Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-04-14
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
Citizens Of Baxter Springs:

Citizens OF Baxter Springs:
When shall we learn To wisely
manage our municipal affairs: Ten
years have passed since came to
Baxter Springs and was invited to
superintend her schools. After one
months work. TO my surpris e, |
found her financiers were then as
they are today--not able to cash a
gagged for the year, but soon learned
we could have only five months of
public school, and the only alterna-
tive for the senior class To complete
their course was to supplement the
free school with three months of
subscription school.
Two years later "a mistake was
made at Columbus by "a county Of
fetal which deprived us that year of
eight hundred dollars. One year
more and there came to light two
old school bonds of 5000 each that
had to be paid and another year two
more of the same denomination,
which are yet unpaid.
Now, after ten years of such expe-
rience, we find ourselves where we
were ten years agO-unable to cash
a school warrant, even after the
board has allowed large premium.
Then we managed to have five
months public school, and by a
great sacrifice on the part of teach.
ers, a tuition school for the balance
of the year. We learn that next year
we can have but four months pub
lie school and then come out behind.
At the close of this article pub
lish the graduating classes from
1884 10 1894. that all our citizens may
more clearly see and apprehend the
effects of these periodical breaks in
our public school. During several
years our school record exhibited a
large class of very fine students
from the country. These breaks
have sent them to other places. II
Columbus. this year, they have
large class from the country, aud
Lowell, only three miles from us,
has twenty-five or more from out
side of Lowell. But we can count
all of ours OH the fingers of one
hand.
Columbus il wide awake in regard
to a county high school. Such
school will call two hundred stu
dents annually from the rural dis.
tricts to- the county seat. There is
necessity for such a school and it
will come even IL Columbus waits
aud works for il IA long rs she did
for the new court house.
1 wish il distinctly understood
that have no fault to find with our
present faculty. They are all com
petent teachers. Nor would cast
any reflections upon our board of
education. They are all friends of
mine and are honorable men. But
for the good of Baxter Springs 1
would simply state that there are
four causes which have produced
our financial deficiency. One of
those causes cannot be removed,
but the other three can. and il they
had been removed two years ago
we might have easily saved twelve
hundred dollars in two years. and
that would half pay our indebted
ness. Now if you will wisely con-
slider this subject You may save five
hundred dollars every year, which
would tide us over and stop these
very ruinous breakers in our public
school.
Some will impeach my motives
and say that Prof. Noble is anxious
for place. In answer | would say
that when resigned four years ago
said that closed my work forever
in the scho ol-room." have only TO
regret that did not close one year
before. 1t il Il sad truth that no
superintendent in Kansas can do
his duty without making some enc
mics. While am conscious that |
made "a few enemies. am thankful
that / have many friends. After
travelling over the most Of Eastern
Kansas ten years ago | selected
Baxter Springs for my future home.
and here expected to live to the end
of my journey. have never regret
ted that choice.
GRADUATING CLASSES FROM 81 to D4.
CLASS OF 1855
Emma Cullum. Ella Funk
Maude Talbot. Edith Polster.
Minnie Danglade. Fannie Duff
Rebecca Hunter Seba Westcott
Claude Street.
CLASS OF 1886
Luther Harvey. Eva Ferris.
CLASS OF 1887.
Mollie Wright. Winnie Haines.
Stella Meads. Luella Hoke.
Ada Danglade. Lizzie Sutton.
Charles Caruth. Henry lliff.
CLASS OF 1888
Laura Person; Lula Clark.
James Chubb. Otis Chubb.
Austin Rendel. Will Mann.
Dick Wright.
CLASS OF 1880.
Charley Noble. Grace Chubb.
Carrie Danglade. Nettie Doty.
Ollie Chubb. Maude Hoke.
Sadie Talbot. Lille Bishop.
Alice Craig. Tina Fairbanks.
CLASS or 1890.
CLASS or 1891
CLASS OF 1899.
CLASS OF 1893.
Madge Lyman.
CLASS OF 1894.
leila Hodgkins. Ed. Polster.
We give these names as they once
sounded in the school-room.
ResDectfully, L, o. NOBLE,