Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-29

winch is truly educdllOndi. IL ndc
been less successful in trying to do
work placed upon it which was form
erly taken care of in the home or
elsewhere. 1t cannot undertake to
remedy all of the troubles which
have risen up during the past few
years. When conditions and people
become better it will be when they
are willing to work harder, forego
more pleasures and inflict self dis
ciphne. The people must improve
themselves from within industrially,
spiritually and socially before we can
look for much improvement. The
school should work upon the young
to make them better prepared for
life but the young are not to blame
for conditions brought about by their
elders. Many are beginning to real
ize that both our high schools and
colleges have a great many students
who are net atted by nature or am
bition for higher learning. They are
filing these schools at great cost and
interfering with the greater number
who are seriously seeking a higher
education and who will repay for
their education by greater service as
trained educators and professional
men. When a young man or woman
no longer goes to school with any in
tention of improvement education
ally the right thing is to get out,
make room for the worthy students
and go to work.
IN CONCLUSION
The public school belongs to the
people They have created 1t for
their service. It's officers and teach
ers want to render the best possible
service The conditions which per-
nit the best work are created by all
of us. This is written in a spirit of
cooperation and for the purpose of
presenting the situation from the
standpoint OF the school. We desire
the good will, respect and support
of the people and will do our best to
merit all We take all kinds of
students from the poorest TO the best.
A business house selects its en-
ployees from those who give the
most promise of results. We cannot
use this process. We work with all
degrees Of ability and get varying re-
suits accordingly. While ways of
doing work are made easier by la
Dor saving inventions of various
kinds the mass of important facts to
learn is becoming greater. There
has never been any invention which
will take the place of hard study
and there is no royal road to learning.
1t has been natural for many stud
ents and parents to want to secure
an education with less effort. Those
with a desire to make money have
advertised easy methods and short
cuts to get an education but both
their methods and work are weak
and superficial. To get much educa-
tionally speaking we must expend
much effort and time. This is not
painless but it is worth the effort.
We want to do the most possible
for the boys and girls of Mountain
Home. They are our greatest asset
if we may regard them in that light.
The amount of good which we sue
coed in doing will depend very large
ly upon outside influences. The
home, school and church are usually
held responsible for the raising of
the young. Their influence for good
is often overcome, however, by COM
munity environment over which
they have little control. If we all do
our best to do our individual duties
we will be able to have another sue
cessful school year. Teachers and
superintendent are at your service
to help educate your children.
HUGH H. NIXON,
superintendent.
Trade at Home