The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-24
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dimes; have also the anthorits to
build snd equip aud ,uaintain hish
schools industrial schools. fschtneai
.sehools iibFaries and ymnasiu and
.itEnscessary TO issue bonds,
The whole policy OF civilized gorsl
|ernments and especially d. our Am III.
can States, IS ito encourage popular
education and to appropriate for Its
maintenance as large a fproporti on Of
the public! revenues and other funds.
as may be done without hardship and
extortion. Interrogation or this pol.
fey. the courts Of England and
throughout this country have given
effect to trusts and uses. derises and
bequests. made for educational pur.
poses. which, II made in the same
terms for any other purpose would
he declared void. In line With this
same policy. Boards OF Education not
only have the power under the general
law and express terms of the Consti.
tuition to raise money for the support
OF the schools by leyying taxes. but
Under ArticleT12 OF the Constitution.
there must also 80 into ii 6. State
school fund for the support of schools,
THE net proceeds OF all forfeitures
and fines accruing to the State; the
State capitation taxes; None accru-
ing to the State from forfeited, de
linquent, waste and unappropriated
lands: grants. lerises and requests
made to the State for the purposes Of
education all grants, devises and be-
quests to the State where the pur-
poses are not. specified; the proceeds
Of estates of persons who may die
without will or heir and all escheated
lands; the proceeds OF taxes levied
on the revenues of any corporation:
and all suns that may be paid as an
equivalent for exemption from military
duty.
And now itseems to me-, that in any
community, when you have found
man. willing to assume the RESPONSE;
bility of this guardianship. +, which
the law itself attaches SO much ini-
portancc. who can bring to his Office
this degree OF courage. executive ahil-
ity. integrity, freedom from partizar-
ship. disinterested patriotism. juhg-
nent and sdiscrstion: as that:-the
taxes which he levies are not regard
ell h,, +hova ,,ha NO.. +ba,,,s :. b,,n
den and yet who refuses to be influ-.
enced In this regard to the prejudice
.1f the schools by the behests OF politi-
cal mana gers; who. in the making Of
contracts. and the disbursement of
/, large sums of money Is not charged
with graft; who. when he calls for,
larger sums OF money for needed Inn
prorements than the current levies
will warrant, Is entrusted by the peo-
pie with the proceeds OF bond issues
who. In the construction OF new buill-
ings. abanlons the cramped quarters
OF the back street and seeks the pure
atmosphere of the park. and puts into
that building only the most substan-
tial material AMI workmanship. having
due regard for the comfort and the
health OF the children In the light, the
sanitation and the ventilation nj the
building. MS well MS for itsrarlistic and
architectural lines:' who. in the selec-
tl7n of school officers anil teachers is
not influenced by personal considera-
tons nor political prejuiIces. but en-
r:oys only those OF high moral chnrac-
ter and mental attachments with spe-
c.al fitness and preparation for the
work to which they are assigned; anil
Is willinsto pay them salaries in keep
ing with the importance a of theIr
work: who knows no favoritss among
parents and pupils and allows no dis
elimination: who. stands Loyalty by
the teachers in the maintenance Of
proper standards and the enforcement:
OF discipline: who sets his foot down
upon gossip and SANDER and calumy.
and by prompt and proper and vigor-
GUS action, heroic and drastic though |
1t may be. prevents the pollution OF
the schools and OF the community, by
the dissemination OF scandal; who
stands at al times and under all cir
cumstances for such mea sures and pol
icies as will tend to instills in Them
selves pure and noble characters,
which means the building of the high |