The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-31

 WRATHY AT
 SCHOOL FEE


 Unless some new phase of the school tuition question develops within the next week. an students living out aide of the city limits win be obliged to pay to City Clerk D. w. Petit the tuition fee of S7 before they will be permitted to register for tho coming term of school. Speaking unodciaily yesterday, the treasurer of the school board said that SO far as he knew each child desiring to register would be required to present Go the superin- tendent of schools either @ certificate of his residence as being within the city limits or a receipt for the tuition fee before bis name would be entered on the school rolls. Another member of the board said that he could see no other way Go handle the situation, since the city council had passed a resolution stiDulating that the tuition fee should be charged. President G.. c. Winn of the school board has said that it is bis personal belief that some means of deferring payment win be arranged. but-as yet has no Idea as to just what means can be adopted to that end.
 Board Tuition.
 As an official body. the school board has not yet deliberaied upon this particular matter to tho extent of planning out any particular mode Of procedure in regard to the collection ol the fee. The board has, however, been officially notified of the resoiu- tion passed by Che council
 Fec Prohibitive.
 Several prominent husinoaa mon in the city have expressed themselves as thinking that the fee as at present stipulated is exhorbitant One has termed it "both prohibitive and an out rage" An Important phase of the situation which occurs to me- said another man today. "is just what will happen to the registration in the schools if an attempt is made to collect this fee. Take for instance @ family where there are three or four children going to school. It means at least $2l per month for schooling in one family. That's impossible.
 Practicaly everyone who has been approached on the matter says that he believes the principle of the thing is right. and that the expense of the schools should be shouldered by the whole community. and not by only O part Of it. The main and most sub stantiai objection to the tuition is Che feeling that 1t is SO high as to be prohibitive.
 What Some Businessmen Say.
 Speaking of Che matter this alter noon Lloyd V. Winter said: I think that the city out to hold out ever. possible encouragement to get the children into the schools. know that the bills have to be paid, but ] don't think chat we ought to keep children out Of school by charg- ing them such an exorbitant rate of tuition as S7 Q month"
 'Tts an outrage." said Charles Goidstein when asked his opinion of the fee. There isn't a family in the whole town who can pay S7 month for each child they send to school. Anyway. it doesn't cost S7 month to keep them in school know that that is Q pro rata cost but also feel sure that if fifteen youngsters stayed out of school or # fifteen more came in the cost of running the schools would not be affected. We win have to have the same number Of teachers. and the same number of rooms and the same light bill and the same amount of heat. just the same as if the youngsters outside of the city limits were in school do think that the Douglas children should be charged a tuition. They have a school Of their own and SO have those of Thane and Troadwen. and that Is a different proposition.
 The city is using a club to force those outside the city limits into the city think those people ought to be within the city corporation. but don't think that the blow ought to fall upon a lot Of school youngsters who have every right to whatever we can give them in the way of schools.
 Those people have been forced out of the city limits by the prohibitive land and rental prices within. and now we are going to refuse to edu- cate their children, said " ". shorthin
 With the exception of council members. everyone approached on the question has said without reservation that lho lee Is prohibitive and has expressed himself as feeling that the council has taken the wrong way of handling the situation
 2. R. Willis said today l do think that the tuition is unfortunate ] believe that it win keep Q good many out O, school and ! wish that 1t could be avoided. But ] see no other way io handle the situation"