The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-12

Iwhen t is separated and set apart sror,
 tps common scnools of the States.
 The Lesis,a,tture ,t might possibly ind lhi9h schools. When then the ,,rna cnarge for
 when high school Instruction ,. eomes,
 . definite part of the school work ns 2
 County It VIII be accompanied by the
 school. For the reason that tfee ttbs ig ihigh
 islature is better qualified to deal wist,
 the tuition or no tuition am of the
 opinion ~ that the law makers are the
 this question than the members Of the
 County boards of education. It is one
 of the educational problems that the the
 to settle when they next meet.
 luton es h the isw stasins @ ase dissnessSv isae sS
 school % ana What S shsli be n taussa dsSm%0a in
 high chooi Under the present law
 there is no such distinction. There is
 nothing to prevent 2 second or a third school if shee feels like it. The law is | at present rather lenient on what
 shall be taught in our schools The | the public schools shall give instruc- tion In agriculture, on the constitution of the United States and the constitution of Alabama and in physiology and hy- Agricultural Schools. MT. Hill had a good word to say
 se of sSs nns Msrs dofns n sSs way of connecting the common schools with the institutions for higher learn ing in . the state; A graduate of one one mitted to the freshmen class of the large colleges, The State superinten- dent. spoke a word of praise for the cultural schools had made at Auburn and at Tuscaloosa.
 4 ooliege president is authority for that the best prepared boys dshi and girls who go to the Alabama college are sent from the high schools of the three gomery and Birmingham. and two or three well known preparatory schools. This lack of general or uniform has doubt resneds o tse see Tape some two % or tSres priVsse spcsesr prepsratory rg schools.
 These schools supply the deficiency in the general educational system of Alabama, thorough and systematic training In high school work.
 man of more than moderate means. The preparatory schools are open to question his boy and there is no doubt student for collegiate requirements.
 The Man 1t Affects.
 The problem Is in truth the problem crate means. ana as he forms sss 'aan numer- eq ous class of the States citizen. It is an acute problem to the ambitious youth who has no parents. or who hay Ing parents, knows that under exist ing circumstances he cannot look to them or any member of his family for l help. To work his way through col | lege Is q difficult thing for a boy to | do and a fine thing for him to accom- | plish. But he ought to be given a fair | chance at the college doors. The State | has no call to double the hardships | for the poor but ambitious boy
 The census of 1900, five years back, | shows that Alabama had a school en- rollment of 275,000 pupils. It is safe to say that half of that number
 Food for the serious reflection is the college presidents statement that not more than 800 boys of Alabama are thoroughly and adequately pre- pared for the freshmen classes of Au- burn and Tuscaloosa.
 Alabama has done great things for her common schools in the past five years. A wonderful impetus has been given the common school. the full eff ,ral years. But what has been done, ,as been done towards the advance nent of the common school. A part If what is to be done in the future will have to be done for high school for the connecting link between the colleges and the common chools of Alabama
 1t Is only one of the educational Iuestiens before Alabama. There are many of them facing the educational authorities.