The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-23

advantages of education from the lowest
to the highest grade which could be con-
ferred upon them only in an institute Pc
culiarly adapted for that purpose, and
which they could not obtain in the pub
lie schools Considering it purely as an
educational institution, it was grouped
with the three institutes under the sys-
TEN, and all placed under one manage
ment, to-wit, under the management re-
quired by the COnstitution-the State
Board of Education-but as this board
consists of the executive officers of the
Government, which have other public
duties to perform, and by reason of
which they could not look after the de-
tails of the management of these in
stltutes, the State Board is vested with
the property and assets, and the Board
of COnrOl was created TO manage, super
wise and control the same, who should be
subject at all times to the State Board
of Education in whatever they might do,
Having created this new system, the act
abolished and vacated all the other in
stitutions and applied their personal and
real property wherever located to the
maintenance and support of these insti-
buttons, and this, with the funds coming
from the seminary lands and the funds
from the United States, contributed for
the purpose of keeping up an experiment
tai station and an agricultural college
(which is made part of the university
gave permanent fund as the basis of
an endowment on which these institu-
tons could be supported and maintained
with comparative little aid from the
State once they were in successful oper-
alton Under the present act it will be
seen that instead of nine institutions
the State will support four. 1t could
not support less except by change of the
Constitution and of the act of Congress
admitting the State into the Union. OF
these four one is the COlored Normal
School, which must be maintained under
our system of government; one is the
Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution,
which is an educational institution, and
must as matter of necessity, be main.
tanned for the care and education of
those who are unfortunate enough to
have been deprived of the blessings of
sight, hearing and speech. Of the other
two, one is intended to be university
for the education of the young men of
the State and the other girls college
for the education of our young women.
No change was made in the Colored
Normal School and the Blind, Deaf and
Dumb Institution except to place them
under the management and control of
the Board of Control to make them more
efficient. But under the general scope
of the bill, as enlarged power is given
the board, improvements and changes
can be made which will be materially to
their benefit. There are no primary de.
partments in the university or girls
college except in the agricultural de.
partment attached to the university, and
in the normal departments for the in
struction of teachers attached to the
university and the girls college. In
these particular branches lower depart.
ments are necessary, as the whole train
ing must take place there, but otherwise
it was intended to make these two insti.
buttons entirely collegiate in their char.
acter, leaving the education of the bows
and girls in our State below the HIGH
school grade to the primary departments
and high schools in the respective coun-
ties Of the State where they belong. The
result of this is twofold. First it slim.
ulates the respective counties to pro.
vide efficient grammar and high schools,
bringing an efficient public free school
system as near to the people as possible.
and requires for the future higher
standard in their operations in order
that it may be used as stepping stone
by those who may wish to enter the uni
versity or college.
It distributes the burden of taxation
more equally among all the counties, as
each county will now levy its own pro-
portion of taxes in addition to the