The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-02-03
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,rhis is the third % series q
articles intended 70 shos the wis-
dom d adding a college c0urse 20
the Panhandle Agricultural Insti-
fute a. Goodwell. Oklahoma. and
Of making the achool By abundant
appropriation adequate 10 the cry
INK needs Of this cDrnfryj
Search the American continent
from Maine 70 California and from
the forty-ninth parallel 20 the etern-
al flowers on the south and you
cannot find q people Of our pOpu-
iation that will compare with us
in cur isolation from colleges and
univerpities Taking GoOdWen as
the center and beginning point Of
measurement. hoE far do you sup
pose Il is from here TO an institu-
tion Of learning having . eurri-
culum beyond the high school
cOurss7 Going east Ee find none
TIL we get TO Aiva Going south.
no college course is taught nearer
than Clarendon. or Canyon City.
TEXAS. which il clear the other
side Of Amarillo. Going south
west. or west or northwest Just
I how far II IS. the good Lord only
knows. don't am sure. how
ever. that IL cannot be less than
i two hundred and fifty miles in
either direction Isn't that isola-
tion in the superlative degree? And
I II r. tragic 10 see how effective
I this situation iE in ending the
Z child's school days when IL is but
half educated. Such a child graph
| ically represents the Ephriam OF
the scriptures who was described
a. "a cake half baked" Large
I investments OF money in our sons
and daughters will bring rich re-
turns Give US a chance in this
Panhandle country and We will turn
out a stalwart. intelligent. depend.
able citizenship that will be an in.
calculable asset 20 the state
Now rises up some interested
person and asks n we really need
a bigger plant, etc. To this ques
tion / need only say that We ar'
short OF dormitory room and tha
three and four students had to b'
crowded into rooms designed fol
only two, and we we're compelled
to provide rooms in several resi-
dences besides. Our large hom'
economies classes when carrying OF
their culinary work can hardl.
find standing room. so utterly In
adequate are their apartments
Words fail me when / undertake
to describe the situation in tn
main school building. Just her
, II borrow President CQffey's word
. as the most expressive OF ou
needs for an administration build
, ing: "Our present school buildin
az originally planned by the archi
tect had a maximum capicity o
one hundred pupils. Into this W
have now crowded the vast studen
body indicated by a fall term en-
; rollment OF two hundred and fift
, six. The congested condition
such that IL amazes every perso
visiting the institution. do no
> know OF a high school building I
: the Panhandle that Is not far sur
erior to our miserable little hu
into which hundreds OF the state
children are crowded. We al
! facing the most deplorably col
u gested condition that have eve
seen in my thirty years experien,
as a teacher. II prospects mea
anything we must prepare for
= least five hundred students ne.
. year"
d Now get busy. Reach by lett
- or telegram members of the legi
= lature with whom you are a
$ quainted and who represent di
" ferent sections OF the state TIL
is the time for action The clio,
OF destiny has struck the hoI
" when this great empire OF the we
- should enter upon a larger pr
u gram of molding manhood and W
y manhood OF the highest order. on
Is TO wish that the state might gi,
e us a larger plant and wider scol
will not get results. Throw ava
your wish bones and grab u
rs crank which starts the buzz WACO
n And just keep on pressing yol
ID claim until you are heard. Eve
lr the chattering parrot that keel
Is up the eternal Polly wants
cracker" doesn't go hungry foreve
Savvy?
m JAS. o. DAVIS,