The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-04-20

race suicide is am established fact iu
Missouri is the opinion Of Howard a
Gass, state superintendent Of public
schools. published i'm the annual re-.
port of his office just issued Stats.
tics are shown too that make il ap.
pear that the rural districts are r.
sponsiblc for the condition. While in
the city the opposite is true
The report shows that there has
been a gradual decrease in the emu
mcration Of children of school age
The largest number of children ever
enumerated in this state was IN l9Oi
when the total was 99S.72D Since
then there has been "A gradual de-
crease. until in 1909 the total was
only 9Si,6j9, falling off of 1i,06S.
But two possible reasons can be
offered for this marked falln goff in
the number of children says Mr.
Gass in his report. 1T may mean that
the population of Missouri Is dccreas-
ing. or it may mean that race sui
eide is an established fact in Nilsson.
ri. That Missouris population is reat-
ly decreasing in 'hc ratio Of the d l.
crease / nthe enumeration of school
children is hardly probable. am IN
clined to think that the decrrIs' IS
to be attributed TO the deliberate
choice. by parents, of small families
The statistics show tho enumeration
in The town is 35,9Ol greater than in
1904.
In 1906. when the law making the
attendance cInpulsary went int ''
feet he records shoy IN increase of
pupils i'm the rural districts of almost
$4,000 In the two years following
1906 the attendance in those districts
has gradually decreased more than
10000
Statistics are also given in the re.
port to show that the following con.
dtons exist:
That the annual expenditure by the
state for each child enrolled in the
city schools is S2SG3, while the an.
nual expenditure for each child en-
rolled in the rural schools is $9.16,
or less than one-third.
That the average salary of men
teachers in the towns is more than
three times the average salary of men
teachers in the rural districts.
That the average salary of women
teachers IN town schools is more than
twice as large as the average salary
of women in the rural districts.
'rnaJ nearly all the bull l'ns opera.
tions during the year We're in the
towns.
That the town pupil is in school
nearly twice as many days as the
country, pupil.
Mr. Gass makes a plea for better
educational facilities for children in
the country districts.
The country schools need atten-
tion-morc attention than is being
given them now" he says in his re.
port. They have not yet reached
their highest efficiency, nor will they
under the present system Of school
administration in ninety Missouri
counties
The state superintendent again -.
ssts that the first step in the inn
provement of the cou lt"y schools, 'ho
foremost educational need pf Nilsson.
ri today. is a statewide system of ef,
fective rural school supervision.
Missouri" he frr'hrr SAYS, de
votes more than on third af he" To.
tai revenues to the causa NJ public
education. But policy which eNpcnds
more than one and one-halr milton
dollars annually, without careful I'll
peryision of over two-thirds Of IL, Is
not wise. The state does wol Nleu
il apportions to the several school
districts more than $3.50 for each
enumerated pupil, but the state does
not do full justice to the boy when
she does not do all she can to see Il
it that the boy gets $50 cents wortl
of education for every $l.5O expended
by the state in his behalf
People past middle life usually have
] some kidney or bladder disorder tina
! saps the vitality, which is natural.
lower in old age. Foley's Kidney Rem
edy corrects urinary troubles, stimu
= lates the kidneys and restore
strength and vigor, IL cures uric act
troubles by strengthening the kidney
so they will strain out the uric aci
that settles in the muscles and joints
l causing rheumatism.
Sold bY all druggists.