The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-04

In tho December 90 edition an artcl'
on Ardmore Public Schools, an article
OF which all Ardmore may be proud.
DR.. Winship, 1t will be recalled re
Gently visited in Ardmore and lie
Avered lectures while here. Two o
MS lectures were delivered at tn,
Ardmore High School, the other at tn,
Rotary club weekly noon luncheon
session at the Chamber of Comm &c,
He is a lecturer of fame, and wa.
at the time Of his visit hero on In,
nfty-sccond tour from Boston to Cali
fornia, on an educational survey. His
article. which Is herewith published
will mean much to Ardmore:
ArdmOre, Oklahoma
M long and as well as I have
known Oklahoma as Territory and
state have never known Ardmor,
till now. and I took the time and my
friends took the time for me to know
she city and the greet country there
obouts. and the school proposition iha,
challenges the worlds admiration.
Ardmore was good town before the
oil-sand was pierced. It was u town
OF 5000 people ten ears ago and it Is
now approaching 10000. But the gain
In population il small part of tie
story. The oil fields have made local
muli-millionaires by the wholesale.
Six years ago all the banks Of tho
city carried only $1,0OO,OO0 on depos,
and now they carry Sl5,OoO,ooO and
more.
Many a man who was content with a
few thouand dollars in surplus now
has as many millions
1t seems as one rides for miles and
miles and miles through oil fields and
NESTS men and men and men who
have been made millionaires in the
last eighteen months as though every
one could be a millionaire IL he cared
to. but it is not that easy. OIL Is as
slippery as 1t is greasy, but n few
local multi-milliunaires are u big thing
Tor a city.
Some things have happened in Ard
more that do not look sweet and clean
as one reads about them and 1t Is a
tragic phase Of human nature that
every undesirable experience is pub
hshed the world over while the unus. &.
ually good things that happen In q
city are never passed along.
For instance, Ardmore has probably
had the best church experience in the
Unf:ed States during the past few
months and the papers have not heard
OF It
4 Great Church Story
G. w. Richards. superintendent. oc
the public schools, Is also superin.
tendent of Sunday school which mad
moved along in the traditional way
with about 200 in attendance. This got
on the nerves Of Mr. Richards. who
realized that there we're $4,000 per-
sons in Ardmore who went TO no Sun
day school. He called the teacher.
together and some adult members Of
the school and proposed drive
Tor 500 members of the Sunday school.
and they went out into the highways
and byways and on the second Sum
day there were 1904 in the Sunday
school and they are staying in the
Sunday school. Motor busses scurry
the suburbs and bring them
in. Not one Of chose is taken from any
other Sunday school.
This led the pastor 10 pSpose n
drive" for members for the church
new members, and members OF
churches far away who had never
owned up to being church members.
There was no revival. no evangelist!c
meetings, no extra church meetings.
just drive" in the wake of the
Sunday school drive, and at the next |
there were 1871 received |
into the church.
rha: Is the Arim'ore way. unbo |
lie 'ablc as &, may be TO rhose who
have accounts OF some other happen
nss In Arimore. Why not pass that
story around the world? Isn't "raol |
news" as good news as bad news is
good news?
Good Schools
W. -" "N W. hHVW gocI SChOCl5 |
Nhen We see them and We see many
GOOD schools in every state in the
in'on. but Ardmorc had some bot,er
lings In h,- schools than we h,y,
happened "a discover In any other city
superintendent Richards is man with
Is big a vision In public schools as hc
ihd In his Sunday school, and IN ION
ienrs he has gathered about him n
'roup of tcaciers who uccep, his snl,.
and let his brilliant messages devci-
~ into u mission
ono OF the educational traEcdles rs
bo frequency with which a high
'hool Is no part Of the system so far
IS the superintendent mission IL
Many a supcrntendcnt,s
'lsion is chopped Off abruptly when
'oSs and girls cross the threshold
Y The high school. Just the tImo
'hen tho vision should blossom ou. In
ehievement a high school pr!ncinal
/ sonc cities ays TO the superh.
cndeni; Thus far but ~ farther"
In Ardmore the high school prin-
!pal and his entire faculty are car.
'1ng on the good work gioriousy.
The best work done for Mr. Rich.
rds Is done BY the Psychological Dl-
gnos'ic'on, II we may coin a word.
lis work Is as practica, as q railway
me table.
Cost Of Aumscments
The Psychological Diagnos,iclan
,ade definite study OF the c,s. OF
OF the school children.
children won't to movies seven tlmca
the week; 6 went six tines. 20
'cnt five times: 4s went four timos:
II went three zines: ?3i wen, twica.
IS went once.
on this basis. which was purely
ormal basis the school children "
rdmcre are spending si3sTe; fer
lovies and kindred amua.p,on,s