The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-14
c, NJ Rich Gives Fine Address on
"keokuk's Greatest Asset, Her
Boys" at Last Nights
Regular Session.
FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Young Men Pass Resolutions Favoring
New Building and Plans Made
by School Board-Pled9e
Loyal Support.

| "Keokuk's Greatest Asset-Keokuk's
Boys" was the subject Of an address
delivered by c. NJ. Rich to the Gyro
club, in regular session last evening
at the banquet room in the Y. M. c. A.
In part, Mr.. Rich saiG: IAN EN-
| ployer who secures the services of a
young man from his own community
and fails to pay that man what he
would have to pay an outsider for
similar work, is not community
builder because he is driving the young
man from his own community to 9TH
ers. A young man is less apt to make
failure in his own community than
elsewhere, because he does not want
to face his friends as failure and
will work much harder to prove sue
cessful.
"a corporation or community might
be ever so well managed by man
or few men, but let those men pass
away with out leaving some one who
has been educated and given the ben
eft of their own experience in hand
ling such an organization, then that
corporation or community rs dead. l
am reminded of an experience which
happened to one of the worlds great
est merchantS-in sense we are all
merchants. It was Marshall Field.
When this great organizer was in
formed that his first assistant had
resigned to enter business in Europe.
Mr.. Field remarked: 1--WE will en-
ploy another office boy" His orga-
nization was so schooled that when
any one passed away, even to himself,
there was another who could take his
place. So it should be in all corpora
tons and communities unless we ex-
pect to take a step Backwards
After Mr.. Rich's talk the Gyro club
held it's business session, at which
time the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted favoring the
bono issue for a new high school.
Whereas, the detectives of our Or
ganization are: TO inculcate sound
principle of success and efficiency;
to stand for service and not for sell
fish gain; to promote good citizen
ship and true American ideas; TO
boost all organizations standing Tor
the welfare OF men and boys, ETC.
And, since the question of bond 49,
sue for a new high school is for the
benefit of the coming generations, IL
is our desire to pledge our support as
an organization an individually TO-
wares furthering this good project.
Whereas, Keoi1uk's greatest as
set is her boys and girls, when
properly trained, and who's liza
biIities are the same, when they
are improperly trained. we deem
that there is but one unselhsh
way to handle the question Oh
proper future and present faclil-
ties for educating those who are
to come after US. And, that way
is to endorse the plans of our
Dresent board OF education whole
beartedly, because their labOrS
have been faithful with but one
thought utmost in their Gnlnd, ana
that being to equip future Doarn
of education that can handle ques-
tons of education more efficient
" because of having had De,ter
tools to work with
Whereas, voting is privilege,
when exercised, every American
citizen has of approving or d1sap-
proving questions of public inter
est and a cowal lily neglected duty
to the present and future genera
tions. when not taken advantage
of it is our wish to encourage
eyerv one who has the future OF
Keokuk at heart to vote on this
issue.
Be it resolved that the Gyro
club does hereby approve OF the
aforesaid expressions anG pledge
its support heartily in favor OF
now high school for keOkuk as
nor nlans of the board of educa-
ton.