The Redwood gazette., 1937-10-28

PROBABLY THERE is NO BETTER
way to Judge a nation, state or COM
munity than by the schools which it main
tainS.
If it has fine up-to-date school buildings
and equipment, one is assured that 1t appre-
ciateS the Importance of proper training Tor
its Youngsters and knows that if they are
to compete with the children of other mas
tions, states or communities in later life,
they must have the best educatlon IL Is
possible to provide.
A nation that is backward in school
facilities must soon become stagnant IN
other WAYS. Progress depends on keen, well
trained minds and bodies. A city which IS
slack in providing proper educational 1aclll-
ties is almost certain soon to deterlorate IN
other ways.
All this is preliminary to our congratu-
lations to our own community Which now
has uneXceled school buildings and equip
ment Great foresight in the planning of
these buildings by experts, advised OF prob
able community needs by an industrious and
farsighted board of education, should make
these facilities the boast of the community
for some years to come.
Redwood Falls is a thriving communI-
ty, growing rapidly into bigger and bet
ter city. Hardly week passes that this
newspaper does not have new enterprises
and major improvements in existing firms
to report. New homes have been construct
ed at rapid pace for several years.
Completion of the new school is the
most vital link in the chain of progress.
THE STATE PENITENTIARY HAS
been in the news frequently lately as the
new administration liberalizes prison rules
and provides such entertainment as football
broadcasts for the "shut-in'' fans. We have
come long way in prison methods since the
days of the dungeons familiar to all through
the movies, history and literature. Prisoners
today are treated as human beings, entitled,
in spite of their crimes, to at least some OF
the enjoyments of the modern age. Within
reasonable limits, the prison administration
is to be commended on it's liberalism. On the
other hand it must remember that the past
administration had record of prison dis
cipline that will be hard to duplicate. The
new deal for prisoners should progress with
caution lest the liberal cause suffer set
back through some unfortunate incident
during the new era.
NO EDITOR LIKES TO ADMIT 1T
but comic strips are read by far more peo-
pie than even glance at the editorial page.
Furthermore they contribute something be-
sides mere entertainment in that so many
portunity frequently to see ourselves as
others see us. Since children are their most
avid followers, we believe publishers would
be wise to Danish several morbid strips, now
very popular, as unfit for home consumption.
We refer particularly to two in which human
wretches recently have attempted to muir
der small children. We fear the implied
moral "crime does not pay" is too often OBJ
scure to child minds.
A NEW PLAY 'TD RATHER BE
Right depicts the president, supreme court,
the cabinet and other government officials
in humorous light and pokes clean fun at
the difficulties of an important political
year. While it's authors and sponsors may
be criticised in some circles, the bigger men
in the government will take the chiding
like good sports. This is the major differ
ence, Life magazine points out, between
America and countries with dictators, or
even with officials who take themselves as
seriously as those of England. American
freedom is not duplicated elsewhere on
earth.
FANS WHO WATCH FOOTBALL
games usually go away talking about the
great backfield men, the fellows who take
the ball and race through for long gains.
Next time you 60 to game ignore the ball
for a quarter and keep your eyes on the
work in the line. You'll be surprised at the
teamwork which is so important in those
gains And it is much the same in COM
munity life. A good town has few fellows
who make the big gains but without team
work among the smaller guys on the side
streets the town would forever be doomed
to the one-horse classification.
SCHOOL BUS TRAGEDIES WHICH
horrify the nation frequently are usually
followed by Investigations, futile as they are
in restoring the loved ones of grief stricken
families. Possibly more careful investiga-
tion before the hiring of drivers would cut
down the terrible accidents. How many
boards of education require drivers to under
go tests of driving ability or knowledge and
observance of traffic laws before trusting
them with the lives of pupils?
NEWSPAPERS FREQUENTLY ARE
pointed to as examples of cold, heartless big
business; economic royalists if you please
But we have never seen one too large to give
generously of valuable space in support OF q
community chest fund or similar worthy