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The Great Band Room Shortage.

It must be confessed, though, that most citizens of Parchment don’t desire a band room. They say that the school needs two classrooms, instead, to relieve congestion. Two classrooms would cost thirty thousand dollars; and Parchment High has that sum available, without federal subsidy. But someone insists that the boobs of Parchment, foolishly intent upon book-learning, ought to spend their thirty thousand dollars, instead, upon a band room Who so insists? Why, the North Central Association, that accrediting organization which told Holland Christian High School that homemaking and wood-shop were essential if Christian High school graduates were to go to college. With commendable rigor, the North Central accreditors always put last things first.

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The Great Band Room Shortage.

It must be confessed, though, that most citizens of Parchment don’t desire a band room. They say that the school needs two classrooms, instead, to relieve congestion. Two classrooms would cost thirty thousand dollars; and Parchment High has that sum available, without federal subsidy. But someone insists that the boobs of Parchment, foolishly intent upon book-learning, ought to spend their thirty thousand dollars, instead, upon a band room Who so insists? Why, the North Central Association, that accrediting organization which told Holland Christian High School that homemaking and wood-shop were essential if Christian High school graduates were to go to college. With commendable rigor, the North Central accreditors always put last things first.