The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-06
.DEAHL DEPLORES
POLITICIANS WHO
CUT SCHOOL LEVY
State University Professor
Points Out Value Of Edu-
cation to Everyone.

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activities Of Education Week
were brought to close by West
. Virginia Day program In which
We address Of DR.. ]. N. Deahl u
West Virginia University was the
feature. Doctor Deahl arrived
here Friday morning from Mann
ington and spent a few hours VS.
Ahng the classes Of the high
school. In the afternoon all class
Ees were dismissed. and the stu
Adents attended the address In a
body. The program was opened by
selection by the high school Or
chestra. The school then sang
America after which the poem
West Virginia, by Edmund
Elzey Of Parkersburg. W. Va. was
read by Miss Daisy Crisis, The
Z school also sang "West Virginia
y Hills," after which Doctor Deahl
was introduced by PrinclAll II. NJ.
Williamson OF tho high school.
The title OF Doctor Deahl's ad-
dress was what Our Public
Schools Stand for" He began by
expressing his disappointment
that there were so few OF the
school. patrons in attendance. He
made a plea for the older folks OF
the community to come out to
more school functions and to get
the viewpoints of the children, 30
as to catch some OF their young
enthusiasm. Then launching into
the subject Of his talk, he pictured
the school as a. tremendous force
for good in the community as the
best and most democratic institu-
ton in the world. the best for all
people. 1t is the only Institution
Of consequence IN the world which
has never tried to usurp author
lty, he said. Then. coming back
to the viewpoints OF the students,
he told how they would not get
much out Of the school unless
,y put much into 1t, and that
dsty by developing a sense Of re-
4 sponsibility can they put their
best into their work.
I Beware Of the idiots and fools
who want to cut down the school
budgets when they want to econ
! omize for the state" warned Doc
tor Deahl. Petty politicians. try
ing to. cut down the taxes Of the
state, choose the path OF least re-
distance and cut down school APP
bsopriations in order to gain re-
election. Such process Is moth
ing, short Of criminal.
THE. two bank accounts the
people have to draw upon are ma.
tttral resources and brain power
seSWe have wasted our natural re-
sources in this state until now we
are paying for 1t. Let us not waste
our brain power. Brain power
like natural resources cannot be
increased. only developed. Let
US build, not only for ourselves
but let us conserve our bank &c,
counts for the benefit Of the boyi
aud girls to come"
After Doctor Deshrs address,
the song, "Hail West Virginia"
swas sung by the students. Doctor
Deahl then made few more re.
marks about tho blot on West
Virginia's reputation among the
other states. He told Of his ex
perience in both Harvard and
Columbia, where professors in
those schools held West Virginia
up as a horrible example OF the
thing which should not be allowed
to exist in a civilized country, and
OF the school teacher from the
East whose mother told her she
was taking her life in her hands
10 come to West Virginia to
teach" The only way to over.
come these false conceptions
r about our state is by education.
The events which haye, put the
state before the public In such I'M.
favorable light could have all been
avoided had the people been edu.
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right and wrong" he declared.
[ The meeting adjourned after
another selection BY the ORCHESTRA
Photoplay Big Success.
The moving picture show Of the
Pennington High School last Fri
day night was the greatest sue.
cess OF the year, at least SO far
as the picture was concerned. The
crowd was not the greatest OF the
year, but Dorothy Gish in 1.-THE
Ghost In the Garrett was easily
the best picture seen here for
some time. And not only was II
good picture, but the 'spooky''
part OF It fitted in we'll with the
Halloween season just ended. The
rest OF the program was interest
ing also. A series Of slides pic.
turing some/of the high lights OF
the World War was shown, az
was the third episode of the serial
go Get En- Hutch" Two box
\ Ing exhibitions were given after
\ the pictures. In the first bout,
Edwerd Malcolm and Paul Michael
mixed things for three one-minute
rounds, and In tho second Wilbur
Hatzel took on julius Hornyack
for the same length bout.
The picture for this week will
be Riders OF the Dawn" thrill.
ing drama of the West, taken
from Zane Grey's novel, 1.-THE De
fert Of Wheat. Zane Grey's pic
INtures are always popular in
Pennington. and a good crowd is
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