Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-21
CARLISLE AT WAxAHACHIE,
THE sUPERINTENDEsr OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
Addresses N Large Audience in RE-
gard to the school system OF
Tcxns-PubIic support and the
Graded Plan.

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opening exercises OF the Burke public
school this morning by State superin-
tendent j. NJ. Carlisle. Every seat In
the large public school building was
occupied with pupils and citizens OF
Waxahachie:
Superintendent Carlisle said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: 1t Is "a great
pleasure to me to be present today at
the beginning of another school year
TO add what encouragement can 10
your already active efforts in the cause
OF popular education.
In accordance with the expressed
preference OF your committee of invi-
tation, / win discuss briefly two ques-
tons. Local taxation for school pur-
poses and graded schools,
1t is not necessary for me to discuss
before you the general proposition Of
taxation for education. 1t has been
held by all the great thinkers in this
country that popular government can
only be maintained by enlightened
people, II we favor republican form
OF government we must favor universal
education. II we favor universal edu-
cation there Is no other alternative
than that the property Of the country
must hear tho hrrda, ~ tho e,,rn,rt ,f
'he suhoois' BUT there are some Tunes
objections to local school taxes on the
ground that the state should furnish
full support for the public schools.
There could be no reasonable oDJec-
ton to this, as it would equallze the
school taxes. This pIan would give TO
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my Nou''''' ieiiio'e iiohi i"''
road. Its pro rata OF the taxes derived
from such property, when urder the
niap az iocai tsxat,or an tho ,ocai
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soiooi taxes on such properties 30 10
the districts in which these properties
are located.
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We ~ ~ '''O e0u'''' ".io'''i'
unit or state school tax ~ cents on
the 500 valuation OF property, we will
nat then nave enough funds to ulye all
A.. - a,
lne achVois Term Oh slN unon'hs, 70
ssg ho'nilk ABOUT ,o'l' serin ol hine
months; "s Eou nave heie; n t t ,,
au ~ ~ ~ heteasts iVr ioval
taxation Tor the support OF your
schools.
~, ~ ID better 10 nave a puDlc sehooi
syslehi suppofted by local taxation
NM MN 10 ueperu ulon private schools.
ny lo,ioM'ns rehsohs arc submitted III
Suplui' u thls pr"pusiuoh'
L. ~ Is cheaper. me schools OF
wy my inns can pc supported Tor less
m y, IA Pubic sGhQol system than
II Woulu Gost 10 MAINTAIN private
SCHOOLS 10 10 me same work. The pub
~ , sui!oo.s oelhs hll under one nam
ase'heht may economic IN expenses by
q better arrangement of classes and
teHcher5 tAhn would be possible with
PrtNdte schools. The different private
seioUls Woulu 40 the same work with
mueh smaller classes. one example
~ clearly Illustrate this point;
SUPPOSE mat there are In this city
Lorly pupils prepared for the eighth
braue' IN me public schools all these
Pupis ilay De taught by one teacher
suppose You had no public schools in
nus city You would have AT least
three private schools, Some Of these
elgnth grade pupils would go TO ench
OF these schools. So you see that II
these forty kupDs received the same
time as they would receive in the pub
nc schools II would require three teach
yrs ~ tne private school to do the work
done by one teacher in the public
schools.
g. The public schools are better than
the private schools. I do NOT mean
by this statement to reflect upon anv
OF the teachers of private schools I
VIII suppose. as before. that you have
three private schools and that Won
have now determind TO organize pub
lie schools for the whole city. In do
Ing this, let the school board select Tho
best of the teachers from the private
schools, or even an average of them
and organize public school system
under an able superintendent. DO Won
for moment doubt that the scbools
would be better? They could be better
classified and she teachers Womb ba
assigned to better advantage Resides
this, the public can furnish better Ia
cllities than can be furnished bv tha
teachers of the private schools.
J, All the children, rich and noor
may receive the benefits on tbasa
schools, whereas, II the schools arc nrI-
vate. many of the brightest chIldran
would be deprived OF the adyanto,,os
OF an education. And this Womb H.
in measure, like allowing chiidra,, ~
starve upon your streets. Tbey ",
least partially starve for mental food
They become dwarfed and can not ha |
the good citizens TINT tha.. ,,.,,,t = -.