The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1916 Page: 2 of 7
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THE GEARY JOURNAL
School Patron Discusses the
School Question From Various
>oints; Favors the Bonds
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Men, like trees, when they
cease to grow begin to diecay.
And the same may truthfuMy he
said of institutions and organic
bodies that are made up of men,
whether they be lodge or forum,
church or state, club, couineiil,
high school or university. The
law of growth ami decay threads
it's way irres-istaibly
and through everythiinig that- has
material existance, amd either tlie
one or the other is conitin&uliy at
work.
Growth may be arrested and
deeay accelerated in, mamy differ-
ent ways but, in this article, we
s wiiR noitdloe oinily a few of the
■ ways that lead to decay anid self-
ish stagnation im the develop-
ment of a city.
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town or city school in the entire
country that is without an ath-
letic c'luib and gymnastic facil-
ities, for these are just as nec-
essary to the promotion of good
school work as any other of it's
departments—"AM work and no
pliay makes Jack a dull hoy
duJl boy every day ", amd in this
basement arena the supervision
of play wiilil be much easier, the
through j pupil wiill be held under closer
discipline, and the danger o f
accidents brought down to the
minimum, or altogether overcome,
all of which nisi practically impos-
sible on an outdoor ca/mipuis.
Objection No. a—"Our taxes
are already too high, therefore 1
am not in favor of anything that
will increase my taxes." Ans-
wer: This is a selfish objection,
to say the iLeast,, and unworthy of
uttfirainice froim any generous soul
of the price.
Tt is not likely that more than
one teacher will be added for the
coming school year. The thing
we need is room for the best pos-
sible work to bedotne by our pres-
ent corps of teachers. No teach-
full fledged convert in favor of
a new high school building at
any cost wi/thim our reach, even
at a sacrifice.
Friends, none of us have a
right to expect, or demand, first
class work at the hands of our
er can do his or her best
in an overcrowed school room.
45 pupils iis< the maximum for
any teacher, and beyond that
number the teacher and pupils, a
work teachers while we are forcing
them, to work under fourtn class
conditions, for it is a fixed law
oc nature and unchangeable « s
ry on a general merchandising
business in a single ox stall, not
can a farmer operate a plantation
on a single city lot. If Geary
is to have a first class high
school we must furnish the room
and necessary equipment then if
the teachers we have do not de-
liver first class goods' we can get
others that will.
Let's do our part well, Jssue
the laws of the Meads and Per- j the bonds, build the house,
like <mwt suffer untold tortures sians that the work done by amy
of mental craanp colic that none
can know save those unfortunate
ones who have had the painful
experience. Now go to your
school building and spend one
half day visiting the various
rooms, and you wiill come away a
creature or machine can only be
commensurate with /the adequacy
of the environment provided for
action. No woman, no matter
how good a house keeper she ina.\
be, can keep house in a dry good?
box; neither can a merchant ear-
and
then we wiill be at the top o f
"103 meter hill", and can de-
mand and get what we want at
the hands of our teachers, and
the Gods will smile upen Geary,
as a sensible, opulent city of the
real first class.
A Patron and Taxpayer.
Neglect of water supply, - • , .
and sewerage system that will, that is possessed waith the atri-
meet all the demands of the ; but.- of aggressiveness, or the
city's growth and guarantee I vitalizing spirit of real growth,
healthful conditions.
2—Neglect of streets and side-
walks, and allowing refuse mat-
ter and fillth to accumulate in the
alleys, etc.
3—Neglect of fire department,
and adequate public buildings.
or the gratitude due for the pros-
perity that has given to him
somethiirug to pay taxes on — the
cost wiill be dinf inestimably small
when compared with it's reward
for this outlay will mean more to
j the coimmrrciial, social, political
I have rented my farm and will sell the property here list-
ed below to the highest bidder at my place 7 miles due
.,4s2S2SS.0UwS. .trr/oS'r IC;'north of the northeast corner of Geary, 3'2 miles eaft of
. .. — I— — .t t«, - Qreenge|j anj j mile east of the Indian mission church on
education of it's boys and girls. I could mean just at this time
5 a citizenship of non-pro-' It wiill enable parents to keep
gressirve, clam disposed, miserly,' their children at home until suf-
moss backed fed lows who think fieiemtly equipped to secure a
that their children ought not to 1 2 years state certificate to teach
have any better chance for an Jin the public schools., and, with
education than they had. j this preparation, the boy o r
0—Failure to provide suffic | giipl that i® (made of the rlight
ienit room for growth, or crowd- \ sort of stutfif wiilil go cm to the
ing into too close quarters. top without further help, i f
in necessary. It will save you two
that years) of expense for your son
are afflicted with one, or more, j or daughter away from home
of the above mentioned negative I which would amount to more
qualities, therefore, we may ex j than the added the on-
peet for* some to show up i n i tire period of AJ&
G ary to oppose the progressive j have any chilCJi' - aimJ%^,vY
movement now on foot for the j have no childn nVj^m ough \o^
voting of bonds) to secure the ! have to pay a double portion for
funds for the erection of a much ' not having regardless of t h e
needed high school building.
This opposition to the issuance
Now there are some folks
every city or community
of the bonds will bring forward
such objections as the following:
"We have not paid for the school
house that we now have." Ans-
wer: "This kind of an argument
reminds me of the Chinese cruel,
0NE BROWN MARE 6 years old
weight 1050 pounds.
. . , ONE BLACK MARE 6 years old
cause, unless it he a misfortune. t J
All of which is absolutely iimpos- weight 1100 pounds.
.sibio under our present crowded ONE BAY MARE 12 years old—
conditions. weight 1150 pounds.
We must have adequate build ONE BAY HORSE, 12 years old,
ings or cut the high school work
out and drop down to the level i
insignnfieent crossroads, sleepy-
Tuesday, Jan. 11th
10 HEAD OF HORSES'
weight 1150 pounds. ONE MARE COLT coming 3
ONE BUCKSKIN HORSE smooth years old.
mouthed weight 105G pounds. 0NE pQRSE COLT coming 2
ONE BAY HORSE 9 years old j ,
. , -««« , years old.
weight 1000 pounds.
ONE BROWN MARE 4
old weight about 950.
years ONE HORSE COLT coming 1
year old.
heathenesh custom of putting the | |l0H0w village and let the ambit- j
girl babies feet in plaster paris | jou<s country boys and girls all j
moulds and keeping them bound: around us giv off to El Reno, or
until the child became a woman ! (0 Bridgeport, or Greenfield.
with ontliy baby feet to walk on. , Tho „108t 1K>eded light plant in
It makes no provision for growth ! Qeai,y now ^ Hffl, adequate'
hence leaves it s victim a . ^ j Light plant that will drive out j
lcs, uoptv^ criple. I might | th0 murky shadows of illiteracy1
as weld go and1 get a suit of
heavy rawhide clothes made for
my 12 year old l>oy and try to
18 CATTLE--17 HOGS
NINE GOOD GRADE SHORT- ONE RED POLL COW 5 years ONE PURE BLOODED DUROC
HORN COWS ganging in age old—fresh soon. I JERSEY SOW due to farrow
from 2 to 5 /ears—one fresh THREE STEERS coming 2 year soon
now, others will be fresh be-
fore long.
ail liilght at our gates with bee
. . . - m i • oi 1 konioig hand to all the fertile
keep him, in them until he is -I pi„jna around to send in their
years of age, in which case one > no|,|,e ambitious boys and girls
of three things would happen, j ftmj ^ Ufif tliem for the
that is, he would not grow much storn<l,r battlle 0f iife.
more, or if he grew the clothes j Vote for ^ ho#lds ami WP wU1
.must streteli e.r burst, or, at
years of age he would he sitieking
out considerably at both ends' of
and place the Angel of Education qjjjj HALF-JERSEY COW, is 3 ^WO HEIFERS coming 2 year
his rawhide suit application.
Geary has outgrown the pre*
soon liave this and more—Surely
everybody will vote for the
bonds .
Objection No. 4—"The
years old and will be fresh in °^s.
the spring. I TWO CALVES.
TEN PURE BLOODED DUROC
JERSEY SHOATS— weighing
about 100 pounds each.
SIX GRADE DUROC PIGS will
weight about 100 pounds each.
Implements and Vehicles
One Emerson Standard Mower.
—new last year.
Two John Deere Monitors
One 5-tooth Cultivator.
in* school building and we must; P<* ,J<1 ®ew
high school building
will neceosarillv increase the op-. _. ^
our school. One Bidiny Lister.
!,.ro" One John Deere Rake
year.
-new last One Disc Harrow.
One Alfalfa Renovator.
One 14-inch Walking Plow
One 14-inch Sod Plow.
One 2-section Steel Harrow
One Single Buggy.
Two Farm Wagons.
One Spring Wagon.
One Hay Frame.
Two SetsDouble Work Harness.
One Set Double Driving Harness.
Many otherarticles too numerous
to mention inthisbill.
SALE STARTS AT 11 O'CLOCK-FREE LUNCH AT NOON
have more room or crowd our,
schools into piaster peri. moulds: •* ,of . "J 8ch°0!- I
Haul etoi it's growth, or let it •>« • in ineid«*sJe jen.tor f -I, OneEidingr Disc Cultivator.
burst out, or project over into | etc- additional teachers. One Walking Cultivator.
outdoor space, and, in so doing,: Answer:We frankly admit thr.t
cripple every other worthy em there will be added operating ex-
terprise in the city. * pense, hut not added expense
Objection No. 2—"I am net, commensurate with the added
in favor of bonding the city for room, adequacy, increased faeil-i
money with which to Iniild a itw and added patronage. The
nlavirround." Answer: "This add d patronage, or increastsl • . , ., . ,A
objection is offered as a subter enioMment of pupils from the TERMSI "" 10 TilS time on bankable note bearing I 0 per cent interest from
fuge, or else the one offering it 1 regions beyond or outside o f date of sale. 5 per cent discount for cash on sums over $10. Sums of $10 and under cash. Settlement
nas forgotten that he ever was Geary, will more than meet the ^ mac|e w;th tbe clerk for all property before it is removed from the premises.
;t lmv. and furthermore he has | increase of oj>erating >xpens«>s in
not looked k*o the proposed plan; our schocds whide. at the same ,
of the senool building to see that t me. sueh additional patronago
tlie very ai*na that is to b e will bring more trade to our
used for gymnasium purposes is loyal merehants, and to the
also to be fitted up as a eommod boarding houses of our city, and
jous auditorium that will «'at will enhance the selling value of
750 or more people, and that this of our property far beyond the
is really one of the most desir- cost Furthermore, it will give
able features in the building, to our fair city that increased
rather than an objectionable fea- prestige and respectability wh ch
ture. afco. it may be further said is rightly the heritage of every
as an answer to this objeetion, oitv of*the first claws, but which
that there is not an up to-date | ean only be ours upon payment
A. S. PARRI0TT
W. H. OLER, Auctioneer
J. 0. DAVIS, Clerk
YOU LQ8E MONEY if you gt yonr sale bills elsewhere—THE GEARY JOURNAL—phone 142
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Benson, H. Franklyn. The Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1916, newspaper, January 6, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc183861/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.