Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-11-29
THE CONTINUITY S DEBT Tc THE
SCHOOLS

Fifty perhaps twenty-five years ago
people were discussing the debt Which
the school owed to the community. II
was not an uncommon thing for
Dragging tax payer to boast or me
fact that the teachers of the schools
were indebted 10 him for their daily
hrcad-to make even the tcac lcrS feel
that thew were paid their wages main
" through the charity OF the commune
" in which they taught. The schools
in a small towns and villages were
rude structures with no couVemehccN'
The people would have considered II
a sinful waste Of money to put III MOD
ern improvements, Sucl as Sclehtltlc
laboratories, gvnIuasIums and speclaI
vocational courses. Even IN the cites
vixen these things were granted, II was
usually with the air Of humorlng Few
foolish dreamerS.
But how these ideas have changed
i'm tn cpaSt few wears. y good school
is a live wire IN any community. IhcN
have greater connection with the out
side world I IAN almost any 0ther unit
i'm the community and their spirit -
boosting spirit the results are surpris-
their various wavs--some 70 college
or professional schools some 10 farm
or otherwise make their living IN othcr
communities If they 60 with a spirit
to boost their home tow nwha Ia ire
meudous advantage il Is for that town.
Think Of the people they will meet " 10
are perhaps looking for just such a
town. And the teachers, what OF them!
They are constantly changing their pos
itions, and if YOU have treated them as
you should and they see that your town
is live and growing thing tley are
not going TO keep still about 1t when
they go to another community to teach
Neither will they keep still if the op-
pnsits, condition. Is true.
This is only one of the advantages
of good schools-and we might say
minor one. Think of the good citizens
YOUR school gives you. Think how II
builds up your Young peoples civic
pride-how il teac les them right think
ing and right living. And il Il only
by right thinking and right living that
we can ever hope to achieve success
Tor ourselves or for our town OF for
our country. Don't grow hardshcI-
ed" toward the blessings Of q good
school in your community for they
are many and varied.
Many young people, and older oues
too, for thar matter, take very
Strange attitude toward their work
their "iuh-' perlGps we should saF.
In the first place, since th 80 of us WHO
have t. work for 9 living spend the
Lreatcr part Of cur lives ut it. our
work should inaercst US. Most OF IA
are actually working at least eight
hour a day, and eight hours we spend
in sleep supposedly. That leaves us
eight hours 10 eat, tead to few nee
cssary things, and get what amuse'
ment we can out Of IKE, Su1poSing that
we find our work unintereSting. Know
ing this, why it it that so many people
take work simply for jOh and th"y
do not scent TO care p8rtiuary whether
il interests them Ut not. It il merely
Job, and they look forward to closing
time as if it meant a release from
prison. Now there are plenty of job,
in the wcrld, jobs to fit all kinds OF
people. and YOU might Just as well bt
enjoying those oigh thourS that you
spend each day working, as to have
them drag their slow ard uninterest
ing way 20 an end. Get q job that fit.
ou and keep it.
This idea ct changing jobs is Yer,
wrong one but it is evidently quite
common. 1t i 4 poor policy to folloU
FOR several reasons. In the first place
it is a poor recomdation to any EN-
pioyer. Even thougl YOU NAV have
lett al your positions voluntary il
looks a little >,Iange to him, and ais
he may not wish to hire anyone VIII,
is likely to Jump his job" at any