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Most of us are laminar wun Aesop’s fable of “The Miller, His Son, and the Ass.” The miller and his son were driving an ass to market to be sold. The first person they encountered said, “Have you no more wit than to both trudge on foot while your ass goes light?” Thereby the boy got on the ass and they proceeded. , “You laxy rascal,” said the next person, “to ride and let your old lather go on foot.” The man lifted off the boy and got up himself.
Two women soon passed and one said. “Look at the old fellowr riding while his little son follows.” The miller thereupon put the boy behind him.
The next traveler asked the old man whether or not the .ass was . his own. Being told that he was. the traveler ^said, “No one would think so from the way you use it.” So the miller and his son tied the ass’s legs to a pole which they shouldered and staggered along under the weight.
On entering the town their appearance caused so much laughter that the miller, mad with vexation at the result of his endeavors to satisfy everyone, threw the ass into the river, took his son by the hand, and started home again.
Aesop closed his fable with the moral: Try to please everybody and you will succeed in pleasing nobody.
And so it is with any undertaking. Rappahannock County High School is beginning its first session this week. At the outset, we must face the fact that everyone will not be pleased with everything about the venture. Attitudes will vary from charitable tolerance to unrestrained criticism. The “Do-Nothings” will do nothing to cause any trouble; but likewise, they will not lift their voice to question any derogatory remarks that will snowball their way around the community. Such division of opinion is natural enough in any community, and RappahaUnock is not immune from division in interests, sense of values, and methods of procedure. A number of residents wanted a new set-up, start to finish. Some of the residents are opposed to any change at alL Some are in favor of the sort of middle-of-the-road solution that is being tried out.
And so it is readily seen that the old-new school at Rappahannock H. S. will need more support than could be supplied by the taxpayer’s money. This school was created for the children of Rappahannock county—and is op-.
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