White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-02-09
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School I1ouse Beads.

School House Bonds.
By order of our School Bo ard. an election
will be held On the ls,h inst. to determine
the question Of issaiu; District bonds. for the |
purpose Of building a ne~ school house The |
amour; pronosed is t. enty FIVE thousand ioI. |
lars, and the proceeds. at the minimum rate |
specified in the order. to wit: eight per cent.
would be twenty thousand dollars. But in all
probability these bonds can be negotiated to
better advantage thar this; 30 that after the |
purchase Of the 81 te sc may rely on a margin
sufficient for the erection Of xeniy thousand
dollar building
The sum a.ked for may eeem extravsgant
TO some persons. but We have reason to believe
that the action Of the Board vas determined
alter mature deliberation, and that the consid.
erations we're such as to fully justify this
amount. As We understand the matter, the
SUN at the outset to cover all expenses. Il is
To the credit Of the Board that it did lot yield
10 the temptation Of adopting . course very
much ia vogue in eHecting public improve
hASAts-o PtdSttSV "uSh v q heot" SSss1 so"hS
have arailed themselves of in securing new
school houses. The plan is to propose an
amount far below the intended cost; the build
ing erected but not completed, whea the ap-
preparation becomes exhausted; the citizens OF
the District find the cost Of their enterprise FAR
in excess of the original estimate. and a call
is made for more bonds. Thus. it uill be seen,
q delusion was intended from the commence
ment. 1t was known that the appropriation
would not suffice, but the Board durst not make
an honest submission of the question. In 9th
er words, the authorities have resorted to an
artifice to accomplish what it was feare would
meet with rejection If the voters generally had
known the true state Of the case. 1t can be
affirmed with certainty that no such deception
is contemplated in the present instance. Our
Board. prefcrring to take . straightforward
course, presents the question to the citizens in
all its bre adth as 6nality. and the tax pa, ers
may vote for its ratification, with the assurance
that they will never be called upon to make
up deficiency.
| The question Of new school house itself
is hardly an open one. as the necessity Is Oh
vious to every intelligent citizen. Our pres
ent building is insufficient for the accommo.
datiou of the resident youth Of the City, and
the want becomes more pressing every year
The prevalent method Of making provision. is
unsatisfact ~. vexatious, and o some extent
precanous and expensive.
Ifany object to tho cost Of ew structure
we would remind them that we have recent.
been released from the expected payment o
bords to the amount Of upw ards Of forty thou
sand dollars and that there was an implied
understanding among large portion Of ou
citizens that in the event Of such contingency
a goodly portion Of the sum should 60 towar,
o new school house. Let US now avail our
selves Of our oppor tunity, and erect q bui!din;
that shall invite the intelligent stranser-,h,
man Of enterprise aud morality to come an,
dwell among Us with the assurance that hi
children shall have FIRST class facilities for oh
tanning at least good comm on school educa
ton.
We think hat our schools are reasonabl,
prosperous, and that there has been some ad
vancemcnt in their condition within the las
lew years; bat what citizen does not realiz,
hos far .hey fall short Of the tue chsracter
istics of first class schoolsl and he must b
blind indeed who does not see that their fr-
step upw ard, tow ard their true rank IS an ap
propriate school building. Doubtless, every
iricnd OF progressive education desires the es
tAblishmen of graded school. but We shal
never approach this standard more nearly than
at present, ill TIE facilities, by way Of suitable
apartments. shall have been provided.
We would not be understood as asserting
that our school house is any disctedit to oul
place Or a reproach t. our public spirit. Per
haps it has answered its purpose admirably
but it il respectfully submitted that the sehno
architecture Of town should correspond with
its prctensions in other respects; and while
neighboring towns can boast with pride o.
their splendid school ediices recently erected
we can only point to ours as . monument o.
the time when the educational aspirations o.
White Cloud were merely those Of al ordnar,
country school D,stict.