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KILN CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL—1918-19.
is the fact that when we succeed in educating our boys and girl* at home we have not only given them that which is due them, but w* have done another thing that is going to speak volumes in th* future; we have succeeded in holding the good influence and exampl* of that boy and girl at home, where it ought to be held, becausc w* depend upon them, so to speak, to help further the work which is tl be the hope and salvation of this country in the years to come.
The cost, when we consider the gain, is trifling, and yet in form* ing a consolidated district, that is usually one of the first questionO that confronts us. We fail sometimes to realize that an increased taxation for better schools means brighter children, better hom*«, better citizens, better everything that tends to make our country pre» perous. Almost every town of any size or note will boast about ila splendid High School, and yet it requires an increased taxation W maintain it. If the town people care as muhc for their children, thru why should not the country child have the same advantages? Th#y have the same feeling, the same ambition and the same courag# If only an opportunity is given.
Let us for a moment consider useless expenditures. The aver, age tobacco user will spehd anyywhere from $50.00 to $100.00 an* nually for tobacco in various forms, and yet that is enough to pay Ml increased taxation in good consolidated school for two or three year*. The question is then, are we to proceed in the same old way that hM been handed down to us from generation to generation or are wr I* throw off the yoke and burden and enlist our efforts in a new way #f living for the cause of enlightened humanity?
The answer is hurled back at us from the lips of everyone, thal we stand as a whole ready to refute the old in favor of a better »»•• tion, better State and	better	County. Hancock county has enlisted	IN
that crusade and while we	have	only five consolidated school*	a|
present, there is every indication that the whole County may take up the work in the near future. The people are more interested thMI ever before because they realize the fact that in those communlUflO where consolidation has been formed there is no comparison whal* ever between the old and the new.
In the old rural	school	there	is no advantage to be gained,
grading is poor even	in the	hands	of the best teacher and often lllg
child receives from eight to ten minutes on recitation. There
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'■ ■■, •< IhkiI furniture of any kind and the County in m • - -• imi\ ill iiHTord t opay the salary of the teacher. No v , . >	... Ilro miserable failures.
""	•»	•	'	■ ’ Imiul, let us consider the condition of affairs as
•	’ 'H.luli'd districts of our County. At Kiln we have 0*11,., ... ,iV fnmio structure building, said to be the largest
4mm* ■ > •• • ii,| in the State; steam heated and otherwise elec-•••	i	i	• I livery room	is supplied with adjustable steel
4	■>.. 1'iihnj; charts,	maps, blackboards and other nec-
,	•utliiH. A domestic science teacher has been employed
•	••	-<>n and in addition to this music has been in-
>	»	>• ■	ir ■ «if Study this year takes in the tenth and elev-
» The greatest enrollment since the organization of *<• . ...|ir,| three hundred and fifty. To do this requires • *•••	•	- »iu* cent on	the dollar. No wonder the people
•	■	I <if (heir school.	At Sellers the latest addition out-
>*	*	1	.....io two-story buiding is the constructon of a
.l,,iri<t has fallen in line, and soon ther ewill be
•	itnry structure to take the place of the old one.
*	- •	> "f ten mills in this district and already the people
i ■	tmvi- changed from the old to the new. So much
........... I'K'M'iit. There will be more to follow.
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