Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-30
School Bells Ring

the youth Of the land mas begun It's
trek back 10 the class room. Here
in Henderson, students registered to-
day, were supplied with their books
and made preparations for, the StaIt
of regular studies come another
week. 1t is part of the never-cnding
process of training one generation
to succeed the one that precedes it,
in the hope that each will be better
and make greater contribution to tho
common welfare of the race than any
that has gone before. No age can
claim to have discharged its full
DUTY unless it leaves the world in
better condition than it found it.
Never before now has there been
such universal desire for adequate
training for the tasks of life. This
is but natural development of an
era i'll which the problems of living
arc becoming more and more COM
plcX. Never before has ii been so
necessary for youth To possess 4
il is To compete for the more dcSir-
able things and to attain higher
standards of living. This can be done
almost only through adequate train
ing.
Modern youth has been accused
OF lot of things for which it may
not be entirely responsible. Some
times It appears that the rising gen.
Grafton lacks much of proper ap-
probation of its tasks and duties. No
generation yet has been perfect. But
somehow the race has managed 10
carry on. a more generous view
might be TO recognize the evils of
4 war which has disrupted moral
standards generally. These should
run their course i'll time. though. and
perhaps we shall yet be able to find
our way out of the dismal morass
III which wc aic cropping. But it will
be necessary to hold on to the eter-
nal fundamentals. and the new gen.
Grafton must answer for itself, as i:
alone can, and to choose the course
il shall follow.
Corruption is all about lis. and
there is opportunity for honest. sim
ccrr leadership which will realize
that life does not all consist of meat
and drink. There are other conSid-
crations Of equal importance. Oppor-
tuni,icS today are no fewer than in
ether decades. but there is more TO
be done. And in the doing greater
knowledge will be necessary. If only
youth can realize this and apply it,
self 10 the point of furnishing lead
erShip it will have served we'll its
day and generation.
The quest for knowledge is again
being renewed, as is the case every
year at this time. Beginners, Gle
mcntary and high school children
and college youths confront much
the same problem, in varying dc
GrecS of imminencc and intensity.
Those in the public schools arc now
laying the foundation for the future.
Those in the colleges and univcr-
sites are preparing the finishing
touches for their careers. Each must
sec TO II that every stone placed in
the corner or III the wall is we'll sci.
for upon these. as they arc laid. will
depend the success or failure, IN
large degree. of achievement later
whether II shall be great or small
Money is an important clement.
but is by no means all. Men and
women of the past who are best
remembered by postcrity are moi
alone those who have amasscd huge
fortunes of finance. Many are they
who have written their names hirh
who came down in the end to
raupcr'S grave, so far as material
possessions are concerned. But their
service and their lives arc honorcd
and in some instances rcvcrcd for
the benefits TO humanity which they
left behind.
These kids who today are starting
on the long, and sometimes hard.
road to knowledge are laying the
foundations for lives which can
make or mar their community. their
State or their nation a couple or =
half dozen decades hence. If the
present generation can impress these
truths upon the youth Of our time.
1t Will not have lived in vain. Yes.
the school bells are ringing again.
calling a new generation to train
ing and service.