The Arvada enterprise., 1924-01-31
Arthur NJ. DonneII
Writes of Election

hTNaud, SoIoia
Dear Sir:
Thank you for the space in your
paper which helped US wonderfully in
our fight against Consolidated high
school, which would have been built
away off from our homes in Maple
Grave, Prospect Valley, Fruitdale,
Berkeley Annex and Lakewood.
Wheatridge and Edgewater only vot-
ed in favor of the Consolidated high
school. We had, as the song goes "the
courage, my boy, to say NO."
You remember, Mr.. Editor, when
we were boys, the story of the spider
and the fly. The spider said, will
you walk into my parlor? It's the
prettiest little parlor that ever you
did spy. The way into my parlor
is up the winding stair, and | have
many pretty things to show you when
you are there. Will you, will you
walk in, Mr.. Fly?" The story goes
on by saying that the fy did go up
the winding stairs and Immediately
he struck 'tanglfoot" and never
came down again.
Now the Olinger parlors are too
far away, just like the would-be con-
solidated high school. We also find
before dying We can, by talking to
undertakers, get a better deal with
the Arvada or Golden undertakers.
From all outward appearances,
there seems to be land deal be-
tween Olinger, some Wheatridge men
and some Lakewood men-a kind Of
Dukes Mixture, with lot Of cement
in the mixture, road this way and
a road that way. We, too, in the
valley, want cement roads, but at
this time our County Commissioners
have to wait for more money.
Our strongest argument against
school so far away is the hauling Of
boys and girls in crowded busses,
girls sitting in the boys laps and
boys sitting in the girls laps. In
some cases it is the beginning Of i'm
morality. now wish to quote the
words of a great preacher and ora
tor, Henry Ward Beecher, on "Pur-
lty of Character:
over the beauty of the plum and
apricot there may be seen bloom
more exquisite than the. fruit itself,
"a soft. delicate flush that over
spreads its blushing cheek. Now,
if you strike your hand over that,
and it is once gone, it is gone for
ever, for it never grows but once.
The flower that hangs in the morn
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with jewels, once shake it so that the
beads roll off and you may sprinkle
water over it as you please, yet it
can never be made again what it was
when the dew fell lightly upon it
from heaven.
"On frosty morning you may see
the panos of glass covered with
landscapes. mountains. lakes and
.raos, blended in a beautiful. fantastic
picture. Now, lay your hand upon
the glass, and by the scratch of your
fingers or by TIE warmth of the
palm, all It's delicate tracery will be
Immediately obliterated. So, in youth
there is purity of character which
when once touched and defiled, can
never be restored-a fringe more
delicate than frostwork. which when
torn and broken, will never be re-
embroidered.
"A man who has spotted and soiled
his garments in youth. though he
may seek TO make them white again
can never wholly do it, even were he
TO wash them with his tears. When
young man leaves his fathers
house, with the blessings of his moth
Cr's tears still wet upon his forehead.
/ II he once loses that early purity of
character, it is loss that he can nov-
cr make whole again. Such is the
consequence of crime. It. effects
can not be eradicatcd, they can only
, Doe forgiven"
To the pNrent.Teachcr as,oeiation.
Clip t.cse words of Henry Ward
BcDachg ont of this paper, frame
thrm and hang them on the walls
Tor yourselves 20 read, and Tor your
IONS aud daughters to road.
/ Yours for thlrn who believe I'm
. firmnos of character
ARTHUR NJ DONEETT..
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