Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1915 — THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

Swimming Pool. The writer would say to the “contributor,” thanks for the little favors he offers in favor of the swimming pool, but he seems to have turned his back on the public at large and 'has • narrowed his pool to the confined of the school children. We would heartily commend him for his views for the physical and mental development of the school child. God bless them! They are the men and women of the tomorrow. Let them have all the physical appurtenances of the school, that the body may balance the mind, but let them also be reminded that cleanliness is Godliness and cannot be obtained in the school grounds. The attendance of the schools is constantly increasing and additions to the buildings will soon be necessary and play grounds to go with them, so that the city could not afford to destroy what little space they have for a public utility of the kind he mentioned. The swimming season is short and when it comes the ardent swimmer is going to find a place to go. All swimmers are not children, nor boys as the contributor would readily recognize if he had ever been about a beach or swimming pool of larger cities. So we cannot afford to be sefish in this one public amusement which will be beneficial to all and which does not at present tap the public funds, but is being fostered by a liberal public from their own pocket and who believe that it will be a safe and sane place for the boy or girl who can be protected there and not stray to the dangerous and uncertain holes of the river. Let us hear from the committee in whose hands this has been intrusted and hope that they are acting wisely in this matter in which all free minded Rensselaer citizens should be interested. —A Subscriber. %