The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-30

confessed judgment, to these cbiIdr,S
for c, 184, $50 weeks of tuition. n,
State has also instructed it's agent II.
General Assembly, to provide for i,
delivery. Have they done it? Let.
see what they have done. In 1892 H..
average attendance in the white school,
of the State was 1873, O01 for -. &C weeko
How many weeks tuition was tbi.
Multiply 1873, OO1 by 1866, and we find
the children received 1853, 1913 week,
tuition only. Then
They were entitled to weeks schooling & y,o.
And received only weeks schooling 49,. .LtN595s
Leaving still due, weeks schooling ..4IT-~,
Father, mother, brother, sister q,
whoever is the guardian of that child
are you suffering him to be TIM:
robbed Of his birth light, his constitr.
tional inheritance? You had much
better let anything else go than that
"a wise son maketh a glad father
with all thy getting get understand
ing" words fifty spoken are like
apples Of gold in pictures Of silver"
Then learn to use them and teach orsaa
that those under your guardianship
are not deprived of this privilege.
COLORED CHILDREN.
Now let's look at the condition Of tie
colored children and see what they are
getting. We are told in the report that
there are in the State 211, 69G coIorej
children of school age, and that means
they are entitled, in the aggregate. t,
3, 387, 1865 weeks of schooling. Their
average attendance was 66, 746 for I2r
weeks, which means they received, all
told, but 81, O46 weeks of schooling
Bringing the figures together We have
Entitled to weeks schooling. .........3>--.
They received weeks schOOIiDg.......... Sill
Still due weeks schooling for 1S92..... l-tI-
A GENERAL AVERAGE.
To get at a general average, and bal
ance up, so that we may see exactly
what we are doing, and what we are
not doing. We will arrange the for.
going figures as follows:
WIS sch'Ifng due white chiIren,6 ,ISt,@tn
W'kS settling cue col children BIS ,,a0
Total weeks schooling due 1892 g5r..
W'ks settling de lived to Whites.l,@O ,l6
Weeks schooling delivered to col eli,o6
Total weeks schI. deIiv. in 1892 2.32.u
Total weeks schooling still due r.g0
These figures show that this. the most
sacred debt of the State, the one that
TO discharge would enrich instead Of
impoverish, strengthen instead Of
weaked, is discharged at the rate ola
per cent. or at a discount Of Is cents~
the dollar. Will it pay2
COST OF TUITION.
We find by simply dividing the total
disbursements $76O, 991 O4 by the nun.
Der of weeks tuition delivered l2,3l.
213) that the cost of tuition per week
per student has been 80 9 cents, or
S. 265 for four months schooling. Now
since we have all the machinery for
getting the FUND, in running order, and
abundantly able to do a hundred per
cent. more work at about 5 per cen.
extra expense on the additional, would
it not be economy for the State to IN
crease the school fund and see to
that cur public schools are made what
they ought to be. Then if Necessary
require the children to attend -four
months in the year, either a pub~
school or some approved private scboa
or academy?
We hope our readers viii think Over
these things. Nothing is Of more vital
Importance to us all than this question
We each have a duty to perform il
this matter, and lets see to it that It'll
not sighted.
AS before stated the State has, il
constitutional convention, confess.-
this judgment and instructed the Leg"
lature TO pay the debt, and still fur.L@
the people have ratified the judgno.
at the ballot box. Suppose thad been
dollars instead Of weeks tuition and
the judgment was held by q Wal
street banker or a gambler in cotton
futures. the State House would have
been sold to meet the obligation if nc
essary. But here r our children de-
privcd OF more than three-fOur.hs o.
the meagre schooling the constitution
the State at the ballot box said th@
must have. Is it economy Glar..
over the world and you will see thai
the more enlightened, cultured, r.
fined and educated any community
comes the more prosperous it becomes
That knowledge is power is univ.
sally conceded; that the pen is mis-.
Ter that the sword" ell viii aGMI;
Then why should the State not tu4L1
its obligation to it's wards? We thIs
It should. What do you think ao2-
it, reader? Why not discharge u.
obligation when it all goes to a5a@
the permanent Improvement and Cd
richmpnt of tho com u-oalth1.