The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-28

! Correspondence 81 tue Hcrs Il.
AUSTIN, Jan 2S, 1881.
After delightful drive about Tire citJ aud
over the prairios, behind tho spanking Nor
mandy pair Of greys Of Dr.. Stoddsrt, an old
Galveston frien, stopped for few mos
ments at the executive MANSION ard there
met the gov rnor who is always ready to
receive any citizen and frealy to converse
with him on questions OF state, etc. Anxious
to learn his views fully ON the school quos-
ton, the conversation drCied t. that subject,
and on which message viii shortly be sent
in by his eScaIlancy T. the legislature. l
nov give you his yiows Il, we'll as [ can 70
call them.
Tbs governor remarked that The ,hfss
natural step OF educaQ'n were lat. The COM
mon schools 70, ,he millions ID The gende.
mics for the thou'ads. 81. The university
ior the hundreds. And these. ho urges at.
aquHiy essential 90 "a good society, sna thus
Hua0gd produce % uniformity Of eIHa4u
END harmony ut course; sHd as we have nov
ile means lpr .hu a.tWlmapt, Wo ought tpia.
ausuale lho move ~. once university.
he thinks, ougls to DO l1csiel NJ tho sent OF
government where uow forty sgres OF land
ara set apart iprl., and ghero the led 6iou,
2f the country may ha best learned. IL
should be op0u FOR iemaps as well as males,
just os in tho common schools Academic
ohouId he provided ia ,vefy
county for n higher grade of earning.
La these students should ba prepared for
the uniSorslty. The agricultural and me-
ohanlca college bang branch Of the uni
yorsty, should be placed under tho same SUI
poryising control. He speaks highly Of the
importance Of tho agricultural and tGechsui
G college, and says that one half million of
the public lands should be- set apart for that
los tuition rs part Of the university.
The normal schools arc essentially paf.
of this grand educational system, and viii q
aud oolored teachers ought to DO there du
prepared for their tutUra professions. There
should he two more Of them besides the
one at Huntsville, ono to to be located IN
northern Texas, tho other In western Texas.
iiud the revenue TO support these lools |
ough. not 10 comu out Of the special llads, |
our IRON tho general revenue iuUd
The governor says that toe reports show !
that tho public schools have been Taught |
upon an average. about four months ennu |
ally tOrtha last five years, and 80 tsugnt last |
yeNr with One-sX,h OF tho general rovome |
Plus the o.nor available sources Blu. so to |
Keep II upwilh theirs Id increase Of thoschu- |
losilc population will not be possible much
longer as this population hiss for tbepps, five |
years boon Increasing 10 per cent annually. |
whereas the available school fund has nat !
been Increasing por cent Tho schools |
ehoudbi kept up ~ this four months stand. |
ard, NJ Iegsl. IL dWelGrs in the ciUe, dasre
longer terms ul schooling tAey should UNTO
IN assuming ta rJuTo! their own schusls boz
special local JaNalon Most of tbs s.tes
take care OF taoir public schools NJ ~ this
manner lle says also that ho npn. s5puds
that one'slxth appropriation for ti .oyt
two years Will nos Doe enough tl k..o tbe
schools up % four m0ulhs,and Che 'cpi ,laluge
should look 70 ,His, Ins GA chance he ZEE
10 do this is TO msko rapid safe of Tina school !
lands ,at fair value, 10 quantities 10 suit
purchasers. Aud he contends thsa the Sales |
can only b3 made, as rgle, In Myns TRACTS |
limbar land ought % be- sold for MON.
DO Fn, but praiTo lands on long tims with i1a |
interest
The governor further recommends THAT d, |
estate Laud Agescy" Office ouqht To be |
created loo IhoiopuIpose'. Uador ite diroc- !
ton aud caro- sho lands might bo sold, iha !
resulting funds inye tod, AID the bndsjn Tine !
hand OF Tao purchasers then taxed. thu,
toe public dent aud iio-es.jpo
there by Tho ability TO add 20 the public
school fund
Governor Roberts especially pressed upon |