The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-04-07

3. The number Of classified and
accredited high schools has been
greatly increased.
4. A plan Of classifying and af-
filiating elementary schools has
been initiated, and these have been
strengthened by certificate require
ments made of teachers in schools
receiving special rural aid.
5. The plan has been established
Of giving, each spring, college-en-
trance examinations in every county
Of the state, In order that pupils
who expect to enter college may
take their entrance examinations
before leaving home.
6. The State Course of Study
has been thoroughly revised, with
special attention to the curricula Of
rural schools.
7. The length Of term In rural
schools has been increased 10 an
average Of seven months.
&. School consolidation has been
fostered. and the number Of con-
solidated schools greatly increased.
The new rural school law aids In
providing free transportation.
9. The building Of teacherages,
or teachers homes, has been en-
couraged, and advocated. Texas
now has more teacherages than any
other state in the Union.
TO- Vocational education has
been fSstered. The number of
schools giving vocational training
has been doubled in the past three
years
~. An emergency transfer law
has been passed, providing for the
transfer Of school funds Of children
in various school districts, in case
Of disaster or great emergency.
10. Ceaseless propaganda has
been spread for the passage Of n
law providing for the establishment
Of county-unit system Of man
aging rural schools. This should
show good results in the future.
IA A law has been passed in
regard TO the securing of school
statistics, which has made II possible
to secure information as 70 Texas
schools, not before obtainable. These
statistics have not merely been filed
in the office; they have been COM
piled, and the facts about Texas
schools have been set before the
public. The result has been a gem
eral awakening over the state as
10 educational matters, and greater
interest in the improvement Of
schools.
Is. Texas has advanced from
the thirty-ninth place in education
TO the thirty-fourth place.
V. Enforcement Of Laws
1. The enforcement Of the COM
pulsory attendance law has been
greatly improved. This has been
aided by law passed by the Thirty
Sixth Legislature, which empowers
county school boards to employ for
the county superintendent a COM
petent office assistant, who shall
also act as county attendance Of
ficer, and which increases the Of
flee and travelling expense allow
ance Of the county superintendent
5 per cent.
2. Frauds in the scholastic CELL
sus have been detected, thousands
Of dollars have thereby been saved
TO the state, and precautions have
been taken TO guard against the re-
ItlillOH OF SUCH AItrs Al 1'ttt
cases these frauds had been prac-
ticed for years
3. Many cases Of frauds In ex-
aminations Of both whites and ne
groes have been detected, and a
strong effort mace TO put a stop 10
the traffic In examination questions
which has been common In the
state.
4. Three laws frequently violat-
ed in the past are the laws requir-
ing (i) that no teacher may be en-
ployed who u related 10 n meiaber
Of the school board within the third
degree BY consangulnlty, and with
in the second degree BY affinity,
gnntl-nepotlsm lawli GO that a
school board may not employ =
teacher Who holds no legal certlfl-
catei (a) that an officeF. director,
or stakeholder n bank acting a.
school depository may not serve
a. . member ~ The hoard ~ that
nrhooI The violations ~ ihf&l