Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-01

As educational doctor Tor the city u
Amarillo. u H. my business TO pre-
scrihc the medicine and Il Is the pco'
pies business to take that medicine ar
MOI; ~ Il plcasss them. n they prefer
,n throw IL into IN. fire. ! shall h. no
fsnrc offended than are my follow
practitioners when more than half their
medicines ~ into the fire rather than
down their patients threats. Doctors
must learn not a. become offended. for
II they do not de- 80. they VIII have
their feelings hurt most ~ the time
They mus, learn that /, i ,heiS busi.
ness merely 20 prescribe.
want II understood that nm not
asking for q new high school building
nor shall ! ask fnf such . building. II
IN not my business 90 dn this hut the
chuol bnards. and while ! have not
consulted with them relative 20 this
matter. am pretty sure that they
have no intention uf asking the peo-
pie any time soon for bond issue for
new building. think We have on
orr school buard the most lcvclhcad"d.
sensible. and far.seeing men IN the
country. and one reason why ] think
ihlr ~ because they do not always take
my advice II they always did what
wanted them to do. ! wouldn't think
they were very competent for the
places they have.
So the people need not be- afraid that
they will wake up some ~ these beau.
iiful Panhandle mornings and find q
i3so Ooo high school building thrust
upon them without their knowledge az
consent Al want 10 do and all the
friends ~ cducation In this city want
20 Do II o. keep the educational needs
Of IN. city IN the forefront and not
ourselves wake up some morning and
find again that bond issues have bcen
called for other things and that the
schools and the children have been for.
gotten.
There are Spme people who do not
know We need new high school build.
ing They feel that the new building
completed ius, last spring should meet
all present needs. They DO not realize
that our little city H. growing rapidly;
that. according % report made In
one ~ our mems clubs the other DAY.
22s new dwelling houses were con.
structcd IN Amarillo during IN. past
year. which n We count three children
20 the family means GSi children added
% our school population. which are
more than enough 90 on the new
building. and u must be- remembered.
too. that before that building was &C.
cupied We had thirteen rooms on half.
dnv sessions or enough o. fll every
room In u the day II was completed.
on the south side ~ the Denver rail.
road Their, II now only one room that
IN not in use and The only reason that
room Is not occupied is because we
didn't feel that We hid the funds 10
employ a teacher Tor 10. We have fouI
or nv" rooms with ~ many ~ Is
pupils and could now on three or four
additional ro0ms u We had them and
had the teachers for them Remember.
too. that this n the caS notwthStnd.
INK the fact that fully 20 per cent of
the children ~ the city are out 81
school under the - weeks plan. Tho
school board has already decided 90 al.
NIT al pupils to the schools next fall
and u doesn't take much foresight 10
see that We shall h. badly crowded
even next f1ll and viii have 10 put at
least 10 rooms On half day session. 10
say nothing ~ one year from next fall.
which is a. soon as We could possibly
ct the new building ready II we we're
20 begin now
" o. the present conditions In our
High School. the teachers will bear me
out 10 saying that every high school
inspector that has visited us In the
past three years has criticised us with
regard % The inadcquncy ~ our high
~sool building. and have said that we
must have more room before We can Do
the work ". should d.
With 90 Ter cent of the pupils out OF
school under the ~ weeks plan. We
have more than zoe pupils enrolled.
With only thirteen olassfuums In which
10 take care - them. which means
that " We did not us. some rooms that
were not intended Tor classrooms. there
would ~ nearly forty pupils L. the
r'sYin ar ten more than We are allowed
A. maximum BY the state couamlites
on AffiIlatlon. In order 20 rasaia cu'