Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-08
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t LOCAL COMMENT

Armistice day In to be celebrated IN
Marshalltown. 1t Is true that the pup
lie gravitatcs toward games, dances.
entertainment aud general Jollification
but this Is commonly tho case ON the
Fourth OF July and other holidays.
The time may come whom moro Sc
rlous effort to preach, teach and
contemplate hmoricanism will be
made on armistlce day. The father OF
three boys In the service came rush
ing into the newspaper office on the
day the good news OF the armisticc
arrived oxclaiming. This is the great
est day since Jesus was born" and nc
was right about 1t. We must learn TO
celebrate It's anniversary more seri-
ously.
The average person Is constitution
ally negligent and careless. He does
not intend to hold out on the Red
Cross but he just neglects TO take tho
trouble 70 come across with his On
nual dues to this great life saving so
ciety. Somebody must go out ana
bring him In and tho chances arc that
the volunteer who will give Of his time
and effort to 30 after others has not
yet come across for himself.
The people Of jefferson township
are urged to 60 to II and build hiGh
school. Their children are entitled rs
Just as good an education as the chill
dren who live In Marshalltown. and 1t
can be brought about only by Coop
erative effort In the erection of one
IL o. ha fnuypahin
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In years TO come, when our main
roads are pretty generally paved. IL
will probably follow that young peo-
pie Of high school age win prefer to
travel to the larger and better equip
ped high school In Marshailtown,
hence the leaders in the new high
school to be erected within the next
few years should keep this in mind.
II BIarshalltown would seize upon It's
opportunity and build virtually mu-
nicipal college for high school work
and a year or two beyond IL would soon
have 1000 to 1900 students and many
would como from the county outside
of the city. They would pay tuition.
of course. as they would In an ordi-
nary college. They would travel back
and forth by auto or perhaps room and
board in town as they do in college
towns. What we need is a large and
beautiful college campus with several
buildings fitted for science and liberal
arts instruction, commercial courses:
gymnasium, athletic park and all the
usual facilities found essential to col
leges. Probably less than one in four
high school students ever expect to
see the inside of college and the
three who do not are entitled to az
much Of these educational advantages
as can be provided at home.
There Is opportunity, too, In the
memorial building idea. To build
convention hall that would stand dark
and idle for $50 days In q. year and be
opened to large gatherings only for
five days would hardly express the
constructive. active achievement of
tho lads who went to war. Rather
would it commemorate the waste or
public funds incident to the war. The
most fitting memorial that could DO
devised would be one that would for
ever teach Americanism and good cit
izenshin In Q democracy for which the
war was fought. A large auditorium
on the high school grounds would full
fill such purpose. It would be used
daily by young America and nightly
whenever occasion demanded by the
entire community. A municipal high
school college and a memorial auditor
ium on the high school grounds would
be O. fitting and fine combination. II
would rAnaoYe all controversy as 70