Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-05-01

like those of Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Maryland the school question has
solution which formerly did not ex-
ist-good roads and good schools
have a vital connection. The boys
and girls of Meadowville viii in due
time have an opportunity Of running
in here in few minutes in an auto
mobile and attend high school, re-
turning in just as many minutes at
any season of the year. The out
lying country places will be in a
sense brought nearer to- Belington
and the influence Of our high school
will be widening and touching the
the lives of more boys and girls than
it is at present. To say the same
thing in different words the educat-
tional opportunities of the country boy
and girl are to be made more nearly
equal to those of the city And this
will hold true for all localities of
West Virginia.
The Declaration of Independence
has one statement in it that | have
nver fully agreed with; viz, THAT all
men are created equal Being rear
ed in the country and denied high
school education until was almost
voter, felt that | was not created
equal to the boy who was born in the
city, surrounded with the fine educa-
tional advantages there. But the
government of the United States has
realized the helplessness Of rural
people due to the bad roads and now
comes to their rescue and will in q,
large measure make the opportunity
of the rural lad equal to the one in
the city. Surely no one will raise
dissenting voice against good roads.
Let us have all the macadem or as
phalt possible. They will cost but
the increased value of property will
compensate for the cost.
What have said about the Sugar
Creek Road holds true of the other
roads radiating from Belington. The
new road will be opened to Junior by
fall. The people of Junior can reach
Belington at any time in the year.
| Would it not be fine thing for the
! Board of Education of Barker Dis
trict to buy motor van and run 1t
from Junior to Belington each morn
ing carrying the boys and girls from
there and intermediate points to the
Belington High School and in the eve
ming return with them? Such school
vans are operated in Ohio and Mary
land and states where they have im-
proved roads Why not talk to your
board of education and get them in
terested in this movement? believe
this is what we are coming TO and the
sooner we get busy on the problem
the better it will be for the boys and
girls,
see no reason why the children
of Weaver who are ready for high
school could not come to Belington
ON the morning train and attend high
school In the evening they could
ride to Dartmoor in the school van
and from there walk home a distance
of only two miles The new school
law authorizes boards of education to
pay as much as SIS per month for
each student attending high school in
another district This takes care of
the tuition and the pupil has none to
pay. If the Barker Board would con-
sent to furnish a means of transpor-
tation for the boys and girls to Be
lington this fall, am certain the
idea will be followed and other vans
added until finally Belington High
School will be serving the education
al needs Of the community within a
radius of ten miles from here. We
have high school enrolment now Of
about IS. Under the favorable CON
ditions | have mentioned we should
have in few years $50 students
with dozen teachers. Will you
boost the idea?