The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-20
BOND ELECTION
FOR JULY 137H

18th to determine whether or not
bonds shall be authorized in the sum
Of $4,000 for the purpose Of building
a school house in the center of town
ship 8, 5S
The petition asks for school build
ing "a X 40. The proposal is that
transportation be employed to get
.the children to school
The proposition did not appeal to
the board as being advisable and they
made trip to see the petitioners
Monday urging that the petition be
withdrawn, and ~one Of the school
houses now in the township to be
used for the coming year; but the
effort was fruitless.
The cost ofthe proposition is con-
siderable, but we would not put cost
against an education. However, one
OF the proposals OF the board gave
ilfst as good facilities except building,
as the petitioners asked for; and fur
ther places them within walking dis
tance of four-fifths Of the children
served, while the location proposed
by the petitioners will require that
four-fifths be furnished transporta-
tion. The building in this case can
be made reasonably comfortable for
small expenditure of about $3.50. 90,
and while 1t Is small. 1t has accomo-
dated more pupils In times past than
1t seems likely will attend this year.
The other proposal was to move a
building already In the township, a
building that was built and well built
at the same time as the new building
in town, to the same location as ask
ed for in the petition. This would cost
the district perhaps 5000 and fur
nish them just as good facilities, SO
far as the building is concerned as
the new building would do. Trans
portation problems would be the same
The roads for transportation in the
plan proposed by the petitioners are
not what might be called the best, in
fact we anticipate that we are asked
to spend $4,000 for building and a
proposal that will not satisfy the peo-
pie Of that township any better than
the old plan.
1t has been said that the people
should be given what they want
Some time has been spent on that
idea. Some people want schools at
points where the attendance would
not exceed four or five pupils. 1t
does not appeal to us that this can be
expected, but this district board does
propose to give every pupil chance
to get to school. In one instance it
proposes to pay the tuition to school
in an adjoining disritct. Patrons of
the Molthu and Rising Sun school ex-
pressed wish to be hauled to Ray
mer year ago, and 1t was done.
These same persons now wish a
school Of their own, and it is the
proposal Of the board to re-establish
schools in those two school houses.
We would expect the board to do
the same in any other school in ac-
cordance with the wishes of the ma
jority of the patrons of that school,
provided there were enough pupils
to maintain school.
Morgan county says that ten pupils
are required to justify school. Per-
haps that number is the correct num-
ber, but this district has given schools
for a much less number.
| We do not believe that anyone has
seriously contended that children
should be hauled from as far as Ka-
lous to Raymer to school, especially
with present road conditions.
II Up to the present time, the school
board has not discontinued single
school where the dlscontinuance was
not sanctioned by a majority OF the
patrons Of the school except the one
on the school section five miles from
town, and there were but four pupils
to attend that school.
II We want to see every child in the
district have the best educational
opportunities possible, and what bet
tiers those opportunities will have our
Raymer's trade, or whether 1t helps
ior hurts business in town or out. II
the petitioners for this new building
give single child better chance
for an. education, vote to spend the
five thousand dollars and build new
building than to move the school
house already built to the same loca-
tion, then vote the bonds; but II you
can save the expenditure Of the mon
ey. and still derive all Of the educa.
tional advantages, let us ask why we
should not do SO?