New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-03-20
SOME HIGH SCHOOL TALK.

] Too much attention, too much
thought is being paid to the selec-
ton of high school site. Time
could be more proftably employed
to evolve plans for better service
and greater efficiency of our next,
new high school. an Improvement
on the present institution. An
the ink wasted, all the acrimony
displayed in the discussions Of
location and accommodation to
parent and child, up TO the pres
ent time, becomes mere tattle, a
sort Of Earring chatter leading to
nowhere.
A modern high school in a pro-
gressive, thriving community, is
not merely a building, a pile CT
bricks and mortar, a form of at
tractive architecture. an adver-
tisement Of a towns aggressive
spirit, but an educational plant
and institution that must function
properly In every season and re-
spond to the times educational
changes and mental needs. The
three RS have become obsolete.
Man. mind and measure have tax
EN- the place. Life, love, living
will follow. These transitions.
will become a part of the future
curriculum of good schools. Built
not on the sands of present times
but on the eternal truth of civili-
zation. The tax upon physical
endurance. the speed which con-
sumes mind and reason, the ten
sion overcharging brain and
Drawn, this penalty of Democracy,
must be met and overcome at the
public school house. A well
equipped gymnasium, sanitary
recreation grounds that will fur
nish healthy air to the lungs Of
school children. become a neces-
sity. The addition to the faculty
of an expert director of, physical
development also, practical, up
to-date domestic science depart
ment, is one Of the many problems
our new high school organization
must solve. Much more ground
than necessary should be pre-
rentlv acquired, so as not to re-
tard the future evolutions and
forms Of public school education.
The exploitation Of the idea that
the centre of community offers
superiority of place for the con-
struction of a high school should
be exploded. The fallacy of the
propaganda is only exceeded by
the absurdity Of the errors of some
ardent, misled advocates
Very few, complete institutions
of learning are located in the midst
of the glamor, the din, the mol
and toll of communal life. Chill
dren, during recreation time,
should not be driven into the
streets and ON the sidewalks Of
town or city.
New Iberia should welcome Al
site of fifteen or twenty acres
where the development of pub
lie school plant, that could re-
spond to and fulfill the expecta-
lions Of the taxpayer, would not
be handicapped in the future for
lack of space. Due to that iii
creasing. keen competition for
world markets for our raw and
manufactured products, we may
be forced to add vocational train
ing to the old teaching activities
which involves the erection of
small shops and FORCES and fac
tories. There are manv other I'M
solved, unborn questions, in the
womb of near destiny high school
will have to face in the future.
Then whv circumscribe the
present attempt to start some
thing on a big scale and prevent
the hereafter from adding from
time to time its quota of useful
ness and WORTH Let us approach
the enterprise with broad minds
and large vision. Let us not
haggle over site, neighborhood,
distance and convenience.