The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-05-22
TWO PARTICULARLY GOOD
Pi.ANKS

SoA
have both pronounced them
selves very strongly on the sub
iects of schools and roads.
These are two of the most vital
questions with which the people
of Louisiana are concerned, each
being As important as the other
in it's way.
In a public address delivered
at Lake Providence on May 1st,
Mr.. Wilkinson declared that the
school system of the State
should be encouraged in every
possible manner. "'The educa-
ton of the boys and girls" he
said, Ito become useful citizens
is doubtless the most important
use that can be made of the taxes
collected from the people," He
favors the teaching of agricul-
ture in the country schools and
the training of the young men
and women in the industrial
arts. Without ~decrying the ad.
vantages of professional educa-
ton, he maintains that the edu-
cation required to make good
carpenters. good blacksmiths or
engineers. and others skilled in
mechanical trades, offers far
better opportunities to the indi-
viduals and means far more in
the upbuilding of the State. He
believes that the salary of the
State Superintendent of Public
Education should be largely in
creased. and that liberal salaries
should be paid to secure capable
teachers and capable officers in
the public service.
He dwelt upon the advantages
and great economic value of
good roads. in which question as
well as that Of good schools, he
promised to take an earnest
and lively interest in behalf of
the State if he should be elected
governor.
The declarations of Mr.. San
.ders on the same subjects are
clear and comprehensive, as ap-
pears from his published plat
form-frOm which we quote:
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
In order that popular system OF
government may be preserved and
wisely and intelligently administered,
it is necessary that the electorate be
composed of educated and serious
men. Therefore the education of the
children of the State is the most i'm.
portant duty to be performed by it.
knows shat the white people of this
State have nearest their hearts the
subject of the education of their boys
and girls 20 that they shall become
worthy citizens of this great State and
properly equipped for the battle Of
life. l recognize that the develop.
ment of the public school system
should be brought to the highest pos
sible point of efficiency. Its main
tenance in q state of excellency
should be one of the dearest aims o.
those who are entrusted with thu
affairs of the State. Should | becom,
your Governor, my efforts, with al
the earnestness at my command, viii
be directed towards the development
Of the common schools throughout tn
State, the frightening of their terms
the increasing Of the pay of. tn
teachers and the raising of the stand
ard of the teaching profession.
Especial attention ought to be di
rected to the sanitary and hygieni
condition of our schoolhouses. Tn
children should have plenty of sun
light, pure water, fresh air and com
nodi0us Fairgrounds. We should b
rs careful Of the preservation of tn
health of our little ones as of thei
mental development.
The teaching of agriculture and tn
mechanical arts In the primary an
grammar schools should be promote
in order the more thoroughly to equi