Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-31
Armstrong County for the Amendment
BY PHEBE KERRICK WARNER

votes for The amendment IN place
like that because such folks already be-
licv- IN doing The best for their schools.
Surh folks hav" always gone forward
~ the limit at their ,msans IN every
education program Armstrong county
has SiV schools that are built on IN.
plan ~ ~" l.akcNirw schWl The others
ate i.lano Wayside. Mashburn Fair
view and NJ Pleasant. Al two ryOm.
two lcach'r schools and three of these
schools have "A good auditorium beside
he school rooms Most ~ these schools
have had dur'ng the past week Hal.
lowe'en entertainment IN combination
with q schcol amendment meeting.
Besids over ~iN tw" ruoin rural schools
Armstrong; count, has six one room
seh"ols two 1T which are ward rch~ps
and two high schools. one al Ciaudy
and th" either az Goodnight. The two
roam rural srhools 81 Armstrong county
carry IN" pupils through The tenth
Trad- Tn" Goodnight schod has six
teachers ard III" Ciaud" school ten
teachers There are more than 200 rcol.
asiics IN the county and twenty nine
teachers This does not include ia,
special teachers IN music and expires.
SION. Every school In the county has
been In operation since the 18th day ~
September. except the Two smallest
rural schools near Claude These pupils
have b-rn Transferred To- claude and
,NaShmirn Tor the present We believe
thu average Attendance IN thu Armstrong
county schools viii rank clu-- io tho
top IN Texas.
sickness aud bad weather are the
only things that keep Armstrong county
children oui II schools There IN scarce.
" father or mother in the county
that cVer keep their children oui of
school fa work. our schools are ton
good to Keep children out Of and prac.
,icaliy every child IN the county II IN
school nov and every "ne II IN reach
II s"n0ol set many 1T them must
tab, long hard rides to reach their
schools This ~ unc reason Armstrong
, county h'lirves IN giving h-r children
~. best pnssiblr when they do get tn
school
~ -idir II all thr influenza draw
hsrts ~ ihr past two wears N" 1laud'
hirh -shnW ~ucrs' d-d IN gaining eleven
and half credits IT utfiliaiiun last
wear md Superintendent Hunter and
hts ctiioirni '0aps ~ teachers 80" work
inr go either credits for this wear. Mt
Hunter hss broken uu' odd and uniust
precedent hy allowing this wear = half
credit un music aud hail credit on
1 IMPRESSION Athletics has been ~timu.
, i,t"d hv 'h' Introduction ~ football.
, rh.. citizens ct Chud. hav- contributed
I tis0 fur football equipment and III"
ho,s Yt" crazy fH q ,hsnc" tn N'ar
/ their utw suits Thirty dollars wufth
~ equipment hsS h-'n added L. tho
Girls basketball team. aud -Ntryho-lv ~
I having q go-d time ut ~,hui Esp','it'.
I "a the bis bows who hty" responded
4 h-i,rlt 90 thi ht'k ." hn' movement
tn literary work b. mad, q f'T'ui"
i Throughout the county lpikiug 10 The
iH'"rsrhnlasii, contests in the spring
4 Aruvropr count, y. h'-ri- ur- mo'lrls
compared iu MANY uf th' srhuuls 80
fFy state liut 1~ a count, 49, air fur
I 'ii. amendment W. want to 80 higher
lui ~ 'Vr't rur 'nUuty and oGr
hrpis t1 grow ,~ th- wears 90 hy.
70, u,ad iu armstrong ruiiniy more
.uIIl hi-h s,i"nl. With the rural arts
turh' boz them n" need agricultural
frt,h'fs v" r,rd manual training
fH'h'rs We u.,d dom,sii, ~,icnv"
t,H,h,fz. vr need huu,- fui ouI teach.
eos ~ urrd higher gDdr teachers in
H Gv places W. n"-d county music
f.irhtts Hud pihIlr =,h,-I musir ts8th.
trs Ur ur'd su oppression department
fht' would cover the whole guunf, We
want o.. utir Hn educational noi"l N
Armstrong count, W. ssut "ur ~.hpris
fu NOT onlN rrU1f. uur huss and girls
I.I ,nilsgu hHt We wan. uuT schools 20
u'iafs the hundreds who auuui go
'" s,hnl too hi"s dut.s Md We
h1f" o. winning the amendment fU.
better r.h,sls 100 thr-r things viii Doe
mode fussihi. Don OBJ, E,lfs tu come
~ th, prUy,n fruit ui 90, spirit and
tuIlisHN OF uuI NlU1UDIg county
schools Nm~t,u- county h,s .uilcrs
students uFhf nov H ih, best schools
~ M 8nl. sl IN, uHr Iwu Hr,ilurls
Califolus tn BOSTON Armstrong county
Hts lfiutn ho,S aud gl.'z at .ur own
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