The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-23
SOME REASONS WHY WE
WILL VOTE FOR SCHOOL BONDS

Every one who has visited our
schools or who has taken the time 70
make any investigation is thoroughly
convinced that school buildings are
badly needed. Many of you that now
are voters attended school here when
you had room enough. but at that time
you had an enrolment of about 800 pu-
pills. Now il has reached 1000, and
will be larger next year.
Go and visit other towns smaller than
Hickman and compare their school
buildings with the accommodations that
we have for our school.
our high school has been accredited
and placed in Glass \ by the Southern
Association of Colleges and graduate
of our school may enter any of the col
leges and universities without taking
any entrance examination. This sounds
very good. but there is another side that
does not look so bright. The high
school Inspector made us visit last
year and told me that our high school
could not remain on the accredited list
if we did not provide more room for the
students. All other accredited high
schools are meeting the requirements.
What will Hickman do? If you will ex-
anime the records and see the number
of towns in this part of the state that
have voted these school bonds in the
past year you will decide that our town
must support her schools. Do you know
of anything that will improve Hickman
more than good schools?
The school law says that if the dis
trict gets any money from the state for
school purposes that the board of edu-
caiOn must provide suitable accommo-
dations for the pupils entitled to enter
the public schools.
If we fail to vote the school bonds
then the school board will be compelled
To buy some OuthOuses or barns to teach
the children in the coming year. II
! they do this IL win be necessary to raise
the tax rate TO $1.JO, which is accord
ing TO law. If this is done you will
still have no new school buildings. IL
you vote the bonds ii will not cost you
more than % cents additional tax, and
the schools can then be run on the pres
ent rate of S1.25. In other words. IL
will cost you just the same whether
you vote the bonds or do not. and IL Won
fail TO vote the bonds you will have
some more of the old outhouses con-
verted into school rooms
| No one in this town can make a
plausible argument against voting for
the school bonds Some one will tell
you that your tax is high. but when
YOU compare our rates with other towns
you will find that many are paving
more. Murray has a school enrolment
Of 6S1 pupils and a property valuation
of S1.JOO.OOO. At the present time
their tax rate for running the school is
$50. and in addition to this they have
voted bonds for new buildings. I could
give you many other examples like this.
The present Legislature has passed a
bill giving fifth class cities the right 10
raise the school tax to $1.J0 The city
of Louisville the past year voted a mil
lion dollar school bond. This will give
YOU some idea of what the people are
doing in this state for their schools.
Remember. when you vote for school
bOnds-as you are sure TO do-that IL
will not cause yOu to pay a penny more
tax. and you will have some school
buildings that You and the future gen
Grafton will be proud Of. ss-