The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-27

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(ConInueo rom ulse pas-.l
! NOT been changed. The high school
funds were Increased to $145,000 and
| S25. 900 was appropriated for graded
| schools OF two, three and four rooms
I Two Opposite Results.
| what have been the effects OF the
hfrh school act. the williams build
..fnr act. and the sight Of better sehaei-
houses brought before the eyes Of
ldelj1hted people In almost every dis
I frict? Two results. diametrically OPP
1 posed in nature. stand out prominent
/ iy--one. enthusiasm OF the grandest
| type: the other. unrest
I'm their entnusiasm the people
nave gone down INTO tneir own DOCK
cts by increasing local taxes. ana also
by making private Contributions nn-
I'll local scnooi revenues nave gone up
from $I.t11,iolt 10 s",4aa'se 40.
During this period state schooi taxes
Tor eiementnry scnoois nave ,hcreaseo
less tnan *oeo:oVo. counting IN tne
GRADED scnooi !nno, tne eAact hsures
peink .Iss,ssI:vo IN isuoo ana w.
tsf.ese.oe IN lSlo-Ii- ne state ana
the counties were oearihg tne load
equally oetween tnem In isVo-o. WINE
in lsio-I the counties were carving
more tnan t~o-tnirds o. me .oaa. me
netteF type OF schooi' the nettsr Xraoe
OF teacher. mas appealed to inc pet
PIE, DOCS any enc Question the truth
OIL TINS assertion
In the midst OF this PROSPERITY anu
~ q par. OF AZ aIea Q. prosress WREN
nag tnxnenxco tne adnfration nc tne
wnoie naIion We mo unrest why
tnis uhIest' 0thous uase oe@h s!,t-
rrsed put motives. never: everybody
nsf ..eca ina. sns .,sS1c, M.t .eanss
are SINCERE ana iaithlui. Nnat 10 IN
E1auer. II mere y no moral iaut.
tne trouble must oe physical !, .
case OF Illness orooaoiy ana q pnyS
can snai ten us tne cause.
Many SchOOa DOctof1.
There are many school doctors all
over the State superintendent. trus-
tees, and teacher-some OF them gem
eral practitioners and other special
people tell US that the chief compliant.
almost the sole compliant, comes from
remote sections ana small schools
They are not getting their share. thew
say. The consolidated school il ali
right, but it ID too far away from
them. Besides. the wages Of teachers
have gone up and the small school
lcannot command the services Of teach
ers relatively AZ good AZ formerly even
jif Il Is able to maintain m average.
and for this very reason aome Of the
otherwise would 20 to get to the grad
ed school Frequently. therefore. the
average attendance decreases and the
scnooi 10 closed. But In any event the
small scnooi must Tall into disrepute
kooo teacners are not attracted 10
because II VIII seem worse than ever
~ comparison. Our sqnool doctors
aLe1 In resaro % many matter. az
eoou so..os snooIu 90, gu tney are
1890 1890 IA tne eao9 tnat state
.raa.aa m not usn msteriahy m
70 into bn,iS,nxs srd 80 a, . tunu.
~ ,aat ~ . nu 'ar-e scnooi1
rncas c smr s.s lncs ... IN iocai
wasithv J;s.r,c4s ...,sA to~ns.
| lions Therernr. ~ .,, uon1
mcfe school .nfrsr. ga .hn
with new .khool. =. 80. ~n,a. ,r
aons right hefore the,. 49,. 80 -.
and comnlain rh.v 49, 10y
schools may be secnraa nv r..t,Ds
good teachers "
oseetior AZ r~arh.r.
THE State school funds NAV n.
used only for the nay a. teacher. II
is not difficult to rel any ccrnmun.tv
TO build good school house. but il
1 Is difficult to get the continued ann.
| Div of money 10 nav rn,a tee chsr. ~,
/, rural schools OF one ana two teacher
! Even y rural district Of avernxa
! wealth with n local tar ri fortw or
| ANS cents on the hundred dol,ars and.
II fmDoesibIe TO nav f,rst rrad. 80 ~ !
! err more than Sz36 per annum vith