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Show WHY DON'T PHILANTHROPISTS GIVE MONEY TO 8CHOOL8? In tbo October Issuo of Farm and Fireside tho statement Is mado tlu.t a farm of 1C0 acres has been deeded to tho schools of Paolo, Kansas. Money Mon-ey from tho farm Is used to buy books, clothing, cto., for boys and girls who wish a high school education, educa-tion, but cannot afford It. Tho editor of tho paper says: "This suggests tho thought that thoro must bo many peopio In tbo country who would like to give monoy ond property to tho uses of tho public pub-lic schools. And thoro Is no dhngor that tho Echools will over bo loo rich. Yet when tho laws aro examined we find i:o generally existing provisions 'wlLB foi tho acceptance of gifts by tho JfpLiiLLa "Such provisions should oxlst. ; IfH Thcro Bhould bo an Invitation held .' U out by every school for gifts and lo- 1 gacles. Millions of dollars aro dls- ) ' posed of by will every year to educa- j H tlonal uses. Once let It be under- ' H stood that tho public schools aro j' H ready to receive such bequests and J ' H havo mado provision for their use, (j H and tho fashion of leaving monoy and y, H property to tho schools would set in,) , H Why j M |