The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-07

WfNlr ANU WINE tHt VARIOUS HoAfuH q
Rescnia ~ charge 81 these state edncal
tionnl Institutions have Installed man,
new mnmber Of the faculty. 81 81 cffdrnl
from the increa4fd enrolment and par.
Nenlefly from c,e improved condition q
the Institutions t1at tho changes wer,
essential and have proven beneficial.
Common Schools
AZ the beginning nf statehood. tho com.
mon school department OF the state GOV.
ernfnent found d condition moi eNistsnk
IN any other new state IN Tho iaat gem
afation IN this; That the Indian Territory
Substantially hall o. our new state. has
n1 camnOa school system organised AMI
thousands Of eAiidron outside tae ineor.
p0ratcd towns ana cities We're wholly
without any school facilities, Duflns thu
year twents-two hundred new school.
have been established, almost an 81
them Within the indian Territory portion
o. the state, and Aehnol facilities thereby
provided for approximately one hundred
aud fofty Thousand children.
There IS probably no branch or our gov
ernuieai which required tho extensive
laborS dcyplVins upon the CANNON school
d~epArrhlcnf and NtfN- great pfoRfeas Mas
been made durine the year, / ufwa care
fui consideration OF Tho detail report OF
the State superintendent II Public In
strurti0n, WITH a purpose nf f1eittAtlng
the work 81 that department., aud iin~
proving the common school faculties OF
the entire stnte.
AN AVAiltAtINn MNtli INV fNNiN't NNttNlN
am pleased 20 rNl Your attention 10
the report Of the Secretary Of the Conc
mlsalonere of the Land Office. whiah has
In CHARGE NE rental OF the state lands,
und handling 81 The cash permanent ton-
mon school fund, The report " tho Scc-
rotary Tor the year ending n3temhcr dlst.
1NaN Shove cash collected during the eeHr
eight hundred and hfty cone thousand
nile hundred and thlfivsc'eet daiiara ard
twenty three cents. Ia order 10 nscer-
tam tnr amount received from hand rem
tails. deduct tixty-eight ihonsand eight
hundred thirty-onc dollars ana eleven
CttffA, ucine interest cofepift uuriag said.
YEAR on farm loan and bank dcnoSite ~
Inc Ave million dollar fund leaving the
net amount ~ seven hundred eighty
riRht thousand one hundred seven dots
lars and twelve cents collected as land
rentals.
the largest amount nf Hand rentals eni-
iectcd IN any year previous 10 statehood
was Ia the year ninnieen hundred and
five, when tho sum tetallpf ave hnnArcG
tNrty-f I'VE thoueand four hnndred and
hlrty.elght dollars and thlrty+six cents
WAS collected Dy the Secretary 0i tnr
Land Department, 70 that this first year
nf statehood shows an Increase over tho
largest year Of territorial government ~
the amount 0f cash collected from land
rentals Of two hundred f0rty-twn thGua
ard alx hundred sixty-nine dollars and
scVeEty+ziN ccnts that IN ilt year ninc-
teen Hundred and five q cost Eve and
forty hnndredfhs per cent 20 cover the
WHEREAS. IN this first year of statehood u
cost fnur and hfty4tW0 and 0nc-hnlf
hunfredthg pr cent ID cover TIE Expenses
Of the same departnig1i.
This increase OF .vtYrtautially n quar-
tef OF a million dollars ia the amount Of
cash received from hand rental. and tbc
decrease OF substantially 0resnfih ~ the
cost of managing thH leasing department
IA certainly a DrOper subject for expressing
our THINKS 90 the Secretary ln charge
Of this department o. our government.
Let 81 be understood that the flKty-
three thousand and odd dollars interest
earned on the I'VE million dollar fund
only represents the actual cash collected
WI the SECRETARY that over two million
dollars or that fund, Invested M state
and county bonds, have not yot paid %
the Secretary OF The 3ltri the interest
aceruing thereon. and HAT mulch of the
not set matured "a FIRST Interest.
school for The Deaf
At the beginning of alaichood. tho
school for the Deaf WAS located at. Guth-
rie With no enrolment OF one hundred
pupils. since the beginning Of state
hood, lhls school has been removed 10
the city OF Sulphur, and has II prcsert
enrolment Of one hundred ana eighty
five pupils.
Oklahoma School OF Mines
The last legislature authorized the e.
tabllshmcnt OF a school Of mlnes IN the
city nf WNburtpn. This school has been
%arransed for ana Viii BE- opened Within
Whitakersa Orphans Home
This institution located Ai the city N
Pryor Greek existed Tor years BY The
private ald NY Whltaker supplement
The year nineteen hu1drcd and seven it
enrolled eighty children, Tho state hy
proper legislation took charge uf this In
stttutlon last spring. II now has oae hum
dred and ten children enrolled,
School for the Blind
This Institution Is now ne the town az
Fl. Gibson. It existed by private sup.
port prior 20 statehood, with an enroll
ment Of nfty rnplle u e nov under lhc
control ~ the state hy proper lfgislailon
and now has enrolled. nr un tha Mise n
applications, q total % ono hundred and
Text Book Commission
Jndfr act Of oNg last legislature. a
stHfe 1txt Book Commission W8s craat-
"a. which after EXTENDED hoalines, adopt
basic and supplemental school irXf
books. NJ shown hi The rennrt OF said
Board. and while the difficulty nf harmon
iaing ihe unusual conditions ln thu sfHtf
Waf yHsy sfcAts vel W ARE nleS4ci ~
call attention to tire fact that u ditteriai
savinK 10 tho people Of the state ~ evil
dent; and ihs standard q text toaks
much improved ]; Va probable Tint fSt
people il different parts Il the state
scarcely appreciate the difficulty Of SET.
thing tAc text book question.
Oklahoma Territory had Ne own school
here the test haoks were not uniform but
varied IN diNarert p3rts ofs the Terri
terry III the indian Territory, every mi
carpofafed town had its school under ifs
own distinct control Will practically M
desfee D harmony atueng The different
N#NIAM HIlI NIFfEA.
The Interior Department schools. called
school1. had their y dlst.it
organization test lid0ks even the.e Vas
communities ef milan Ieftr tv h1I
practically no sch8Oit The paNlatioa
from different rtairs had d Grest
81 text books
40 hatfn0nixn the entire State, fn4ia
~ Impossible g pfaeced 10 q condition
text hook uniformity wltlra4t iatgo.
tuelne a new hook Into most localities
The school hook Publishers 10 most in-
oven after contracts weFe male
With the etatfs prosed technical IN fri-
ming their contracts, and tianN attempts
were Hiddn 70 aYadc strict fHlnlisapnt ~
their contract, Particularly 10 the line ~
~ old books far the neN udnpt-
bopks de4lred at ME exchange price
but hF vigorous Intervention. as earn
plaints Wtfe nrldc to us lfeM numerous
oenNtles tfat condition was finally inl.
proved. but still owing 10 The thousands
communities in the state. II was eN.
teediuKly difficult tor keep the situation
well under control, ana insure proper
With euAiraet. .4I
wv Aere tmf8ftuHnie aR5!H M The FACT
nag wlth thousands of tae4ers IN the
stale, the xArlety or opinion as ~ the
merit Of dincfent text books. WaH very
sfeat and a text book or policy thtt
neI the approval uf aoHie would natural.
y 10 vigorously nppbHnd bY Oiisr This
dlferfnte st opinion nt8kfs the
.nforeemohE OF laws uF rules moro diff
ia1li For the want on i0pai eb-oHrfafton
We can only expfehs the hoppe that IuHr