Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-17
states, whose school systems however,
hive been in existence for three-qusrters

OF the other states. The great mass
Of illiteracy in the south is among the
Sdult negroes who cannot DE reached,
but the generation growing no, white
and black, are being educated Ia some
states perasps better than in others, but
are BEING educated under s CONSTANTLY
improving system OF schools IN al the
states. TINS i being done in the good
cid Way-0y local :axatiCn salt-impOSed
by the people. \ system OF schools thus
planted and nOurlshed into vigorous
growth sends It's roots deep into the soil,
and becomes seii-suppc-ti1g through Tue
creation Of sustaining pCnI!c sentiment
which enjoys and appreciates its benz
fcent results.
Already the pamphlet bsfore me, IRON
which cave u. read, SHOWS t1at more
than tWo-thIrdJ Of 81, children Of schoC!
age attend sc9Jcl in Delaware, WeSt Viz
gini>, MtsscQr FIo1ita and Texas; al-
most tWo-tliEus il Sou.h CarOlins, Mis-
slss.ppi Gna Tennessee, and m8re than
half IN MsTy and, fEirg MS, North CSyC-
ils, Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas
Sucn results IN twenty Yeas, cOrsiGericg
the impoverished condition If tie south
when lta school sYsteIus were begun,
fully justify the tIiOute OF d.. MayC, the
philsnthr0pi5t GEd educator. ths. "No
people IL huUsn history have made FL
efJrs SO remarkable, ell circumstances
considered, - the people ot the south
nave dOAe ducing lh@ pSsC fifteen years,
ana ii Wnat lney have alCezdT done f9G
the schooling CT their CHILDREN" and that
OF General Armstrong, principal & TIE
HaDpiIn Normal ana AgrCui uTSl Ins'i-
TUE, 10 one ~ his late raparts, That "lhe
educational progressive movement ia the
south is, l beisve the most marvellous
and the grAndest fscl or feature IL this
country CT American ijfe.n.
The people who, under the most ed-
verse circumstances, have accomplished
UGH results GrG earned such enCOm,ums
from such sources mIy certainly DC
trusted 70 perfect their schools sud eX-
tend their benefits as rapidly As is con-
sisteEt wish healthy growth. Still later
statistics, which | read from copy OF
the Natidl now before me, sic even more
satisfactory:
"Fha la:tS1 reports Of the SupeEi6terd-
ents OF Education il the southern states
TEEN with proofs tuat outside help is not
needed, g few of which mast De cited
The average length Of the school year in
Virginia is already nearly six months, apd
the Superintendent recommends IS per
fectly practicable s further extension
through TIE increase ofI0cal assessments
In West Virginia the average length i
nearly i've months, and the Supa-iutenG-
ent urges 81 Increase, remarkiEg tnst the
additional tax for two monrns would
scarcely be ielt.' In tennessee the Sd
intendent reported that our public school
system ls growing 10 favor with the peo-
pie,' and the Legislature JUSTIFIED MS
statement by more than o0ubIIng TIE
school tsx within month after toe BIaRfi
oil lspsed By Ghe expiration OF the ForEY-
ninth Congress, while the counties j.
their turn gre doubling the local fund
raised for educstiou. In Alabama thej
Superintendent recites the grewLa
of the system within four tsesfs
from 1924 schools, with IF5sl26
puoi!s and & school fuod OF 1892 .904, t.
$685. ech OILS, with 252, eG7 pupils. sDd
school fund % 1928 353; ne says that "OGr
educGtional facilities Iuust be increased
10 keep abreast with the material pros
perity OF the state" ard ADDS that sal
know there has been gratifying increase
in the resources Of the state during the
past few years, which requires sd Increase
IL Las ItaA % i''i EN-St4S
In Arkansas tne superin;t ndent reports
thai ''ITe are making rapid progress q
our educational interests, and in few
more years Arkansas Will stand side b =
side with the most favored Of her sister
states 10 the educational advantages she
offers to her chIldren"-a statement
which is certainly. warranted by the in
crease between 8s3 AID 1886 from 1852
expenditure, t. 369l teachers, l75, J35
pupils, ana 1856, S92 expenditure. In
Georgia the superintendent reported al
increase within four years CT pupils from
244 1877 to 3C9. 59t, srd # expenditure
lccm $498 533 to 1928 ISL, while he
showed once more thdt small increase
in the rex, which coald be laid.
"witbcut undrly burdening the peoplet~I
would enable the stste TO keep. the
schools in operation for six months OF th%f
year. In Florida the superintenGeuts*-
ports that the amount expended Upon4
schools mas risen within four gears from
1888. 2G0 20 $500, 600, while the schs0l |
year falls only 3 fsW days short Of New
and m:ire lie Texas :be |
superintendent reports stesCy and RAPID |
advance N the cause OF popular educa- |
ton, and insists that 'the school term |
the stste Should not be less |
than seven months"
good common school system is the
growth OF time. One can not De sprung
into * stanCe perfect with snY amount Of
Trainei teachers Sre the great
educational need in the south. The Ii r
nal schools ere slowly supplying thIs
necessity. Without trained teachel
good schools arc impossible. The money
resources Of the south are ample for the
supply OF good ties cheers, and rs this sup
ply Increases the fund for the support Of
the schools will Increase. Tae two win
grow together.
Mr. President, this method OF building
up arc malntsinipg cur public schools is
in line with the traditions IF cur pee pie,
the theory of cur government, and prom
Uses the graLdest results IL the future. Il
purtures feeling If selfreliance, CT in
dividuslity, aud OF self-fespect. Ulti-
mate success in the near future is sssured
bg our achievements in the past, and
when Il is reached through The un6ided
efforts OF the people Cf he states, tbs
people will be stronger, the states will
be more powerful, End The Union more
iny.ncible ard enduring. Mr. President,
il this bill becomes q Isw IL will be the
beginning Of the end If state juris-
diction over common schools.
The theory Of this bill, that ar the eud