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Show CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS ruts the County on a Level With the City Stronp; Arguments. Picsented. Though they would he uiiwllllng tn nilmlt II nuny runt tnxpajers would more re-ul adopt 11 plan to lessen the expense of schoou than one to lmproo them nut when the same plan Im irovea the sihools loners the tnx rite, and taltes (he wiuie nf real estate, tho laxpiyer ought lo surport It. In it !i',rnB, 1" T'k1- nr !""" "lying farms Ihnt Ind been lift because parents wiinlcl I etter school adnntages have been reoccupled-at nn Increased -.alii-ntlnn since the cnnuoii hiinn nt .t.nA.. h ia been accomplished Ijind hni sol 1 moro te.idlly nnl it hlkher prices I'ntenls who Intended to loaxo tlui lounlrj for the ill, havo often been ret lined bemuse the clly best bless lnf """ brought within their reich Ihe district school system makes pos. sible and often Insures, tho poorest teaching in the market n Is not nn unheal I of plan to elect a committee I lidged to fiiMir one neighbors dniiRh tr ns temhei for one term another for the scion 1 an I si me other spinster for the third w hll teaching in north-jiS.'"in north-jiS.'"in .:s",-- ,'"'"l I founl It cr dllllrult to ke, p ti,,. Krln In school nf tei they could squeeie through 11 weak examination qualifying them as coun lr teirhers riienp teachers were the iiirse of the rural sehn. Is nf that fee tlon Hut Honsnlldntlon stops this It puts the country on a leel with the lt Ihe fanners chill receives ns gool teaching ns the nldernnii s It pices In clurge of thr youth well trained leathers of lrmd culture It '.f!. ', ' "' Ktitdlng nnd allows In illililual teachers wider rnnae so that they can work tn better advantage It inskea iwssthl thorough work In spe. clnl I lies -nature atudy writing muale drawing It adda the atlmulus nf com jelltluii and the enihualasm of numbers num-bers The attendnii.e la better nnd the boya stay In school longer It length lis Ih . hinl vuir 'si per lent or more and leuda In the proi talon nf better I ulldlngs and niaieilul equipment It affnrds the briad 1 ompanlonshlp that mines from assncbitlnn It has re Ilex Influence nu the Inhabitants nf the inwu nnl quickens publh Interest In the action's 1M.I. In the quality of th work done s urea a greater sympithy anl lietter fellowship throughout the town Indlrcitli It promote the growth of leflnlug agencies such as libraries lueruiy clubs an I inuslial or ganliatlnna If the ihlldren nr In be kept upon the farm tnnnahlp high arln ols should be provide! wheie m tli-ilil I'roha bl In most caaes high aihoil grades iniild be ninlnlnlned a.inuer or later at Utile nr nn additional exnenat rhin has often been done notably in New York liiwn and oilier Western Stales XecordiiiK to the Pennsylvania law ap ptoved April 2B Hani the school board of a tow n that has v tie 1 to adopt 1 en iraUxHtlnn Is required tn maintain anl support 11 graded course nf Instruction nnd may Include a high school course of not less tnnn two years In tn sixty sec-mil annual renort nr the Maraachus. tn Boar.) of r"ducation wo lead that It has long been ih polky" of the Slate In secuie eve.y child with In Its borders the opportunity of a high school education As towns be low a ..citiln size me not required 'o nulntnln high achoole by law of 1 1 hanged In 1W) every town not n-uln-ii.lnlng such a school muat provide for each aultably prepaied pupil education In the nearest available high school flarence g Blake In the March Forum |