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LiVe in the Sunhine
Live in the sunshine, don't live in the
gloom,
Carry some gladness the world to il-
lume.
Live in the brightness and take this to
heart,
The world will be gayer if you'll do
your part.
Live on the housetop, not down in the
cell;
Open-air Christians live nobly and
well.
Live where the joys are and scorning
defeat,
Have a good morrow for all whom you
meet.
Live as the victor and triumphing
go
Through this queer world, beating
down every foe.
Live in the sunshine, God meant it for
you!
Live as the robins and sing the day
through.
-Margaret E. Sangster.
The Economy of Poor Schools.
From Atlantic Educational Journal.
The economy that drives good men
from a state is the worst possible ex-
travagance. Such is the economy
that withholds good schools from the
children and thus forces the susbtan-
tial citizens of a community to emi-
grate to other communities where
good schools may be found.
The following illustration is a case
in point and can be duplicated in ev-
ery state in the South:
H B was born and reared
in one of the leading counties of East
Tennessee. He received a college
education and went to farming. He
has a wife and five children. He is
about forty'years old and is a good
citizen. He has soldhis farm and will
go to Oklahoma to live. When asked
why he had decided to leave his home
after being there for so many years
he said:
"I am sorry to pull up and leave
but I have five children. My oldest is
a boy fiteen years old. In a graded
school he would be about sixth grade.
When I was at his age I was ready
for the junior class in college. I went
to a subscription school. The public
schools have broken up the subscrip-
tion schools, but don't fill their places.
"We had last session in my district
two and a half months of school. TheThe Howard Payne Monthly.
teacher is paid a small salary, and, of
course, you can't get a good teacher
to teach such a short time on a poor
salary. We have had as much as
eight months in a year, but not often.
The schools are not graded and the
job of teaching is given out to cheap
teachers. The school trustees have
bought dictionaries and expensive
maps that are worthless and rarely
used, and in one instance $300 worth
of useless stuff of this kind was
bought.
"I must educate my children. I
have waited and worked in vain for
good schools in the community, and
one time I was a director. I can't
wait any longer. I can't let my chil-
dren grow up in ignorance, and I am
going to a place where they can get
good schooling.
"One trouble we have is in the kind
of school directors selected. We will
never have good schools until we have
intelligent directors. Some of the di-
rectors have been very ignorant. Most
people seem to think that a man who
can judge a good horse and tell the
weight of a hog will make a good di-
rector of schools. It doesn't follow at
all. A man must know better than to
think that he is making a good director
simply because he can hire cheap
teachers. A good judge of a hog may
be a poor judge in selecting a teacher.
a "I am going to Oklahoma, and they
have a seven month's term and a good
school in the district where I shall
settle. Yes, I'm sorry to leave; and I
have always heretofore begged other
men not to leave, but to stay and work
for better conditions.' But I can't wait
any longer. My children must be
educated."
This is an authentic case, and the
remarks of this farmer were taken
down while he was talking. He is one
of the most upright and industrious
men in the county. How long will
Tennessee and other states of the
South continue this cut-throat policy?
Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina,
and other Southern states are literally
driving scores of good citizens from
their borders by this stupid, wasteful
policy of poor schools.
We may boast of good climate,
good soil, mineral lands, plenty of tim-
ber, and fine water power until we are
blue in the face; but the thrifty, intel-
ligent citizen of the North and West
will stick to good schools and a harsh
climate rather than bring his childrenhere to grow up in ignorance and a
mild climate.
General College News.
President O. H. Cooper has resign-
ed from his position in Baylor Univer-
sity at Waco. He has been succeed-
ed by Prof. S. P. Brooks.
Chicago employs six thousand
school teachers.
At Moscow, Russia and Tokio, Ja-
pan universities for women will be
opened.
Over one hundred million dollars
have recently been given to educa-
tion.
Mrs. Nathaniel Currier has be-
queathed $100,000 to Yale and $50,000
to Columbia University.
Basil N. Duke has added $100,000
to his gifits to Trinity College, N. C.,
making $700,000 given by that family.
A fund of $100,000 has recently
been raised to endow a memorial
chair to William L. Wilson in Wash-
ington and Lee University. A fitting
tribute to a great man.
St. Louis is building a public school
building that will cost $275,000.
Andrew Carnegie is aiding the
founding and building of schools and
libraries in the South.
Galveston is erecting a public libra-
ry building.
The corner stones of the F. S. Car-
rol Library and Chapel and George W.
Carrol Science Hall, at Baylor Univer-
sity, Waco, were laid in March. The
Science Hall is to be three stories
high with a basement and will be built
of native Texas stone, which gives it
a quiet grey tone. The building com-
pleted.and furnished with the neces-
sary apparatus will cost $75,000 and is
the gift of Geo. W. Carrol, of Beau-
mont. The Library and Chapel build-
inz is similar in style of architecture
to the Science Hall. It has a seating
capacity of 3000. Both buildings are
well planned for their use and they
double the working capacity of the
University. Their addition to Baylor
is great and from the exercises that
celebrated their coming, enthusiasm
and educational spirit will spread that
will make Baylor the University of the
South.
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