Show MOTORCAR AID 1 I TO EDUCATION Many Rural Communities Transport Children II In Busses States Stated spending most pOI per capita for education have relatively the I greatest number of o motor cars care according lo to an anal analysis anali Als ls made bythe by byI bythe the National Automobile Chamber Cham- Cham I her ber of Commerce Stated Stilled In InI I another way was wa those states tates In which the number of motor cars can per 1000 persons Is smallest expend r the least per capita for tor duca education tion There are arc several factor actors of I course Involved In Uncle Same Sama educational methods method a dif dif- differ differ dif differ t fer as to what hat constitutes an edu edu- education education cation atlon what yardstick should be used In measuring the education of ot an Individual But er the of or education ma may mayI maybe may maybe I be it will III be conceded that one onway I way of measuring the desire for forI I education In a 0 community Is la bY bYthe bythe b the amount of money the parents parenti I bYI are willing to spend on their chil- chil children dren In furnishing furnishing- school echo echo build build- buildIngs InA Inge equipment and good teach teach- teachers I ers erl SCHOOL COSTS tARY 1 Rr o Taking the tho amount of money mone expended per pcr on In each othe of the states as a measure of the tho 0 desire for tor an education I and nd comparing this thin with Ith the num- num number her ber of motor cars per pcr 1000 per per- perI per persons sons ons In the e states It Itla I to la shown that states digging deep deepest eat elt Into Inlo their pockets for money mono 1 1 A J- J MI lan i iF i or r educational purposes also find finds yo v s he e greatest use for motor cart cars I rr Comparison of population per pei square mile and educational ed costs coats I costI or expenditures b bi by states shows that school costs coats van sari a I according accordini I to density of population States with the smallest population per square mile are obliged to pay pa more per capita In the education of their children than states with greater density of population The reason for tor this Is q the greater overhead expenses expense of school build building ing equipment and teacher rola rela- the thc to the tue number of pupils pupils at- at attending attending tending r Educators grappling with the problems of rural education Im- Im Improving Improving proving the quality and reducing the costs have lave long ad advocated tb consolidation of several ral room one one school houses Into to a large central or union school Bick In the Massachusetts found round It cheaper to transport children attending the th smallest rural schools school to the nearby large schools at the thc same time obtaining better Instruction For many man years ve e te were sere used in earning carrying chi dren r dren to and from font school within a radius of ace seven en t n miles Parents Parente gradually began fb to see eee the thc many advantages of the larger schools I oser o the old Hit e red school school- house houe I USE BUS With Ith the advent of the motor motorbus bus children are transported 16 15 or 13 IS miles in an hour School districts ha have hate e increased In sire alre extendIng to lo 50 60 7 To or square miles In area n Ith this develop develop- development development ment have come large modern school buildings Improved ed equip equip- equipment ment and trained In- In instructors equal to those of the b bet et city schools Motorized school buses make these large modern rural school plants Then tend to reduce the costs coats and to give ghe the children better op- op opportunities for ed education The consolidated school mo mm e- e ement ement ment has grown gro 0 to such proportions that many normal schools and colleges are giving special courses preparing superintendents to manage fleets of motor bus buses transporting children to 10 and from t these eso consolidated schools |