The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-24
To The Light.

10 Inc LlSnt.
When in your issue Of the 10th
inst. the undersigned joint COM
mittee explained the views, objects
and purposes of the city authorities
in respect to the above question,
and invited proper discussion of
it, we did not expect In answer to
cur invitation lawyer-like special
pleading tending, If not intended, to
confuse and obscure the real issue
before the people, such as charac-
terizes the article by Mr.. Skinner
in your issue of the 2}rd inst.
This article is remark able in many
respects, but chiefly for its inaccu-
racies and misrepresentation un-
intentional we hope, of the real views
ard purposes of the CITY authori-
ties. 1t begins by complimenting
the city officers as broad minded
gentlemen and ends by charging
! them with rank favoritism, unjust
Determinations, bad judgment and
actua al misrepresentation OF the real
reasons prompting the line Of policy
which they advocate.
This article says "ths Joint com
mtttee frankly admit that they are
opposed to ward schools, Then
this is followed by an unfair state
ment Of what is assumed that the
committee did say, ending with
charging the committee with using
words to have no meaning at all, or
vocates of the ward system.
The committee undertook 10 make
II plain that the ward system Of itself
was not opposed and neither was 1t
advocated at this time, that pains
taking Investigation with the sole
purpose ~ accomplishing the most
/ for the public good with the means
expected To be at the command OF
( the authorities, bad convinced them
( tnat Tho ward system was imprac-
/ tleahle at this time. and that the
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+ economical use, at one place, OF all
/ the funds which the proposed bond
Issue would raise. The reasons
upon which this conclusion was
{ based were plainly stated and we
/ think u unnecessary to repeat them
here. one OF the principal reasons
given is that the ward system sue
/ eessfully carried out would mean
I in addition 10 taxation 10 support the
/ proposed bond issue, further taxation
of one-fourth OF one per cent for the
conduct Of the schools or a shortened
school term, IS not even referred TO
by Mr. skinner, His argument
seems almost entirely based on the
assertion that some children may
have to 20 two miles to the school
buildings, but we know that many
parents living in portions Of the
city most remote from the present
school building prefer good school
at the Park campus 10 any ware
school experiment at this time.
Ina short article Mr.. Skinner re-
fers FIVE times to the present schoo
property as the Park High school
Why was this? He was for long
time a trustee OF our public schools
and cannot be ignorant of the faci
that the property to which he refers il
known as the Park Public School. >
This name is ia Cast-iTou letters II
the arch over the gateway 70 tht
property We have a system %
public schools of which llgt
school is part, but There Is 40 sucl
thing, strictly speaking, as To,
Park High school Another oppO
uent Of the proposed bond issue as
sumes, erroneously as W. assert
that there is antagonism between
the high school and primary depart
meuts OF the public schools. Mr.