Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-03-23
DUNLAP BILL
is Not Dead, But May Become
the Law

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a large number of county superin-
tendents Offering their protest
against the Dunlap Educational
Bill, when the special feature was
to help the country schools and
lengthen their terms. No one can
say that they are specially inter
ested in the elementary schools and
at the same time say they oppose
the Dunlap Bill, for this bill gives
more attention to this class OF
schools than any bill enacted into
law since the establishment of our
public school system. The bill
comes to the rescue of the country
boys and girls and gives them a
square deal.
Mr.. Dunlap has revised his bill
to meet the most serious objections,
but without surrendering any of
the principles relating to the ele-
mentary schools. This bill is sure
to pass. The original bill directed
the ten per cent fund to the ele-
mentary schools, which, within it.
self, gives US ten per cent more
for teaching purposes than we
haye gotten before. This feature
is retained and to it is added four
more per cent, made possible by
the recent passage Of The Univer-
sity Bill, It gives more money to
high schools and permits all grad
yates of first-clas high schools to
teach in their county one year
without an examination The bill
prohibits SO much duplication of
work requiring the high school
students to remain in their county
and attend the high school instead
hof going TO the normalS, which
makes this teaching doubly expen-
sive, for which the state must pay.
Again, this bill prevents so much
money going to the Weather
counties and directs it to the
poorer ones, where it is most
needed. The bill is so arranged
that it offers inducements to the
poorer counties to help themselves
and thereby encourages them to
do more and better work. Why
then should any one in favor of
country schools oppose the bill?
Strange to say, too, that many OPP
pose the bill who had never read
it, and what is still worse, some
signed protests against the bill to
one party aud endorsements for the
bill to other parties.
AS a member of the state Board
of Education | am interested in all
the departments OF our educational
system and desire to see each de-
partment grow in strength and eff
liciency, but as a life long teacher
of the poorer classes largely, |
have come to know their needs,
and my sympathy is with them,
and FOR this reason | throw my in
huence to the country school first |
and without apology. The poor
boys and girls are as much a part |
of the state as any other class, and |
frequently give the state more and |
better service. The state cannot af-
ford to neglect any part of her sys-
tenn, nor can she afford to neglect
any part of any department. The
building up and equalizing of these
departments is the chief function
Of the Dunlap Bill.
We have been pleased to give a
little of our time to the passage of
this bill, for we know what it's
passage means to Carroll county,
and since its passage is assured we
have but to ask the kind induI-
gence of a patient public to verify
The accuracy of this statement.
Dur system will be strengthened
md we will receive more money
ind in the face of the above facts
wonder why our county did not
lend up a strong endorsement in
tead of a protest.
j. H. BAYER.