The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26

mill and n half. by the provisions oi
the present plan. would be added tC
the levy In the sinking fund for the
/ iirst year. This would be reduced
TO mill as soon as the new APP
praisement Is made. providing that
there is an increase I'm valuation
proportionate with Increases hereto
| fore. The sinking fund levy, ne
| pointed out, Keeps going down, even
though we keep adding to our bond
ed Indebtedness, as long as the ap-
praised value is increased. In 1913,
assessed valuation Of school prop
erty was S39,5S7,755, with a thrse-
mill tax. and bonded indebtedness OF
$1,422.500. In 1921 tho assessed
valuation was S1O2.S66,31O, the tax
was &c mills and the bonded indebt
edness S3,3S2,25O. This total bond
ed Indebtedness will be reduced by
the amount in the sinking fund,
which will leave net Indebtedness
of SECS, ,046.01.
Oberholtzer and the board have
not come to the decision of asking
for funds with which to build Junior
high schools without first being rs.
sured OF two things--that the Junior
high school Is the logical and best
way to solve the problem OF room
shortage, and that the Junior high
school Is itself not an experiment
but step forward. and that has
been proven practical beyond a
doubt.
Would Hold Many Pupils.
The Junior high school takes the
seventh, eighth and ninth grades.
which means children between l2
and 16 years of age, and gives them
training especially suitable for that
age. 1t holds them longer than the
schools under the old plan can do.
Oberholtzer stated the other day
that the biggest falling off is no.
ticeable from the sixth grade on up.
with the largest per cent dropping
out when they should be taking
freshman year in the high school
The Junior high gives the student
the kind OF work the pupil wants.
It's vocational advantages give him
practical training, and because he or
she can get that they stay in school
instead of leaving. This advantage
has been proven.
Briefly and concisely put, the
committee outlined the advantages
of the junior high school system as
follows:
In the first place It gives enriched
ourricula, offering experiences and
training especially suitable for chill
dren of this age.
Secondly. 1t provides for an or
ganization that can bring oppor-
tunity to boys and girls to try diff
ferent vocational fields and serves
as a finding course for them. This
Is sometimes called prevocational
training.
In the third place It provides for
the more homogeneous group. by
bringing together the boys and girls
of the same age.
Fourth. II is more conducive TO
school spirit and more economical in
organization to have these central
lied than to have them scattered In
smaller groups in various buildings.
Furthermore, the board believes
that Tulsa has given the plan suf-
ficient trial and have proved be-
yond n doubt that IL Is desirable
from the standpoint of pupils,
teachers and patrons.
Virtually all of the larger cities of
the country have Junior high schools.
To get the concensus of opinion as
to desirability survey Of SS cities
was made and the answers tabulated.
Seventy-five of the SO superinten-
dents favored the Junior high school,
one was not sure and three did not.
Forty-five of this number showed
that the Junior schools were not a
regrouping of the conventional
grade courses, one was, partially,
and five We're.
The plan has been submitted TO
the Tulsa citizens for their consid-
GRAFTON and expression of opinion.