The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-22
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Report of the State superintendent
- the Governor.

Tie (o|lowiu; is synopsis Of the
annual rcI or Of G.. 5. Crawford,
stale supcrtnyud mt of public in
struction, for the scholastic year en-
ding Jure 30, 1855, which has just
rece lily been printe by o. en- Bro.
OF knoxville.
l venture To make the few follow
ing suggestions:
1st, Tie Legislature should pro
Nide for the appointment Of Il board
"f education, composed Of wise and
intelligent educators, who should be
authorized and required 10y law to
select al aAopt tor the public schools
uitlc state uniform series OF text
books. Twenty per cent. on the
cost of books n TIT bo saved in this
way. 1t would put stop to the an.
noyance coming from changes aitl the
fear If changes. And then wl al
relief il would afford to mnny firms,
whose agents are everywhere in the
earth and walking up and down IN
ii. II nay be SAID thnt to,le pull
Usher will manipulate the state board
in his own interest, and thus frus
lrate the whole plan and purpose.
This Is possible. But il it reasonable
that 4 state board viii b, mere eaeily
hribCd or deceived than a bard Of
school directors? IL this cannot bc
obtained, then let authority he gan
ted to each comfy 10 udoTt frr IL
self uniform series OF Textbooks.
Al present every school district may
have itsown series The conc Iusnce
j. every ,chool isn babel.
2. Some m,ths more sT-iert
should be Cmplo, cd for compelling
county trustees t, NJ; ks their reports
10 the county supcrintcndents at the
time required ny law. For no other
reason than this, reports from county
superintendent have be, n Gclny ed for
weeks beyond the appointed time.
The county trustee should I've hide
Gccouutab to the unity supcrin.
tcndent for all tic schoo' money as
scsscd by the county aud state. This
would ,tabish business ra,alinu
between them, So tha the trustee
would b,come Interested in making "a
settlement With lhe sdl erint, ndeut.
g. The school fund Should he dis
uriI .,cd IN such a way as t. sccme To-
every cl;Id in ven district the
same mum or If school dtys rs i
cljoy"G Us tire children living in the
other districts # the same county.
BY the prefctt ~, em great u Justice
is done. Tie sch COL districts M tie
same county, lying s. by SIDE, arc
taxed x7,tly alike. hut in one dis
u5ct there are twice rs many chihirrr.
ns in Jhr 81 cr, al 3 the enc with IA,
greater number has twice as s,au,
trhool days - tie otltr. Al holy
can see a." urtuun,ss IN this. Prul.
d. NJ, Smith, of Knox county. is tie
only superintendent | know Of who
has succeeded in defeating such
corrsc Of Injustice.
a. The c,uSty superintendent
should hc required to approve all
warrants drawn on the county trustee
i"r the payment Of school funds.
This wouin enable the county super
iutcndenl To keep the directors cut o
debt. II would prevent swindlcr-
from imposing on school directors.
and selling 10 thom worthless appa-
r,tus II vuu.d enable tic c,ult, !
supcrinten cent to got correct reports
from al the teachers a, the proper !
time, by withholding his siglatur,
from the warrants drawn Tor THEN
last months payment until they have
lrauyht I'll their reports ID ueulI