The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-23

Out Ct current funds. a new brick
school building VITA four well-lighted
and hoalthlul school rooms has been
! completed and diminished for use Of
Itfe colurgd schools Of Future City;
| the building WIS erected at cost
! Of $G,001.09 under the immediate
/ Supervision of the committee ON
buildings and grounds, and is in
every way crelitab,e to the board
and to the district
Early in the spring Of the present
year the board submitted 20 the vot-
ers the proposition of issuing $50. 900
! in bonds fer the purpose of erecting
new brick grade school building in
the upper part of the city, for the re-
nova. Of the Old Sumner High School
building and for the erection of
new colored high school building of
brick upon the site of the former at
the corner Of Nineteenth and Wal
nut streets The vote upon the
proposition was practically unani-
nous and the work upon all of the
new buildings is now we'll under
way; before the beginning of another
school year they will all be complet-
ed and furnished and ready for use.
With the completion of these new
buildings there ! win tloonlyFwksch
buildings there win not only be
ample accommodation for all pupils
of school age, but provision will be
made for the next ten years, unless
the population OF Cairo increases
even more rapidly than we now hope
and expect.
II Is the intention and policy of the
board, as soon as practicable, cer-
tainly with the beginning OF the next
school year to take steps 10 enforce
tho Attendance Of all children Of
school age in strict conformity with
the requirements of the law. care
being taken at all times to accom-
plish that end with the least pos
sible friction. by the use of quiet
and uuohjectionable methods
Too LONG to Watt.
John s. Aisthorpe admitted the
force Of what had been said regard
IN- llllNNl HNN t6 a tdNEts VI " IL
.ributiHg element in political corrup.
len but he said we could not wait
'or the slow process of education 10
.il PCS of the conditions which con-
rontcd MS now We must have i'm
Mediate action. and let the. Board OF
Education take care Of the educa-
ional feature as It had ample power
o DO under the state law Il say
.ush this thing along now" said Mr.
,isthorpe DO not let IL be side
racEed. The meeting should be
allied as suggested by the commit
pe Lets get 20 work as soon as We
an get organized and take this mat
pr mp intelligently We are not
fter anything in the past but We
ant 10 take care Of the future in
rder 10 avoid the errors Of the past
r. =. Halliday said the committee
al discussed the subject very thor
rehlv from all sides before adopt.
lg TIE report which Secretary
.erth had read. II had been sgTei
lat call for a public meeting
Guild Dc responded 10 by perhaps
20 70 900 citzpus. which would be
small minority Ct the voters Of the
ty The committees plan was to
. ont among the citizens with a
an ~ action and ask all % Join. if /
10 response was such a. 60 should ]
then to 60 ahead with the move +
snt- 81 not % abandon IT, for g.
Juld b. useless 10 enter into
cveIeut which DID net have th.
Hroval an active support of citi-
rs cencraUv
To Act AZ Once.
Motions uere made BY several but
70 motirn Uhich finally prevailed
Ire most acceptable cne was th~t
J. : Aisthorpe. that II was the
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