The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-12-05
where people willing undertake the charge of rasn
some strangers child.
Is School Money Wastedg

some strangers child.
Is School Money Wasted?
In the line of education expenses being added constant
y but few if any eliminated Institutions establish
ed discontinued though there strong evidence
of uselessness Many attacks have been made upon the Al
bon normal school and the Academy of Idho but each has
held its own and demanded increased appropriations Fig
produced show that the per pupil at Albion has
been high force the conclusion that utter waste
of money! quite prevented legislature from appropr
atng more money for its maintenance That the Academy
of Idaho suppanng and Gripping many high schools
in Idaho without doing anything for the pupils that
was not being offered in the best high Schools led hard
fight against the academy appropriations and this brought
about the gradual evolution of the course of study to get
into more useful channels The fight this matter promises
to be factor the gubernatoral compagn Pocateo
being against anybody who does not favor the lavish appro
priaon of money for that institution located their
Are Conditions Changing?
Before going with the enumeration of state schools and
the amounts expended upon them mention
of that need be scrunZed Ten and twenty years
ago there deah of qualified teachers in ldaho and nor
NAL schools were established aid teachers in qualifying for
their intended profession. Normals at Lewiston and Albion
turned many good pupils among whom persons Who
took up teaching In order to get at the root of trouble
directly schools provided at various pla
for the teachers and eminent educators employed
drill the teachers Many of these left the state before the
fall work began and many ones came in from distant
places and in order reach them and prepare them for the
years work. schools are dismissed for week in early fall
and all teachers assembled for district institute where
lecturers and teachers of national reputation supplied at
public expense fill places the weeks program designed
make better teachers of them These have been held for
Idaho Pocaeo for number of years, and in
1913 the territory ubdvded and held at Idaho
Falls The teachers and county superintendent receive sal
airy for attending these gatherings and the interruption of
school work for the week substantial loss except in the
communities where the beet and potato harvest aided by
child labor This of the strong arguments put forth
by teachers favor of the Institutes but at all other times
child labor depored by the people State and coun
y school superintendent supplied with public money for
fare and other expenses attend teachers associations
both and national and all of these should be
studied by the people and school officers determine whet
the purpose that instituted the custom has not been
served and carried into period that longer demands the
sacrifice of much the part of the public for the benefit
of the individual engaged in the work. Matters of this
kind depending partly upon public sentiment apt to be
slow in starting and then carried to extreme before the
uay interested public gappes with the subject again. In
connection with the very high of the present years. it
proper consider whether the state going
in the support of the educational institutions that
s in addition to the regular public schools Following is
the list and the appropriated for them by the twelfth
session, 10 3, for two years maintenance.
Lewiston Normal -.-~..~~.~.-~$ I3I 382.8o
Academy of Idaho. Ioo 10000
Albion Normal .--......~ ..~- -....-..-..~ 100000
University of Idaho I44
Agricultural Department work 54,Soo.oo
$5I6782.8o