The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-24
Waxahachie Needs
Ward Schools

funds to provide for ward schools,
and in effect all of us will be forced
to become ''per se" advocates of the
ward system.
(11 If the people want ward
schools in Waxahachie, now is the
time for them to say so. The only
way for them to say SO, as the mat
ter stands, is to vote against the
$24000.00 on Thursday. How will
this effect the purpose, do we ask9
The city council will then call an
ELECTION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
SCHOOL BONDS TO BE USED BOTH
FOR THE CENTRAL IMPROVEMENT
AND TO PROVIDE FOR wARD
SCHOOLS.
C12) 1t was understood when we
voted on this question short time
! ago, that we were to have ward
schools. Many Of US voted for the
bonds then, because Of such under
standing. Let us vote down the
bonds now called FOR, and the coun-
ell will give us what we want the
next time.
have no personal interest in the
matter tits true / live in West
| End-too far tor my child to walS
to the Park school-but can at
ford to send him either on the street
car, or by private conveyance.
/ Street car fare is matter Of say
81. 80 a month, and there are many
I citizens just as much entitled 10 the
/ benefits of the public schools, who
cannot afford to pay that amount
/ for transportation. Such citizens
would better vote Thursday for a
school policy which will make the
school accessible TO them. or
course, If the school remains con
solidated" and the children of
such parents do not-cannot, Il
they are small-attsnd, the "c9n-
solidated" school will be
more efficient for those
citizens whose lots front on the
Park school campus, but such a
policy affords little satisfaction to
the citizen whose child is thus
deprived of the school privilege
and furthermore lacks the principle
of substantial justice 10 support il.
/ regret exceedingly TO disagree
with the policy outlined by the coun-
ell and trustees, and nothing but a
deep conviction that they are In
error IN OPPOSING ward schools and
in outlining a policy which will
make il impossible for US TO have
ward schools for years to come,
thereby seriously Gripping our pub
lie schools, could induce me 10 take
any part in the controversy now on
1t certainly il not a personal matter
with me, for, in the first place
whether the election goes one way
or the other will not affect me per
soma ally, and in the second place the
officials of whose action | complain
in this instance are all my personal
friends. But, as l view 1t, no eiti-
zen has the night 10 remain silent,
when an attempt 10 being made to
foster public policy IN his town
which he believes will prove iniu-
rious 10 it's best interests
Finally, If the EFFICIENCY 81 the
school is the only thing to be looked
to, let US adopt some plan whereby
fifty or "a hundred 81 our children
may be selected for that purpose,
then appropTi ate 10 the purpose OF
educating them all the funds raised
by taxing all the people. Such an
arrangement could be made very adj.
vantageous 10 those who might be
so fortunate as 10 he included In the
select number, bur IL would b. pretty
hard on the rest Of our scholastic
population. II your consolidated
school policy partially produces
such a condition, II is every whit
as unjust-in its practical etiect-as
II you intended il.
Vote against the bonds, ask other
people 10 do the same, and thereby
correct the mistake our officials
are about to make on this impor-
tant issue. :. =. SKINNER.