Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23
Discussed by Prof. Crabbe
in Bulletin.
GIVES ADVICE TO SUPTs,
Urges Colored Citizens to Ac-
cept New Law.

TIE OpSraClOH OL Cne new SCnOOl law,
in the opinion of Prof. j. G. Crabbe
and he issued a bulletin to-day in
which he advises the negroes of Ken
lucky to accept and support the law.
Prof. Crabbe says the law puts the
control Of the negro schools in the
hands of the white people, but he
believes that this will be best for the
schools. He urges the Importance
of the new law as it applies to the
negro schools. The bulletin, which
throws new light on the Sullivan
law, is as follows:
The Colored Schools.
First-The New School Law-The
County School District Law. Re
peals all old laws in conflict. See
Section Is.
Second-The old three-trustee sys-
tenn with its regime is displaced by
the county school district law; the
old provisions both of white schools
and colored schools are repealed in
every particular with reference to
the old district trustees and the old
district taxation.
Third - The new law provides
equal school facilities for white and
colored alike. Note these points:
(a) The educational divisions shall
include white and colored children,
(b) The subdistricts shall include
white and colored children.
(c) The County Board of Educa,
ton attends to the needs of white
and colored schools.
| (d) The County Board of Educa
ton is to consolidate schools with
reference to the needs of white anC
colored schools.
Fourth - To cover my premise
more clearly l repeat from bulletin
No. 4: Four classes of schools are
Exempt from the provisions of the
new act:
l, City and town system. See Sec
ton l.
2. Graded common school districts
See Section 2.
3. Schools corporated under specia
charter and supplemented by loca
tax of at least 20 cents on the 500
See section 2.
| A. Schools created by special act
having special extra fund. See Sec
ton 2.
Colored Schools Not Exempt.
Fifth "A few words about the per
plexities of white graded common
school districts and colored common
school districts within the same ter.
ritory. To illustrate:
(a) A white graded common school,
district Is exempt entlrely-ellmlnat'
ed-from the new law.
(b) A colored common school dis
trict which is within the same terri
tory named in (a) is not exempt.
| (c) Therefore, the colored district
named in (b) is vital part of the
new system and must be constitute
ed part of the subdistrict, part
of the educational division and g
lpart of the county district.
(d) l say advisedly in (c) "a part
of the subdistrict," for the subdis
trict composed of the colored chill
dren only cannot become the en-
tirety of the subdistrict. l refer
again to bulletin No. A e, about re,
distrlcting), which says: ''Bounde-
ries are to be based on white chill
dren." l suggest that you carefully
read once more Section 2 of the new
law. Hence the subdistrict is to be
based on white children. But there
are no white children within the sys-
tenn of the new law in the territory
named in %" so that such sub
district cannot be established alone,
but it must be a part of some sub
district, which, according to law, is
based On white children.
Sixth-Some have asked whether
a few colored persons might not be
selected as trustees. | would deplore
any friction about this splendid sys-
TEN; earnestly ask that there be no
friction of this sort. | do not care
to speak of the legality Of the ques-
ton, but am chiefly concerned in