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Show I school Consolidation I sdlp Sl't. Mnthpnson Writes Loilrr I Fluorine the Question. I near IMItor: Scliool nuthorltlcu I miiic In the opinion that the Indcpen-I Indcpen-I nt school district must bo replaced Ihr a larger unit or organization In I order that cfllclency In school "Work I mt the minimi convention of tho dc-nrtmcnt dc-nrtmcnt of bupcrlntendcntD, held at ISkhmond. Vn., Inst week, It was stat- 'J tt collaborated paper written by Itir Klwood Cubberly, professor of Education In Leland Standford Unl-IS. Unl-IS. and Dr. B. C. Elliot, director .,(, lynchers' course at the Unlver- of the teachers- course ai me univer-Isl'.r univer-Isl'.r of Wisconsin, that tho llttlo In-Idewndcnt In-Idewndcnt school district admirably Its It had "ct "10 ceds of lto time bad now outlived Its usefulness, and that It would be practically Impossible for rural schools to contlnuo similar orogreES hereafter, ns they hod mado Kerctoforc, unless they Bhould bo placed within the advantages of con-Kolidatlon. con-Kolidatlon. Other nuthorltics equally eminent take the somo vlow. How-Brer, How-Brer, the argument In fnvor of con-Kolldatlon, con-Kolldatlon, which means most to us, Komea from tho voice of tho people In he districts and counties of our own Htite which have hud Mio consolidated Kfiiem In opcrntlon during tho last six Kr eight years. In scarcely any of tho Bight counties now consolidated was he question of consolidation consld-Bed consld-Bed favorably In the beginning. It. Is aid that In one of thoso counties 90 Kr cent of the citizens opposed tho an, but that at the present ilmo ore than 90 per cent ot tho citizens re 'enthusiastic supporters of it. It , of course, not n difficult matter to tme arguments In fnvor of 'or against n; proposed plan, but proof of tho dcacy of a plan lies unmistakably the actual workings of It. Judged om this viewpoint consolidation tods well npprovod. it fs quite possible to hnvo a good Ktbool or bciiooIs In unconsolidated strlcts, but It Is not so posslblo to re a good system of echoolu In an consolidated county. In fact a od system of schools can scarcely eipcctcd there will bo both weak d strong schools. It often happens it a district has very moogro school vintages It Is uncommon, how-Hr, how-Hr, for an entire county to bo so Buated. It is not uncommon for a ge percentngo of tho corporate Bperty in a county to bo confined Bhln a comparatively small area. ten such is the case and when the all district unit of organization pro-li, pro-li, it is not possible for equitable Bcational opportunities to provnll oughout a county. In our present Me ot civilization it is pretty gen-HUr gen-HUr accepted that tho Individual Bpers pretty much In tho aamo ' as the community prospers, A Hon ennnot llvo apart from other Ple nd enjoy n big, brood life. M or two towns In a county cannot Ir very well italic the other Hmunities arc working under acr-i acr-i obstacles, it 8hould not, in fact, Binnot be, a matter of Indifference Hne district Hint tho schools of an- ' -t-trlct are of low grndc. The Interests of each Individual and best Interests of tho community be secured whenovcr tho greatest ' received by tho greatest mint-Hi mint-Hi Individuals. That consolidation V the best available Bchool prlvl-W prlvl-W i to tho grentcst number is n fnct "a8 been amply demonstrated iperlcncc, e chief advantages of coiiBollda- 'fon tho side of administration, " Increased efficiency in udmln-uon udmln-uon the wholo school body experts exper-ts Improvemont. Somo of theso ses are ludlented In the following statements: ualizatlon of taxation. Iformlty In tho length or tho i year. ultable distribution "of teachers Bf the Rchoola. momlc purchases of school SUPS': SUP-S': 'elimination of a number of un-8ary un-8ary school olllcors. rk o the best advantage. KSft of lunll where they RcMnnP."".U 'luallty and scope of Li,T mtl,0" of Iocnl strifes nnd Kti f"c,. u, cemcntliiB of K '""'efmmuiilly IntorcstH. K W..nnd B'PorvIsIon. Red Wlty of securing well I,,,,1 llc8 ns tenure of oinco K seoMHn rl8, "ro cnB,1' ndopted. KlUfsm0r rC,",b, aSaS ittn."011001' on n |