The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-16
LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL HAS INAUGURATED CAMPAIGN
TO RAISE FUNDS TO PURCHASE LIBRARY
s40O IS THE COAL THEY HAVE SET IN THIS CAMPAIGN
Lubbock School Asking This Year for Higher Credits in Alaon
and Addition of Library VIII Help in Obtaining These Pa
irons of School should be Greatly Interested.

nice library. which will be Of great
value to the pupils and a great bene-
tit towards enhancing the reputation
Of the High School All Of US appre
ciatc. in part at least the addition
a library makes 10 a scnool One Of
the things that has improved the Uni-
versity Of Texas 50 much. and more
than doubled the enrolment within
the last few years. is the splend e.
brnry building on the campus with
Us valuable collection ~ books. which
has been made more complete very
recently. by $4,000 90 worth Of
books donated by Major Littlefield
4 library added to our high school
would be a great drawing card max
ing the school more attractive to the
boys and girls Of our town and keep
ing some IN school until they finish
who would otherwise drop out from
lack Of interest In addition. many
out Of town pupils would attend the
Lubbock High School to take advan-
tage of It's library. There is no res-
son why Lubbock should not have a
large number of boarding students Of
the High School II. in addition to
having a school on par with any
of the surrounding towns. the school
had a first class library Thus Lub-
hook would be the educational as
wen rs the railroad hub Of the plains
Then. too. library would increase
the efficiency of the school All Of
us want our boys and girls to have
the bes, education advantage il j.
in our power 10 give them our
school tar shows thst--~and while
each patron cannot afford 10 hwy the
required encyclopedias. unabridged
dictionaries. reference books. snd 80
on (they would h. too bulky for our
homes II we were able to get themD,
vet we can chip IN together and pro-
vide these for the use Of the pupils
in the High School where they VIII
serve the same purpose a. II they
were in each Of our homese Further
more. there are a number Of books
which We would not care 20 own. bat
which are indispensable to real
education 90 is poor education in
deed that has nothing but text book
knowledge) a. reference books Es-
pecially IS this true in certain depart
ments. as English. History. Domestic
Science. Manual Training. and the
Foreign Languages As matter %
fact. State law requires certain
value Of library books in these de-
partments before affiliation with the
State University And il is import !
ant that We get full affilistion with
the University. for in that case the I
boys and girls who go from the Lub- /
book High School TO the University. /
or TO any other college or university /
for that matter. can enter without I
risking their chance on an entrance 4
examination, which for dozen rea-
sons, may not az all represent either I
the ability or the Information Of the !
one being examined To encourage l
affiliation on the part Of the High
the University gives schol-
arShip to one boy sul one girl in each
Al high school IN the state. Some Of
of our boys and girls will doubtless
get scholarships in the university.
others will 20 without scholarships
and wouldn't il be tragic IL. when
they get there. they don't know how
10 use library. and not only en-
oarass themselves and give our high
school bad reputation. but also be
deprived Of the benefit they might
otherwise get from the University
library; or II. not having had access
% library here. they should have no
aste for library work: or else BE- 40
handicapped In their studies that
hey cannot compete with their class
mates
Surely enough men and women
viii become patrons Of the Lubbock /.
ligh school 10 more than raise the
100000 desircd. Three cheers for
lubbock High.