The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-15

rIniversfty. three hundred thousand dol iara increase over all other appropria- tions to the public schools. heavy do- nations to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, the Alabama Girls Industriai school for Girls, the Alabama lndus- trial Schools for Boys, to the four nor nal schools, to each of the nine dls- trict asricultural schools and every educational interest of the State The Ieoislature gave approximately three
 million dollars for the schools or the state to be spread over a period or TOUT years. ..,. tho c.at. of Alabama presented to the con farence. No other state has ever aohe so much in one year In actual aeooi nlishments And what Is more, A
 bama is in a position now m nt to education, in wnlcn she Sa,.h- fear comparison with any o'hef
 ern State. .;mant-the
 anderful deyelopmel of the sehli r,ent for education in the south was nnt confined to Alabama Ihe sa ."o .,,,,ant was shown to exist m .ie ss,,tharn states from Virginia to Texas s frnr, Kentucky to Florida In re ans. yaars many of these states "a' done more than Alabama inei CT ,sl.tures were meeting every ev5fy other year and eaen .,nn . The thing was done TOT ,r Ala n.ign had been fought out m he tn, lie success was not .o oaa ,,ntiI the Legislature met Sa
 I.s success was even more ,,e acteu' ,oters had hoped. The sann '"e .;pant in the meanwnile na .. re- a,,,na its record and pilins up ''
 suIts In other States
 T. ia not claimed that the Con southern Education boaIu So,th were Ference for Education III .A snIendid ac- respons,u alone. But 1t canho. oe compiisnn. .na. tbeir aid and their au'.
 aehlea aaterially in winning .n Tn heipeu ne usere shown at PinehulsC snI's tna ranort submitted to tne So ai 1arance Edgar Gardner FOX ooo an i.aes to the expenditure or |ESucation nuaIly by the Sou'h he mon Board. In the same pannTonriations pa Of .;onsd the increased approp. in e. sioneu sean ono hv southern states "
 cent years for educat'on, .he Confer " ibave done in other , ehce ''"' room to doubt the
 ,aIna of the aid 1t has ieno o,n aIIud .d t,on In Alabama. This sso,vOS sS,, ia ap- to in the report or MT. e.otps.and this
 or.ionnd to the various StateS sner f po' F" of special significance: aners It n,, tba state educational ,,r, of a, us he as an example, that tns ,n the CD soo ar s3.Oo0 Is apportio"eu is St.te of Alabama. rms os Edu
 a;,,en to the State Departmen, harge eation to be spent by the men Il"
 of the department, ,,;1e,t way ,t ts spent In some intelllgens in | . .hs arousing of public interest st st .vi atools of the State. In the ps | sr ,aara more than half the eoun. eooj
 Ioui State have voted a special scnooI oi themselves Only two coun.ie5,
 .aN o tatIsd to vote the special ,oo
 nay nd that only because certain so .Sa .
 s,t'ars laA nreyented the friends oI .n.
 sohools from securing the p,, The anoentare of votes requlreo o'
 new Constitution. for the
 Tho campaign fund set apart lor sn l oanartu went of Education mas
 n,oat valuable in these local canpais i
 u, means of it, Superintendent uunnd h,ad
 hts assistants have been enau.e'
 t,,rn,sh the best of educationai li'e,
 .,'ra to those counties which We.'
 aassd in the campaign. The Depai | ment has been enapieo uo na for the 1 hands of each voter hteratuis aot,on | jnspiration of an interest Ill ,L. h,,, | No well informed man can graa, | that this campaign has ha1 ,,s,on, | deal to do with the wondekAul ',
 oent of the sentiment for eauca Io. m | Alabama And this Is how the ,-oiie.
 ence and the Board has, altnoue" eep