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Show Yri.ctL''.rby popular subscription or otherwise, r ir2r;;cmGnts. should-be mds whereby the, public1 ' :c!i may be kept epen for thd-full term. .'The r.; :.rd cf Education's plan to collect tuition from the I zz'.li for the payment of the teachers' salaries, 1. ov. cvrr. (Iops not rppiti to he the nrotwr solution -- - -: tf tLe problem. There is a grave doubt as to the ! "ility of the Board's plan. The cardinal principle f cur school system is that s benefits are to be . '..r.rcJ equally by the rich and poor. The tuition violates this principle, for it is certain that tl.cre are some who are unable to pay the fees. If : t 13 true, as has been represented, that the pupils -..0 do not get this extra month of study cannot; ( :nplete the required work in this year's course and ) cannot graduate, it is certainly . a very serious I crimination ainst those who are not able to ; " j the tuition. Even if the plan is Jegal, under the : : ovitions of our school law it is a dangeroas experi-rt, experi-rt, for it must of necessity bring trouble and con-f con-f and whenever we have trouble with tnr 1 : ol system, its influence will soon be felt higher There is also another phase of this "question be considered in connection with the plan deter- :::ed upon. The Board plans to pay the salaries of ; nitors, and the incidental expenses of repairs, liool supplies, etc.,-out of the public school fund. V Lis fund is contributed to by every taxpayer, po i - rich. Therefore persons who. are unable to bear r. .a additional expense of tuition are nevertheless t'.us helping to pay for the special Schooling of tL :se who can, and at the same time receiving none cf the benefits themselves. There are important que itions involved in this issue. The schools should 1 a kept open, but .no : plan- which discriminates rosiest the poorer children should be adopted. Jj |