The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-04

more than si.oOO. 600 eudoument from
he Peabody Educational Board.
A strong effort viii be made by IN,
educational leaders Of the State I,
have the County Board OF Education
system 50 successfully tried for ths
past four years in MONTGOMERY Conn
". extended TO the entire state ThI,
measure makes the county, instead Of
the district. the unit OF school admins
tration. and places every school In the
county on an equal footing with every
other school In Montgomery Coun,
y, where the system has been in
vogue for four years. the most salts.
factory and benefcent results have
followed. The bill has the Endorsement
OF State Superintendent Mynders. ana
practically every prominent educator
In Tennessee. and is in line with the
progressive thought Of the older States
Of the Union.
Compulsory Attendance.
There will also he a demand for the
passage of some kind Of compulsory
educational law. The Davidson Coup.
ty delegation is instructed to vote for
a measure along this line. It is not
probable, however that such Iegisla-
ton will be enacted at the coming SEES
sion. as public sentiment is hardly
ready for SO radical a departure. Very
few of the prominent educators of the
State favor compulsory education at
this time. o
State Superintendent Mynders takes
the position that the first effort of
the lawmakers should be directed to-
wards making the schools better, Sc
curing more efficient teachers, longer
terms and better school management.
rather than the enactment of compul-
sorry attendance laws. The expert
'ence of Union and Claiborne counties
has demonstrated that a mild com
pulsory law, or rather one without
truant officer, and adequate. penalty
to secure its enforcement is a failure.
There will be many bills presented
in view of an Improvement of the sys-
tenn of working and building public
roads It is not improbable that a
system for keeping up the roads by
direct taxation will be substituted for
the present unsatisfactory method
That there will be some reform of
the election laws cannot be question
ed. However, there is great difference
of opinion among members of the |
Legislature as to how and in what re-
spect these laws should be changed. |
An effort will be made to extend the /
Dortch law to all sections of the State, |
and such bill seems to stand fair |
chance of passage. The greatest dis |
agreement will be over the manner of |
appointing officers to hold the cleo
tons.
Election Laws.
Both the Democratic platform and
Patterson are commit
ted to change in the method of APP
Commissioners of Election.
The Governor-elect declared from ev-
cry stump that this was power that
he Governor of the State ought not
% exercise. Several plans have been
for appointing the Election
Commissioners. One suggestion Is the
,reation of a State Commission to be
appointed by the Legislature; another
S that the members of this Commits
zion be elected by the people, one from
zach division of the State. On the
,ther hand there are members who be-
ieve that the State Commission is un-
necessary, but think that there should
,e a Commission in each county to be
lected by the qualified voters there
f but one member of which shall,
owever, belong to the minority par
y of the county.
From present indications there will
e no diminution Of local bills, as COM
AIRED with previous Legislatures. Al
hough much has been said in the
ress and from the stump about the
wills of too much local legislation, the
reelection is generally made that the
NV book of 1907 will be encountered
18th just as many laws of this kind !
! former books have been.-Nashville !,
merican. 6