Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-30
WOULD BE
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WISE orally endorsed the Pinnix bill which
CHANGE if it becomes a the office O
county school superintendent
makes that officer by the people It also provide
for rigid examination of candidates for the office an
nobody but person we'll qualified for the position VIII
permitted to The present system of county exam
liner is Arkansas longer adhere t
it. better system of schools is imperative, and bette
system had until there is legisa ton
the Pinnx bill provides the essential be taken
creating a system of public the that wi
afford the teachers educational methods possible
In editorial Graphic gave various reas
favoring the Pnnix bill. However, not all th
grounds of the hill covered, and some neV
advanced by State Superintendent
Hinemon in an interview IN me Little Rock Gazette, a
follows:
The Pinnx bill, before the senate is the
crystaZed result of the effort and experience of the
best teachers in Arkansas for the past twenty
To my mind it is Of, if the most, important
educational before the general
SemDy of this state The bill has not only been
pared with the advice and assistance of the best
techers, but it is we'll boiling down, concentra
ton of the most useful and effective methods in use
in other states AS matter of fact the higher vel
fare of the schools, depends the enactng of the
county superintendency law. This system has been
in in nearly other state in the Union
cept Arkansas. In every case i has worked happily
and harmoniously the higher and greater good OF
the Schools both or the OF the country AS the
arrangement of county examiners stands, the
examiner does not give his entire time to the promo
ton of the welfare of county schools The salary is
not large enough. Besides, they do little more than
examine teachers and thus the teachers nearly all
law unto themselves. Not that they misuse their
liberty, but because system without organization is
wrong 1t is sor- of attachment to the county
judge, and in the position is given
political services. We eliminate poll
tics from the schools, that which rightly be-
longs to the people. The law w' render many of the
present county examiners ineligible unwilling to
take the Office. yet they approve the almost
to unit. The provision for the examination of candi
dates for the office. their papers passing through the
hands of three commits soners and the state supern-
tendent, would thcm of all the credit due.
II is measure that Arkansas needs
Other states formerly had public school system sim
liar to the present existence in Arkansas, but
have abandoned it, and have made such rapid advance
along educational lines that they would not return
to the old way for any consideration.
ARKANSAS Commenting the bill pending il
AT Arkansas legislature appro
WORLDS FAIR pration of $500 state exhib
the worlds fair ST. Louis il
1904. the Globe Democrat following editorial the
wonderful of Arkansas
legislative committee il Arkansas mas reported
favorably bill appropcating 100000 additional
for the state exhibit at the worlds fair The original
appropriation 100000 is evidently less than the
state should devote great EXPOSITION OF which it
is close neighbor. Arkansas has much to show
Of which world knows little. Its mineral
wealth, instance, is d subject which the people
the United States but slightly informed. Al.
kansas is larger than New York Pennsylvania
Ohio 1t rich bottom lanns tine hily section and
mountains full of natural riches. It's navgable waters.
including the Mississippi Arkansas Red, White, Wash.
ita. and St. Francis, form splendid system. It's
adjoining neighbors Missouri Tennessee, Missis
sippi Louisiana Texas and lndien Territory. Prac-
tcally it is of tho southwest at the top in
proportionae growth of population and railroad de-
xelopment
Arkansas easily get back the proposed ap-
preparation of 100000 by display of its min
erals alone The fuel famine has made the citizens OF
st. Louis acquainted with the fact that Arkansas an
thracite has many excellent points An old idea that it
inferior coal has exploded. The state
abounds also in camel and btumnous coal. Iron
found in the Ozarks. Zinc and lead bearing silver
has been discovered in various counties. Manganese
abundant and the state leads all others in gypsum
The fruits agricultural products of Arkansas are
noted Properly drained, its bottom lands would be