The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-29
Schools Will Open
Next Tuesday

High School pupils Is Saturday, Aug.
81. We want to get program ar
ranged for the following Tuesday.
OF course, if it is impossible for
any to get in at that date, we will en-
roll them on Monday or Tuesday of
the next week, but after a program
is made out to fit majority, it may
not be possible to change it, in case
late corners have conflict of stud
les.
President Wilson, is urging all
boys and girls to finish their educa-
ton before enlistiAg in active SER
vice. Only under the most urgent
demand will boys between 10 and Fl
be called into active service, and it
is the most patriotic thing to do at
the present time, I'd be fit and ready
when the call does Dome.
Our First Line lof Defense" at
present is on the Western Front in
France. Our Second Line of De-
fense'' is our Public Schools. If you
ask where has the American soldier
been trained in his ability to adapt
himself to condition. wherever he is
placed, and his lovd for the princi-
Piles of democracy, equality and JUS
tice, his self-reliance\ and self-confi-
dence, his uncomfortable spirit of
freedom, the answer must be, the
Public Schools Of America.
There Is much that needs to be
corrected in our public schools, and
much imperfsction, and no one
knows this better han those who
daily work at that business, yet the
public schools are shout the only
places in which all of our different
nation.lities come together in COM
mon meeting place, the place where
all are welded together in the fires
Of equality.
All boys and girls h America must
be taught in English taught " think
in English, taught 10 think in the
spirit Of America. lin this country,
in the past there have been organ
izations and clubs il which foreign
languages only have been taught.
There have been whole settlements
in America in which no literature
except in foreign tongue is read,
periodicals printed id a foreign land,
in = foreign tongue in foreign
thought:
If America is to b safe, if democ-
Fasy Is to be safe in he world, and if
America 10 to be the apostle of DEM
ocracy, we must read q common lit
eratlre, think in the game spirit, and
have the same or very similar, ideals.
There Is no better place to incul-
cate these ideas and ideals than in
our public schools. ! is the duty OF
every citizen Of this country to lend
a helping hand in this democratiza'
ton Of the boys and girls of our
own land. as well as u those of the
foreigner in our midst There must
be unity Of purpose, thb there may be
difference Of opinion a. to how the
end u to be reached!
In our schools hsr} in Arvada We
are trying to make Our aims along
such lines, knowing that every one
must cooperate and that any sug
gsstions and friendly criticisms are
always acceptable. This principle Of
eriticism -. to be considered care
fully. Criticism without any rene
dy for the better or suggestions as t
the better plan is destructive rathel
than constructive. Tearing dowr
can be done sinsly, but construction
and constructive work must be dom
In team work.
Universal education Is the onl!
safeguxrd Of our nation. We do no
mean merely book EDUCATION but ed
ucation that rounds out the lives o
boys and girls, wsll-traiped alonl
with . well-trainsd hand for som
useful occupation and = heart t.
guide and rule over oil.
With something Of the ideals u
ret forth above, and with the know
edge that the public schools are tn
peoples schools, and that every DO
and girl will have an equal opportun
ity with every other boy and CIR
and no one ought to Gsk or sxpee
more. let both parents and pupils er
ter upon the years v ork with plea
urs. But II the boy Or girl does nc
grasp the opportunity, then It will b
the duty Of the parent and teacher
know the rsason-
Report cards will be sent HON
each month for careful inspection
These tell the tale, - nearly - ca