The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-08-30
Communication

III your paper OF july "A. 1922 is
! sue was certainly interested in the
/ letter signed Patron of School at
/ Bishops Head. Md. or public
! school known as St. Thomas am
/ glad OF the interest awakened in
! Education in South Dorchester. |
, have long since known we have the
! possibilities that is in our children
+ or pupils of our schools down the
county Yet there has prevailed for
years habit to give our boys and
also most Of the girls only few
years in school and them put them
aboard of boat grabbing or oyster
ing around the ages of IS to 16
years of age from observation | have
myself seen boys some have even
been III my care as a Sunday School
Teacher who if they had been given
chance would certainly made men
who would have their mark III some
profession. [ have tried always to
take an active part in public affairs
and especially i'll Education and
Christianity for my honest conVinc-
ton from observation in that a child
needs that good home Christian
training such as our mothers best
can give as q good foundation upon
which to build Education upon. And
| have repeatedly urged publicity
that our boys and girls not give up
school too young If necessity de-
ynfdndS that our fathers must take us
on the boats to keep the family go
ing still study even if we must like
Abraham Lincoln stretch ourselves
out upon the floor or with book open
before q lighted fireplace, trying to
secure for ourselves something that
others can not take away from US
and something which certainly will
servG us well in future days. I
long TO see the day when all the
.assaSAiuni1y Will awake to this need
mhSElacr their desires in d demand
thai We have improvements so far
as possible in our school buildings
and teaching force. | am not one
who wishes 4 teacher or expects
teacher TO do everything-the way
of training or learning a child. The
home must surely cooperate or the
teacher is tied hand and foot. The
first thing and most important thing
think with any child is that there
be that awakening III the childs
iiIlhu Ioi NV Z VI DOOhS lOSt W
learn things, a love to study to ac-
quire knowledge. This to my mind
must surely in $3.50 of cases be de-
yeloped i'll the child while around
the family firesde. E,ncoura cement
by parents even the parent must
leave undone the work in the home
to accomplish this, in some cares
do not mean neglect all home work, |
yet when at some home task with |
the child near We notice the child |
interested in book or some read |
ing material that maybe the time we |
stop and help the child to under
stand and then and there encourage |
same. This, l think is surely the
parents part in developing that love
for Education and helping the Pub
lie School teacher over many rough |
and rugged places.
l notice Patron refers 10 delapi- |
dated condition of out buildings at
school of st. Thomas, this is true
not only of out-buildings but of |
School House. 1t is nothing for our
Board of Education to boast of when
we notice the condition of our school
buildings when we look at our homes
hSi We NV JoI, hON hlSC anu !
tidy then think where our children |
spend most of each day we are in
clined to think the children notice
this vast difference and they will |
not love us any better because of |
these things | am aware our Board |
of Education can not do every thing
at once nor remodel all School
Buildings at once, yet one goal is
that we have the best school build
Ing. in each community that it is |
p Bile to get and we do urge that
something be done in the way of re-
painting our school, and please fix
up the out-buildings so that the chill
dren will not be exposed to public |
gaze and to weather when they are
forced by necessity to use same. If
l were trustee l think / would be
found knocking at the door of the
Board OF Education at every meeting
until a decision was rendered to
either go home you can't get your
childrens' needs, or We are only too
glad to grant your demands. l fur
Their agree with Patron that there be
a consolidation of schools or a wayi
fixed for transportation to a school
cure a better teaching force or a
higher grade teacher l for one urg-I
ed this before our Board of Educa-
ton a few years ago that some of
our schools be closed in South Dor
chester and that High School be
built as near the center of the differ
ent communities as possible it would
have tendency to bring our next
generation closer together, it would
give them broader vision, that mar
row mindedness would be removed
when all children could come in one
school from or different COM
AS it now is we have a
school and church in each little
community, each doing all they can
in little way and it causes each
community to suffer more or less
with clannishness by growing up in
this way. All of us wish the best
for our children, our communities,
our homes, our county, and may the
day be dawning when we will place.
our desires, our ideals in action to
secure for our children the things
that is rightfully theirs and in thel
words of one who in Biblical Days
said, "Sin not against the child"
BERNARD o. MURPHY.