The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-08
THAT NINETEENTH PLANK

The nineteenth plank OF the Dial
las Platform should be read careful
liy by every member Of the legisla-
ture, and for this reason i ~ re
produced
10. We recommend that a state
department of agriculture be estab~
lished, and that the same be separ-
ate and apart from all other depart
ments and interests. and that the
same be adequately supported. that
! there be provided adequate agricul-
/ tural equipment and teaching force
of the state normal colleges, the Col
| lege Of Industrial Arts for girls and
! the Agricultural and Mechanical
college: and that the industrial
! thought in the schools be encouraged
by teaching the elements of agricul-
ture and for the industrial arts; that
the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege, the College of Industrial Arts
for girls and the State normal col
leges be authorized to grant diplo-
mas having the force of state teach
the necessary course as graduates in
, the industrial branches; We recon-
mend that liberal support be provid-
ed for the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college experiment stations: the
Farmers Institute. the College of In
dustrial Arts for girls and the Texas
State University for the teaching and
! iptp of
liberal education of our citizenship;
we recommend that the plan OF coun-
" taxation for school purposes be
! adopted; we demand that the constl-
| tutional requirement OF at least SIN
months term of free school for each
child in each year be complied with.
/ Such is the greatest public de-
mand which the people have made
/ of their lawmakers, and under no
circumstances should there be sin
gle clause of it disregarded. The
greatest obstacle to the faithful full
filment of this party obligation in
every detail is financial 1t will re-
uuire money. and money seems to
/ Il
the state treasury.
The legislature and the people
must come to realize that We are far
behind most OF the states in our
educational progress and we have
fallen TO the rear for lack of money
Texas spends annually less than hall
sol
. cation that Missouri spends, and tbs
, result is We have only little more
. than half the number of children
! enrolled that Missouri has.
The city and town schools are Of
ficiently conducted. but the rura
To- schools are far. far behind in ever!
, essential OF efficiency The legisIa
, ure must determine whether tn
Il education of the children OF tn
b. farms is 90 be further neglected
s Hundreds of these schools do no
a even have the required six-months
b. term. But even If they had. the
n would not 10. what they ought 20 bs
e The children of the country need jus
DO as lour ~ school term. just as goo
q facilities. just as good teachers "a
.r th, city children. and rhe weliur
b. oft the state win suffer so Ions "a
b. thyy 5re denied
/. Good teuchrrs eau NOT ue s'our"
IS for schools running three or fpu
4 months Hud without snod raa,hcI
a 'the rural Schools srr bound iu pa
.e deficient
h something must be dome to nui
d. H..t.r school houses throughout ih
b. rural DISTRICTS them IHussr term
- must bel provided aud better. lsael
"a vn secured. Ta secure =oud teaet
~rs if NiI by necessary Feel rmplu
4 Them af isast eeht months "a yea
n sf lerraf pas.
4 The people - Texas mBsf assA
d ta th. Importance 81 pablie sdaca
8 uou. We msst Lot laz Sehlnd state
r lHks Missouri or countries lac -
:. pan The future - The STATE eep"ud
a apan tne chllaFea q today ana sine
\ ihe state assumes coutrol - coz
= mon school education. the prop
s facilities must - provided n l.
J. question Of money What ~in ia
= Legislature DO about Hoasio
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