The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-06

approaches for the return Of eX-
President Roosevelt ON Saturday
morning. June 18th, the plans for his
welcome are assuming larger and
larger dimensions, and that the
greeting viii be nation wide admits
OF no doubt. New York will be filled
from river to river with citizens and
guests, enormous throngs will crowl
the live OF march during the water
demonstration. Distinguished visitors
from every state in the union will
be in attendance Delegates from all
over the United States will be on
hand, and scores of clubs and socie-
ties cr New York City and vicinity
will aid in making the former pres
idents Homecoming an historic
event.
Chairman X. A. G. Smith Of the
haI5or display committee states that
nearly every available sea-going
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Img to enter graded school be-
cause their scholastic attainments
would necessarily put them with
pupils so much youger than 'hem-
selves, but in these schools course
may be outlined for them under
the direction Of the superintendent,
where the pupils can be for the most
part with students of their own age,
and at the same time obtain a
most valuable training along 10th
mental and industrial lines.
The regular three year course
leads to the Agricultural end Me
college and the state nor
NAL schools, and is open witECut eX-
animation to any student who has
the eighth grade OF the
over IL years of age who indicates
fitness for the work and can pass
The required examination. Al he
present time a preparatory course
covering the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades of the common schools
IS being given when called for. No
student is admitted to his course,
however, who has the same privi-
Iege in his own district, except on
written approval of the priGcirai or
Of the school which
he is entitled to attend, and not
more than ten such will be received
rom any one county.
The desire is not to bring ;ne
work of these schools in ANY way
into conflict with the common
schools of the state, hut 10 make
II supplementary to them. reaching
4 class which in many cases woulG
De gotten into school in no other
Nay.
Provision was made for the es-
ablishment of these schools in each
)f the five supreme court dis.ricps
If the state by the act of the first
drafted by Representa-
i've William II. Murray of Tisho-
ningo and Senator w. VI. Franklin
If Madill. Provision for ln add
ion school for the Panhandle dis
Hct, where agricultural conditions
are different from those in any
ether part of the state. was made
)y the second legislature making
six Of the schools in all. The Mr.
'ay school at TishOmingo. named a
er one of the authors of che law, |
VAS the first to be opened, followed !
shortly afterward by the Connors |
school at Warner, named for the |
president of the state board of agr,
uture.
Some difficulty was experienced in |
he location of the other schools. [,
With the exception of the Panhandle :,
,cho,l, which was located at Gooi- |
Well practically without opposition,
md some bitter iealousies were en- /
rendered by the locating committee,
composed of State Superintendent .
:. d. Cameron, President j. p.
'onnors of the state beard of agri-
'ulture and President J. II. Connell .
" the Agricultural and Mechanical
'ollege. The final result OF their
work was the location OF the Has
,ell school at Broken Arrow, the
'onnell school at Helena and the
cameron school al I.awton.
The schools are under the direct
ontroi of the state board OF agricul-
ure, which is made by the constitu-
ion the board of regents Cf all
and mechanical colleges
With Prof y. c. Pittuck a dean
II charge of secondary agricultural
work The superintendent OF the
lTiDuS schools are.