Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-08-19
= Of coon SCHOOLS DOL, ,,,,,,,,
pRi n W now TO GET THEM

Farmer -;ockman) ...
Va ,owr usually have bet
~ anu ,s, the rural communi-
hooIs - because they pay Tor
Tss 1hs, /. the only good reason
a' '. =. us farmers think we
nau. s.r i've N the city because
ra'n.' ,a,r electric lights,
We s"s aas r,!o on paved streets
'lln o., o,r ,hildren to good
'e'u uov DO the city folks get
w. n., n They pay for them!
ID,Ds not iained down from
.o.a-i,cd when we have
us, sor Nh.' We get. Nobody
,,.r Nv oa, .l,,hing free. The
u,a uui"' p, g., end of the rain
o. eV," .,, a.,nd. The buried
h"e .,,, r.n dug up. The
i'e' ''",, . the get-rich lot
ls h..u wn. The 100-tO-
"a. h.. f..t sold. The pock-
" ss' and b.. Of money left in
y y, have I.-l picked up. The
rrrles ha'- ia,sed on
'. ..re. a Naalc dollar---some-
~n,a-.,o ' .uy u dollars worth
ods these days
- More I..t.ratle Schools
:, ve re,l IN the country Is
,onsolid.j". schools. A con-
M scho,. IN the country Is
GOOD as % high school in the
Twelve p.,ies are taught In
,.ol,da,,t school and a good
~ ran get llst as good results
,npjls in H., country as In the
The farm boy and girl can get
,de sChoo!,ng in a good consoli-
,,bool cheaper than In the city
md girl can get a IL grade
lIrr in the city schools. The
Of operating a consolidated
IA less that Is, the general
overhead" expense is less
h the teachers may be paid
salaries. The farmers taxes
ousolidatet school purposes are
heavy as the city's mans taxes
sh school.
Is look into the comparative
Of running city and country
IL. Take Oklahoma City, for
ole. The schools there are good
very way. They have good
ers, and the teachers draw good
s.
Cost in City and Country
! cost per pupil Of running the
iona City grade schools last
vas s5S2, How many Okla
farmers paid that much school
ast year to send each boy or
country school? The cost for
hlgh school pupil in the city
YEAR was SS2.74. How many
RS paid that much to send his
school. The lowest paid teach
the city grade, schools gets
} year and the highest ST.
year High school teachers
tom l.ioo to $4,000 a year.
ipals are paid s1.7O0 to $500
y, according TO their qualifica-
years expense for schools in
oma Cin last year was ST.
90 tn" attendance was some
more than oo,7OO pupils. Sew
per cent Of this 81, 1,46S,OO0 was
for teachers salaries, 6 per
for PRINCIPALS. ! per cent for
vision and the balance for op-
fn and maintenance. These fig
tell better than words why the
las good schools.
to the country schools, the
per pull in the one-room and
pom schools last year was only
l. not hall rs much as the cost
|opil in the city grade schools.
COST per pupil in the country
schools was only $2S.56. In
Pnlo' graded schools the cost
'o''? per prril. In the consoli-
Shool tnotc the better show
.ae cost Per pupil last year was
DO Won get that? Remem-
esala that for a country boy as
school +, for a city boy--and
yet tho cost per pupil in the
Aaated school last year was
So9 les han in the city high
Th"s" figures ought to make
ua'fy folks sit up and take
u' Have Better Teachers
ere We fall down is on the
ana wo don't pay our teach
.oueh' The superintendent of
'Fol'd7''a school is worth as
!. :" 'ea'h our farm boys and
'ne ff'Scipal of the city high