The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-02-20

FINANCIALLY CONSIDERED. Now that
Jsspsr's School debt Is entirely paid. and
shc town has no other debt Of conse-
qnaMc~ hanging over IL. we desire 10 suy.
gesf the prnrrietv, IN q financial point of
view, (aeide from its immense benefits
sdur~tiunally and socially.) OF building
an addition 10 the Public School house
y hich which will supply II with two ad
dnional looms ANY teacher, or person
acquainted with teaching. will testify
when sskesl. that properly graded
srhool cannot be arranged IL the tws,
email rooms in the present building
Suppose that the addition Of wing
sh"uid c"st ~ son. would il pay rs a H.
nancisl Investment The present build.
ing nay be con sidered q total failure As
o graded school. and certainly fails To
attract many students TO our schools who
would not otherwise attend. or who do
not live In the town. The most learned
Professors In the world. put into this
building. under the requirements Of the
law. could not better II. But with two
additional rooms. properly graded. and
scbools taught, cay nine months Of The
year ~ they should be IN Jasper. il is
not out of the way to presume that lis
good character would then attract a.
least my young men aud women from
outside Of the town TO attend school here
There are from $50 TO 200 scholars il
Dubois county, who each year seek bet.
Ter educational facilities than their home
schools afford, and spend the money in
cidemt thereto At other places. A
thorough school In Jasper would draw
~ least one-third Of them TO the town
for I'VE or six months every year. Make
The calculation at five months, and on
hftv scholars. A very low calculation
will show that each persnn from outside
attending the school will expend for
board, tuition, and incidentals. Al least
- each week in the town. Twenty
weeks will make 500 Fifty scholars
will At this rate bring $4,000 a wear 10
the town. or $500 more the first year
that mum Der attends than the addition
necessary TO the building would cost,
and the income would increase every
year.
Further. good school would be a
great inducement for persons to move
70 the town and settle. In this educs-
sional age. no person Of any capital will
consent 10 Iocate in town with his fam
lily, where there snot good school avs
ten. IL we desire to attract immigration
We must prepare for and foster good pub
JIG schools. Private schools or church
schools will not suffice. Every family
added TO town adds some TO ifs i'm
iporisnce. IL 1t desirable for Jasper 10
,seek any more population. or had we
better fence It up and whiiewash il, and
call'it Hnished? We think IL il to The e
nanoiAl interest Of every citizen in the
itown by every honorable means to cause
other people to become citizens Of Jas
per, and good schools are among the
strong inducements to enierprising rnen.
Further. the work would be done bv
our home mechanics. thus enabling them
70 start in At the beginning Of the season
with good job OF work. aud certainly
this class IL all interested in substantial
public improvements. Shall il be built |?
10 lays with the school trustees and the
town trustees, and the people should
think over It, and let these officers know
their wishes.