The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-11-17
Statement From Ecurry County
School Board Of Education.

ing OF the County Sch00l Board
Of Education, we are confronted
with financial difficulties in the
school matters that trustees and
patrons of the county may be in
terested in, and which we desire to
report.
On account Of the the filing Of
the Scurry county school land suit
filed by John Y. Bowen, ct al, on
October 18th against the pur-
chasers OF said land, the sum of
$5800.00 will not be available for
school purposes for the school
year, which otherwise would have
been available.
The above sum is the amount Of
interest that would have been de-
rived on the sale of the school
land as the first annual install
ment of interest, the payment of
which has been held up by the
filing of said suit. This amount,
when pro-rated among the schol-
astics of this county shows a to-
tai Of $3.50 for each pupil.
The Board deplores the fact
that this litigation has come about
at the time when the available
school money which would be de-
rived from the sale would be of
so much benefit to the schools of
the county.
II is a well known tact that the
short term of the rural school had
been one of the educational prob
lens of our state. A suit of the
magnitude of this one, involving
az il does the sum of $ll6,00O.0O
will, in the ordinary course Of e.
vents, be in the courts for num-
Der of years, if such suit can be
maintained in law.
We desire to express our en-
dorsement of the action of the
Commissioners Court in selling
the school land at the time 1t was
sold. We feel that Scurry coun-
ty' schools are in need of the in
terest that will be derived from
the sale as much, or more, than
they will be again. We believe
that the annual interest of $4,000
will be more than the yearly adj
vance in price of this land and IN
addition TO this, our own children
now in the scholastic age, and the
children of the future generations
will receive the benefit Of this in
terest; whereas, if the court had
continued the policy of holding
the school land, not our own chill
dren of Scurry county but the
children of future generations On
| ~ would be benefited after the
land was finally sold. We believe
that no future generations will be-
more entitled or even as much en-
titled TO this benefit, as the chill
dren of those citizens of our coun-
ty who have braved the hardships
of pioneer civilization in develop
ing Scurry county.
AS a Board in charge Of the
school finances of the County we
would 9sk that all good citizens
who are Interested in the welfare
and in the development of our
schools, put forth every effort TO
restore this interest Of which we
are now deprived into the avail
able school fund Of the County.
II takes but little figuring to
show how much this annual IN
terest means to the rural schools
of our county, which receive
/ $500 yearly by virtue of said
sale. There are 25l2 scholastics
in Scurry county. Five percent
| interest on $4,000 yields $500
annually, which divided by the
number of scholastics. shows that
each is entitled to $3.50. a school
having forty-four pupils would
| be entitled to 800 in round num-
beers from this interest. Ii a
teacher is employed at $50 per
/ month. the school will have a
term two months longer than It
would have if it did not receive
this interest.
! Below are given a few of the
| tabulations that may be had from
/ the school records Of Scurry coun-
~. showing the effect in our
schools of Withholding from them
the amount they would receive
were il not for the litigation that
! has been commenced above refer
red TO.
School District No. 6-61 pu-
pills $l5410, teashers salary Sl25
difference in length of term l and
Is months.
School District No. 10, 30 pu-
pills sll5, teachers salary 500