Say, boys and girls, isn’t it nice of
Daddy Jim to let us have a page all
to ourselves? It certainly is. And
I certainly appreciate it, too. What
has become of our debate, boys?
Barnie, let us hear from you. I would
like to exchange cards with you; how
about it? lam for compulsory edu
cation every time. Alas! Louis, if you
could only step into some homes
around cotton mills where there are
from six to ten grown boys and girls
who, if you were to ask them to write
their names, they would not even
know what you meant. I have been
to homes down here where there were
at least six boys who could not write
their names nor count a dozen. Why
have not these boys an education?
Why, just simply because there is no
compulsory laws to force them to go.
You say Mr. Watson and Jefferson got
an education without compulsory
laws. Yes, perhaps they did, but
where is the boy today with the de
termination that they had? They are
few and far between. Some parents
are raised up without an education
and they will say if you try to pre
vail on them to send their children
to school, “I got along all right with
out an education and my children can
do likewise.” I think everybody, boy
or girl, should strive hard for an ed
ucation. It helps to make better
citizens of them and law-abiding peo
ple. lam going to strive hard for an
education, for that is one accomplish
ment no one can take away from you.
What has become of some of our old
time writers? Gone to sleep, I guess.
