The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-08
FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS

EF-IlE ARDMORETE calls the special attention of parents
and guardians certain facts and figures printed today
in the department devoted to public school relating
the expenditure of Armore school children for shows
dances parties and candies other sweets These fig
startling to say the least They in the main
actual statistics, not imaginary estimates They the
result of survey conducted by Henry d. Rnsand vocational
counselor for the public schools of this city
Thrift week ended two weeks ago If the active cam
paign for teaching thrift did any good in this community,
the week Immediately following should have shown de-
in useless expenditures Mr.. Rnsland however
leced that week for his survey and he submits the results
reasonably entitled show the expenditures for
age week in the year.
What do find?
We find, parents and guardians that during the week
Immediately succeeding thrift week the high school students
of Ardmore spent movies Sl3623 dances and parties
Sl50.49, on candies and other sweets $7809O.
We find that the pupils the four ward schools in Ard
spent during that week S3l903 movies $2l941
dances, $392 81 candies.
We find the high school total of expenditures these
three items for the week $O6769 the ward schools total
S931.05.
Mr. Rinsand has multiplied the total for all the schools
for the week by 81 there being 50 weeks in the
you understand and has found that the total for the
based upon the week following thrift week would be $lO3
03348. But that's not all great many pupils not
il attendance when the survey made Mr.. Rnsand IS
rigid satscan He has added to the number of those
present the number of those present The grand total
Of expenditures for year according to this method of
figuring, would be S122 1886.
And that parents and guardians and taxpayers of Ard
more, $l67265 than the entire school fund for the
year In other words Ardmore school children spend on
movies, dances and candies, $7956 than the tax
payers spend maintaining the public school system
careful perusa Of the detailed report printed elsewhere
essential full understanding OF the situation After
you read that several things suggest themselves to YOU
In the first place you ask yourself are teaching
your children the principles and habits of thrift Then you
may fqueson to the wisdom of permitting chill
dren to attend the movie shows frequently, without first
satisfying yourself that the quality of such films is such as to
produce good impressions upon the mind of child You
may question yourself similarly the good bad ntlu
ence of many dances other parties. Similar self
searching as the good evil of excessive indulgence in
candies may be in order
But there other considerations Just important Do
you find that your chldren-hose of them who ntem
perae in the cultivation of movies dances and candies
keepng up with their classes at shoo? Are they getting
out their school work the benefits reasonably to be
pected? Is their general health advanced retarded by
frequent indulgence movies dances and candies? 1t
give you headaches to study out all these problems of direct
and vital interest children but probably it also gives
headaches to of children to pursue presumably
Joyous career Of movies, dances and candies
The boys and girls of today the and women of
The present socalled prospery-which is alto