The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-04
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hcers TO visit oil parts Of the s.ste and
t .,iis an active part In farmers Institutes
bred snmas q the beef breeds should be
p19ltry and sheep. These conditions are
h.osoiutelg necessary to enable the sexns
e a; ana ~; college 70 AFFORD instruction
squNl 10 that now being presented IN the
more progressive institutions Of this class
In our country.
The short course In stock husbandry and
horticulture that have already been inaug-
urated should bc nurturcd and strength.
ened by the Institution and literally pat.
.1nlked by the people Of the State, since
| prosperity among those who attend the
ten 10 twelve weeks courses OF practical
instruction that are now being offered az
| the college.
THE GIRLS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The opening OF the industrial school for
girls 1t Denton will mark an important for
ward step In the education OF our girls.
Your committee hopes and expects that thu
Instruction given in the institution may he
| pracilca. end at the came time liberal that
Its courses may carry our young women to
| the higher planes Of educat, thought and
| Mt the same tlme nlac, the requlrcme',ta
| for entrance into this school within the
| reach ot al studlous and industrious young
| women. The arrangement necessary to Sc
| cure both OF these objects may require
| I'VE or even a Fix Ycar course for gradnA-
| ton, but this plan Is preferable TO either
| an insufficient amount If education for the
gradual, or the failure of this important
school TO properly aruculate with our pres
| cnt school system
AGRICULTURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1t is conceded by all vino have given the
matter any attention that tho highest sue
| cess In agricultural instruction can not be
| attained by our Agricultural aud Mechanl-
| cal college unless the public schools prepare
their pupils in measure for the scientific
ana practical features that are undertaken
in TIE agricultural md Mechanical coll So.
| We al fully realize the force of the OLD
proverbs "As twig u bent, the tree VIII
he inclined" and II IS evident that, unless
cur primary schools undertake the instruc'
tion q. their pupils In subjects relating to
agI uture, the force Of our Agricultural
aud Mechanical college mnst be sp ut
largely in vain. So also Of the Girls In.
dnstral school. Because oI the system OF
tracnlue that has long been the custom
In the country, the brighter pupils have
been led ia leave the farm. Instead OF re-
naming there to improve farm conditions.
The teachers Of our pubic schools have not
been prepared to impart Information upna
agricultural subjects to their own satisfa1
tion or to the satisfaction OF their pupils,
hut the time has now arrived when DC
cIded ant determined effort must be made
to improve the schools of our rural com.
mnnities. since II is In such schools that
the mess of the children of our State is to
be found.
Numerous books are now published that
are available for pupils In the lower
.chools. and one or more Of our State nor
| nal schools should be required TO Introduce
a course of instruction to prepare teachers
mon agricultural subjects for the common
schools The teachers must nrst be duly
| and truly prepared before We can hope for
success in our efforts to instruct the rlsihg
| generation.
In Texas. as in California, the city and
country school districts should not be dis
tinct, since II is a recognized fact that the
strength of our cities rests on the country
and upon the prosperity Of the rural dis
trcts the welfare of our cities and towns
always depends. So all state money should
be appoltoncd by the state superintendent
of public schools by counties. Inc cluzens
Of California have most wisely retralned
from separating the county school districts
from the incorporated towns In california
SUPERINTENDENT Of public instruction to the
several counties in proportion to the number
Of school census children, as shown ny the
returns Of the school census marshals or
the preceding school year. and the moneys
so nppcrtloned are distributed 20 the sew
, eral county treasurers by the state treas
urer on the order OF the state s9pGrinue1nu.
c,nters contribute to the poor ard sparseiy
settled districts. This system is evidently
based on the truth expressed by S1 aet OF 4 tS
! s " the philanthropst and the pub
Tic generally should promote the physical
mental and moral welfare OF our rural
homes, because they are the conserVators
Of our strongest blood our best life.
In the proper solution Of this subject We
find nm opportunity to heneht the moral con
dition of every community by creating IN
telIlrcnt and skilled labor and drawing
/ labor into the most useful lines OF employ
| meut This decreases the percentage Vl
| criminals and reduces the cost OF our charl
| table institutions The saving of costs ol
| conrts will fully repay the state for th'
| rev style Of schools. II rightly dcvelopel
| we win cause the youth of the state ant
] the country 10 employ their energies whole
son,el,, and prolt0hly and place industrial
f, education particularly the agricultural pr"
fessIon uuon tho high plane or recognlt OF
that II deserves 10 occupy,
I Ninety.one per cent OF the people or IeHa'
l. live IN villages and In the country nn'
there is marked tendency on tne "a,
J. towns and cities for socia pleasures an
II intellectual opportunities; An lnvsstlgatioi
OF similar conditions existing 10 % New io or
state develops the fact that 40 per cen
II of the children living In the country de
sire to move. into cities, This er arouse =
J., the inquiry: What Is 10 be the tuture o
: onr rural population, the future OF r1fa
IS shoots md churches II this tendency city
ward IL not checkedf' So important wa
r this question in the State OF New. 1o or
That Tho legislature has provided So0,oo
annually 10 be expended in providing mean
!. FOR The Improvement OF the farm home an
II tho rural school.
&c NEW YoRK's EFFORTS
:, As result Of consecutive efforts In tn
II stote Of New York this movement has re
suited in reaching the masses, as Is show
a by the following statement OF DR.. Robert
Z Of the New York experiment station
e "There ore now about 25,ooo school cal
Il dren taught in the Junior Nationalist club
IL bv means Of Leaflets. etc. The farmers
If reading course includes 10000 members. Tn
y farmers wives reading course numbers ~
IF 600 members The teachers course J
Or nature study related to agriculture nun
re hers 1000 teachers. The winter short cours
Of eleven weeks study In agriculture II
ciu6pd 6fty.hye students during the pre-
~ season We have conducted severn
r hundred farm experiments with olcnara