The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
BACK UP YOUR SCHOOLS
WITH Increased FUNDS
By D. w. Pearce, County Supt

By D. W. Pearce, County Supt.
after the war there will be urgent
need not only for trained leadership
in all lines of industrial, commercial,
social and civic life, but for high
average intelligence and preparation
on the part of all the people. !
would therefore urge that the people
continue to give generous support to
their schools of all grades and that
the schools adjust themselves as wise
ly as possible to the new conditions,
to the end that no boy or girl shall
have less opportunity for education be-
cause of the war, and that the nation
may be strengthened as it can only
be through the right education of all
it's people" 4
This quotation comes from Presi-
dent Wilson. A moments reflection
shows it to be true. Many townships
are soon to vote upon the feasibility of
increasing their tax rates for school
purposes. AS county superintendent
of your schools, desire to aid little
in bringing this important matter be-
fore you.
1t pays generally to help adults but
there is no comparison as to benefits
when proper aid is given to childhood
and youth. They are at the outset of
life. Early and proper education pays
dividends in various forms all thru
the years. Education is now consid-
cred and regarded as tool, neces-
sity. The opportunities for making
/rooJD IN +bo would toJou roo,,iro m ora
than in the bygone days. Many who
are proud of their achievements and
who feel that they did without the
modern preparation" could not do it
again. Modern business will not bear
the burden of the "trial and error"
period of the "green hand" Special
ization and division of labor are now
the rule.
Let no one be misled by the special
case-one in your neighborhood did do
well with poor preparation. If so,
this particular individual had high
degree of special power or capacity.
Most of us, however, are of the "com-
mon garden variety,"-we have to be
cultivated. Then by the training and
industry together, we play our part
in the world. Most people today are
agreed that the most they can do by
| their children is in the way of an edu-
cation. Give this and leave the rest
| to them.
If the above be true, it's realization
is to come through adequate support.
You know you are now paying more
for each and everything you buy
Some say prices have gone up, others
say money has become cheaper. Which
ever way you view it, it takes more
money. Logically enough, there is
not single item of expense connected
with the schools. that has not also in
creased. Many of these will not be
Il less or much less, in years to come.
If the war should end today, prices
would not fall Immediately. They
never have fallen as rapidly as they
have risen. The money you have been
allowing your board of education has
been inadequate even in normal times.
\ | believe in rigid economy, but this
does not mean failure to provide suf-
fcient funds to get proper results.
Sometimes it is better to spend more
than less. 1t depends on how it is
spent. While you pay more for most
every thing else and are compelled to-
do not make the mistake of not sup
porting the schools because this is q
voluntary matter. fondly hope and
sincerely expect that you will ratify
most heartily this reasonable increase
in expenditure for so noble purpose
You are citizens of the greatest
country in the world. You therefore
believe in liberty, fraternity and de-
mocracy. We can not have democracy
without education. We desire thai
S this education shall be not only free
but for a number of years even com.
pulsory. It is certainly a wonderful
r thing to contribute to such a cause anc
! the Joy should be the greater in pro
portion to the degree in which it il
voluntary. Let us stand by our schools
No others are better, but ours can b.
improved.