Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-07-16
High Schools Give
All Equal Advantages

Unless your county has a biz n
school, Il Is losing money There IS
money sci aside Tor each county in the
Stale Treasury at Nashville, and Il the
county creates high school, the state
gives one third as much as the couniy
II the county fails to create high
school, that fund will 90 10 other cOun-
ties.
High schools have had a wonderful
growth in Tennessee. The number Of
pupils has nearly doubled since 1911
There was not county high school 10
the state 10 1900, but now one hall Of
West Tennessee, two thirds OF East
Tennessee, and oRe-lhird OF Middle
Tennessee counties have high schools
The movement is growing so rapidly
that you cannot afford TO ignore il anV
longer
Here are some reasons for their
popularity:
III High schools improve the
lower schools; first because every coun-
" with high schools has better county
teachers, better educated than they
Gould be before the high school startled;
second, all over this state The attend.
ance aud interest in the lower schools
improve when high schools start be.
cause pupils work harder 10 pass their
examinations and get into the high
school, Both Of these facts are lesli.
fled 10 by numbers Of letters thai have
received,
~ High schools, being free to
all the county, give rich and poor an
equal chance at an education The
poor widows son may be capable Of
developing his county il be can only
get chance for an education.
~ A county must have high
schools or lose population. While i'll
is true that some few counties wiihou!
high schools have gained population in
the last decade, il Is fact that most
Of the counties with poor schools have
lost population because families move
to other counties with better schools 10
educate their children, Williamson
had lost 2,2l6 people in the last de-
cade but since il has created six high
schools in easy riding distance OF every
ambitious student, The county is regain
ing It's population, by immigration. We
need immigrants in Tennessee, but we
have found that the best immigrants
select the counties with free county
high schools.
(4) High schools give more practi.
cal education: Chemistry, Physics, BIZ
OlosH Agriculture, Cooking, Sewing
(S) Our educational ladder Of free
schools in Tennessee consists Of ele-
mentarY school high school, normal,
state university at Knoxville. If your
county has no high school, you have
one step in The ladder missing, aud
your ambitious pupils cannot climb
(6) II Tennessee is backward ia
high schools, our boys will not te all {
TO meet the competition CT The heller
trained boys ol other states o. The
4S slates, we are SIKH from the bottom
II The plumber Of high schools
~ High schools complete ynul
,nunty's system OF schools UaIrs'
YOU have a high schOIl, your COMFY
:, a body without head
II you are interested in getting i
high school, wnle me or the Stale
High School Inspector P L Harmed
State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn w
work in harmony The University 81
Tennessee as head OF the public schOo
svs; m, is trying t. build up the edu
! cational interests oil The slate II ",
can help you, please call on us
Yours tor better schools,
HARRY CLARK,
P,o' Ct Secor dairy Education,