The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-08-28
Assets and Liabilities. "


ty, a~State OF Nation is its relig-
ious and educational systems, The
community that is highest in the
scale Of civilization and enlighten-
ment is the community that has the
best educational system, backed up
by live church. The two go hand
in hand.
/ am very much surprised at the
position that Mr.. K. j. Finley takes
in regard to the educational system
of Tishomingo county. have been
over the county in the past four
months and / must. say. with all
the VIM and POWER in my being
that it is dirty shame for the child
rem to have to put up with such
school buildings as they do.
In order for child's mind to be
free to work, and do its best, the
body must be comfortable, and
never a moments comfort can
children have in just such houses
as we have in Tishomingo county.
Equipment is absolutely neces-
sary in anything one. undertakes,
and the better the equipment the
better work will be done.
Mr.. Finley complains about the.
waste OF money and effort. L am
unable to see where any money is
wasted. unless II is in having
such a system at all. l think il
would be dollars we'll spent, if the
county would just wipe the present
system off the map with the ex-
ception OF just few) and start
anew. Certainly the teachers are
considerably underpaid. Even a
section hand gets more than some
of our school teachers and almost
anybody that can be mentioned re-
ceives more for their labor than the
average country school teacher. II
is really becoming alarming to me,
for teaching is one of the greatest
in life, but it is not at all
attractive to them because there are
so many more places that pay them |
better. The waste certainly is not
on the teacher, because there are SO |
many other counties that pay their
teachers much more than we do
ours.
The waste is CERTAINLY not on
the buildings, FOR WE HAVE NO
BUILDINGS ! / suspect that Mr..
Finley's horses have a better place
to stay during the cold winter
months than most children in the
county that go to school. VIM
dow lights out, holes in the floor,
planks off the sides and heaters that
don't heat | |! j say it is q dirty
shame to this county. and the man
that wants an Office needn't solicit |
my vote that is not in favor OF Civ
ing the county the very best. l be-
lieve we ought to make our child
rem, our schools and the whole
shootin' match assets and not
liabilities, but just as long as the
four months term and bad house
condition obtains, the system is
gross liability and not an asset.
The child that just gets four months
training, just about as we'll have no
training, because he just begins to
get his mind ready to act and to
learn when he has to stop.
My position is, that we ought to
have a compulsory term of not less
than seven months. Certainly q,
child could do better work, and
more work in seven months than
he can in four.
But Mr.. Finley insists that the
boys and girls have to pick cotton.
/ don't know just what Mr.. Finley
is driving to-" but / think that he
is just grasping at this to carry his
point. / am surprised to know
that he places such a small price |
On the child, and has such low |
conception of the child's real worth | |
The government of tomorrow is just |
what the boys and girls of to day
are going to make it, and certainly |
his great government is worth more
han a few hundred pounds of cot
ION, and besides all this, the time has
come when the boys and girls of
America must goiout into life armed |
with the best training that can be Civ |
en- them,i if we expect them to stand
ooual with the rest of tho world