The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-04-02

The friends 0f Hon. Arthur Lefavre
have published In tne Fort Worth
Record and In ! circular which has
been widely distributed some rea-
sons why they believe he should be
reelected. They claim 10 be the
friends Of "hiehsr standards Of edu-
cation and among other reasons
state that be has raised ths stand
ard Of teachers through the charac-
ter Of his examination questions.
Now In order that we might be able
to investigate what merit there
might be In this claim we requested
friend to furnish as samples of
questions used In preceding admin
istrations and also samples of those
used by Superintendent Lefevre, es-
pecial attention TO be paid to those
that differed from the questions of
bis predecessors.
We submit five questions which
are fair samples of those submitted
to teachers prior to Lefevre's adj
ministration, and then five touching
different and higher ~ phases of
arithmetical calculation.
PRIOR TO LEFEvRE's ADMINIsfRA-
TIoN.
l. What will be the cost OF paint
ing 10 circular pillars, each 40inches
in circumference and Is feet high, at
l21a cents per square yard?
2. How many bushels will a box
4 feet wide, 6 feet deep and feet
long holdf
3. A., b. and Z. pasture an equal
number of cattle upon q field of
which A. and Il. are owners. A.
owns acres, b. owns ID acres. II
G. pays S24 for his pastuTage how
should this money be divided be-
tween A. and B7
4. A minor Mt the age of l6 years,
q months aud % days has left him a.
g per CENT uiuipiv interest sjvB %;
what amount will be due him when
be becomes OF age?
s. How many square yards of
plastering In the ceiling and walls of
room 81 feet long, "a feet wide, and
Is feet high; deducting fifty square
yards for fireplace, windows, etc?
Compare these practical questions
with the following sent out during
the present administration
LhgEvRE's ADMINISTRATION.
/, Find the lowest common multi
pie aud the highest common suhmul-
tiple OF 20, As, sis.
2, Calculate and write in English
4 a. "a ks
ton 1858 in q system similar to cur
common decimal system, but whose
base 10 six instead of ten
3. Prove that the product Of any
three consecutive integers, IL the
twenty-fonr.
1. Express the fractions ~, =, X
respectively as decimal and as uuo-
decimal fractions.
5. Express the circulating deci-
NAL 2 ,67JO7j0. ,.. as common frac-
ton.
Would you not prefer the teacher
Of your child TO be tested upon prae-
teal questions such as cost of paint
ing, measurement of boxes. caleu-
lating interest, cost of plastering.
ETC., rather than highest common
submaltiplss of fractions, duodeci-
NAL systems, circulating dscimals,
etc. These are some OF the qaes-
tons to which teachers object and
justly so. But because they have
dared to criticise the administration
for these they have been denomi-
mated az ignorant and not worthy of
certificates of any kind.
We have no use for these ques-
lions and we deny that they have
been Oh Improvement over those Of
the preceding administrations. II
10 high time q ehangs 10 made anu
Supt. Lsfevrs, the theoretical, Wis
ionary, enthusiast, should be retired
The opponents OF Supt. Lefsvrs
are the men who have borne the
burden and heat of the day. They
are not concerned about the 'loaves
aud fishes" As q close analysis of
the circular referred to might dis
close his followers to be; they stand
for q strong, practical, conservative
administration of school affairs Ia
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