Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-09-06
TAKE SCHOOLS FROM
POLITICS Says bLANT0N
coNTINuEp FRoM rAcE oNEl

poses. she estimated. In siSOooooo.
which. divided among i,272 oo0 pupils.
gives 1880 for each child of school
are.
THE State Ii giving onc.third Of tho
revenue for school purposes. and best
educators estimated the amount should
lie one-half." declared Miss Blanton.
Texas is noted for having city schools
the equal Of any in the nation But
the reason Texas has such low school
rating IL that she has The largest rural
school problem IN te United States. We
have nearly 100000 pupils taking al.
vantage 81 city schools while nearly
800. 1000 must attend rural school.
Frankly speaking. cne-thlrd at our chill.
dren are getting good educatlou.
We don't appreciate the value q a
good teacher and whit sre car A. ~
inspire child u accomplish noble
things. Some years runn Win have 4
good teacher and other ones an inferior
on.--and the result II. the education
az the scholar suffers. But that \ q
problem we even heard Of ~ I've iays
u Plato. who denounced Cuek par.
ents for turning over the education
81 their children TO unframed slaves {"
Miss Blanton gave statistics about
the education ~ teachers. showing
what small pcrccntnge ~ the rural
toachers have college cducaiicrs. She
charged that adjoining states were TAX.
ing hundreds Of good teachers from
Texas. Belief was expressed that Texas
can have good teahcers and high grade
pupils by using iittle more Of the
II Can" IN "AurericanIrn"
-Aheut two PER cent OF our children
graduate from the high school but II
that number We have ting largest per
centage OF any state In the union going
into college. II shows that u YOU give
the Texas children 40 much education.
they win demand stlll more Pupils are
quitting IN the sixth grade. and u We
don't stop this practice. I warn you
that Texas WIN have sixth grade citi'
xenship.
TENS must have somo system
about it, schools. You find that the
normal schools have regents who are
supposed 90 make Recommendations aud
supervise the schools. But they can't
do II because ~ the uncertainty Of
funds frun our state legislature. They
can't make plans for the future. fol
they don't know whether thcy will SCI
the money.
Plans must be made for tho rassars
II constitutional amendment giving
definite money for the schools 81 the
state. Members cf our Legislature are
Incompetent Ca vote ON many Of ouf
Hills and. In fact. don't know what they
are voting for"
AZ this point Miss Blanton laudyl
Mr.. Satterwhita for his work In try
Ing TO get adequate appropriately foi
the rural schools
THE easy thing 10 do IL 70 remain
IN your office and say nothing aboo'
conditions" continued Miss nlanion
III has been sald that Il does no, ray
a state officiai 10 he honest ana iirh,
saft. But ] have no intention a run
ming for third term. and am Rolne
Ia fixht Tor To- things I believe right.
KISS Bianfon told ~ the need u
rural school Support. she showed how
the Panhandle hnd large s,tnndanv,
for It's enumeration. Win. many Other
sections had q small one. Because II
this condition. vhish brings about N,
padded csnsua fepofts. she urges that
school money should be- hased on th'
attendance and nat un thr onuincra
flsa.
Anoshss serious need a Texas. Shs
declared, Il a state equaliHatlon beard
With wili really function ans make
equitable tan rates. isrodlftlun wal
ms1s thss u s,,en,lon was laia u
.assStins the pressni Ern'mllnn Ia th'
stats. TEXAS cMla b Ftlnnei 80 y
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