Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-05
complete from the district school to

OF the seven county High Schools
in the state, the majority of them
have been established by special act
as in this case. Several more were
provided for in the same manner by
the last legislature, and some proyid-
ed for the permanent location in their
laws. In this case Phillipsburg is not
designated as the place of location
and it is true the other towns of the
county earnestly desire the school,
and in some instances support to the
proposition is assured if PhiIlipSburg
will agree to certain things, assuming
that PhillipSburg has the school. We
in Phillipsburg are in favor of the
High School, whether it be at Phil
lipsburg, Kirwin, Logan, Long Island
or any other point, because it is a
great benefit to our county. A county
seat town ought to take hold of a
proposition that benefits the whole
county, and desiring to do our duty,
we have undertaken to bear the eX-
pense Of the preliminary steps neceS-
sary to procure county High School.
The school may be located elsewhere,
but we will support the proposition
just as Loyalty, let the school be locat-
ed where it may. 1t is said that the
town where the school may be located
will receive greater proportion of
the benefits, and that, in measure,
is true.
But have our friends at Logan, Kir-
win and Long Island considered the
large amounts expended upon bridges
in their various localities during the
past few years which Phillipsburg as
sisted in paying for and never did, nor
does now, object. Public improve
ments must be made where most
needed and doing most good, the cost
falling on the county equally.
Again, while there are twenty-five
townships in the county, Phillipsburg
pays one-ninth of the taxes of the
county. It is not true that Phillips
burg would save $1,000 per year by
this High School as our. anonymous
friend assumes, for granting that the
three grades would be abolished, they
are now maintained at cost of about
81, 600. If county High School cost
1 1000 per year Phillipsburg would
contribute $3.50 to its support and
would loose large amount now paid
as tuition by outsiders children now
attending our High School, such as
it is.
Counties having High Schools, such
as we desire, find the expense of the
same to be about 81, 900 per. year. a
two mill levy would raise $465O and
furnish a High School tuition free to
every child of school age in the county.
There are several towns that have
graded schools and some of them do
High School work, but none of them
can afford to furnish complete High
School course, and they could amply
afford to place their last two grades in
the High School and get the advantage
of a four years college course. So the
\ town in which the High School is
located would have no advantage in
this respect.
The matter of board would perhaps
be against sending to some other than
the home town, but the superiority of
the school would more than compen-
safe for the additional cost.
Seventy-five per. cent of our people
are farmers and have no chance of
furnishing an education to their chill
dren beyond the District School with
out paying specially therefore and
these people are patrons OF the various
towns.
Do the citizens of any town desire
to say to that portion of the farmers
who patronize them that they will
deny the farmers children of the
neighboorhood the advantages of the
county High School because their
particular town can't have the school:
1t is urged that children may be sent
. to college at the same expense. Elk.
perience teaches that but few pupils
leave our common school to attend
college; while if we have a High
School within half days drive many
would feel able to let their children
spend five days out of the week in
our county among our own people at
the High School. And a great many
: people hesitate to send children OF the
age that they would naturally be il
these grades, i. e. from IA to Is years
to distant college where they could
not-See them for whole school year
Such pupils would certainly be safe
y at place where their parents might
be able to see them at any time, ever
at the same cost, but as a matter o.
, fact the cost of attending a Higl
School would be considerably less.
About seventy-five per. cent of oul
: teachers have received more liberia
education than can be afforded by oul
: common schools, supplemented by /;
: few weeks in the normal institute
They are working Loyalty and faith
fully with the pupils under their car
take advantage of this school ant
: and withsurprising results. They coulC
prepare themselves for teaching ant
D in this way we would have a NOR,