The Pleasantville press., 1927-04-29
PLEAsANTyILLE HIGH SCHOOL


graph Of the artists drawing of the proposed high
school for Pleasantye, and the discussion of possible
features to be embodied in the building has aroused
discussion which cannot help but be helpful toward
getting for Pleasantye building which will be of great
usefulness as well as of great credit to the city.
II has been suggested that Of the features Of the
high school be swimming pool. In the discussion which
is now going on appears that there is objection to
swimming pool. 1t may be that swimming pool is moi
vital and it is well worth while ta, the people of the city
indicate something about what they want in connection
with their high school The best place file these
suggestions is with the members of the Board of
Education that all points may be considered before it
late make changes except great additional
expense.
The administration of schools has frequently called
attention the need of additional space for the ncreas-
ing number of students The Board Of Education has
long since Withdrawn the privileges of attending the high
school from students who live outside of the city. This
is because Of crowded conditions There is not enough
room today in the high school for The children of the City
of Pleasantville who should attend
Beginning with the opening of schools in September,
the students who attend the Peasantvile high school will
be forced adopt part time schedule, unless the new
high school is built and ready
The school law requires child to attend school up
the age of 6 years This age takes student well into,
almost through the high school, There is good reason
for the age limit 1t does leave much for
argument about whether the child will attend school go
TO work.
It rcgretable thai the inclination TO go work is
stronger at this age than il is to go to school Every
effort and cooperation is required bring to the child
the full Importance of getting education first.
The future Of city depends upon the education OF
its children. A well dressed up man woman may
appear be educated and refined but often this appear
ance really only soph sticaton, worldly wisdom
1t is shell which penetrated to the very great
embarrassment and loss to the individual
The appearance of city, its attractiveness, It's
growth lis place in the made unmade by what
the people who live there know; or, in other words
whether they are educated only sophisticated.
Any parent who has had to meet bills for the
education of son or daughter knows that the cost of
educating child home very much under the cost OF
educating child in some school away from home The
child is educated becomes sophisticated, either III
school home, school away from home, or IN places
and at times which under the correct influences
Of the school.
Anything that nterferes with the education of the
child in its own home school; any distraction, congestion
or shorter hours loss of valuable time and parents
money The regrets which come from these losses not
lived down in year ten years. Old men and cid
have them because they inclined to look back
and think how much better their lives would have been
with little educaon better understanding OF
conditions, wider range of reasoning and philosophy
Without education such the high school today affords
every home boy and girl is cast in lot and the
ultimate harvest reaped by those of this lot of people IS
regrets.
1t is quite true that any number Of men and women
have reached high positions the world, who did not
have the advantages of education offered III the
high school today. Let any one of these successful
persons tell you how long the nights and how hard
we're the days that they devoted themselves to overcoming
the shortcomings Of their school days. They, every
successful and woman paid for their neglected
education in toll and deprivation. Think what would
have been their if they had education to start
with! Tie world gained much by the efforts of these
self-edueated men and women, but their communities
lost much by neglect to educate them in the beginning
About forty young and women graduated
each year from the high school. In five years
the total will be several hundred Is there anything inn
possible for the City of Pleasanvle if several hundred
graduates Of its high school put their shoulders 10 the
wheel and carry on?
Is Pleasanlvle going TO lose to some other COM
mlny the services thought, cooperation and effort OF
the graduates Of lis high school?
What about the hundreds who discouraged from
attending The high school because of congestion and
shorter hours both of which leave room for dractons2
Talk all you like about outside blood" coming in 10
cir town IN and make sien. What town needs is