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THE TEXAS ALHANAC. 313
Scholastic Population, Counties and Distrlcts.-(Contihued.)Counties and inde-
pendent districts-
Wilson, C. S. D.,......
Floresvile ...........
Lavernia .............
Saspameo ...........
Stockdale ............
Three Oaks............
Total .......
Winkler, C. S. D........
W ise, C. S. D..........
Alvord ............
Bridgeport ..........
Chico ...............Counties and inde- Scho-
pendent districts- lastics.
Decatur ........... 515
Rhome .............. 154
Slidell ............... 168
Total ............. 5.400
Wood. C. SC. D........... 4,640
Alba ................ 356
Golden ............... 273
Mineola .............. 886
Pleasant Grove....... 176
Quitman .. ....... 253
Winnsboro ........... 591
Yantis ............... 150
Total .............. 7.325C
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pendent districts- 22stlcs.
akum, C. S. D........ 186
ligo ................ 32
Total ........ ... 218
ing, C. S. D......... 1.970
Iliasville ............ 251
Graham .......... ... 869
Newcastle ........... 406
lney ................ 989
Total .............. 4.485
ata. C. S. D........ 1,096
alla, C. S. D........ 1.492
Grand total.........1.348.635Educational Survey.
In November, 1928, the Texas Educa-
tional Survey Commission published what
probably will be its final report, consist-
rIg of an explanation of its work, and in-
cluding eleven proposed amendments of
the Constitution and twenty bills, in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of the
survey staff and the instructions .given
by the Legislature. At the outset of its
report the commission said:
"These measures are of a piece and to
a large extent are interdependent. They
look to four essential and related objects,
namely: (1) Stabilization of the income
of the schools; (2) improved and stabil-
ized organization of the schools to the
end of efficiency; (3) equalization of edu-
cational opportunity, and (4) equalization
of the burden of supporting the educa-
tional program of the State."
Orgin of Commission.
The Educational Survey Commission
was provided for by an act of the Thirty-
Eighth Legislature, in 1923, and began'
functioning in September, as soon as the
act had taken effect. The members were
chosen by a special body, consisting of
the heads of certain State institutions of
higher education, the Governor, certain
members of the Legislature, the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and
a number of citizens, all designated by
the Legislature. The members of the
commission at the start were Governor
Pat M. Neff, who was made chairman;
Dr. P. W. Horn, then president of South-
western University, Georgetown; Dr. T.
D. Brooks, dean of education in Baylor
University, Waco; G. D. Staten. Wills
Point, Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion for Van Zandt County; B. V. Bryant,
W-ichita Falls Superintendent of Educa-
tion for Wichita County; R. M. Chitwood,
then-a member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, later business manager of
Texas Technological College, who recent-
ly passed away; B. W. King of Douglass.
Gus Taylor of Tyler, Mrs. Chalmers W.
Hutchison, Fort Worth; Mrs. Henry Red-
mond, Corpus Christi; A. E. Wood of
Granger, a State Senator, and Tom Finty
Jr. of Dallas, who was made secretary.
The commission in November, 1923. "em-
ployed Dr. George A. Works, professor of
rural education in Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y., as director of the survey. He
called to his assistance many of the lead-
ing educators of the country, and was
further assisted by a large number of ed-
ucators connected with State institutions
of higher learning in Texas, these latter,
under the terms of the law, receiving no
compensation. The survey was begunabout Jan. 1, 1924, and .the report of the
survey staff was published, in eight vol-
umes, in the first half of 1925.
In the meantime, the Thirty-Ninth Leg.
islature, without suggestion -from the
commission, had enacted a bill to con-
tinue the commission in force for two
more years, and instructing it to prepare
proposed constitutional amendments and
bills to give effect to the survey recom-
mendations. For this purpose the sum of
$2,000 was appropriated, but it was pro-
vided that no member of the commission
should be paid for services rendered by
him. It was further provided that no
person employed by a State institution of
higher learning should serve as a mem-
ber of the commission. It was, a matter
of regret to the members of the commis-
sion that this statutory requirement made
Dr. Horn and Mr. Chitwood ineligible
further to serve as members of the body,
as Dr. Horn had become president, and
Mr. Chitwood, secretary, of the Texas
Technological College. At its meeting on
June 8, 1925, the commission elected Dr.
H. T. Musselman, Dallas, editor of the
Texas School Journal, and Mrs. F. W. Mc-
Allister of San ntonio to fill the va-
cancies. At this same meeting the com-
mission appointed Gov. Neff, Dr. Brooks
and Mr. Finty a special committee to
draft the legislative measures. This com-
mitlee prepared schedules for these meas-
ures, and then employed Mr. Lee A. Clark
of Greenville, a lawyer of high standing,
with experience and interest in educa-
tional matters, to draft the measures. The
schedules were approved by the commis-
sion June 24, 1926, and the completed
measures were adopted by the commis-
sion at a meeting on Oct. 13, 1926. \
Cost of Survey.
The act creating the commission ap-
propriated $50,000 to pay the expenses of
the commission, to pay for the survey and
for the printing and circulation of the re-
port. After the survey had been com-
pleted and a number of the volumes had
been printed, it' became apparent that the
appropriation was insufficient to com-
plete the work. Thereupon, the Thirty-
Ninth Legislature made a supplemental
appropriation of $8,000, but only $5,214 of
this was expended, the remainder lapsing.
In the meantime, however, the Thirty-
Ninth Legislature had appropriated an ad-
ditional $2,000 to pay the expenses of the
continuation work, inclusive of the prep-
aratioa of legislative meeer. Most of
this has been expended.- Therefore, the
total cost of the survey and the prepara-
tion of the legislative measures is approx-Scho-
lastics.
3.431
659
299
'380
347
174
5,200
7
3,562
236
544
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