The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-03-04
DUR PROGRESSIVE RURAL SCHOOLS
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND OTHERS VISIT SCHOOLS IN
COlNTY-ADvOCATE CHANGE OF TIME OF OPENING
THEY SUGGEST DECEMBER FIRST As OPENING DATE


The Lubbock County School Board
Is making a tour Of the rural schools
with plans looking tcward unity and
coordination. They mean to visit
each and every school in the county
and put some carefully thought out
plans before the people. Judge Moore
believes that all the rural schools
can and should be worked up to a
full nine months term. and recon-
mends uniformity throughout
uniform length OF term. uniform
course of study, uniform examina-
tions and uniform time Of begin
ming. The board is Of the opinion
that December lst Is the logicsl time
for rural schools TO open, and are
asking every community 20 consent
20 this schedule II will take some
two or three weeks 20 reach all of
the schools and means quite lot Of
expense and hard work on the part
of the members Of the board. But
they are public spirited mon and
give theif services chesrfulfy and
wherever they 70, they have with
them . live bunch Of speae1rS each
Of whom has n message OF Interest
and real value to everybody.
Last Thursday was their first day
out, and they visited the schools OF
Slide. Foster and Ropes. The party
consisted Of. win: Judge Moore who
acted, Of course, as master Of cere-
monies, with the first and last word
on every subject: Mr.. j p Webb,
chief spokesman Of the board. Mr..
r. J. Richardson. also n member Of
the board. who can speak II neces-
sary. and who since Thursday noon
holds the record for driving his ear
of the highest embankment without
serious mishsp, Mr.. Carol Thomp-
son. who made pig-talks at every
place; Miss Mile Halsey. who rec
orumends intensive gardening and
poultry raising; Mr. Meskimen. Of
the Chamber Of Commerce. who told
of the great South Plains Fair Asso-
cisfon being organized and what u
viii mean 10 US all In general Mr.
Ellis OF the Security State Bank a
Trust Co., and Mr.. Peck Of the Far
rners National Bank. each Of whom
promised the boys and girls financial
backing IN their club work and Of
fcred big prize to each al the win
rers In the contests at the fair next
fall: Mr.. Moines Of the Moines stu
do, who photographed the crowd n
each place. using the school build
ing ms an appropriate background;
and last. II not least. was the Ava
lanche man, with his motel book and
his nerve. who tried 10 tell the peo-
Die something they already knew
that the Avalanche Is behind every
organization and every movement
hat promises better things TO the
South Plains people.
At Slide we found the school in
session and several patrons present
20 welcome US and 10 hear what we
had 10 say When all had had their
say both formally and informally.
we bid those good people the time
of day and launched out across the
limitless plain toward Foster. We
disliked TO be SO rude as 10 leave
Just at meal time. but our schedule
called for IL, and schedules are cold
blooded.
At Foster, though school was sus-
pended because Of sickness. we were
met by quite n number Of the patrons
and their families. who had prepar-
ed a warm fire and big boxes Of gen.
uine old fashioned picnic dinner. Fos-
Ter 10 new district about midway
between Slide and Ropes. with a
brand new $25oo.00 frame school
building finished and furnished COM
plctc. Dinner was the first number
on program, after which was general
speaking and discussions. About 3
o'clock we left Foster. proud Of this
new district aud its hospitable peo-
pie Pretty soon we came into sight
~ a magnificent brick school build
ing rising two stories above the base
nent. That's Ropes. just over in the
corner Of Cochran. one Of Lubbock's
attached counties. Besides the school
building. Ropes that day consisted
Of a big townsite. long string Of
cattle cars on a siding. store or
two and a depot. Its too new to be
big, but is starting of right Those /
town fathers know their business. |
When they conceived the idea Of
huiliing a town, they went out on I
The broad unbroken prairie beside 4
he railroad almost out Of sight Of
rven a ranch house and began by
Inst laying OF a school district and !
;alled for an election to vote bonds
20 build a fine school building. No
body to 20 to school TO u. nobody
% send TO Il. But they knew the bond
,lsction would carry--there was no
body 10 vote against u. SO the cleo
ion was unanimous In favor of the
soAds. There the building stands to-
lay. complete from basement 10 top.
10Th inside and out--a credit 10 a
own u several thousand Inhabitants.
4 Is a drawing card and the time
vii soon come when every room In
hat pgs building VII be full 10
'apacitS.
Amer hslng shown through the
W were escorted % Miss
ffnests clsss RON whsfe We had
'ar turns II speech making. Mr.. Car.
90 sni NJ Cousn. The town pru-
aotss. Fssponilnx With short iaIks.
'<pfe-<.ns thslf appreciation u ouf
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