The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-05-04
Chairman Nesbitt Explains.
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they are needed As ~ evidence Of
this | would mention the school at Blue
Field. An application from there
showed some twenty children of school
age belonging to fumille, Of cattle men
and others who have no very fixed
location. This little group were 50
anxious for their children, that they
offered to put up the building if we
would simply furnish the lumber for
floor and seats and loan them the
equipments. We We're glad to help them
out and in 50 doing we believe we
carried out the true spirit Of the school
law. The young man we sent them
worked faithfully through rain and
shine, wading through cold water a
large part of the time to and from his
school and these people appreciated and
benefited by his three months of labor
for them. True he did not finish the
term-on of the families had occasion
to move towards the setting sun" and
"put out the fire and called the dog, !"
taking eight of his pupils in the OK cart
with them. This broke up the school,
just mention this to show that your
board and superintendent have not neg
ected even the outskirts of the county
in their efforts to carry the advantages
of education to its inhabitants. Your
board may be criticized for spending
money on these drifting members of
the community. Have they not claims
on us however from the fact that they
belong to a body of men that make
possible by their efforts the great cattle
and other interests that flourish to the
west of us, and who pay so considerable
portion of our tax?
Should we not look at efforts to put
education within the reach of all in a
broader way? | would put teacher on
horseback with pack mule and tent
for schoolroom than see an oppor-
tunity to furnish education to twenty
children neglected
There are really no other charges in
Mr.. Goodwin's article, which in their
present stations concern the board. He
charges crimes and shortcomings against
the south route wagon, which are the
affair of the teacher first, and If he
fails to correct them, then of the super
visor. Will Mr.. Goodwin please specify
where and when complaints were made
to these proper officials?
happen to be supervisor of the Fort
Pierce school and have only had one
complaint from a patron, which came
over the phone one morning recently
TO the effect that the driver had left too
soon at the lower end Inside Of an
hour this matter was fixed, and, as Mr.
Goodwin admits, everything is now all
right. Just where Mr. GoOdwln's str
ring up things" figures in this happier
condition do not see. Would 1t not
friend Goodwin, have been the better
wav and more consistent with the Ell
forts of one having the peace and mar
monv of the community and the welfare
If the schools at heart to have come
to myself or Professor Pomeroy ana
"stirred things up than to have kept
this up your sleeve until you could use
# in an endeavor to discredit the school
hoard before the public" | think ms
would have been the manlier course
7 learned of the negro driver ohlY !"
long time after the occurrence IL Is
needless to say the contractor VIII not
make this mistake again
The charge respecting the SuPerW'
tendent being the contractor on ,n'
south route has been fully treated !"
my reply to Sebastian correspondent
The board had little choice IN Inc mat,
ter. and acted | believe for the oeS'
and upon their attorney opinion, b.
Mr. Goodwin draws Your attention 10
the fact that number ofparen'S WIZ,
drew their children from the pup"c
school for .various causes and sent
thon, 70 the very excellent private
school which was carried on III f ,,i
pierce during the present term ms
information regarding schoo'ma' '!',S." III
large communities must be very VI. limited i1s'
or he would know that such conditions
ore Of common occurrence. Pupils OF un'
ao,htsd talent but peculiar tempeLa'
ment are often found to ciaSn WIZ" '' '.o
rigid discipline of large schools ana I,i ARE
discouraged because of the 'mpoSS'o ','"i,
of individual attention 1rom ,,,, "' "rs
teachers. Such pupils generally "'V
.,;.,,a,.ou,n and sent to private sc''o'