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LEGISLATION m Nation to LcrifiiaQon iid Conrf CLAHCNCZ POS I, Your State . Giving Childhood vEXam OF SESSION IN DATS; IAST CENSUaTEAR Urban ; 6tt Deal? XI Square Education, has Just sent The Progressive Farmer wiuc uyiauic ngurcs ucaring on mis point, inese figures - show;; that Svhile in : the: North "Atlantic1 TN LAST weekiProgressifparm figures showing" hownany .d(ars;w than the dry term, in the South Atlantic -spending a tP'S within its borders school terni And while the Nonh ' showed the averge;amonnt ech,stat to develop brain powe And we may be very sure tht the prosperity and in the South central states thecoantry child gets V future progress of each? very largely by the "amount it is .spending in th study of the following table will make it -way. The Almighty who teaghes us that it were ; vn that our Southern states are doing about as ; better for a man that a milkton as the states of the his neck than that ne siiouia oitena one oi tnese . North and .West are doing. . It is only-the country little ones-He does not .long' let a;state prosper schools that are neglected, and; inadequate. " Any that cares more for money than: for its children., traveler in. the states of the North and West mu$t We hope each reader made "a hbU o( the amount have noticed that there is little difference in the his state is spending and resolved tQ get that state education which country man and city , man' have into a creditable position4f it is not in.such a posi- received. The country man is practically as welj tion already. y;J:'S:Pl l educated as his city brother.. It is time for jis in One great trouble with the South, moreover, is the South to resolve that this same thing shall be that it is not onlrnbt spending enpugh mon table showing how little behind - the South is in the matter of schools for town children but how : far behind in the matter of schools for country children :7' s . " :-' MlasUwippy it li4.tV.'i . ' . Oklahoma, . w V . ' . . i . ". North Central i Division i , " ' " Ohio t , v ; . Indiana .......... . . . .. IlUnola j-'-. , . . . . . . , . , . ; J", . . . Michigan : . . . . . . i. Wlaconsln ....... .'. ; . . . MUuiesotar . . , i , . . . r . . Iowa . . . i .V, . . . . : ' Missouri . . i . '.fci'Vt . ".. North Dakota . . . . - South Dakota:. .. . -V. , ; Nebraska ' . ..... ...... . fiZanHas . .... . . Western Division r ' . Montana ..... . '"''.. ;" Wyoming! , . , , , . , . ; . Colorado .'. .... j . . '' '. . New Mexico Arizona '. TT.mU u iau . 4 . ...... i ...! Nevada... ..,.. . ..J(... . . . Washington .. . V. ... . . California In urban schools : .170.5 174.0- 184.7 .185.8- - -185.5 - 191.0" P 184.0 ; 181.0 . 190.0. - 182.8 : 178.0 ; 180.5 V! 1744 l8i:K 178.5 -180,8 r" 163.2 J .174.8 . .173.7 170.0 179.5 183.8 .171.5 - 186.0 la rural school , 181.0 ; 124. 119.1 ,:j8.o ; 128.5 : 155.0 .130.8 -154.8 161.6 ; 173.0 , 122.6 168.6 127.?; 142.2 : 163.8 170.5 260.0 : 138.V 186.0 128.8 0.1 V, 4 105.8 157.0 131.8 112.6 164.0 118.1 178.0 excess "overt rural 4ff.l 63.8v'?':;i,' I6.0:-;.'h -46.1 : 81.0:;:::: vis.t -;; : 62 tir','-'.f M :K ;;:;.. :l4.t'.';l';-v; .;-f56.8v.:1;! ':69.6 ,trV 88.2 : j;r67.0:'!'.: 19.8 1 V. 54.8 . 8.0 -- s for the education of its boya.and girls, but it is not requiring boys and girls to take advantage of the schooling available for thenOnly inrece have we had compulsory attendance laws. -worth mentioning; and we are still far behind the states of the North and West in the matter of compulsory attendance. The result is that a great: number of indifferent parents keep their .'.children out of school yhen there is no excuse for their being out. We have then two discreditable conditions in Southern education. In the first place, the school term is too short In the second place," the:per centage of attendance is too small. The result is that the average child in the South is getting hardly half as many' days of - schooling as the average child in the North and West! .The follow, ing diagram, as prepared by ; the Russell Sage Foundation, shows tjie average number of days of schooling actually received by each child of school age in the census year Each dot represents one day. Study this table, see how your state ranks, and then see what you ought to do abont it: i IMUWNUSITS X : : X V X X M M K M M if X X M M K M M M H M M . ( t cwwctkwt X K X N M M MM M M M MM MM M M M MKMM WMM I NB VOfW H.H X K M M A MM MMMKMMMMMNMWXXIM- . mm I3UN0 KKMMMMMMMMMXMMM'MMMMMMMM.M IVtlWONT KM M K K X MM M M MM M M M MMMM M MN X M OHIO M KM M M KM M K M M K H K ft if MRMttX W twtMSAN W M K M MM H M HimH ! K MM M M H M lOINOtS x X X W K K M M X K M X X K H mainc x :: x x : m x m M tt M U x ( M M X X X M I iM shington x :: :: x x x x x x K K K x x K x x : r II WW JERKT XXXXMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMHIiCT tiov XXXXXHKMMKXXMKMMXNKK.M.IM N. HAMpjhirc x X X X X M X M XM MHKMKXKNKMM lCurORNlA XX X X :-:XXKXKMXM.'MMXKKX l.MONTANA W X K X M X X X M H M MM KMXMMKKM XXXMXMMMMMMMMMM M'M M M K M X X X x ; X KX, X X X XSJX X XX K XJVl. X X X X X XXX X M M X X'X.XXX Mi M - , : .: x x mx x x X x x x K X x X x X :: x x x x x x x k x x x m :: : x m X X X X X X X X X M X M X Xt X M . M . :: x x :: x x x x : xj xkhnxmi , x :: :,x x x x x m xt x x m k m :: x x K x x x x x X x X X x x X . LENGTH OP SESSION IN DATS; LAST CENSUS TEAR States In urban schools ' United State. ..... . . . . North Atlantic Division. South. Atlantic Division..... South Central Division... North Central Division...... Western Division . . . . . . . ; . . . North AtlanU Division: : r . Maine . . Neir Hampshire . '. . v;; : . " Vermont- . . ..... Massachusetts' . . . . . "; .' ;. . . Rhode . Island .". . . ... , . . " Connecticut ...... .'V. . New York . . . .. . , . . . ; ... . New Jersey Pennsylvania ' . .... South Atlantic Division : Delaware r . 3 . ...-...;. iaryianu . .... District of Columbia .... , . r Virginia West Virginia. North Carolina . . . South Carolina: . . Georgia Florida. South Central-Division :- Kentucky Tennessee. Alabama' In rural schools Urban excess . over rural ,184.1 , .... 188.5 178.7 -174.0- 184.1 " '190.7 : -f77.4 v'l7M 185.0 ' 188.5 :. in.9 y 185.0 ; 186.5 - m.9 )'ii9M- - 191.0 181.2 177.t 176. 161.S 183.0 180. 15.2 18L8 178.5 178.8 UT.T. 15J.7 119.5 I :ii7. 152.7 t r 145.0 V rr" 142.5': 149.7 147.9 160.7 190.2 :.- 181.2 178. 176.T 149.4 - 157.0 179.8 ; 127.5. , 93. 94.5 i : 141.5 : 100.1 : .110.6 - 122.0 "108.5 4t.9 28.8 69.2 : , 66.4 21.4 . 5.T ' 34.9 2fl.Sv 28.0 27.3 3.8 3.8 ll.T - 9.8 18,2.. 36.0 -.11.2 ! 4TJr .20 68.6 88.5 ; r 39.1 69,1 71.2; 50.5 " Stomachs" PEAKING o education remind us to say that too many of our people do hot use the school ing they have. They learn how to read and ;f then don't read. And to learn how to read and then fail to read is as bad. as. to prepare land, for a T: crop and then not plant it,-or to plant and then not harvest We nbt only ought, to have a good ; library in. every school, ;but it should be enlarged. lr into a community library, kept open all the year round. The person in charge of this community1 library should be! a ' real lover of books, interested i ; not only in getting ... children to, love reading, but f I interested also in getting every grown person in r a community tp read the most wholesome, helpfuf, r and inspiring books arid papers. ; And just here, we are reminded of some striking. : expressions of a thoughtful man. who came into y bur oSlce thg other day. ;"A house without a-' pantry or dinlng-roomwould anybodjr call that a home I " h.e exclaimed "And yet a maii ought ta' think it just as unreasonable, just as much a thing to be ashamed of, to build a house without a.library or reading room as to build one without a pantry .or dining room I What sort of home feit where the family can go and find food for their bodies but where tfoereris no place at all for them to go and find food for their God-given intellect. I tell you, . we are something more than a lot of stomachs 1" . ' - - 17. UTAH KANSAS NEBRASKA IB INDIANA tl. W15C0NJIN t COLORADO o. onooH M MINNESOTA M WVOMIN W. N DAKOTA tt 3. DAKOTA HAHVCAN0 OtLAWAHt Jl IDAHO .WVIfK)NA TtNNtSSte ARI20NA W TLORI0A M OKLAHOMA n NtVADA OtORGIA MISSISSIPPI VIR3INIA l KENTUCKY t TEXAS ARKANSAS N.CAROUNA :: X :: x : x M W XK KKXMIN ::::: w x k m h n K X M K . !: :: 14 K MU XXKN XHKNN H x x x V: x : x x x x x a. m :: v. x x x x x x m k k !: X X X K X X K M X X X M :: : : : : k x k m x x x x V: M l x :: x m x : x k x a x r t :: :: :::: x x x x x m m i f :: :: :: :: :uxxxxxi(X XXMXMSCXNXMXMX.4 " : : x x :: x m x x x x :: : x x x x x x xxkxiu : x x x : x x x : x K J t -:: x x v. x x x x x x m X N K S X X M X X W ' X X M X X X X X :: x : x :: x x x m t x . e , x x x x x x x x xxm X X X XX XX-MX.ft CAROUNA X V. X N. M M N M M ALABAMA 44 N MEXICO x x x :: x x x x x x x x x x How Much Each State Disminatcs Against Country Children THE figures given in 'the foregoing 'table show the average number of days of schooling given cit e average school child, taking cbuntry.and ' eveyr schools together In this connection; how- ; abb fWC bound to note - the further deplor- -s he act that nowhere in . America - are country Soih S far bind city: schools as here in th Dr- P.- P. Ha vf .St Tlii' wu, uiun;u oiaies commissioner. THE GREATEST FOURTH OF JULY ADDRESS . ' .. - THIS week th natloa i celebratlnjr lt birthday the Fourth of, Jaly. It is fttttos therefor to re print on this page the greatest Fourth -July ad dress ever delivered: the address delivered by. presi dent Lincoln in dedicating the Gettysburg Battlefield, July-V 1803. Tenfold more time- ' i and flftlnor U the rennblica- tlon of thi address, howeveif, because it expresses the ideals for which America is fighting in '. another great, war. In the pres ent contest between autocracy and democracy, between the rule of king and the rule the people, it is worth while "to read Lincoln's masterly address and renew our determination to flirtat on "that roVemment of the people, for the people, and by, the people" may not perish from the. earth. The address ' " - follows:. .: ' ; ' : "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought fourth' on. this continent a new nation conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created' equal. : J . ' . ; !r '. w . ' ' "Now we are engaged la a great civil war. testing ,. whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. Wo have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their Uvea that that nation might live. It Is altogether fitting and proper thai we should do tills. . , , - , . - "But in larger sense; wo cannot dodicato wo cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground. The- brave men, living ' and dead, who struggled here, hvo con secrated it tar above our poor power to add or detract, lira world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It to for us, the living, to be dedicated here to tho " unSnisbed work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It 1 rather for us to. here dedicated t the great task remainingr before nothat v from those honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for widen they gave their last, full measure of devotion y that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain? that this nation, un der God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the peo ple, Shall not perish from tho oartW' B' A Thought for the Week lELIEVTNG as I do that education, not politics, is the only, agent capable of controlling or altering the direction Of civilization, I think it a thousand pities t)iat no nation has yet evolved machinery through which there might be elected a supereme directorate, or say a little board of three yj. , directors, of the Nation's spirit, an educational.!, president, as it were, , with position and power analogous to that., of America's elected President. . . Why cannot education be regarded like j religion . . . .as something apart and very c sacred ; not merely an' ordinary department . of ; political administration? Ought not the heart and brains of a nation to be perpetually on the lookout to secure the election of the highest mind and finest spirit of the day? . . . One might use for the purpose the actual body of teachers in the country to elect delegates to finally select the flower of the .national" flock . . for initiators of higher ideals of conduct, learning, -manners and health. . The better the teacher, the better the ideals. In deed, the only hope of raising ideals is to raise the standards of teachers and teaching. John Gals worthy in April Harper's. V Here In the country's heart Where the 'grass is green. Life is the same sweet Ufa As it e'er hath been. Trust in God still lives. And the bell at morn Floats with a thought of God O'er the rislnjf corn. God eomos down in tho rain , And tha crop grows tal -This, is the country faith And the beBt of siL NWRM OolSk v HI .1 A, -'V H r.) iit '- :. "0i .,;...pTr-
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