Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-23
ny ". u. Duncan.

10 y" ana " the Queen city Of tho
Plains. and the only way she can hold
that place ~ honor n by keeping ne.
schools the best In this section Of tina
state. ~ M To he able To offer 10 tho
class OF people she would attract here
the very best educational advantages
for their children.
The business men of this city are In
be commended for their enterprise In
seeking 10 make Amarillo a business
center. Every buslnes brought here will
help TO make this better city and add
to every mans business. Every factory
brought here. every railroad. every
store. every hank. every building that
IN erected. will make this better bus.
lneHs center. and no good citizen will
fail 10 de- hls part Ia bring % this city
every enterprise posnible.
u must b. remembered. however.
that while our immediate aim Ii bii..
insss. onr ultimate aim IN citizenship
manhood aud womanhood. and We ran.
not afford 10 sacrifice the latter 10 In.
former. The people In a city make the
city and all the business In the worm
VIII not make "a city ~ the right kind
without the right kind 0f people.
u h evident that the people ~ the
right Kind viii sacrifice business pros.
perlty Tor the education of their chill.
dren. Amarillo may offer the hest hue.
inesi advantages IN the world hut ~
nhs do,s not offer the right Kind Of ean.
caiionfl advantages. she will not nj.
tract the highest type OF citizenship.
Hence. u We would maintain and raise
the standards of our citizenship. We
must have the very best schools
Not only must We have schools In
order t0 attract from other communi.
tiee the best type Of people. but we
must also see that our own children
, IRE educated for the highest standards
~ citizenship. We cannot afford. ror
the sake of our children. To make bun-
ness our ultimate goal: for history
| proves That wealth. when selfishiy
used. has been the greatest menace "a
men and women In every age and thnt
invariably where wealth accumulatra
men decay" Our selfish interest n
our children aud our desire that the
enter the race ~ life socially and TN.
dlyidually equipped In the best p0sibls
way for the duties imposed upon them
demands that We give them the hest III
training. Money will he n curse "a
iehm unless by the proper training VI
kind of minds and hearts.
We sometimes hear people complain
nj the cost Of the schools. but no san'
man OF woman who win stop for Z
moment a. reflect can not help buI
see that they are the cheapest thing n
the country. Let any one who doubts
their value turn "a those countries
where they have been neglected--Mex
leo. Turkey. Persia. Russia and China.
There h not a good citizen In this coun.
try who would not be willing 10 givr
three. fourihs Of his income 20 avoid
the conditions Of those benlghted coun.
tries. In fact. nIneienths or more 81
the income of every man or woman In
the country IN made possible by condi.
tons brought about BY schools. The
small amount of school taxes We pay
I IN hut hagetelie compared 10 the ben.
efits We receive from the schools anu
the man who complains of school taxes
surely does not know what the schools
really mean To him.
There IL not buslnes man In this
city who viii deny that the schools arc
the biggest ana most important business
OF the city. They are business tna'
deserves the time ana attention OF ths
BEST brains among Us. ana TINS "
especially true Ia thern times when u ~
q struggle to Keep them going We can
not make the schools VIVA, ,hey s"os,s
be unless the people as whole are VIII
INK To give them ,heir TIME anu a''en'
ton and make them their chie, con
Germ. The schools must ''e regarueu ~
SERIOUS port 81 the puS'hes NV W wv
city.
la III" face 81 almost hl'upe's"'s
difficulties. the Sh'olS nave mN !"
their place among the BEST oi W" s,a'e
Both the grades ana 'hr n'sh S.n"o'
are recogniz'I 10y th"se WI" ."o" WV.
work az standing among ,he urs' '
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nhati"n WIN the uh'N''a"ss
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/ In the state rms u an ue'"n'P"s,'
ment oi wh''h w" l'""p'' ~ su''' ~,
uny Wei ." proud "ri","s On
has been hr"ush' ap"u' W Wv az =. "
rapidly growing s'hoo' p"pu'a''on-o
'hat ms uuu"'u w '"c i's' ~ 49, .
q rapidly INCREASING "''''y " 49,"
"iN thai u b'F"h'hs t'o'", 80
/ greater h'hi'' w WY "N"N"' W