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'l l ' } s a u writci wrltcl writer In tlttr tlttrnge the nge ( , ' tsi4lt Is It I In m'i\appear m'i mi appear 1 ' ' t \ ' tDemocrat Democrat . Anil hnd Anal , 8trno a aregress atranpo tlie the name nnme nlme of progress progressIn p pIn regress regressappear appear , , in { from rom 1020 1920 to to1D32 to193SL In tbo tbe the doen dMen dozen ? Sears > ) eara enrs thousands thoub'tnds thoubtnds ' of tmall small mall oneroom oneroom one 1D32 1932 , many man ) ' A/v/1 A v 1 / / JlT by scllools schools were eplaced replaced 1 room rurnl rural schools In 4 41 41states i istates 5400 5 400 new consolIdated total ot of what in our ourstte ourstate states 11m anc ! the bllmlness blindness we nre are nrepleased arepleased st\te st te state ' \ of color "trttle trttle "little little " " . lCJ red - ( "Ichool Ichool school "Ichoolhouse schoolhouse " to can call the me in.nu innu pleased room and amI anddated cln single singleteacher ; le leteacher " of single house few more thnn than 11 1k & , , teacher feU fell to r ' ( ' of ofo of17s900 concoll concolldate : ; tills this Increa'1 Increa1 increa 000 While increare re 17s900 date 17s900dated dated schools fiom fLOm from 12WO 12 12,5 125 , , < X ) to o 17,000 17000 17,000way nvwmay , way may lu1\ lu1 lu1e hate lia \ e been and nnd P Pslotted prolnbly prob'1bl prob1bl prolnblyassloped ably ' ) ' ties tiesmay \ \\assloped assloped \ \ as asslo recent , e ell 11 L IS " of offarm offarm offarm . during du ing slo\\ slo slocd slotted \ cd up there can cnn be little littledoubt littledoubt farm depression dcpre'lon dcprelon ! ) : ' , tlie the demand foi COJ fat consoli consoli- consoliI consoll- consoll consolidated consolldated consolidated - I doubt that dated schools will wlll move up rapidly rapidlynow rapidlynow i inow communities communitleq communilieS begin b11I1 ( ' , ; tosee tosee to toBee now tint th'11 th11 th'tt thtt ' ' rural the dawn . Bee see That thcie thcle there Is acute need for the thebetter thebetter tliebetter better and nnd bioader blOnder broader district dlctrkt : ; sclioolsIs schoolsi.l schoolsi3 schools lous for there Is no state statethat statethat statethat i.l il i3 " . quite obvious oblous obtious ob\ ob \ , moments iu In iucontemplation Incontemplation Incontemplation uneasy uneacy ; that has not had bad contemplation of or tlie the bickwardnpssof backwardnessof b'1 b1 backwardness ' .1- .1 < . - .1wardn'ss . wardn'ss wardnss wardn'ssof ( ' of some ot of 01 ' theli tlwl1 their most back backward bachaard " ard school district districtC fctrltt ; " < : As chc cll . cll.1p13 cll1p13 ( ipl ; 'lS lS 'ms ms ' ' s Sonic Sonicof < : , someot ome 01 of them m aio 0 < . conducted .onducted onducted , , most 1II0"t 1II0t uro5t " of tile the thesm'illu tnefcnnllci Dl'ltltJ DlltltJ sm'illu smillu ! : > ' ' hdiools cllOOls schools 11 ' lie are c e\pcnsi\e e pcnsi e'perisrte eperisrte c\rlln c rlln \ ' 1\ 1 \ 1e \ e rill off rillIII offiii niTiIisc III iii < . , ' , C'1P C1P espmehllt ' < ! pciill\ pciill pciillwhen ( cl'1t1\ cl'1t1 cl1t1 cl'1t1hen ' \ \ when hen \ we etc \ ( . o'ct oct riet det ' II iiound wound ollnd to tottelhhing toweighing elghlng ttelhhing \ , the thc cost of educitlon education etlul ttlon rte rtedo \ ucdo \ ( . do not gh gl\e gl e ghe \ e our cluld cliildien childten cliildienThe childtenThe I en enI enThe I The OKICC oflice o lte of education educntion . , Depart DepartI Departurent Departatom Departinent I urent atom ( of If Inteilor Intellor Interior , lecelltl icccntb recently fl\e fl e rise rc\eicd rc eicd . \ lIed iled ] In Inhtut Inbtnttling Inbtaitling htut btnttling tUng total totals ! : > \ wliat Slant hnt some of thece these thecesronlJer thesesmaller thesesmaller : sronlJer smaller fcchoola bchools hne Irate hn\ hn Ila \ e become In In7,000 In7000 7,000 7000 , of the 343,000 343000 143,000 143000 193,000 193000 , ore room schools schoolsslm1i'd schoolsstudied schoolsstudied slm1i'd slm1id studied ( ' by the office of C cduc educ Ut itlon tUon ttlon , for fore fore forexample e nmple , , the average attendance- attendance attcndunce attendanceas attendance-wasfive attendance wasfive - - was wasfive \ as asfive five or fewer pupils puptls and nnd 250 2tiO schools schoolswele schoolswere schoolswcie wele were found foundfthlch -fthlch fthlch whiclt " - hlch hid h'1d h1d had ' only one pup11 pupil pupileach pup11each pupileach each . Later news ne\\s ne s \ \ tint tht that , escaped escapE'd ' the thefederal thefederal tliefederal federal school Rchool nuthorl authorities authorlUcs ties , pocclbly possibly possiblyshowed ; ; , 1ho\\ 1ho 1hocd showed ' \ cd tint th'1t th1t that ' a rural school near Cite Ches Chester diestci ' : ! tm ter , . , 111 Ill , de de&crlbed decrlbed described & ! : > trlbed as a n higli l11gh high school schoolw-is schoolw is , was \ \ 'lq lq ' - being opened P\ P Perv eterv ( \ erv 8 scliool school .hool hool < . mOl moot mootlug momIng n nIng Ing lug \ with lth no pupil answering an5werlng the roll rollcall rollcall rollcall call Hie 'ihe ihe 1 ' he tcichcr te'1cher te1cher te'rcher tercher ' ' In tills thle this ; 5 school .11001 11001 < . was wasgoing \ wasgoing as asgoIng goIng thiough Ul10ugh through tlie the fornnlltlcs formUUes formallties , of ofopenln ofopening ofopening openln opening and closin closing c105inJ , tlie the lime achool I.Ichool IIchool school ' . at atlegulnr atregular atlegular legulnr regular hours each day In order lo to lomaIntain tomaintain tomaintain maIntain her insurance Insurnnce While Whlle sev ser sever'11 sereral scvenl er'11 er11 eral ' pupils pupil ! : > registered h list qt Scptem Septem Scptember September Scptemher ber , tQe the children gradually withdiew withdiewfrom \ witlidiewfrom Ithdl ew ewfrom from the school ( hrg lirgely hrgely ( > ly because becauce ; of ofretnoal'3 ofremotals ofremovals retno\al'3 retno al'3 al3 remotals \ ' from the dlctrl district : t ) ) ) , , untilnonC untilnone until untilnonp nonp nonC none ' \ was a5 left and the wistc W1stt waste bcctme bcctmetotnl b becameJotaL c'Hlle cHlle c'Hlletotn1 ' totn1 totnl . , |