The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-02-03

failure In connection with ;he va
ture OF the law thar PROVIDES that su
| the :chools shaIl b in session ~ crr
time, it prrTsI's teacher frCrn moro
| polIEinS two CT three schools the "a re
yrar, thus keeping IS WORTH. CT TER
| haps soTiht-r, teacher. ttau itesa-
.eiScs cat OF employ a anf. sut 81 rnr 90
/ he schools taught S. sr-sr4 Ut tlr
year ben TIL ctlltrvB could r.- A.
t~ud-Sll TO sccomnotA-- {. rae Hrar
relative or ufhrr special tavufl...
Grading the s-houl,~ also prevents
dishonest and uugrin~fylri crrl-lIr-
ieeulen from receiving brItes ,-sr.r.
OF The teachers sAi.ry. - b. t-.u
sometimes done IN the pat under tl-
old district system ~ beth rzc-.
'GrAdGug the schools" - greats
vantage 10 TIE competent ard true
teacher. The two great r~ru.ltf,. u
profession r teaching ere l. .rr mr-
nation ia hlrirE AID l.rrE-Hf ..
appointment. Il 9Th 81 d. --- t-s-
motsi By the grAtirs system Ir-
/ stead Of multitude Ul lE.u-ar. r.t
| Indifferent cOumsftvra.-r.l Accountant
ed with other schools than fl,.rrg.r-
/ aud hiring = teacher n riry vn.ra
| stick an old bat iuta broker s. r.u--
pace, merely TO stop chiyt. cia4- .f..
him instead Of come u'htr trrAL.- DE-.
happens 10 chime ia ls-t WITH Their
wh!ms-UUr schools zr- ia .lar.t a.
| i've Efficient men. each school .r.Grl
| y hich likes Dee salary oil I,zrs..-.
| here - npw 10 cUt'.'. ,t prices. -.
/ under the CID system. Lac cur. u..ftt..
VIII The Suptry:- ?, C.u S.U.Ar. Toe.
work Of the teachers and dr-..I-. ,r.
mr. .
done. The o. hsuls, instead # being.
rore ot sand, viii haze orsar.r con.
| nection and form pSrr of system ia
which rrcL viii 81 hip ir ~ all tie
rest. Tn wsGr, - efficient Tea lr-.
Will rise, while The inefficient Nil t.
gradually dropped from The ranks. Ia
s1nEt, The iei q ucy under the -.r.G-
ing system l. toward the DEVELOPMENT
~ profession az t-sChiug where ln-
| prepared nUylces viii have no fu.--
hold, and experts VIII .ommarc III.
respect and the salary their ABILITY de-
serves. Ii is The fundamental ,rlu.I.
| pie on which economy OF expenditure
depend, That yuu must get what N,g
pay for. One OF the chief uh>taIl,-
heretofore under the old distric- LIS,
been lack OF systematic and bu-.u.s,-
| Ike manag- mf ut. La one calor,d dis
trlct In mj county in which th- az r
age attendance was less than q, zen.
The teacher received SALARY 81 So
per month. That school now, under
grading system" Is being taught 81
salary OF SIS PER month, a saving - $l7
| per month In 'ne school. EI, IA an
| ICON mic point of view, the waste al
he ate school money under The. OH
district system Is both startling and
|
| attention few years ago, where =
young lady WAS teaching publ:
school with only two pupils, al sal
airy of $50 per month. She carri "a her
crOcbetlng, and one OF the pupils her
knitting, To the schOol-huu-r, aud the
State paid Tor their hou -ehuld work
could oite other cases equally "a ridi-
culOuS, but the cases given show how
the little public money W. get from
the State has been wasted hy ignorant
and prejudced committeeman. ain
sorry to learn that in some counties
no attention has been given 10 the
I'grading of he schools" All fric-
zion ard disadvantages OF tits new
-ysfem, with none of its haueii, "a, wiz
be the result in these counties Vhprr
ne schools are not graded, because I III
| grading Is the one feature of the new
| law, arodHd winch It's success or fu ure
'epehos. In those counties where
MY nave not graded their schools T. @
ne" law Will not be a success, and |
AN AFRAID There will be a public senti-
ment for change hack To The old s,s-
'tm. The reason of changing from
| 'hirty or more commIttetm in a
township, to only five, wa, to obtain
wiser, better, more economic and iu-
dlclous management, tat all mi,
change is a nudity il the schools are
not graded. Again, how will the COM
mlttee app0rtiun the school money H.
January, If the sChnol- are rot grad.Gy
! The new law says that II is not TO b..
appnrt oned per capita, bur acc rdir 2
TO the grade of the school. In conciG-
sion, allow NE TO say, fel!Ow-Su perry s.
Ors, that the success or failure Of the
new school law depends to gre a. ex-
cent, upon the County Supervisor OF
North Carolina. They car, by enlist
ing public sympathy, and trying To
mould public opinion in favor 81 th-
new system, accomplish much good
lie 6fhooves Us, therefore, to try, hy al
legitimate means to cregte such favor
able sentiment. 1t Us remember har
that towering over Presidents and
State Governors, over Congress and
state Legislatures, over Conventions
ana the vast machinery of party, pub
; lie opinion sta Is out, in the United
States, as the great source OF power,
ire master Of servants, who tTemb' =
before It," There have been autocrafs
whose will was law. There hay. been
ollgarcbles whose DEGREES were unal-
terable. There have been assemblies
whose edicts were undisputt d. But no
: roman Emperor, no Venetian CoUn-
Gil, no French Convention, YVES ever
i. SD complete and 80 undispnted a sOyer-
J eIgn as the power that rules the Am
erlcan people today. In form times
} he English people were accustomed
to say, lex is rex" ard the same boast
IS sometimes made on this side of the
Atlantic. But with us, a. least, the
assumption Is unfuunded. L. j. we'll
: known fact that law unsmpport. d
Oy pubic opinion is, in our Republic.
dead letter. Congress may enact il.
the President may approve u, and the
courts may affirm it; bur unless public
opinion sustain 1t no power known TO
Tree people can enforce il. Let US
Try TO get public 0pinIon b-hind US.
and you may be- sure the average leg
lslatOr is the last man TO throw HIM
self In the way of it. He would O. soun
, place himself in front of an eXpr. :,
train. We must, therefore. make pub
lie opinion, which will snppor5 and
endorse what we want. Let us learn
lessen from the past. What We have
gained has been achieved, because Ia
the course OF thee we have enlisted
public opinion in our favor. And this
will ever be the case. The success OF
lAlI fufuPp effort will