The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-03-26

WE CANNOT HELP but sx-
press OH regret because of the
greet amount Of opposition which
the consolidated school movement
meets. The great benefits which
are derived from the advantages
that the school can give, the great
step forward which the movement
represents, and the future re-
suits seem TO be SO obvious that
no n could fail 10 them. The
great objection seems TO be the
increase OF taxes. Some oblec-
ton is raised because il is a de-
par.are from the present methods.
Others hold that il is not q suc-
Cess and We should wait.
The increase of the Tax is slight
when compared To the value of the
education which the boy and girl
VIII receive in the new school.
Education is something which
Cannot be estimated in do1lors
and cents. The total value of q
mans knowledge is not discovered
until long after he has passed be-
yond- Comparative figures of the
boy who left school q. the aye OF
il and went 10 work and the boy
who spent two more years in high
school and then went to work
show that at IS years of age, the
boy who had the high school edu-
cation and worked only fire years
earned 1887 while the boy who
had no high school education and
had worked seven years had earn
ed only S5,l12. Does an educa-
ton pay IN actual dollars The
additional value Of the education
which you give your boy. Mr.. Tax
payer, when yoa give him q good
education would pay the addition
al tax all the rest Of your natural
life Is il worth while giving
your boy and your girl something
like that
What was good enough for
father is good enough for the
son" Have you ever said that.
or have You ever heard anyone say
that Because You had to go to
school in one of the same kind as
your father is no reason that your
boy should, no more than that YOU
should use the same pillow that
your father used when he broke
the prairie. New methods Of
farming have been coming into
use and new methods will be dis
covered You travel by Ford or
automobile TO town instead of
with horse and buggy. We have
the farm bureau to show the farm
erE the value Of pure bred stock
and grains. Because we need to
raise more and better stock and
grains on the land to show a prof
1t is no reflection upon our fore
fathers, who did not have to be-
cause OF the cheap land We have
the nurse to give the children ex-
a~rninatlons during the school year
SO that we a catch the disease
while 1t car be cured. It is no
reflection upon our forefathers
who were probably more healthy
and not so liable to disease. No
one should resent the passing of
old methods, times are changing.
and methods which were the best
for the old times cannot measure
up to the needs of the day. The
methods which we adopt will be
regulated in the future to make
way for newer and more proficient
methods BY u boys and girls.
Consolidated schools are . sue
cess wherever they have been
tried and we have to be convinced
that there is sufficient proof to
show they are not . success. 1t
il = step forward. and you will
probably not live to see the bene-
6ts which are derived from il, but
you should not stand in the path
Of your boys or girls future sue
cess by denying them the best pos
sible education Dollars saved
in taxes By voting against . con-
solidation are small when measur-
led beside the future Of your
|child's success in life. Your re-
ward will Be the blessings instead
|of vain regrets and blame.
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