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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
4
The article argues citizens support funding for Cotton Belt highway and better roads. It notes road quality is essential, outlines differing views on materials and funding, and envisions rapid travel between Ada and nearby areas once improvements are made.
The Farm and Ranch note argues that the Southwest, with agriculture and livestock at its core, will recover from deflation and ride prosperity by early fall. It credits steady work, lower costs per acre, and debt repayment to increased production and quality crops, forecasting another profitable year for producers.
An editorial urges youths to continue education, arguing brains and knowledge prevail economically. It warns money without knowledge harms happiness, encourages borrowing, working evenings, and perseverance, and notes political shifts as Republicans find value in Democratic ideas.
Prof. C. E. Rarick and Prof. B. A. Pratt visit Ada while Prof. Chase from A M College promotes boys and girls club work. Dr. Eskridge’s election strengthens Normal and A M ties as Supt. Faust lectures on school administration. McBrien rural specialists praise Ada amid storms. Pontotoc and Seminole county basketball games loom. girls teams show summer interest.
County club parties and social functions are indefinitely postponed as rural conference and other events cause the school to fall behind. Faculty and students are working to catch up.
An army squad tent, used but in very good condition, made of extra fine army khaki fabric.
Teachers and graduates from state normal schools met to discuss forming an association to publicize the Normal and foster goodwill within the district. G S Dowall of Tecumseh was named president of the East Central student teachers association with a committee to draft bylaws. Speakers included Supt Faust Shawnee Dowell Wynnewood Herring Maude and President Linscheid.
The board rules all summer schools must operate until Friday July 22 and close after the last period that day. Students leaving early will have incomplete work and must plan to stay until Friday evening. Diploma and degree recipients may be free after commencement on Thursday July 21.
No school Monday due to Independence Day. Many students plan to return to their home communities to celebrate the holiday.
Normal school graduates are in high demand as superintendents seek their services. Virtually every district in East Central has placed a graduate in a good salary position for the coming year.
Registrar Mrs. Carter says the office will close out all business for the current fiscal year on the last day of June. The busy department handles old accounts and prepares records for the new year.
Professor J L Gillin of the University of Wisconsin told the National Conference of Social Work in Milwaukee that prohibition reduced court cases by 64 percent in Grand Rapids during the first year and 45 percent in the second. He noted violence crimes are more affected than other offenses and cited a decrease in alcoholic psychosis.
The figures show declines across Indiana facilities from 1916 to 1920 including statewide prison daily counts, reformatories, and women’s prisons. First admissions fell in New York State after prohibition, while Indiana saw fewer misdemeanants, farm commitments, and jail sentences, with mixed changes in boys and girls schools.
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