The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-05-27

TIE public school map puts IL AmsE-
icnn educational system u : striking
form
Thirteen million pupils ~ now -
rolled n the pubic schools q thD UntbDd
Seasss-that = thsgs - mngv thnn
thrss tinD = many pupils - - entire
pupulnfion q IL United 0tne0 n 1900.
fhsOfire population n l6]o vas l2eoA
90; thero = conssqusnfly . laEyg ~
tim a. ehildzsn now h our ne schools
than ~ whols nation q ixfy yean ego
Thsss lAooo, 900 pnhlic schoo, pupils
~ oneafth of our present populafion
q o6y y0o0, ,ooQ These ars somsGhing or
: million moge b private and paEochin1
schoolA But Il + this nation a our fsss
school youth, this nation within ths
nation that yin b controlling the -
public 6fsssn yeaD from n0w. fhsss
'scmldrsn a IL statsa.e imhnsd With
our charactHiseic American qpirik wiu
socn b IL lsaden q IL psupls wh0
aEe % snayo ths problems q ~ opening
yoaD q - coming century.
Ons-Gfth q our population - fhop1b-
lic Schools nsuns thGt - Amwizn ~
= thnf childhood and yuuth Ghnll 05oy
nezsd immunily fsum lahw whils -
pEcpos.<ton fE life = going "a n "a
or slntes ~ - wAen ehil6Een @ II
employed Tor wagD duzing - eahoul
tsEm = steodily eEseping upwaEd II
time = not fhg a. Whnn O. -1uwth -
etead q one-Afth q - populn<i0n Vim
b enrolled IN - schoolI Heze = ~
placs for stats legialafion % make Szpfd
ana sure stroksA When he childrsn q
: poor family - hirsd out Tor wage1
theEe comes q apparent relief 70 ths
family; but child labor invariably -
dnces the labor q adulA Raidng ths
school age always operates 70 raise IL
wages q the men and women % whom
labor be1ongA In the stasss noe -
awake 70 this the children who ought q
b IN school sre with their ht<le handz
holding down the general rate q adult
W1gR r. fifteen wero made TIE UNI
vuzsal school age. with strict penalties
Tor hiring child under fifteen during
echool houzs. millions q toiling chill
drsn would b addsd 10 ths hopeful -
ton q pupils n0w II he public schOo1A
Who are tho instructors a thi ~
demccracy Of youth Thres hundred
and ffty-sWo thousand teachen - en-
ployed One-third of thGm - men,
twoshirds aze Wumen The mm aEs
usually ven trained Ths proportion q
trained female tsachs3 = incssasing
ysar b. yer, = ths normal schools ssnd
ont their cianDnL NOv0thsleD, scogul
q thousnnds q thsns female tsachxI
- unframed. Forty pr cenk q II ~
female tsachen tsoch tus only one taml
Think what tha< msanA In - rural
difrich a many stntD tsnching b Z
'.jobr % which almnse sny gid nay
tnrn- Careful sxnminnetDns q tsnchEs
- not % b expectsd Wh0 ~ school
fund = % psuuEiDw tl1n1 10 ehsnpss1
tsochaD 80 ths only appaican1A
ThD fnnlfD q H. American publi<
suhool sysesm. hOwsver. - n q ~
0mfncs nd en- eaGily b Fsmsaisd
GennD supwln1ndenh and hgAw edu
cn1ms G1nsEally ~ giving 70 I'll -
vun1mGnnD diDeHnfh1D n ouR system
thsis cnzvfO ot1snf3on. Ihsy - -
t1mined that ~ Nv CENTURY shnI
On upun = sdne1fiOnal plnut = nsar
u without dsfsc6 = progEsn1vs snsrg,
en- make e
Ths public school = our most distinc
eve Am@ican Institution. Il = thi
sams pubic School vhich. more TIN
YaOs, has mads - dtfzersncs bstwcel
III rspublic "a ~ rspublics q SOutl
AmsricA Whn - world gathers hsr'
6 OW lOo1h snn1v1Euary b scrutiniB
- H. thiA or pEoudsse institution
WG1 - puinssd OF = the clear1st sourc
q AmEican gEsafnsss and enlighten
mOk
n : vuy Htting thing thas The cel
ehra1ion % Columbus Day, Oct l2. b
p1ocsd n ~ hands Of the America
pub1ic school Through The school hous
AZ mOvsmenl md the education b
pa1riotim aroused By Il, the schools Q
! Shssepublic have bsen grasping TIE sig
| ninonnce q their relation % the hfe o
| shs nation A. our II. .0oo. 900 q publi
| school pupils 80 comnaittsd 70 them -
| celebration Of Americas greatest ami
vsruazy they viii receive new and "