Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
Boys and Girls Versus Cattle and Goods
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Mos, people will agree a, we have in amarillo real prob
hands in making this city safe place boys and
girls 1t infinitely OF problem than the problem.
the road problem other problem that conrortS Ii
Amarillo made place for boys and girls good citizens
will elsewhere and desirable citizens will
Us. and these other problems will be problems
We wholly the industrial side OF
our y lie without disaster these industrial interests
Along with banks factories and various
businesses and industries Of other kinds have should
have our churches our VI & rs our parks Fairgrounds
swimming pools and the later really important than
the former in city building
The trouble amarillo is tina, have already gone far
without providing Tor the welfare OF the children and the city
right now suffering it, neglect along this line We do
keep proper ratio between educational and material inter-
when have only $4,000 invested in school buildings
and equipment and time four times that
for good roads We do keep proper ratio when spend
each about 100000 city government and only SS
the education OF 800 children when have only
$4,000 invested high school building for boys and girls and
invest $4,000 coliseum Some people away from Amarillo
will &c, the idea il don't mind that think OF
and goods than do OF boys and girls
,inue spend time, much coliseum do for
a high school,
it understood that opposed to the coliseum
the roads anything else that we have voted for crit,
csg any Tor the that being spent for city
government. But do think that ought spend much
or the schools spend Tor the city do believe and think
the friends OF education will agree with that should
spend times much in erecting soscum Tor high
school building 1t is all right put the $4,000 the coliseum
but should also put $4,000 into high school build
ing and right for those OF who favor the coliseum
begin talking hard times when the need OF highschoo building
suggested 1t all right for be in favor OF bonds. for
roads for for coliseum and other such things hut
should also he in favor o the other things that will make Amarillo
better place 70 boys and girls When million
dollars for and roads should the time
million dollars for equipment for the schools for lunch
Tor aieteas for better pay for teachers for Junior college for
Fairgrounds and playground equipment and playground super
vision for kindergartenS for the little fellows for special
for delinquent children for fewer children the ROOM for
democratic school program that will provide for the needs OF all
the children for parks for the children play for swimming
pools for them swim in. and for V NJ G. A. and w A.
building for the young people TO gcthcm somewhere to spend
| their time in a wholesome environment.
These OF the things that Amarillo needs in order
be safe place children and the friends OF the children
insist them they get them There people in
every city who ready enough spend money for material
things where they the dollars and coming but
they begin cry hard times" when the friends OF thee hdcn
begin to talk educational facilities In fact the max
ing oi Amarillo safe place Tor the rearing OF children will de-
largely upon mothers OF the city Most OF
fathers these things but they absorbed in
their and the need OF them the mothers
can and IN mothers learn speak for the children
all occasion and demand that they be ctkcn Of They
learn be scared by this hardmc talk Such cry
always raised makes difference what proposed and
learn and let ii brighten from purpose
| The hard times is only a OF a few months
but the high school building is OF years Thisbuing
will be here fifty year, from aud there is why
should let hardmc talk defer erection when the boys
and girls will be made to suffer every day it is deferred