The Brinkley argus., 1916-05-05
Ill. ADVANTAGES or ,)
 UNIT.

NIJ. wal "'' ADVANTAGES OF {.
 UNIT.
 By J. R. Jewell, Dean sebo,
 cation University of A,s' The most important rstou III 't, our Arkansas school syst, aool'ion of the district as X school government and ths ton therefor of the county. 1 district is an artificial n,1 lished for a single and sa, pose, and like nothing d, heaven; consequently our se governmental outcasts, bsari iatlon to the county go which, for every other fupeti1 only recognized unit. It is school system alone that three times as many officers CTS, which is just like an Al three times as many ofiicer diers or a business concern M times as many foremen as ls
 There should be no words for school trustees. Many of honest and honorable men. selecting 25,00O officers for ministrative function, 1t is foI pect that many of them shc1 an intelligent conception of ties to be performed. The school officials are peculiar, quire culture, business acumI aims for human progress, aD ity for intelligent leadership | prevailing sentiment in a nal districts is that anybody wll school trustee. The school dl so small that few men care the displeasure of their iriel neighbors in trying to pertOrn ties required of school trusted
 There are some who cling district system because, they it is the most democratic school government. On the [ 1t Is the most aut0cratic, Y election is held, the vote is means, an indication of the will.
 The school districts democr to seed, a worthless inherltal Massachusetts, from whost our own was copied at its D' But Massachusetts, after a q experience similar to our ( carded her system many v and one of her distingulsns Horace Mann, had declared school district is the "greales in the whole history oi co leglSlatlon.
 By making the county tn school government, it is oD' its citizens would manifest interest in the adminlstrah0 schools that is now haa ih ernmental functions. n lns hest citizens are selected ? tire municipality to e0l schools, and the whole city q to their support. :,
 Under the county system ' be an average of five or sn , cials. Surely 1t would OesAs'' aa,' a school board of this hln'ls who would have and S0a'u an interest in popular eduea if would be to secure three many superior men as ! schools. And, too, 1t IS yious that since this O0a'' elected by the whole ', 41 \ the electors would hola .s ,a str,ct accountability for U full administration oi O'H'' fairs. .,r,v : This matter of a coun,' U extricably tied up with lns a better system of taxail0a' a, be the topic of the ns,, .,s this series. Every c0'As oI sas nresents examples 0l :. school districts, one ..1 T very low taxation can can. f money for school purposes :, stand stand, while the other 'y v, < inc legal limit cann0, z, 't' < to maintain a school '.n', ?, ! children of the col'l,o"nt nnunt instance, in Monroe .ss sVs sss No. l has six times s. 'Ds ss 'i al alton of District NO, NO two w although it has onls 'a,ss am pupils, and can raise rss ,, I'' school school purposes sl' l'9ss,a' N,,.s 4 latter latter district can ra,ss Sa 2 2 of ssoo.so. District .auatl sy, joins No. 2s has a rs rsise 2 s17,ooo, and so can rrsry ? Of only si,r nrpes that e'e' aemufs"cs asanroe "ccsounty--aud eve,s '',s, ty w0oi of our state-nsavss lsSss',oa ssS'' ties for a fair euaar ' nnfortur other child. s HOW of such are those children so. County No. ss in M0n19u M n's,r,et No