The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-01
SUGGESTION OF
SCHOOL SURVEY
By e. A. DUKE
(Rural School Supervisory

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the school survey was made the
yerden district has consolidated
With a district in Caddo county. To
the Verden consolidated district
should be added District 13, seven
square miles Of District SO and
five square miles of District TO- Be-
cause of the fact that part of this
territory is situated in Caddo coun-
| ty, a detailed statement Of area,
valuation, population and enrolment
is not given. But the valuation
would approximate that Of the Am
Der district while the area is
smaller.
Districts 43, A and 79 compose
Group d. These three districts by
themselves or in connection with
one or two districts in Caddo coun-
ty hight organize either a union
graded school or a consolidated
school in which the pupils in this
section of the county may secure
the advanced t lining necessary.
The children in the rural districts
situated in this part of the county
are just as valuable as are those
living in other districts. They will
be required to compete in after life
with persons who are now being
trained in the best schools. Will
they be prepared to do so? The
answer to this question in future
depends upon the action Of the par
ents today.
A statistician recently compiled
the following figures with respect
to the distinguished men of America
Chose now living.) He found that of
the 100000 men with no schooling,
81 attained distinction; of 39,000,000
who have had only elementary edu-
cation, sos attained to distinction;
of 100000 with a high school edu-
cation, 1,245 attained distinction;
and of 100000 with college educa-
5,768 attained distinction.
The child with no schooling has
one chance in 100000 of perform
ing distinguished service: with ele-
mentary education he has four times
the chance; with high school edu-
cation he has 81 times the chance;
and with college education he has
800 times the chance.
The rural schools in these groups
of districts are on the elementary
basis.
What is the chance of the boy liv-
ing in these districts?
Less than 1 per cent Of American
men are college graduates, yet this
one per cent of our population has
furnished:
55 per cent of our presidents.
SO per cent of our congressman.
AZ per cent OF the speakers of the
house.
54 per cent of the vice presidents.
62 per cent of TIE secretaries of
state.
so per cent of the secretaries of
the treasury.
67 per cent of the attorneys gen.
eral.
50 per cent of the iusticies Of
the supreme court.
SO per cent of the men compos-
ing the constitutional convention.
The high school is the link be-
tween the elementary school and
college.
1.-The educationed mind is the
greatest producing agency in the
world. Without it. fertile soil, tim
bered land and mineral deposits are
so much worthless material
"The state (or districD that fails
to educate dooms its children to in
dustrial subjugation by those from
states that educate More than once
have natives lost their land from
lack of education"
Shall we prepare our children to
| hold this land?
The school district levies in these
groups of districts are no higher
than the acreage for the rural dis
tricts in the county and not as
high as the average levies in the
rural districts of a number Of our
counties. 1t is assumed that the
people in this section are interested
in their schools, and would like to