The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01

graphs. 1t can but be adm..fed that ub0,,
Iexas is brought into closer commerc;ai
relations with these countries, that nor Iaa
sVantages of cheap lands and fresh so IL
glethoIlc win the accumulated yeeetabe,,
';h ne, OF ages, VIII be added to that PROV.
NIFTY omarkets, and her position unop tbs
highway OF an enormous foreign trade
/ PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Great as are the manifold attractions ~.
Iered by the climate, the soil. and otbo.
physical advantages of Texas none of tbers
squal the princely provision which the fatbl
ers Of The republic made for the education %
ehe millions Of youth who WILL in the near
1nture, be numbered among her population
The iar-sighted craftsmanship oftbose VII
laid the foundations of the lone S1or,'"rnu o
Ipnblic, provided for the education of oon tv
latlons yet unborn, more generous reyenn,
Hhan is enjoyed by the schools Of any STATE
/ IN the American union, Nav, more tbaS
TINS, as we read the page on which thcsa
princely revenues are dedicated to the ednU
lcatlon, we shall see that neither Oxford nor
cambridge have such royal endowments "a
Texas. '''''y vi
There is permanent school fund Of a.
10000, That Of Massachusetts is only two.
thirds as large. WV
These lands have been set apart for educa-
hOnal purposes:
For auniversity5 ............. ool 400 oou,.
County school domain ia, aSy "cres
GENERAL school domain. SO, OOO00 9rres
Aotal ,.,..,...0l O)a so nCres
So much for the permanent support rtbe
schools. Let us see what provision is NJ ms %Ie
for their present maintenance, besides The
interest ON the S3,5OO,0OO permanent fund.
This IS Yielding on annual income of moro
than S2OOOOO and is increasing from land
sales 800 900 a year.
The constitution sets apart not more than
onc-iourth the general revenue of the state
and 81 poll tax for the support of common
schools, In the year 1850 this amounted to
S9l5,9S0. Besides this amount, there is
the interest on the county school fund, $780,
WV, beng the amount realized and in
vested by those counties which have soil
thor lands in whole or in part. In son.
cities an additional local tax is levied f,r
the support of schools
or course, in sparsely settled commune
ties the inauguration Of schools is dii nult.
And 1t Is almost impossible to apply ny
strict system. There must be more o. ,e;s
teXibiiity. Free schools are maintained in
10Y counties. OF these reports have been re-
ccived from only 132 counties vet in these
counties there were 1888 schools. These
were, attended by 1857 white children,
and by 1886 colored children In them
were employed 325S white teachers and
99l ,colered teachers, being total of ,249
teachers
The state has also established two normal
schools, one of which is for the education of
colored teachers. At these schools the stu
dents are both educated and boarded with
out charge. From these q supply of trained
teachers is constantly going 10 all portions
of the state. An agricultural college has
been started near Bryan the state appro-
priating 100000 and erecting elegant build
ings, in every manner adapted to the uses
OF q first class college. A full corr of pro-
fessors has been employed and all the nee
essary paraphernalia purchased. Besides
all this, a bill is now before the legislature
and has been favorably reported by the
committee, to endow the college with one
million acres of land. Thus generously
does Texas provide for the education of all
classes of her youth; where is.therc another
state that has done so liberally2-
The people Of Texas are em2nently a re-
ligious people. There is no state in the
union where church going facilities are more
highly priced, or where larger proportion
of the citizens are members of church or
CARNATIONS. About half million people
are the recognized members Of q religious
denomination:
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