The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17
A DUTY TO POSTERITY

greater truCn was never WTlllel lHdIl
was propounded by the man, whosoever he may
have been, when he penned the statement that
the "boys and girls of today, are the men and
women of tomorrow"
They are the ones who are growing up
today to take our places, tomorrow; to fill
the places in the ranks of the army which is
fighting the great battle of life, the places
which will be made vacant as you and | did
all of us fall like sheaves of ripened grain
when our allotted span in life has expired, be-
fore the sickle Of the grim and Unsuitable
reaper.
They are the ones who are fitting them
selves today to carry on tomorrow, to take up
the burdens of hfe tomorrow, to enter the
struggle of existence and contend against
defying forces overcoming all obstacles, sur
mounting all barriers, or, failing in the at
tempt, dropping by the wayside, defeated and
unhonored because they were unprepared tc
meet and successfully cope with the enemy.
The day is past, gone and buried never to
be resurrected, when the man and woman un.
fitted with an education, can succeed in this
world. The day is gone and forgotten when
the man or woman who has not good com.
mon school education can go forth in the world
and wrest wealth and honors from the goddess
of fortune and crown themselves with the dia-
dem of victories lightly won. The world of
today is different world to that in which SC
many lived and conquered the unconquerable
the world of yesterday. The world of to-
day, and the world of tomorrow, demands and
will demand preparedness upon the part OF
those who enter its strife.
And the parents of today owe a debt to
the children who are fast evolving into the
men and women of tomorrow. They owe q
duty which should be paid, debt which honor
demands should be liquidated. They owe il
to their offspring, TO the developing men and
building women for whose existence they are
responsible, they owe it to these to fit them
every boy and every girl with an education
with such an education that each one may
enter upon his chosen vocation upon attaining
maturity, and successfully meet the issues by
which he may be confronted
In addition 10 this every man and every
woman voter in Ardmore owes a duty to oui
institutions which should be discharged. This
duty is something which is broader ana deepci
and more commanding of respect than cal
possibly be any feeling which may be actuatet
by personal likes or dislikes and preiudices
We owe a duty to our institutions which de
mands that we shall sacrifice all personal feel
ings for the public veal.
We are told that five mill levy, such al
may be made without the concurrence of tn,
voters, will be sufficient only to carry on th'
schools of the city for period of approx
mately six months.
A six months school will not afford tn
boys and girls the educational opportunities Il
which they are entitled. And, with 81,
months school it will be impossible to secur
the services of properly trained and compe
tent teachers.
1t is an open and disgraceful secret tina
the school teachers are the poorest paid of an
class of skilled workers, and it is fact tina
there is greater demand for competent am
qualified teachers today than ever before Il
the educational history of the country. Sue
being the case, and with the rural school
offering better salaries. with lesser incidents
expenses, can we expect to secure teachers TO
the schools of Ardmore with the assuranc
that they may 20 home or go to the deuce a
the end of that period?
The people of Ardmore, with the people Q
all other Oklahoma communities have censure
the Oklahoma legislature for adjourning, dis