The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-19
OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

The erection of our high school building
brings San Antonio prominently to the front
as the educational centre of the state. The
Waco Examiner says:
"San Antonio, which has by all odds the
best system Of public schools in Texas, is not
content with the dozen or more handsome
school buildings she already possesses. Her
city council has just ordered the erection of a
new edihce for a central school-that is 70
cost $S7, 500 Some Of the mossbacks through
out the state who believe it is little short Of a
crime to tax one man to educate another
mans children" las is their favorite saying)
will open their eyes wide at this statement Of
San Antonio's public spirit, and some of them
will doubtless discredit the statement, but it is
fact all the, same. San Antonio's public
schools (which are not surpassed by any COL
lege, university or private educational insttu-
ton in the state) are her pride and prestige.
They attract population for her. People 90
there, buy property, build residences and 20
into business to educate their children in those
schools. Mechanics and poor men are drawn
there for the same reason, but they are pro-
ductive capital, and her schools pay her we'll"
The Examiner alludes to Waco's lack of
educational enterprise in this connection:
Waco has never exhibited the enterprise in
this matter we are commencing to others.
We have no apol gy for Waco's negligence,
and besides, what Waco's does or does not do
cannot impair the value of San Antonio's ex-
ample, or Brenham's, or Denison's or any
other town that has spent money on its schools
and thrlved thereby. We are living in hopes,
too, that Waco is about ready to shake of her
ethargy and step into line with the other pro-
gressive cities Of the state.
The miserable management of the Peabody
fund had its center at Waco if this fund
had been offered as prize to genuine
public schools-not the state abortion-in-
stead of the sectarian schools and make
believe colleges" Waco might have been
abreast with San Antonio. Houston might
have had public school system, and so
might Austin, because the prize money would
have been great help in maintaining public
schools, and the state subsidy is FILTERED away
and every means provided misused. San
Autonio-thanks to former republican man
agement, has permanent, frst-class free
school system, which will grow to meet the
wants of the community.
THE splendid address Of ex- Governor Davis
of Texas, as chairman of the republican state
committee, advocating fusion with the liber-
ais ofthat state. is strangely distorted and mis-
stated by the New York World, which saws
that he freely expressed the disgust of the few
republicans who are not vensl at the policy of
the administration in favoring. and indeed in
forcing, a surrender of all principle in coales-
cling with disreputable factions Of every kind.
Now, Governor Davis did nothing of the kind.
On the contrary, he protested against the
party policy of the past, which had ignored
southern people and attempted to make
mere northernism not only republicanism, but
patriotism. He fully agrees with the liberal
policy of President Arthur's administration.
which considers the triumph of liberalism
over bourbonism much more desirable than
the maintenance Of straight republicanism in
aid Of continuance ola bourbon solid south.
The bourbons are awfully concerned for the
dear old republican party organization. They
cannot bear to see it joining hands with noble
and progressive liberals for the taking of the
bourbon strongholds. And yet the work will
60 on. And the administration is for it,
Nat. Republican.