The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-17
DUCA'lION RANKS
HIGH IN DALLAS
sxas City Is Equipped with an
Up-to-Date School System, and
Spends Money Literally for the
Training Of the Young.
Asst BECOMING CENTER
FOR MEDICAL COLLEGES
any Church and Private Institu-
tions Of Wide Reputation Also
Attract Large Body Of schol-
airs from All Parts of the State.

hO1iS VI w ANS Avn fS'oe~ec- a
Attract Large Body of Schol-
airs from All Parts of the State.
BY HERBERT vANDERHooF.
& Ia no other state of the Union has there
en more attention paid to the subject OF .
lcation than in Texas. Wherever inc
face of the prairie has been dotteus
kh a cluster of habitations almost the
II thought of the new settlers has been
erection of a. schoolhouse and the en-
syment of a teacher for the education
Their children The Texan has a hlgh
lard for education, and, no matter what
own intellectual training may nave
liked, he is determined that his children
all-not be handicapped in the battle OF
b ) for lack Of knowledge. "...H
This wise solicitude has resulted IN the
cation of an endowment fund for educa-
E IN in the state which has no couli .,e
: rt In any other state, and in no other
nntry of the world. Millions upon
illions Of acres were set aside when the
Is ste was organized and dedlcateo 70
I lrposes Of education. AS these lands
We been sold or leased the proceeds
L I've been Invested in interest bearing
Ids and the income applied to educa-
In In 1903, the latest year for Whlcn
vas enabled to find exact figures these
come producing lands and investments
IF 1923, while in addition the state still
Il Id over 1000, 900 acres, which was NOT
sbducing income. In addition to this
bre were in the county permanent
hool funds at the same date OF $6,sbI 2so;
E two sums combined making a grand
Ial Of $46, 400,616, from which the amman
kome was s1,6S5,4 AIS.
Dallas Interested In Education.
Ii AS one of the leading and: most pro
sssiye cities Of Texas, Dallas has al
.Eys manifested keen interest IN the
aools Despite the rapidity OF the Guy >
bwth, 1T has always managed to keep
eeast Of the population with it's school
| :ilities, and the public school system
the standard OF educa1l ,ith t % 'n Of
! y other city in the country. me
Numerical activity of the city has not
~ sn allowed to blunt the feelings OF ts
Z izens toward the need OF the rlslns
B leration, and its school ouholhss are
+ q i1al An every respect to those we nave
the North, some Of them being models
& ! architecture and favored with the
I st beautiful surroundings. The board
education Of the city does not believe
1t good work can be obtained "lt WIZ o., !.
= ID pay, and hence the salaries OF me
( or more teachers employed are suTl-
tsnt to make their positions attractive;
The value Of the school properly Oh
HAS is considerably over $500, 900. Nlne-
EE.n separate schools are provided, ana
fhese there are about II 900 scholars.
maintain the schools costs over Sooo'-
There is one thing about the schools
slthe South that is generally 8 surprise
! the Northern visitor, unless ne IS coll.
Istsant with Southern customs, and tina
the maintenance Of separate SCHOOLS
the negroes This is the invariable
lie wherever one goes in the South.
I'm st. Louis down. OF the nineteen
iools in Dallas fye are aevG III tb TO ' -
VT as thorough as In those reserved 1or
u.s. white children.
rs Supports Many Private Schools.
fsn addition to it's public schools, Dallas
s5s thirty-f colleges, academies and
I#yate schools, among them being a num-
E8fsof high class schools Of considerable
i8lgnitude Many of the religious de-
limitations of the state have chosen
Ess city as the site for their educational
Iatitutions. and have erected hanosoInss
iRildings and maintain a high grade star
INSTRUCTORS. Among these may be men
K ned st. Mary's college, which is main
ned by the Protestant Episcopal church
{the state, and which has for years main
Ined a high rank. The Roman Catholic
f1rch has also a fine school here in
Efsuline academy, and another prominent
1iItitution Is Patton seminary All OF
Use institutions rank on a high plane
lAIexcellence and have large body OF
ABldents, drawing their patronage IRON
Ill parts of the state as well as Other
II ties.
Is a center for medical education Dali
lis fast achieving an enviable prom
nee. It is not so many years age
Hi the Texan who desired to take 6
idical and surgical course felt that he
hid not obtain the necessary training
"a facilities in his own state. and was
Efnpelled to journey toward the North
lie schools of Chicago and other centers
This condition is being rapidly
Hinged The Texan can now go tc
HAS and take his choice between two
roughly equipped medical schools
ese are branches OF the leading uni
stiles Of the state-the Southwestern
gversity, which is the institution Of the
lthodist Episcopal Church South ant
! ylor university, maintained by the Bap
lis These schools have only been es
,lished a few years, but so gratifying
been their growth and SO generous
been the treatment accorded then
the city that already plans have beer
tde for their enlargement and the ex
zion of their work. Besides the tw'
alton of the Physiological College o
Kas and the Texas Electric Medica
$Elege, both of which have large bodie
students. -. .s, ,
81 Hospital Accommodations Ample.
Ehe connection between medical school
Il hospitals Is 50 intimate that the ex
Ihsion of the former has stimulated in
lest In the work of the latter. One re
HE OF this has been the erection Of tn
tEgaptist memorial sanitarium. a buildin
III imposing proportions, and equippe
lIEh every modern facility for the car
1.-The suffering, at a cost Of $250,O0O 81
IIEl,s sanatarium, under the care of tn
hTs sanitarium, under the care Of tn
lIl,ipped institutions Of Its kind in tn
IIEntry,k and fully maintains the nobl
butation achieved by that self ~sacrificin
IIHer. The central building OF this In
Hutton. which cost S1S5,000, Is tn
max Of seventeen years of effort.
NATURALLY, in a commercial and financis
Inter such as Dallas, much attention
MEd to business education. The boy
Mi DESTROYS of entering the comnercit
live to go outside the city to obtain I
Here are five business colleges in til
H. some o fthem housed In their ow
llEIdings, which for beauty and exec
liEee Of equipment will rank with thos
llany city in the country These schoo
lik all Of general reputation, and they al
1 means of bringing students from a
Hktions of the state to Dallas for tf
epose of study
Center Of Musical Education.
the South is a music lover, and yes
year Its facilities for the study
His divine art are increasing. Dali;
Inks high as a musical center, and the
q number OF schools in the city d.
fed to instrumental and vocal trainin
llEna of these schools have a wide repl
HtEs..s f1,ro11ohO11t the South and dYa