The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-11-03
GOV. MORROW COMES OUT
STRONG FOR EDUCATIONAL
AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENTS
Supported by every educator IN
Kentucky, the Parent Teacher organ
izat ons In every county, the mothers
and school children, the two school
amendments which come before tho
voters Of the State, November 8,
must be passed, declares Gov. Edwin
p. Morrow, in an appeal issued In
Louisville but which echoed turnout
Kentucky.
De" airing himself to be q polite.
ian, Governor Morrow said all party
ssues must come second to the well
fare Of the childhood of Kentucky
which depends upon the passage of
the amendments.
Rallies are being held thruout the
State until election day and the mes
sage that spells the emancipation of
the schools from politics is gong
irto cverv hamlet.
Democrats and Republicans in high
offices, political and civil, have united
in the appeal for the two amend
ments. burying all party issues until
the State provides an adequate and
equal education for each of the little
, ones with n its bounds.
Governor Morrow pointed ou' that
Kentucky is fortv-ffth in e4u"ation
N the list e States; it is nineteenth
10 wealth and its educational fund is
siyth IN size.
He Joins with the leading educators
in asking why Kentucky now has
more illiterates than forty-four Of
the other States in the Union and
ex'lai it as follows:
This condit' on is due" he said, "to
the fact that politics controls the
, election Of the Superintendent Of
Public instruction and because the
edr"nt onal fu~d is distr' huted on a
strictly per capita basis, with the re-
suit that the poorer cour ties receive
so title money that thew could not
support even a legal standard school
as now required by law.
We must go to the polls November
9Th with the words Of the Master in
our hearts, Suffer little children to
come unto me and forbid them not,
for Of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven
Our standing in the list of States
is a blur upon the escut"heon of the
Commonwealth. A vote for the
amendments means a push upward
for Kentucky"
Amendment No. 1.-Authorizes the
General Assembly to provide by law
for the selection of the superintend.
ent of Public Instruction, in place Of
the present manner of ele"ti~g the
head of the school system. 1t retains
IN the hands Of the people the power
over this office and yet gives a great
err scope for finding the best equip
ped person for this important post.
The present law prevents the super
intendent succeeding himself in Of
flee, 70 matter how capable he may
he and limits the voters to selection
between onlv two persons, the DEM
ocrats ard the Republican candidate.
This present method is declared most
Nbiectionable for this latter reason
especially.
Amendment No. 2. will give to the
legislature the power to make such
DISPOSAL. not over 10 percent of the
State School fund as may help the
counties too low in financial resources
to mai~tain schools now required by
law. This help can be ard doubtless
will be extended to the poorer coun-
ties without diminishing the ability
f any county to sustain and even to
improve the present STANDARD with
out increased taxation. The good
faith of the State is pledged to give
every child an opportun'ty to ACQUIRE
an education. To carry out this