The Springdale news., 1917-01-19

annual State apportionment Of school funds.
 'sFhe present basis Of making tAis appor- tionmeut IA the enumeration. OF the num- Ee4 aE et.-.ahIe Cai5dran=this E faulty There have been from taae to tille ia tae State suggestions and charges Of padding the school enumeration.
 Whether these things are true CT not. the present Dan IS weak for tie following req Let the State apportionment he made the basis of daily school attenaance-this will put premium on school attendance, # will stimulate teachers. seheei directors and EatF8ns to secure better school attend aEee. tt will greatly enhance the value of seAnaI WeEX over the state
 ..5. Law to properly safeguard the Is suanea ef district school honz4s fH the state.
 Law to change tHe tine of holding county teacher institutes with a view to making these institutes more practical and ot more worth the teachers af the state
 La Creating County Boards O. Edu- catien-TRase county boards To consist of seven or nine members elected by The vot- CTS at the annual school election. tire mem bers of these boards to serEe without pay. Duties of boeras in general to look after and direct the educational work CT the county
 .sS State ulteracy Commission con- sist of I2 members of whom the State su- periutendent of education shouid be ex- officio chairman, who shall serve without pay. appointed hy the governor. The duties of the commission shall he to devise plans for eliminating iiHteracy in our state.
 g. Statewide uniformity or general coun- ty uniformity of text books.
 Uniform Text Books.
 Negotiations for uniform text books for public schools are In force in q States Alabama. Arizona California Delaware, Florida Georgia Idaho IHaiaHas Kansas Kentucky Louist"na. Mississippi, Mont tana Nevada. New Mexico. North Cdroi}aa, Ok lahoma Oregon, south Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. Utah. Virginia and West Virginia Tn these states state board selects tho hasis text books for the public schools. Tn II Of these states this board Is the stnte board of education, in three the state board O education CT a part of the board. to- gether with additional appointed memhers Tn the state board of control of inautu- lions Of higher learning and in the nine other special text book boards l believe the best results would be accomplished by the appointn ent Of special text book board
 10. Statewide county superintendency law.
 "rwenty-six counties in Arkansas have greatly Improved their educational systems by the adoption of the county superlntehG- ency system. which means better super vision, greater uniformity of courses. a care ful audit of the finances Of each school, and more effective control of teachers and pu- pils. The general assembly can afford to consider seriously the question of making the adopttcus of this system mandatory upon every county in the state. In my humble opinion. 1t Is simply question of time until county superntendency will be unt- versally adopted by the counties Of Arkansas voluntarily, so why postpone giving theol the benefits which both theory and practice demonstrate will flow from 1t.
 Control of Charitable Institutions.
 "Of all the institutions of the State. mono lies the hearts of the whole people than the Eo-called charitable institutions those for the care of the blind, the deaf and dumb and the insane. l have purpose ly omitted the care of the feeble and needy Confederate soldiers because they should not be treated as objects Of charity. They antff fad hp gratitude support of the rising generation who aa- rlire the herolsm of tho men who JtaCed their bodies as living walls between tileif honest convictions as to the great ioItfine of states rights and those who were equal ly as honestly opposed to them In another part of my message l shall discuss tA4 sel. arate control of the Confederate Home. All of these institutions should ever be held high above all partisan and political influ- ence and should never become spois in tho hands of any man or set or men and should be dealt with and considered solely with a view to the proper of those who come within their walls Patriotism. pure ana simple and humanity In it's tenderest phases.
 Believing strongly in the merit and efIl- ciency of the honorary board system, re- spectfully recommend to the general assem- ply that the present salaried charity board be abolished and in lieu thereof. there Dc created an honorary board of seven mem bers two of whom shall always be females one from each Congressional district who shall receive per diem Of So and actual travelling expenses. these members to be ap- pointed by the governor for term of six years beginning April after their ap- pointment; provided that of the first board two shall serve two years. two four years and three for six years. their appointm ents to be confirmed by the joint assembly of the two houses. The board should elect a paid secretary. not a member of the board at a salary not exceeding S2 200 per annufn. l who should have no other employment dur l ing his term of service; superintendent for ! terms not exceeding four years. his salary to be lived by the board. who, with tho 1 board. should have supervision over the steward to the kind. quality and quantity | of tho supplies to be purchased. and who l is to be held to strict accountability for i the administration of the institution. Confederate Veterans.
 T hsartily@endorse the present mills l Confederate pension tax and wish that the
 financial condition of the state was such
 that this tax could Ss increased by one