Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
Superintendent White Presents
an lrrefutable Array Of
Facts and Figures, to
show a Separate
Public School is Practicable
CREDIT GIVEN DEMOCRAT.
L. D. WHITE.

note with great pleasure the inn
provement which you have made in
the Democrat and most cordially en-
dorse its liberal policy toward the
educational interests of the County,
which has been one of its distinctive
features. In my opinion there is no
business enterprise that is of greater
importance to the development of a
community, and that should have
greater influence upon the life Of its
people than the country newspaper
In order to exercise the Influence sue
cessfully OF course, 1t is necessary for
the public to ratronize the paper and
this ! am gratiiicd to see il being
done In case of the Democrat II is an
encouraging sign that your efforts to
give first class paper are being ap-
preciated.
Every Citizen ought to be patriotic
enough to subscribe for his county
paper, aside from tho fact that it is
( worth mhcl, more than it costs HIM.
But my obj,ct in writing this was not
to say what have said, hut to add my
endorsement to suggestion you have
made at different times for the past few
nnhths in in,,r otA separate lnblic
Sc ool m lawrcccbnrg.
TIL" public school fund cxperded for
teachers alone for white schools in the
9th district, each year amounts to
something near $i,4C0, probably a
little above that sum. We, il we had a
public school centrally located with
adequate buildings for its accommodation
could run u public school 6 months in
the year with this money. 5000 per
month would pay, principal S75
per month, first assistant $50, q
cond assistant $40, and n third
assistant SS5, and we could, at these
figures, emp oy first class talent, or w
might even employ teachers(fo this
sum. 1t ought to be easy then to
raise by subscription or otherwise the
sum of $400 to operate the school FOL
2 months longer and an s month.
pubic school for Lawrenceburg would b,
quite enough.
AT the present time we are running
two small public schools, in addition tt
the consolidated school at the Cof1eg,
and our terms are about meaths
There is, perhaps, some reason an'
Justification for these smaller schools
SO long as the town school is run as
consolidated school but If we only hs
our own building, and public schoo
district in itself, the necessity of hav
ing small schools (even il it no,
exisis) would be banished and the d.
mand for it would cease. Mt only i
it detrimental to the best interests q
the public school to be consolidate
with the College, but it is even NOR
detrimental to the real substanti,
establishment and growth of tue Colleg
to have such a Union. The best an
most practical men we have had j
charge of the College have re
cognized this in the past and we fet
confident that the present able manag,
ment hc.d this view and would welcon
the separation.
That the directors of the publ
school would gladly make the chang
there eau be little doubt. Then VIII
should be done? How can this chang
be wroughls There is only one THU
in the way, and poorer cemmumti
than Iawrencehurg have overcom
greater difficulties than that. II
difficulty To be overcome is the lack
school building With organiz'
effort l.awrenacburg ought to Al
would easily be able to erect a Fl.
class pu' lie school buiIding
Having this done, we certainly won
beabl, to support pahlic school for