Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-01-19
" kNOCkiNG."

VII everybody to quit Knocking rn-
Ierrlng to an article which appenrcd
IN this paper which suggested that
the school building should be opcncd
earlier than S:l5, in order to odmi,
pupils who, from ono cause or anoth-
CT came to school early, and were
compelled to wait outside until the
opening time, S:I5. And "Patrou"
calls this mild, reasonable su,rrcs.
ton, shocking" Does patron, and
others, who took exception to the ar
Gle suggesting the doors be opcpnd
earlier. distinguish between n c,iti-
clsm and suggestion? When il an
pears that a newspaper cannot Of
Ter suggestion for the public good
without bling dubbed "knocker," it
is time for that newspaper to 20 ont
OF business. 1t is il dead letter and
should be buried. What would ham
pen IN this country if the newspapers
oil the country did no criticising?
However, in the article to which
exceptions were taken. there was noi
one word of criticism of any one. no
names called, no blame attached 49,
only suggestion that the doors Of
the building should he orcncd o.,.-
lier or else parents shout, see to il
that their children came to school at
proper Inc There was no "l;ro.s"
at any hody, and Just VIM "pntron"
or anybody else should think chat
Prof. Martin, one Of the very host
principals This school has ever had.
should have been considered in III.
matter, is hard to understand. Air
Martin knew nothing of any com
plants. None had been made to hin,
lie opens and closes school ACCORDING
TO contract Members of the Board
say they never had Il complaint in
regard to the matter, and under the
circumstances the school authorities
should thank this paper for calling AT
tention to the fact that the school
building should be opened earlier. ro,
they evidently thought well of the
suggestion, FOR the janitor has been
ordered 70 open the doors earlier. and
he is now doing So This is nu
However, instead Of thanks for the
suggestion which the Board Lns
seen lit to adopt for the good of
the school, this paper gets,-well.
knocks"
The article which caused the trouble
follows. Read it for yourself and
decide:
(From Clinch Valley News, of
January 5th.)
Complaint has been made by pat
rons Of the school here that their
children are not infrequenty COMPEL
ed to be exposed TO bad weather in
the mornings, because the school
building is not open to them.
The children are forced to seek
shelter in the stores or in the post
office, or else remain on the street
and shlver until the bell rings and
the doors opened ut S:I5 O'Clock.
and 1t Is complained tina this state of
things should not exist The Gus
tom has been for years, we are told
to open the doors of the building TO
at SAB, no children being permitted
TO enter the budding before tina time.
Inc reason given is stated to be that
to open the building before the ar
rival OF the teachers or the principal.
would work harm to the school furni
ture, etc., and perhaps to the chill
dren themselves. This writer doesn't
know Ill the why's and whcrerores,
but does know that if pupils are com
PEELED to come to school early, as
some of them are, that they should
nave some means of shelter besides
the open portico or stores or else
parents should see to il that their
children do not leave home so early.
This paper has been asked by several
parties to call attention to this need
IN the interest of such pupils rs arc
forced to come early to school"
THE POLLARD BOOSTER CLUB
A marked article taken from a Nor.
folk paper of date Sunday, Nov. 2G,
l9l0, was received last week by the
editor of the Clinch Valley News,
which belated article gives an op
timistic account of the organization
OF Pollard Booster Clubs in Norfolk.
The account states that by energetic