Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-12
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN; HER SCHOOLS AND HER UNIVERSITY

Ia overthrow the decision "i
II Board Of Trustees acting WITHIN ll>
legal rights.
While | shall not lrs even Nh ~nnihlar
izr these school laws. viii mention Y
few that show the drift M things. Ih'rr
IT, an elaborate system ut state hlh NJ
the ~thuul- from HE second grade rural
Schunl> upward. All >rhorl> which are
maintained e. right m"tlhS. >upl'lird
with The needed apparatus and textbooks
aud keep their buildings in proper conn
iicn arc entitled 10 4 share 80 al stare
county school moneys. The rural
school that ia addition ~ these has pro
yidcd supplementary readers and done
sufficient work receives special Hlh W.
the amount cf tftN dollars. Approved
high schools receive uHc-halI ~ inc I'm
'prn>r T trlching and additional sums Tor
work ia manual training. agricultural
ud domestic rrnuomY but uO more than
~.JO for ca-h of these departments ~
this Way. fer instance. the small town
or village of Arena receives ~1.ltO iroul
the state annually. Of which Sll5 j. for
teaching domestic ~cirurc. ~2Ih Tor teach
ing agriculture and ~.rin frr conducting
n continuation rural school The latter
~ y very promising lead. The cons and
daughters MI farmers. who have rrmnirt
~ the work MI ten rural school may II
tend The %nciehhoriug high school during
the, winter term 80 = cost 81 not more
than ifty cents per week. which j. paid
bv the district in which their parents
reside.
a county. cr several counties Boo con
INN. linn rtsr .-failGNh "a .tuRfN ~4NftNtN
~ agriculture uud domestic >cirurc and
NAL receive frym the state two thirds IA
the mounts they rNpcnd for hi purpose
hut NOT more Than ~iN thousand dollars.
ANY ritr rr district may provide for a
trade school aud lew n taN uf three
tenth> mills. ANY city ar village with
The cun>rut Of the superintendent ~ pull,
il. instructor. may establish a tiaN
school for deaf cor blind children within
the scholastic ace that must lee MAINTAIN
cd for eight months in each wear. To
these schools for the deaf ami the blind
the state paws $50 ror each pupil that
lran attend from thr home M hi> parents
W. guardian amt 500 fur each blind child
and each deaf child that must find IVY
boarding place. $50 per aHnum i> cnn
Itrihutcd ~ rural schools ~ Che first
class to help pay for the transportation
school children. school districts have
the right 20 borrow from state funds tu
pay their teachers. County boards of ci
r%cation receive p modest per diem and
mileage for a. mH-h - fifteen DAYS. The
state provides for i system " Insurance
into which teachers may rlc- \ tu pay rrr
tain percentages uf their annual ~alar
H. and then are entitled iu receive aH
annuity ~ not more than $50 per ln
uum uH retirement after twenty five
wears service. | understand that this
system of pcn>ioniHg teachers was inaug
urated first ia Milwaukee and has been
carried out very effectively there. The
u>c IF the puhlir drinking emp j. forbid
drn IN schools. For sweeping. \ varuum
cleaner a. moist SAW dust must hr used
and the sale M tobacco IN children with
M the scholastic agr w forbidden under
penalty. From appearances The latter
law ~ not Enforced even at the tcrA
doors ~ The capitol.