The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

AIahsma form part ef the common Fehoel systsp of the State. We are giving this year S1,bNo,0oo to tho com men nchools of the Btate. Before the four years of Governor Corners term
 have expired. Alabama will be giving schools The Senate would surely not object to giving less than four per cent to the training nnd equipment of efficient teachers for the common schools, when they allow county super intendents four per cent for disbursing the common school funds
 Senator Reynolds quoted statistics | and ngures showing ,he number of graduates and former students of the schools who were now teaching in | Alabama He quoted, .soo, the endorse | ment Of the Superin tendent of Educa- ton of the Normal Schools of the State. as well as that part of the Gov ernor's message which dealt with the work of the Normal Schools.
 Uajust to Conmsa seheels. Senater Barbour opposed the meas ure saying t was an injustice to the common Schools of Alabama to give ! that much out of the public school l funds to the Normal Schools. He de- l elared that as long as the child In the common school was getting only s1.50 year and the studvat of the Nor
 
 | it would be unfair and unjust to com pei the common schools to give more money out of their funds.
 'The senator from Bibb quotes the Governor on the bila." said Senator Barbour. Now I was an active sup
 porter of the Governor and I am an admirer of his, but it's possible he is
 mistaken on this subject, and I'll follow my own views on it."
 Senator Hammer offered an amend
 ment reducing the proposed amend
 ment from si5,o0o to s12,000 for each
 school He was not. he said, an ene-
 my of the normal school. but the bill
 proposed at ono stroke to increase the
 appropriation to the normal schools by
 at least fifty per cent. Such an in
 crease in his opinion, was not justi-
 fed. He was not satisfied the needs
 of the schools authorized such a heavy
 increase at one time
 Senator Reese moved to table the amendment of Senator Hammer. He de- voted himself particularly to answer ing the argument of Senator Barbour.
 T am in the fortunate position of representing a district which pays con- siderably more into the state Treas ury than 1t draws out" said Senator Reeese. .fThe people of the district are cultured people who have always sent their children to school, and they would nOI aSSlEI nor Woutu tuCf HdFC me assist, in tearing down any portion of the educational system of the State. There is no Normal School in my sec tion, but my people would not have me guided by the narrow view that should refuse to help every worthy 1 educational interest for such a reason."
 spragias Opposes Measure.
 Senator Spragins opposed the meas l ure. The fact that the student of the | normal school received sse year from | the State for his education, while the I student of the common schools re- ceiysd Si.50 annually could not be re- | conciled. He declared that it had been l demonstrated on the floor of the Sem | ate that the high schools of the State, | which were part and parcel of the com mon school system. were furnishing | more teachers to the rural schools than | were the normal schools He contend | ed, moreover, that the normal schools | were practically local schools
 The amendment of Senator Hammer | was then tabled. An amendment was | proposed by Senator cWhorter. which ! placed the annual appropriation at | Si3 ,000. This, too. was tabled. Sena- | tor Spraglns moved the graduates of | the normal schools be required to | teach as many years as they had stu died at the normal school, but the Sen ate was not accepting amendments, and | this. too. was tabled.
 By this time dark had arrived. the | Senators were anxious to adjourn. but | nobody wanted to leave until the fight | was ended. At length the bill was put to a vote and passed. 20 to Il. = Senator Spragins made the point of order that the bill had not been con additionally passed. because, it being ] an appropriation bill, 1t had not receiv- | ed the votes of three-fourths of the | Senators voting. President Gray ruled | him out of order. although the point l was discussed by Senators Thomas and | Reese. Both Senators agreed the Pres | ident had made the correct ruling.
 The Senate then adjourned.