Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-03-25
ABOUT The PUBLIC SCHOOLS
rArFR ny MIR. ;. v. G. KARNEs Re
FORE TRE COMMERCIAL CLtH
His Statement as to the Condition and
OPERATION of the schools should fiH
livery Citizen With Pride Arrange
meni. to Receive Mr. Ripley.

President Ripley OF the Santa Fe rail-
road system will arrive in Kansas cry
this afternoon at 8 o'clock and Will Pre-
ceed Immediately TO the rooms Of the
Commercial club. whore he Will be the
guest Of the business men OF Kansas CITY.
At the meeting OF the Commercial ttuo
last night President Meyer appointed
Mcssrs Howard NJ. Holden, J. c. James
q. w Fuller. 4. Naniandngham. =. NJ
Clendening and Colonel e. J. Morse q
committee 10 meet Mr.. Ripley at the depot
ana escort him 20 the Commercial tluh
rooms An Invitation was extended to the
hoard Of trade and the Live stock ex-
change 10 meet Mr. Ripley this afternoon
Tie greater portion Of last nights meet
public schools the feature Of the meeting
being an interesting address by Hon. }
~ e. Karues ON the subject. "rhs Bust
nature ot n Ngi,t report Sy BY The he dirStors oi
great business enterprise to the stock
Ming to the importance Of anueNinE Vest
rort which would include the h99IS el
trtst Mr Karnes, address was repiete
with interesting information.
The taxable wealth Of Jackson county'
said he. us S51,.sNvN ana OF this amount
S5doo,rn is included in the kansas City
school district. Under the constitution We
bat our bonded debt now is only SaSseo
auE we are asking SEo.po more at the
coming election f9r new buildings, THIS rms
than half of our constitutional power OF
issue In iS9 there were only 3SSo school
children between and ~ wears In the
district: now there are A. so between 8
and - and a, least pWo more between :
s. S''i Years. at Or TIC thc ssssc bonded debt. So.
=" draws only per cent interest bon4s
iWe. ana sou January /, 1877; no more
ma tufe until l&A
The rapii Erowih q the city IS best
rooms The enrolment in the high school
is lNn. more. than in the high school of
st Louis. tApplauseD OF the Sg5pupo TO
hs voted this spring VIC intend to cNpend
Sl-NNH IN ward schools and Slupoo0 for TIE
establishment Of a great manual training
I've have thirty-six independent school
buildings and our library building. outside
school property is si.s660oo. We have Gs.oo
books IN the library. which Is the most
cannot be duplicated for less than 5000
m,Ning the total value S20S,o~. The
work on the new, library is progressing
received as per. cent interest on the S2p-
90. and during last year i.33 per cent. rs
bonds We have been making money by
keeping the funds on deposit. but we cN-
peot To- turn the building over to the pco-
pie by the close OF the year.
I'VE are going 20 ask for an extra four
htths OF a min TAXATION this year bnt the
than last year. There are i3l empoyes OF
the board ot education, OF whom 395 are
Superintendent Greenwood. who receives
Snp; the secretary receives 81 700, and he
tho best conducted oflice in Jackson county.
The average salary Of tho principals rs
Sii2 per month; Of teachers in the grades,
per year and repairs $500 We set $3UD
each year from the state and receive from
1T mas been stated in some quarters
that there has never been any settlement
of the affairs OF the board. This IS unfair
iuatiou g. made every year and IL would
require the concurrent fraud of live or six
I'm twcnty-nlnc years the hoard has had
a time. Ne have lad but four presidents
and during the twenty years Of T.. l.. Mar
he tisbursod Si5r'wo ana his books hal-
auccd 10 q penny. tApplauseD No member
lees, During all The time OF my own ssrv-
ic. ] have never heard single question
asked re-ar1iug The politics or the religion
sition The only question ever asked was
as 10 tho fitness uf the applicant zap
Llausel ~ We are to keep our schools on
keen efficient employees In their positions
ana nay g. a'tSn'9n H., y, H. 39e RSIrtisyops
\ short paper TIrptrei hy Alr, T.. T.
Martin va. rs9s. ~ NJ secrciary All
Il
of tho board ard the ahie Bnf pttrio,ic
manner in which they had performed their
duties Iic urged tile elimination of an
questions Of religion or politics from the
riuhIie schools Letters or the same tenor
were rraI from charles Campbell uut
Judge james Gibson short addresses
were made rs q. ". Fuller. J. g, James,
H. NJ Holden ARA Frank \. FaNou. Air.
FaNou declared that The people should sDn
~ 10 thaf no protanr hands were i1id upon
Ila public school system ana that 10 should
br Kept free from scotariaAism or politics.
Previous 40 tHr discussion the CLUB adopt
"a the report uf the special committee on
penny postage recommending J cent pest
age On first class matter the restriction Ct
SECOND class matter 40 cent per gD4uI, 90
bona nse ErwsuaU"Is! placing "a rate "l "
cents Ter pound on an other publications
charging hr cost 0f service 20 matter now
sent under tie frank. and the placing Df
"a rate 81 10 or = cents Ifr pound ou All
other matter not mentioned, exclusive ,t
ne club adopted tho report of the COM
mIftee on the T0rrcH- land title -aslstIa-
lion system. inviting President II. g.. Nn-
Cuua Of the bar Association, 20 prepare
"a fili similar 10 Tho Illinois hill for utTu-
auctou iu the Missouri legislature a
committee from The s. Louis real estate
and stock exchange viii meet with the
local exchange al the monthly dinner fuUl
and discuss this matter, Ar. ti'Orgc
r. Putnam objected 10 part of tho rcIn-
mittee'- report which stated that the move
ueut a year ago was made 10y a Joint
stock company 10 make money,