of a school
site He read copy OF the order
taken from. the records at the city
hall. He called f. b. Kenner to
task for a remark made at a former
mass meeting
Replying 10 Mr.. Whipple, Mr.. Ken
ner declared that if he made such a
remark If was not so intended. Calls
ware made for Mr.. Kenner and he
spoke at length. presenting the
school boards idea OF the matter.
He declared the board had put weeks
and weeks of study into the site Sc
lection and that no one but the board
was TO blame for the selection of the
site whore the house is to be erect
cd. He said one great trouble with
the patrons was that they did not
understand the school problems and
would not put themselves to the
trouble 10 fiud out the real condi-
tions He said the board had to
dea' with these problems and had
figured out q plan that would, in
their opinion. serve the best inter
ests OF the patrons. To do other
wise than carry out these plans
would be foolish for the board at
this time, he declared. Mr.. Kenner
declared that many things we're be-
ing told about the boards actions
which were not true and which were
unjust TO set of men who had given
SO freely Of their time to the admin
istration OF school affairs.
c. NJ. Supple was another speaker
who bitterly attacked the Judgment
OF the board in moving the high
school TO the proposed site. lie char
aeterized It as a usurpation of power
which the people would not stand
for Mr. Supple talked at length
and scored the board roundly.
Mr.. Kenner replied to Mr.. Sup
Eple and defended the board against
ejs statements, whereupon Supple
/ declared he was not there for Joint
debate with Mr. Kenner The meet
ling broke up With Mr. Kenner ably
defending the board against the