The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-24
CONWAY REPLIES
TO HIGH COST OF
SCHOOL CHARGES
Declares State Cannot
Return to Conditions
of Few Years Ago
tspccIaI TO Tho ncrnldl

New Mexico. charges have been
made that In the period ~ read
tuHtment through which The cum
try II now going. the y OF
school maintenance should be re-
vuced. This reduction should oc-
cur. We are told. IN order to BRING
school conditions ana m~aintcnnn""
costs back to normally Natural
~. the question arises in Il mind
OF the citizen who pays the axes.
and whose children must depend
on these same public schuols for
whatever opportunities Of obtain
ing an education may be available
'Whht ~ educational normaicyf
Does this slogan Of Back to nor
mnlcy IN education mean a re-
turn to conditions similar to those
existing when the parent was a
child. or does this term Normally
NJ applied to education have a dtf-
fercnt lntcrpretatttn than the one
commonly given to II by those who
seek In lower educational costs 4
measure OF relief from ia" bur
dens Of tnNnticn.
What l. Normally?
Normally In any field must az
least hnv0 this 10 meaning or m
depreciation. We must purchase
with our dollars the maximum
AMOUNT either Of material proi l.
ucts. service or training, when
that dollar IL capable Of buying
To i~lustratc-if | have 40 dollars
to ppcnd for a suit % clothes. !
must purchase for the 20 do'iar'
the maximum amount OF wchring
qualities. appearance and styl.
that my 80 dollars viii buy. |
-. ...aN.. uL.NHAn mmnNhAE
suit that can be purchased for 30
dollars Will serve my purpose AZ
well. and whether the remaining
10 dollars are better invested IN
the higher priced suit or placed
to my credit In the savings de-
pnrtmcnt OF the local bank IN
the snmc fashion. I must measure
no mount Of training that can
~ provided with my cducauonhl
dollar What II normally IN ECU
cntionnl expenses simply his
10 purchase with my educational
dollar the maximum amount 81
trimming or service hat my dollar
will buy-to see h q ! obtain .
cents OF value for the dollar oN-
pcnded-to be sure that the type
OF training obtained meets WIN
needs Of 1919 and tho years 10 tol.
low ENNnHN NNNAN wv NHhA
an Inferior product that does not
rt ronditions as they exist today
merely that product hap
mems to have "a lower price tag AZ
tachcd 70 A.
III would be a foolish waste 81
money not a return to normally,
~ nurrhnsa a phir OF boys size
shoes when they do not "a my
feet today. and I am unable %
wear them. simply because when
was a boy / paid "A certain
mou for my shoes and bcchu-e
obtectod to the additional cnsi
Of th. larger sine. II would be "
foolish waste OF money n NOT q
return to normally "a ~purchnr"
short trousers for the lad who a
outurown the short trousers stag"
az dryelopmen, simply ccauS
The short trousers suit costs less
In the sam. n II u a waste
Of money for "A ~ pc of training IN
auitcd 10 the needs NJ the lines
simply hecrrsc that type of train
Ing costs less,
;,rttcr schools Nceded
Educational conditions today
nre the ~outgrowth OF cducatlonal
conditions yesterday schools o.
today are better schools becaur
the boys and girls trained U lhof'
schools Of yesterday created on IN
dustrlnl and social cnNlrohtlsn,
into which h httic REQ sVn
house The uttle white school house.
- tne little one m q
| adobe school mouse no lons't
Otted Normally education IN
! tea2 is a different thing from nor
mnIcy i'm education In 1890. REQ
No who "A generation < Were
satisned to be left alone 10 "oIh
81, their own salvation as iaolaten
family units. have been hroush
closer together by the telephone
- ,eievrnph. the railroad. the au-
,nmobftc IN. state highway ana
cyen the airplane. and have hegu'
80 realize TINT the nations buHi'
ness Is their own business Co-op'
cra,iye buying cooperative mar
getting. the community eeni'r an
n thousand other agencies my,
eliminated the Isolation IN "hioi
our forefatheTs were coh''h' -
uye and have even maze
H. enc roam rural school hous'
- Given way ana " giving way
a. The consolidated rural seh""l
with A. high school department y,
,hat Inc rural child may have "'
Rome the advantages which M
",,v brother and sister have iug 2
,ana time enjoyed, a new CON
f, cention Of democracy has af!sc'
whIch 1ecms II undemocratic ma
H. country cniid shall have nv
mor,hs Of school white me CIV
y child enioys a mine month .srN
M unit has merely hroadenen
Th. co-operative unit represent
! nnrmalcy in 1879
Mont 60 backward
..Th, American people are un
,,u,ng no fnrego me aoNan,,
/, Mich time has brought We WI
W., e,vc up the electric tight, run
w. water IN our homes, improves
,s,hods OF transportation ana ou
&,nv newspapers
-. Whyg Because these ,hlns'
unpresent normally In tho year g
.rsre in which we i've ro' ~
INC rsnsons The American Is"9
~ are not going backward =
~ srhooi systeW Better pui.u
~ more consultations no..,
,.a teachers. better equipmen'
und an opportunity o thc W.