Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-11-14
OH|0's PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School Survey Day in Wauseon-Meet-
ing at High School Building Friday
Night-Startling Change in School
System Proposed-C Citizens Should
Be Present.

Conforming with the governors
proclamation concerning "School Sur
vey Day" Friday, November 18th, a
notice of which was published in last
weeks issue of the Tribune. There
will be a citizens mass meeting held
in the high school assembly room this
Friday evening at 7:30. Every citi-
zen who is interested in the public
schools of Ohio and that ought to
mean every man and woman in Wau-
seon, should be present at this meet
ing.
The fact that the pictures for the
Art exhibit being given for the bene
fit of the public schools this week,
failed to arrive Monday, has made it
possible to hold the pictures over for
exhibition next Saturday and the Fri
day night exhibition will be postponed
until Saturday evening to make way
for the meeting to be held in accord
snce with the governors proclamation.
At each meeting held On Friday a
delegate is to be chosen to repre-
sent the community or school district
at the big educational meeting to be
ield in Columbus in December. The
plans of Governor Cox and his ad
Tlinistration to make radical
change in the Ohio Public School
system was divulged at the meeting
of the Northwestern Teachers Asso
citation in Lima last week when the
expert brought into the state, from
New York, to conduct the survey of
conditions in Ohio schools and to sug-
gest plans for improving the school
system announced proposed legisla-
tion to be brought before the Gener-
al Assembly in special session this
winter. Roughly outlined, this leg
islation would provide for county
school superintendents to be appoint
ed by the State School Commission
er, who it must be remembered is
himself, an appointee of the govern
or. The position of superintendent
IF town or village schools would be
abolished, also the Boards of Edu-
cation, now elected by the people.
Principals, to be appointed by the
county superintendent who is to be
appointed by the State School Com
missioner, who in turn is appointed
by the governor, will take the place
of the present superintendents. The
whole scheme as presented by the
expert mentioned above and how it
would affect local conditions will be
made clear at the meeting Friday
night and it will be up to the citi-
zens present to select a delegate who
will present the sentiment of the
citizens Of this village in regard to
this matter If there is protest
against this startling. change in the
public school system, now is the
time to express that protest.. or if
the sentiment is favorable to it, now
is the opportunity to express that
sentiment. This is not a matter of
party politics but a matter which
affects the most vitaly important of
our public institutions. There will
be doubtless difference of opinion,
but the expression of opinion, what
ever it may be, will aid in deter
mining what is the prevailing opin-
ion and thus enable the legislators
to decide upon the attitude they
will maintain toward this measure
when it comes before them for their
action.
The general effect of such change
in the school system would be to
take the control of local schools out
of the. hands of the people and place
it in the hands of the governor; just
as the Warnes law has taken the
matter Of assessing tax valuations
out of the hands of the people and
placed it practically i'm the hands of
the chief executive. Be at the meet
ing at the high school building Fri
day night and be ready to express
x1o11v 0,inion