The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1875-07-24

lew Quotations from MS record as
a constitution maker, in which
capacity he was averse to trusting
future legislatures with discre-
tionary powers, fearing at some
time, for popular and other rea-
| sons, they would fail to come up
to his high standard on the public
school question. On Thursday,
July 81, 1864, Mr.. Dunno offered
this provisO to Section 2 of the
educational article of the cOnsti-
tuition:
Provided, that the Legislature shall have
the power to pass such laws as shall make
it compulsory with parents and guardians
that all white children under their charge.
between the ages of six and fourteen years,
residing in incorporated cities or towns,
shall receive educational instruction for at
least three months in each year, unless
physically or mentally incapacitated."
In argument on this subject, he
declared himself in favor of a
similar but more sweeping pro.
vision in the constitution framed
by a previous convention of the
State in 1868, but with amend
ments which he held were OBJ
viOusly necessary - particularly
with reference to combining the
compulsory clause to incorporated
cities and towns, for said Mr..
Dunno:
ut is from the cities and from the class
of children in them which neglects to at
tend the PUBLIC SCHOOLS, that most of
our criminals come, and l maintain that
where facilities for attending school are
afforded, it shOnld be made compulsory
upon parents to send their children
In no word spoken did he ever
intimate that the public school
fund should be divided among a
different character of schools, but
supported the provision against
such policy, and he even strong
ly opposed taking money from
this fund for a State University,
and on this subject Mr.. Dunno
used the following unmistakable
language:
i believe, however, in turning our IN
divided attention, in the first place, to the
common school system of the State, and |
do not think that the interest derived from
the school fund should be taken from the
common schools and applied to the pur-
pose of building up State University
Therefore, because there is special pro-
10 al h., e.
sity, AND BECAUSE WE OUGHT TO EN-
DEAVOR, IN THE FIRST PLACE, TO SECURE
TO OUR CHILDREN THE ADVANTAGES OF
A GOOD COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM, | move
that this last prOviso in Section be strik-
en- out.
Speaking generally as to the
duty of the State to provide the
children the means of education
and compelling them to attend |
school, Mr.. Dunno declared on
July q, 1864, in his official capa-
city as constitution maker, as fol- |
lows:
Ny opinion is, therefore, that it is the |
duty of the State to furnish the children |
lhS hiCHho VI CuuSotiOlY huO bhtil dS q CO-
rOllOry, if it is the duty of the State to |
furnish tuitiOnal facilities, it is the duty OF !
the children to attend upon them. There !
are many children who are daily squander- !
ing their time, and what is far worse, con
.racting habits which will ultimate in
3rime in some form, and If We shall adopt |
some provision by which the authorities
,an exact their attendance upon THE
SCHOOLS, they may be saved from an evil
iestiny, and the State will certainly be the
better for it.
We do not care to pursue the
subject farther in this article.
We may say something more be-
ore Chief Justice Dunno recon-
lies his present and past course
n fact if we ever do, we think
We shall do it before that feat is
accomplished. Many interesting
eatures of his course in behalf of
OnstitutiOnally establishing a sys-
EN- OF common schools which the
egisla lures of future years should
Oster and maintain Wether will
ng or not, are not alluded 10 in
his article.