The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-01-21
I coLumB,A's SCHOOLS.

iFNlfHA vSeoNVssES
4 From the arguments advanced by
some anti-annexationists one would
think that II children are brought into
the city OF Columbia they will be de-
MED all educational advantages. The
Herald, as a loyal Columbian and as
The foremost advocate Of public
schools among the press Of the state,
Is not willing that this statement
should 60 unchallenged. 1t would not
by silence seemingly acquiesce in the
charge that the annexation OF the SUI
burbs to this city would in any way
deprive the children of the annexed
territory Of single educational opI
portunity. On the contrary The Her
aid asserts and 1t challenges contradic-
ton that no city, town or rural district
in Tennessee for that matter in the
South affords its children better educa-
tionai opportunities than Columbia.
Mcdowell is good elementary
school. The Herald has staunchly sup
ported it, Due in part to the cam
paign made by The Herald the county
court last year appropriated $4,000
for new building tire. Many Of the
ants who. have suddenly discovered
that the Mcdowell school is the only
institution worth while in the county
did not raise their hands to secure
that appropriation. For ten years or
more .the editor Of The Herald has
been. present at every meeting Of the
county courts tax levy committee as
an advocate Of schools. In all that
time not a half dozen Of those who now
proclaim the wonders OF Mcdowell
school ever had sufficient interest in
its welfare to attend the meetings Of
the committee or ask their members
OF the county court to support an in
creased school levy
Mcdowell is a fine district school,
but It Is no better than several others
In Maury county. As a matter Of fact
practically every elementary school in
Maury county teaches the full eight
grades Of the elementary course but
the Mcdowell pupils by special ar.
rangernents finish their eighth grade
In the city schools Of Columbia! They
do not suffer thereby.
Columbia has been. the pioneer in all
this section in public education Its
people organized and established one
,of the first public high schools in all
OF Tennessee. For years the city op-
Grated this high school. the only one
In the county. 1t was a Columbia jus.
tice Of the peace. the late Judge E. E.
Erwin, who put through the resolu-
tion In 1908 that established a. county
high school at Columbia. 1t was the
citizens of Columbia alone wko voted
d debt Of $4,000 in order that they
could provide commodious and prop
erly equipped high school building,
open to pupils all over .Maury county.
No children use this building more
than those who have attended Mellow.
ell school.
The people OF Columbia annually
supplement the state and county
school leyies by thousands of dollars
Of local taxation In order to have
school that ranks with the best. Do
the Mcdowell patrons do that? No
schools in Tennessee excel In efficien-
cy the Columbia city schools. From
all sections OF Maury county families
have moved TO Columbia during the
past two years in order to give their
children the opportunities, nowhere
else in the county afforded, to get |
first class education. This is the finest |
tribute that could be paid to the
schools of Columbia.
Therefore, The Herald challenges
any opponent of annexation to prove
that citizenship in Columbia would
deprive any child, white or black, rich
or poor, Of single educational oppor
tunity, Those who hide behind the
integrity of Mcdowell school, do not
themselves believe any such stuff.
Their argument is mere camofage.
@ PACKER REGULATION.