Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-02-26


t-nSe ~ tNis state al this time has
the sho7ourh endorsement OF the an-
Shoriues Of the schools throuehous
sac country u is tne coprty uni;
-of sshoci administration. In let
ze- 10 the state superintendent. A.
&C. Monahan. specialist in rural school
administration q the Federal Bu-
reau 81 Etuc4slon. SAYS,
Measures ve-y similar 10 this are
proposed lr practically every stale
VNess % she Mississippi river which
las the cid District sysieu. and in
several O. The state both east yLd
-zes, 90 the river now with county y
-seuii-ccunty systems hills are soften
before The legislature proposing TO
make thtir county sytiem stronger
than they have been in the past
There is 10 movement of auy sirnif-
fcancc az The present t.re 20 return
from the county system hack 10 the
a'3 district system.
Anosher consideration in favor O.
ths co11SF uait is Jas Cueston of
azTpo-i- TAe county is the unit o.
asrrznIztlor in most states for the
~lssessmant and collection OF taxes
Tor an purvoses inside The county ex-
sept for the support o. the schools
To make ID TIE unit of school taxa
iEoa 81 would 90 away with all the
1oczl district taxes Tor education ex-
-ce7t where local districts desired 10
supplement The county and state
tfunds. 50 would eau1ilze the Tax rzie
11cr the county a1d STATE funds; ID
-Eoud eQualize tAe Tax rate for the
e.uunty and distrlh1te the cost Tor
the support CT the school over the
entire county. so that equal e5ucz-
Ui11z1 opportunities might prevail ov-
~ ne entire caunty. Il would Elre
fhs sn1rs oouniy. instead of q few
esh-rtC1s favored By rleir location.
IKE be1efits GO the taxes paid by the
rz-5Bus corporations ID the oounty.
s1eh As railroads II would Permit
81 economical dssiri5nuca of the
sszHr1l huilcinss and make Possihls
the ssfahlishu at Of hsEh schools
=zEa1zhls 10 the boys and girls il
all parts of the county. without the
r1zsessfty o. living away from home
Special schools not possible under
Shs tistr5ci system might also be
rruTtEea. such as ia5su1riAl schools.
parental schools. schools cf aEricul-
-su-e and domestic schools Twenty
states have already raised p2rs Of
1helr school funds by tsXatioa On the
~-zozniy as 2 unit
The conditions making The dis
os15ct system the only feasible one 10
longer exist in the Clitsd States. ex-
sep tin those states where the schoo'
n controlled largely oy the state
7DsTzrrne1i cf EtCrat.ol. ID means
liitls statewide zdra1ceDenL L.
N ans that very good school and
very poor school of;ea sIst In ad-
joInire districts Tie ability O. the
giistr5ct 10 raise funds necessary for
The support O. good school is also
In importzza factor Many q the
districts with the proper ideas do nc:
-so1laiz enough taxable property 10
support q eood school On account of
uhfs. al The states On The district bz-
sis hare found ID necesszrT 70 pro
vide state educational funds 40 equal
IN IN Tzrt the burden Of education
-s-u1E The districts IN many states
county funds in addition are raised
ElF tz11uuu for the same purpose IN
pionser Times, where the entire pop
ulzf5nl vas q farming one. and the
Ezrw u-zE self upplyinE
Urzr5czlly al The needs Of the far
unsr's faEily-ibe wealth Of the Tar-
iSus districts WAS nearly proportion !
ale to TIE number % farms and ap-
EnrELr1stsly equal 10 the number Of .
lscnoOl Children- These conditions 4
hzTe passed away FErminE is noE
"A szsecizliEed oommercial business .
eSsdss and towns have derelope5 and .
railroads have been built 50 hat the
e s>1ooi districts IN one locality have
a Ench larger valuation without ths
prup0rriOnal increase IN population i
S1rh sections have therefore more
-nu1ey zEzIlzble foT slh0oi purposes
ElbAs cArUuEh 10 fault q thelr oEn-
those located away from these local
Enes have little money available"
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