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Show SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE ' BETTER JMLSJHM SCHOOLS In tiio current lssuo of Farm nnd Fireside, the national farm paper published at Springfield, Ohio, appears ap-pears tho following editorial entltlsd "Schools nnd Jnils:" "Tho stato superintendent ot Alabama Ala-bama speaks plainly after n. recent survoy ot tho schools of tho State. Ho sajB that many a fanner 1)374 nioro for the upkeep of his automobile automo-bile tban tho entire community will spond for tho maintenance- of tho school, Including tho teachor'b salary. The Jail, says he after do-sirlblng do-sirlblng tho dilapidated rural sMiool Iioubo, has Banltary drinking foun-tains, foun-tains, shower baths, clean floors plenty of light, good ventllat'on on'l l.i otherwise attraotlvi. Could 'i per Bon from tho district In which tnls BCitool Is located bo blamed for preferring pre-ferring tho Jail? "Of courso tho superintendent Is speaking of somo of tho rural schools; of his stato only. Thoro aro others which aro among tho best In tho country. Probably thoro aro bad Jails In tho stato also. "Are tho pooplo ot tho districts with tho dlsgracoful schools to blame, for them? Not always, and probably not often. Tho districts aro too small. Tho schools are too puroly local Institutions. Tho governing body of ovory school should coma from a largo enough dlstrlet so that Us members may tako tho larger vlow and not bo hampered by too tn constituents. In many of tho Ala bama districts, and thousands of dis tricts all over tho country, thoro niq not enough pooplo In tho district to bo ablo to entertain a real public opinion or act In a public way. "Tho trouble lies not In tho people but partly In tho schools, and partly In tho way school districts aro organized. or-ganized. "A wholo county was taxed to mako tho Jail ot which Supt. Feagln speaks. If tho whole county had built a school It might havo been aulto as attractive as tho Jail." |