The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-04-11

the money to build Sanitary school
houses? We answer. by greater con-
certed action. greatest co-operation,
which can be secured only by the coun-
ties acting as a unit. While many school
districts in the Weather counties may
raise the necessary amount by taxation,
the vast majority of our school districts
are unable to pay i'm one or two years
the money required to build satisfactory
school houses. IL the counties would act
as units, they could borrow the money
by the issue of long time bonds at mod
crate rates Of interest, and could In the
next few years have sanitary school
houses. The bonds could be carried and
retired at their maturity by a small
annual tax not to exceed 10 or Is cents
on the 500 OF taxable property. The
children as benefcares would pay
large part of the bonds when as men
and women they would bring into use
the training they received through this
eXpediture.
In many localities several districts
would consolidate and provide vehicles
for sending the children to and from
| school. Around these modern school
! houses, the people would build their
| future homes as the land holdings are
subdivided and thus escape much of the
loneliness and isolation which exert such
I a depressing and lettering influence on
| country life Mankind delights in social
/ intercourse and the children take in in
/ spiration ana encouragement from the
| beautiful display they make when con-
/ gregated in large numbers around
/ clean, wholesome, well-kept school
| house and Fairgrounds. Academic In
! struction and more or less technical
| training in the various vocation of coun-
try life would bring increased happl-
Hfs< into their lives and be productive
/ OF thrift and success in their daily trials.
We tsin conceive Of no effort 50 full
| of qualification, pleasure and profit as
! the building Of these school houses Con-
! cede that to 30 this involves increased
| labor; and possibly greater self-denial.
can any struggle 40 too severe or any
sacrifice too iTksome n our children can
| be protected in their tender years
against exposure to diseases which may
| cripple their energies during ife if it
| does not consign many to untimely
/ graves? Not only is health at stake. but
education as well, for no teacher, how
! ever efficient and Industrious, can make
satisfactory progress with children en-
! feeblcd by bad air. by disease germs
/ and by the many ills caused by neglect
Of sanitary laws.
With the hope that we may awaken
renewed interest in the great educational
work Of our State and especially that
we may appeal to our country people
/ to put into actual practice the views
1 hereinbefore set out, we condense them
! into the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we most earnestly ask
/ and petition the next General Assembly
o. our beloved Commonwealth to enact
/ n law authorizing the counties to issue
bonds for building school houses. The
bonds to be placed in the hands OF the
County Boards of Education or special
4 commission, as the General Assembly
may designate, who shall sell same and
/ apply proceeds to the buying of suitable
sites to the building OF school houses
and equipment and for no other purpose.
Resolved. That in our judgment all
! moneys raised under existing laws and
/ available for school purposes are need