The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-09-26
Back to School.

This is the testing time for many
boy and girl. The lure of wages, the
desire to go out in the world and do
something, impotence with the slow
grind of classroom work, the necessity
of contributing to the family income
all these are motives that are working
powerfully at this time of year on
boys and girls everywhere.
To a large extent the boys and girls
have this problem in their own hands.
For the most part they must settle it
themselves. We can only hope that
most of them can be made to see that
for themselves and for the community
the wise thing to do is to use youths
colder fhour to get everyzibif Of 'eJfuca-
ton possible.
One or two positive things the
school and the community can do is to
help the boys and girls make the right
decision One is to make the SCHOOL
better, paying teachers enough so
critical youth gets the right kind of
teacher, and giving educational OPP
portunities of every sort regardless of
whether the opportunities sought are
1.-The regular thing or not. Many a
boy saved to the school by a good
practical course in manual training
will profit by many other things the
school has to offer and continue his
education.
The average parent can help by dis
carding the idea he is far likely to
hold that what was good enough for
me and father is good enough for my
boy" it isn't. The world moves. The
parent who nowadays deliberately let's
his child leave school at the end of the
eighth grade is practically condemn
ing him to life of failure. The fact
that a few emerge without education
must not blind US to the fact that
there are thousands of young men and
women who have the finest natural
qualities and never can rise because
of lack of education. Something of
this the youth can be told-that we
are soon coming to a point in this
cuntry, if we are not already there.
when the boy and girl without high
school education viii be hopelessly
handicapped in getting along.
Certainly every boy and girl in the
United States should have high
school education as minimum.
That is the least the Nation can ask.
The physicians of Lambertville
and New Hope take this means to ac-
quaint the community with the fact
that they have, after considerable de-
lay in action, adopted a new schedule
of prices which shall become operative
on September %, 1919. This list will
include minimum charge of a dollar
and half for visits in the daytime
with double charges at night; office
charges and other fees are advanced
in proportion.
Bucks County Briefs
The first annual upper Bucks
coutny bankers picnic, held at Tohick-
on Park last Saturday, was largely
attended, and was greatly enjoyed by
all in attendance An organization
was effected and the picnic will be
held each summer, but somewhat
earlier in the season than this one.
A chicken hawk flying over Tonic
kon Park, on Friday morning, was
shot down by the proprietor of that
place, and measured feet and 8 in
ches from tip to tip of wings.
Twenty-four head Of cattle were
sold for prices ranging from 500 to
S265 a head at Harrison Hubbard s
sale in the township Tuesday. Nat
urally with all this live stock to sell
there was a great crowd, as there al
ways is these days when there is a
COW to be sold. The sale amounted to
$4,000.
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