The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-10
EDUCATION m KENTUCKY.

Miss Will DC pudblLbu III buG lJO
onne "Whirlwind Campaign" for bet
90, ter education in Kentucky are
ier b Popular thought should b,
Thi turned from national to STATE
ave and local affairs.
W. If the people rule, they mus
take time from private to attend
= to public business.
ME The most important duty Of
rant any generation is te prepare the
less, next to enjoy and transmit what
Th society has gained through ages
ard of toll and suffering.
rett The whole people must be edg-
no Gated to meet the demands of
our complex civilization. Every
30 child has an Inherent right to an
ast equal chance in the race of life.
~,sh The State needs enlightened
onr men; for a republic with an ig-
M. norant electorate is an impossi-
ted bility. The State needs honest
nsmb, men, brave men, religious men,
Vas th men of faith and seIf-denial and
reSty the schools must supply Them.
$. H Kentucky stands low in the
nap q scale of education, because of
o, ns the indifference of the people to
: a. Its needs.
'oun Kentucky is not giving her
The children an equal chance, educa-
re n tIOnally speaking, with the
nemb children of many poorer States;
egaro and, as a result, there is posi-
bility that her sons may become
servants in the house of their
~ fathers. All the best positions
aart. practically in the educational
y goi work IN Kentucky are held by
'ent men and women from other
ney States. This is not fair.
TIL, The only way the rural school
'1pes can be made as good as the city
om' school is through county and dis
boul trict taxation.
ist it The counties in Kentucky
AZ should build school houses in
Ad every district and put a good
he teacher within the reach of every
an child. 1t will pay to do SO.
.nus The Common School does not
"a, prepare fully for life's duties
,ei therefore there shoald be pub
lie High School in every county.
50 The colleges and universities
ID OF our State are crippled because
~ there are so few high schools to
z prepare students for them, and
~ because there are SO few highly
educated teachers to inspire stu
n dents to ''climb the heights"
81 Kentucky needs more univer-
b sity men; for the real advances
A. now being made along industrial
= lines are for the most part, the
" work of these men-highly train
Il ed in the arts and sciences.
A school tax is not really a
Il tax, but an investment; for sup
y pose society invests 500 In the
p education of boy, will she not
z get it back with compound inter-
q est throufh the long years of his
+ manhood?
K 1t pays the individual, and
that which pays every unit of
society, pays society itself.
4 1t will pay Kentucky in every
! way to give every one of her [
children common school edu-
cation; and it will pay her to
I give as many as possible high
school education; and it will pay '
her to give thousands of her sons {
and daughters university train :
ng. Il
Education measures the dis a
lance from savage to civilized
life. The creation and security Y
of wealth depends upon the edu-
cation of the people.
1t may not be right to make v
one man help TO educate another n
mans children for the parents 4
b sake; but it is right to make a
every man who enjoys the bless :
ings and security Of civilized k
v society help prepare the next
generation for citizenship.