The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-06-28

''N. 1T. M'ilN aiue. chairman Of MI
Committee on Education, has prepare
le Tor the cogltation Of each member &
u his committee the following series d
" interrogatories and suggestions:
J.. Ought the State Superintendent
]. Of Public instruction be an expert publ
e school man and thoroughly posted in
a regard to the work?
J.. .. How should he be elected? b,
the General Assembly or by the people
3. Shall his duties be general,
stated i'm the Constitution or shall the,
be left to be specifically defined by the
General Assembly?
1. Shall the Board Of Education be
left as now to consist of the Governor
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton and the Acknowledgement? II
not, what?
D. Shall the Board of Education con-
tinue to appoint county and city super
intendents Of public schools. or shall
they be elected by the school trustees or
by the people?
g. Shall city and county superintend.
ents he experts, educated men. who
have had experience in teaching and
who can show their qualification by
examination?
:. Ought there to be superntendents
for counties or for districts, the latter
mode giving them full work with ade-
qua;e compensation and employing
their whole time?
5. Ought the school superintendent
to be expected and required to visit the
schools under his care? If 50, how Of
ten and for what purpose?
9. Shall the public free-school educa.
ton be made compulsory? If so, be-
tween what ages?
10 Shall industrial education be an
added feature to the public schools?
II. How far shall State aid to public |
schools extend? Only to primary and
grammar grades or To high schools also?
-. Shall the General Assembly have
power 10 add 10 the number of its nor
NAL and agricultural schools.
H. Shall State appropriations to the
University Of Virginia, The Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, the Virginia
Military Institute and the Medical
College of Virginia be continued? If
so, to what amount? Limited or I'M
limited.
II. Shall the Board Of Education pro-
vide for uniformity Of textbooks for
city and county schools alike? Or
shall the trustees of city schools be
empowered TO select textbooks for
their schools?
Is. If industrial education in public
schools is approved, how shall the
needed implements and apparatus be G.
provided?
rs. Ought poll-taX for public school q
purposes be levied? If 50, to what "A
mount? If required, ought children il
# those who do not pay to be debarred $
rom the public schools? %
Il. What is the proper school age? k
live TO twenty-one as now, or within "A
narrower bounds? a
IS. Shall the school tax be divided be- a
ween the races? ii
10. Has anything Of value been ac- v
omplished by the education Of the a
egro race? Il
20. Shall the number Of technical "
,hools be increased by the State? Il
p. How shall the school fund be ap. II
BY school population or pI
tendance? IT
% Shall there be State Board Of NJ
to examine and license all of
achers Of the public schools? kl
% Shall school districts conform to I'll
agisterial districts? If not, what? la
q. Shall there be a bureau to con- ~
act teachers institutes or summer V
hools? re
p. Shall the government Of State in vi
itutions for higher and special educa- an
On be continued as present, or shall
ere be one governing board for all ?
-. Should provision be made for ex-
ut assistants in locating, designing
ID constructing school houses, etc? k.
y. Shall school funds be collected
III disbursed by treasurers as now, if
It, how?
IS Shall school trustees for counties
elected 10y the people or appointed
at present? AZ
%. Shall school trustees in cities be A.
.cted by City Council As now, or ga
'cted by the people? m'
3d. Shall the State appropriations TO no
gher and special institutions be
lde by the Legislature as now, or
all certain per cent of the State
'enue be applied to their support,
T.? .
81. Shall there be an inspector or eX- n
inner of accounts of school officers IA
not, upon what officers shall this -
ty devOlve?
b. Shall manual training be moor q
rated in the school curriculum , ~
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