The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-27

10 bef lands, after an bat yise, consider.
We disposition n thom should be hefem'ef
made,
On ihe lst " September, is D, there was
shown ~ BE- n balance On hama W some
10 400 acres, md of This down ~ ihe lN
NJ March last, there had been issued " ,ssl
certificates 10 railroads Of 90 acres elcl,
or 7,mi $50 acres and Ike amount To
public schools, 1901 $50 acres, There
we're also issued i7l1 Confederate cuilil'
Gates Of $50 acres each, or 2,lW32O acres
with u like amount tO the public Schools
.. 100 $50 acres. 10 the veterans there we're
issued some $4,000 acres These, WITH u
few others foot MP total of 20, 100 900 acres
aud now doducting the above balance, b.
80 900, and we have the 100000 acres as
stated above. -..
|. PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS.
No state in the country is so muniliccntly
endowed in the matter OF public irce
schools as Texas. We have now nearly
10000 sections of $40 acres each, or some
| $1,000, 900 acres Of these school lands The
| work in the land Office to keep these ac-
counts * immense. During the last twelve
months the property has been in heavy de-
mand. When il Is r;colleCted that from
July, 1874, to November, 1879, applications
were received for only 5000 acres, and OF
this amount fully 20 per cent. was forfeited,
Der, 1880 there were applications for only
$50 600 acres. while from September, 1851,
to March, 1882 applications were received
| for | 300, 900 acres, we may understand the
immensely of the inquiry and demand Tor
| Texas real estate.
In conversation to-day with Colonel Hol-
| lingsUorth, secretary OF the state board OF
education, he said he would make efforts to
have the legislature enact law Tor
1yDnMAI SCHOOLS,
one for each congressional district,
that is to say IL in number, for the Deneht
of the white population, and additional
ones for the colored people. he would
have these permanently located and not
peripatetic like our present supreme court
and court of appeals, lie thinks Inc teach-
ers should be entitled to receive certificates
of competency as to their respective capac-
/ tiles, these to be valid in any city or count"
| in the state, and that their holders should
not have to undergo any examination. he
would also require candidates for appoint
ments to regular normal schools TO apply 10
the schools OF their respective districts, Tor
examination. Along with these he would
ltaye what might be denomlnated
state normal institute to be COM
posed by say 3 delegates from each
of the congressional schools. The business
of this assemblage would be to submit
nlans for the better regulation and manage
ment of the congressional schools; to sub
nit to the state board OF education amend,
ments to our common school educational
course: elect delegates TO the National
Teachers, association. lie furthermore OBJ
served hat there should be small sum OF
money allowed for the purchase OF libraries,
reference books, cabinet specimens, etc.
Also, that each teacher should be permit
ted to select such books as he or she may
wish to read, by depositlng with tie libra
rian the value Of the book. Concerning
THE UNIVERSITY,
he sail that to make it success, more
means than now appeared, were IN
dispensable to sustain II properly.
He Thought that at least 100000 acres ont
of the unappropriated public domain shouiu
be granted by this session OF the iegisla-
ture. Tuition in this university, he insists,
should be free to ali, the rich man ana the
poor man as well. His proposltioh' as
understand, is this that the university
students should be OF students from the
conntv academies, while those i'll the county
academies should come from the county
schools, and that admission should be ae,
termined by competitive examination, ana
that each county in the state should be en-
titled TO send at least enc pupil TO the uni uni
yersity under the states expense Ill al
things, and such one to be selected on COM ON
petitiye examination from the pupils OF the
county academy.
With the common schools endowed with
some 81. 100000 acres; and the counties en-;
dowed with rI,7l2 acres, originally designed
by the founders Of the republic Tor the
establishment of free county academy;
with university endowment Of 5000, 900 in
bonds, and s5y 100000 acres of land, surely
the future educational interests of the state
NAV be made, under proper and judiciiouss
management, adequate to the demands o.
the whole people and commensurate with
the anticipations of the founders OF our
government aud the friends OF ehIlsIhiVeRHeu
| progress. D. H'