The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

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sumed, to employ the most COM
petent teachers-as it is fair to
suppose that that class of teachers
perfer schools where the length
of terms will give them employ
ment for the maximum of time
and the maximum of pay. How
to manage the situation so as to
provide buildings for the two dis
tricts having insufficient buildings,
and so as to provide the smaller
district with a long term and the
most efficient teachers is one of
the problems left by the statute to
the County School Board for solu-
ton. If, to accompany these ends,
it is better, or thought by the
county board to be better, to con.
solidate the three districts, there
by getting the best teachers and a
long term, it is fairly within the
discretion of the board to so order.
But schoolhouses and teachers,
necessary as they are, would be
unavailing if the children to be
taught were not able to attend the
school. If they have not books,
and are too poor to buy them, the
county board must provide them
such is the Law. And if it is nee
essary to consolidate the districts.
thereby putting some of the chill
dren at so remote distance from
the school building as to make it
impracticable for them to get to
the school for much of the term,
then way to overcome that diff
Guilty and to get the children to
the school must be found, or the
consolidation would fail in its pur-
pose. The idea is to get the chill
into good schools. The means are
provided by the State and county.
The whole scheme contemplates
the establishment and maintenance
of competent, efficient rural schools
The district must be populous
enough, and the buildings and pay
adequate, TO encourage the best
teachers to apply for the schools.
Strong schools in the country are
needed. That is what the Legis-
lature saw. That is what they
have provided for. We would be
sticking in the bark TO say that
the powers granted the county
boards fell short of taking the
children to school, yet went so far
as to provide all other means of
maintaining high standard public
schools. From this find that the
power to do all that is reasonably
necessary to effectuate the main
object of the statute expressly
stated is necessarily implied, if,
without such implication, the
the main object would fail.
THE STATES FUNCTIONS.
The State provides roads, and
grounds, schoolhouses, school fur
niture, books and teachers, fuel.
lights and so forth, all at the pub
lie expense. The object is to edu.
cate the children to make them
useful citizens. The highest duty
of the State which aims to per-
petuate a democratic government
is to educate its youth-all of
them; giving them an equal chance
and fair chance. This State by
the requirement of its ConstEui 4
ton, by the annual appropriation
of more than half of all the taxes,
by the maintenance of depart
ment of education, and the con-
slant effort to improve, enlarge
and extend It's school system is
endeavoring to discharge that
high responsibility. In constituting
statutes of doubtful phraseology
the intention of the lawmakers is
to be sought for and eftectuated.
This intention is easily found in
this case in the current and past
legislation on educational sub
jects, and in the history of the
State. Transporting children to
shool is a modern idea, but it is