People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
County High School to b. Voted UuOu.

Al the coming election the question of
continuing the County High School will
Je submitted to the voters of Sumner
county. In view of this fact, we. the
board OF trustees of the school. submit
the following facts to your consideration.
believing that the rights of the voters
and the interests of the school demand
such action.
The County High School was estab-
llshed by special act of the legislature at
/ the session Of 1897. This act empow-
cred the board Of education Of the CITY
OF Wellington to lease, free Of rent, for
period Of twenty-five wears, to the
board of County commissioners of Sum-
ner county, building to be used as a
county high school building. In ac-
cordance with this act a lease was exc
cutsd by The terms Of which Sumner
county came into possession of the Fourth
ward school building i'll the city Of Vel
lington, Kansas, together with the ap-
purtenanceS thereunto belonging, and
the block of ground upon which said
building IS located. Also the use of the
auditorium III the Third ward building
TOR commencement and other public
exercises, for the term of TWENTY-FIVE
years to commence on the frs, dav of
August, 1897.
This building is sufficient to meet the
present, and we believe, the future, de-
mands of the school and we pledge our
selves to ask the county for no money
for building purposes.
The school is now equipped with a
library, physical and chemical apparatus
and furniture which will require no addi-
tlonal expense for years to come.
The only cost of this school in the
future will be the amount necessary to |
pay running expenses
I The levy necessary to defray tn. run
ming expenses of the school has not
exceeded and will not exceed one and
one fourth mills.
The cost of the high school to the
average quarter section of land in the
county is eighty-three cents per annum.
Wellington pays one sixth of the run
ming expenses of the school, and, as be-
fore stated, is under contract to provide
the building free of rent for twenty-five
years.
The total enrolment of the school last
year reached 377. OF this number 244
came from the country and I33 from the
city OF Wellington. The enrolment at
this time is the same as that of last
year.
Tuition is free to all resident, of the
county. Students from outside of the
county pay two dollars per month.
Boarding clubs, maintained by the STU
dents OF the school, have reduced the
price of board to one dollar and fifty
cents per week. II
Students who brought most of their
food from home have attended this
school one year for a cash expenditure !
OF less than twenty dollars. y
The County High School creates edu-
catlonal sentiment. Contrary to popular
belief, the number of students paving
tuition in other graded schools of the [
county has increased since this school +
was established.
Every student that enters the high
school must have passed the eighth grade
in an accredited city school, hold a teach !
er's certificate, common school diploma, :
or take written examination.
Every township was represented in the
high school last year. The Sumner /
County High School enrolls one hundred I
more students than any other county !
high school in the state.
The county high school gives the
Young men and women of the country
The same educational advantages that are
offered the young men and women of the
city.
The county high school has benefited I
he district schools in other counties by
removing from them the pupils who are I
ready to do high school work, thereby
giving the teachers more time to devote H
20 the younger pupils. 1t cannot fail TO :
have the same effect in this county. X
The district school draws state funds :
.or every high school student whose =
home is within its borders.
Chancellor Snow tersely states the OBJ Y
ect OF the school when he says: "The !
county high school furnishes the missing e
educational link and will prove a perpet- Z
lal boon to thousands of young men and II
women who otherwise would never as r
'ire to higher intellectual training than :
afforded in the district schools. The 5
ounty high school will not only benefit Il
hose who avail themselves of its oppor- y
unities for higher education, but will c
avorably react upon the district schools s
y elevating the standard of qualifca- r
ions required of teachers" S
W. NJ. MASSEY, Wellington, Kan. p
X. H. BEHIMER, Portland, Kan. =
]. A. RYI,AND, Caldwell, Kan. ?
H. L. GAMES, Conway Springs, Kan. If
MARcELLUs PIATT, Peck, Kan. =
CHAs. J. HUMPHREY, Wellington, Kan. e
Fred RrnDphar a prop,;nor, ...- -