The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-04-18

IN addition I" the State appropriation 70
the maintenance Of their respective schools
FIR longer perioi than four MONTHS
Governor Frazier, of Tennessee:
| IL further recommend that the counte.
! Z empowered to raise their rate of taxation
for school purposes to rcasona ble
figure above that levied by the State, and
that they he directed TO raise by taxation 4
sum which, added to that raised by the
! State, shall he sufficient to mairtain the
public schools for not less than six mont hs
| il the year.
..Many of the larger and Weather coan-
ties of the State receive nearly, quite,
enough MOI eys under the present rate of
| taxation to run the'r schools full terms. If
| the State should raise the rate for school
purposes, it woulI. of course, have to be
! uniform and apply alike to all the counties
of the State; and it would he directly dis
tributed in the counties where collected
those counties which now have Il sufficiencv
of school revenues would have Il surplus.
Hence l deem it wiser, after the State has
contributed its surplus, above suggested,
to be distributed according to scholastic
population over the entire State, for the
counties to be empowered and directed to
raise their rate where needed, AMI thus sup
pIement The States aid by helping them
selvcs.'
Governor Insolvency., of South Carolina:
Il desire to reTeat here what l said last
year: The importance of levying addi
tional tax for the support of the country
schools cannot he too strongly urged upon
our people: This will enable them to en-,
poy competent teachers for longer TERMS
it will enable them t" give their children
elementary and preparatory training at
h lone; AMI it will tend to check the abnor-
NAL flow of population from the country to |
the town; it wall be beneficial from every
point of view. While it is possible for the
graded schools to become too mechanical
and inelas,ic, the irregulari'y in attendance
at the country schools renders it impossible
xI,xl
work. The character of the supervision of
the schools in the country is very poor in
of the inadequate salaries paid
the County Superintendent. who must give !
a large portion of their time to other work |
than that of supervising Schools
Governor Aycock, of North Carolina:
''Local taxation should be encouraged. |
Public opinion should be made strong |
enough to compel the attendance of the |
children upon the schnols.''
Although the State of Texas derives |
vast revenue from its public lands for the |
of its schools, Governor Sayers
found i, necessary to say:
elm the interesting and able report of the
of public instruction it is
st ated that '.the method of local support is
the practical method throughout the coun-
try; and in the United States at large, oaly
four per cent of money expended the
public common schools is derived from per
|
from State taxation, leaving eighty per cent
supplied Iocally.'
I might go at greater length to cite ex-
:ellent authorities supporting the plan of
ocal taxation, and might also point out
ninuteiy the needs of the public schools,
'ut this would be SUPERB rogatory since these
leeds have been we'll set forth in the ex-
erpts TO which have just called your at
ention.
Your parish school board is com ,osed of 4
bic, public spirited AMI Jealous men, and
I Mr.. Alleman, the parish superintendent
f the sch nols, they have found an invalua-
Is coadjutor. All of these gentlemen re- J
lie the vast Importance of education and +
S potent influence in the progress and gen
raj welfare of the parish. I feel, therefore,
lat l can most earnestly and sincerely COM
,end them for the good work that they l
ave done and recommend that you grant I
them all the aid that they may ask for the &
Improvement of the educational system of
our splendid parish.
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