The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-02
SCHOOL CHILDREN
PARADE FOR BONDS
xrhulnerabls children ASK Your support
for New High school Building at
Tuesdays Election.


More than eight hundred Public
School pupils and their teachers and
Superintendent Mr.. E. S. Bowlus,
marched in parade to the business sec
tion Of Broolhaven wednesday after
noon as plea sor the issuance of a
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
worth of bonds for new High School
building, which will be voted upon Mon
day. They carried banners inscribed
with pertinent slogans. Members Of
the school board city board, the Rev
J. A. Taylor. Mayor r. S. Butler and
Mayor-elect T. M. Smylie; representa-
tives Of fraternal organizations, the
Kiwanis Club, Women's clubs, charitable
organizations. business men. and Parent
Teacher Association, with individuals
who joined to show their sympathy with
the movement, were in the impressive
parade. The BroolShaven Fairgrounds
Band played. Boy Scouts with the lead
er carrying an immense American flag
marched in military formation. The
football team appeared in uniform The
tiniest first grade pupils. too small to
march in procession, were a winning
''exhibit" as they were transported in a
truck. the only vehicle in the process
sion.
Gay-colored caps made of paper or
cardboard were worn by some of the
grades, and the slogans were noteworthy
for the appropriateness of their mes
sages, their legibility and attractive
ness. OF the very numerous messages
inscribed upon banners carried by the
children. were I'VE Will Be What You
Make U.s.. Help Me and I'll Help
You. Invest in Us and We Will Make
You Proud American flags were nu-
merous in the procession.
Children representative Of every
church in town marched in the parade
emphasizing the fact that the Brookha-
ven Public School is beneitting citizens
of all denominations.
At the junction of West Cherokee and
Railroad Avenue, the procession halted
before a platform erected for the occa-
sion. and Hon. A. A. Cohn, member of
the School Board, mounted 1t as master
of ceremonies. From it, Miss Lucille
Harris of the faculty of the High School
directed several songs by the student
body. and was followed by number of
speakers who urged a vote favorable to
the bond issue for the new High School
The Rev. J. A. Taylor made an in
vocation.
The speakers who expressed their ap-
proval of the bond issue and explained
the necessity for new school building
were: Mayor-elect T. NJ. Smylie, Mrs.
T. Brady, Mrs. E. NJ. Bee. Messrs. Jay
McGrath, W. H. Seavey, w. D. Davis, G.
B. Perkins. A. B. Furlow, o. H. Hart
man and w. F. Bond. State Superin-
tendent of Education.
Mr.. Bond spoke at length giving a
resume of Mississippis progress in edu-
cation within the last few years. Mis-
sissippi is almost at the bottom of the
list of forty eight states and the ter
ritorial possessions of the United States
according to an educational survey made
about three years ago. but Mr.. Bond
said that the United States Commits
sioner of Education. Mr.. Tigert, told him
that Mississippi has made a greater adj
vance within the past two or three
years than any other state. Mississip-
pi has more consolidated schools, agri-
cultural high schools, and teachers
homes than any state in the union.
Mr. Bond warmly commended Super
intendent Bowlus as school man.
The speaker stated that he had ex-
amined the Brookhaven Public School
building and found 1t to be. overcrowd-
ed, antiquated and fire-trap, out of
place and misrepresentation of beau
tiful. progressive Brooxhaven.
He made strong plea for a new
building both as a necessity, and an en-
blem of Brookhaven's high attainments |
in education. business etc
The parade and program brought the
matter of the bond issue to public at
tention as nothing else could have done. |
and was both inspiring and appealing.
The Kiwanis Club. which was instru-
mental in securing Mr.. Bonds presence
on the program had S. G. Irwin to fly |
over the crowd in his mississippi"
plane as a special demonstration.