Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-08

caring and deep thought in handling l the subject e. Coed Roads, Cool | schcsls and Good Churches as Es- | sent als for the DeVel, toment 0i Gc2d Neighborhood: lie gave IS example seve al localities in the rural districts where good men hde i been converted from boys as q re l suit of good education, civic and re- igi9us environments, and recited l now these men had risan to prom 1 inerce in the affairs of our stae. | A resolution was adsIDtad thank ns l Judge Philpot. Judge Grace and ! Sheriff Brewster fer courtesies, ana these who took part in the pro- I gram.
 Ercwster's Able Address. l ''Mf. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle men:
 Having heard the eloquent and 1 fo.ceful speakers who have precedcd l men. and knowing those who are tG follow, I can but think that the wrong one has been chosen to speak on the subject assigned Unless l was judged to he like an old man who lived in Virginia, who wa rather shy on education Himself but | appr coated tha value of culture i'll 1 others The old man referred t1 sent his daughter to a Maryland ooa! ding school, where young ladie> were taught everything from arith- 1 metic uD to how to manage a gown l with a train on it. A few months after his daughter had entered the
 cling him that she was simply in- 1 fatuated vt ta Ping Pong. that wa. l too much for the old gentleman, ant he in1ign sntly telegraphed to the l principal of the school, instructing her never to allow his daughter to l associate with a Chinaman.
 As to the subject necessity for longer sessions in country schools 1 and better paid teachers. if the statistics are correct. and no doubt .hey are, Jeffel son County and the l State of Arkansas is certainly i,. 1 reed of longer session and bette ] aid teachers. This is necessary for l this county and state to keep pace with other states and to give cur 1 children the advantage they d. l serve. Every child, whether in the country CT city. is entitled to ile benefit of an education, the diffe - 1 nee in cost s Tot to he considered put should it be, We should ask the l question, is it not safe and profi- l table investment? l contend that in very few years it will cause mo" money and capital to be left in our state than can possibly be take. away fem us. ard we further know l that it would be good for society 1 The average school term of our state i is less than six months. rural schools
 
 numbe! of them only three months
 '.The eiucat onal development Il Arkansas has oeen very rapid the l last five years, but the average length of the school term is still l neaI the bottom of the list, AZ k8n- sas ranking filth. We could no, | rank much lower because the last star that has been added to our llas is number 4S. The State of Wash ing on was admitted into the Union in 1889, and new ranks 18th in leng Il of tenn. and many of the newcg states. like Oklahoma are far aheac of Arkansas i'll length of sessions All these states have had all in, fluX of imm grafton, and their land command a highe. price than ours People want to live where they have good schools and man witt a family seeking new location us. ually asks about the length of tho school term.
 ''Arkansas ranks 23 as compared with our sister states, which is fair ly good showing, but no other profes sional pan is as poorly paid, and it i' no wonder that so many good teach CTS quit the profession. The average salary paid to the teachers of tn, public schools of this state is onl. $5400 per month, and for the rura schools only $40.00 per month. Cal we reasonably expect to get teacher who are thoroughly qualified to re main in the service for this salar. when better opportunities for liveli hood are offered in almost every oth CT vocation.
 This s.ate offers a great field O labor for the teacher, there bein. nearly 600,00O school children in it borders seeking the opportunity of al l>1