Nogales international., 1942-05-08
We Want Wally

Wally Smith has turned in his resignation Like
most important events, the action OF the popular
Nogales High School coach brought ON by series
of trivial incidents unworthy of mention. Unlike
thousands of other admirers of Wally, The Nogales
international is unwilling to close the affair by heav
ing sigh Of regret and wishing Wally luck in other
climeS. He's one man we need in NOgaleS
II it's all right to break precedent and draft the
national leader for third term, then it's more than
alright to draft the accepted leader of local youth
for continued service III our midst We have far too
lew young men who are a credit to our community
and far too few young men whose lives serve as an
example Of clean industrious living mpressionable
boys to allow man like Wally to 60 elsewhere.
We hold every person connected with the Nogales
school system in at least favorable regard For many
OF the faculty and officials have the greatest pos
sible respect and friendly esteem. Almost everything
they do meets with our fullest approval Naturally
we are not going to start making critical remarks
about our friends starting arguments with them or
Intentionally making trouble for them. However, we
are forced to say that school in general associat
ing with maps great deal of their ives often reach
the conclusion very small moehills are genuine noun
tains.
With no fear of contradiction, we make the state
ment that Way Smith is making the biggest indvid-
ual contribution toward body moral and sportsman
ship building of any person in the community. We
know beyond the shadow Of any doubt that Wally
Smith is doing his level bes-which is mighty good
to make our local boys into the clean-minded ambi-
tlous men that we SO earnestly want them to be- We
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convinced that Wallys virtues completely overshadow
any faults he may have. At least SO percent of No
gales high school students and their parents will back
us to the limit in these statements.
!" AS parents and taxpaying supporters of public
school system under a democratic form of govern
ment we feel that and other citizens have def
mite right to voice in the choice of the people who
mold the personalities of our children. We have
stated in the past that are well pleased with the
present personnel of the local system and that still
stands Some people talking about shakeup like
the one in Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor fiascO butt
The Nogsles International will be very much pleased
to have condition of status quo observed in the local
school personnel
In our honest opinion, the primary function of al
school system is to educate youngsters along liberal
thinking lines. This is impossible where an atmos-
phere of petty personal politics. pickering and squab
educated, wel-bred people indulge in such
childish things We'd hate to have this cherished
idea proved only another illusion, if illusion it is Per
sOnally We consider it one of the few truisE1s
We see utterly no excuse for any i-feeling among
the various personalities any Other-school
system We do not want any troubles patched up
we want them forgotten about SO that school sys
tenn smoothly and pleasantly as it has in the
past 1t is perfectly true that person in schools
is Indispensable but when you have the right men in
the right jobs it works out best all the way around to
keep them there
Speaking for ourselves and the many many peo-
pie with whom we have talked: WE WANT WALLY!
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