The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1922-11-16
EDUCATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
54th Annual Session Held at
Little Rock Last Week
Broke Record for At
tendance and
Enthusiasm.

Little Rock, Nov 13.-The most re
markable session of the Arkansas Edu-
cational Session ever held in the his
| tory of the state marked the, j4th an
nual meeting in Little Rock the past
week. Never before has there been
so large an attendance both Of teach
ers and citizens and never has there
been greater interest and enthusiasm
in the cause of education. The Palace
! Theater. where the meetings We're held.
the largest auditorium in the city, was
| filled to its capacity at the general
sessions and hundreds were unable to
secure admission Never before has
the necessity of an adequate auditor
ium been so apparent and the an
nouncement made by Mayor Brick
house that another year would see the
completion of an auditorium seating
not less than 5000 was received with
applause
The citizens of Arkansas having be-
come thoroughly familiar With the fact
that the states educational system is
in desperate straits are determined
that measures must be adopted to pro-
vide an adequate remedy. one of the
speakers bluntly analysing the Survey
Report declared that it means only
that where the schools now get 500
they should have $3.50. In other
words. Arkansas is now paying $4,000,
900 annually for the support of its
schools and it should pay S20,000;o00.
The adoption of this adequate pro
gram would enable the state to build
high schools within the reach of every
chi in Arkansas.
Swing the school doors open TO
every boy and girl in the state" was
the resounding challenge spoken by
Governor McIiae in an eloquent adj
dress at the opening of the convention.
He sounded the Keynote again when
he declared that ARKANSAS is not too
poor to educate her youth. but She
will he poor if she fails to educate
them: there is nothing so cheap as
education and there is nothing so cost
ly as ignorance.
Governor McRae boldly aSertS that
educatio II is his hobby and that he
proposes to see that everything posi-
bic is done to promote the interests OF
the public schools during his admin
stration as the foundation for the
greater system to follow. He said,
1.-THE constitution does not stand he
tween you and your children Of you
don't want il to-" He strongly adyo-
Gated the enactment of severance
fax law and said that the influence of
his administration would he eXerted
towards its adoption by the approach
ing legislature He will advocate that
all taxes for state purposes he taken
off property and that such revenues
be derived from other sources He
would levy sufficient tax upon
natural resources of all kinds To pro
vide school funds and if such sever
ance tax is inadequate then an op-
upation or an income tax should be
levied as may be needed. He will
advocate that such ii severance tax be
not less than 3 per cent on all natural
resources and declared that he would
never consent To an increase OF taxa
ton for any purpose other than for
education.
Governor MsRae, in discussing the
advantages and resources of Arkansas
made the assert on that Arkansas has
more children in proportion 10 its
adult population than any other state
i'm the Union and cited this fact in
support of his constructive program
for an educational system. He id not
express himself on the details of the
Survey Report except To approve the
general purpose and asserted that he
would sanction the work for the
adoption of any program upon which
the educational agencies OF the state
might unite.
we must prosecute our crusade
against illiteracy until it is wiped out
in Arkansas" declared the governor
and his declaration was received with
applause by his hearers.
The time for resolving and diagnoS-
inc the dav of condemnation and nee-