The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1919 Page: 3 of 9
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THE INDEPENDENT.
The Independent
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A. «J. Garnett
Editor and Proprietor
Telephone No. 21
$1.00 The Year In Advance
Published Every Thursday
Entered at the Cashion, Oklaho-
ma Post Office as second-class
mail matter for transmission.
The Union Graded School
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with a small labratory equipped
with special diagrams, forms etc.
that will bring pupils to better ;
understand the subject matter
taught. Along other lines, as j
agriculture, domestic science,
writing, geography, history and
others, equipment is very useful.
Likewise, a good school library
is almost indispensable. Either
a union graded or consolidated
school may have and care better
for these things and without a
burden upon any one district.
Let us now turn our attention
to the programs ot' the common
rural district. Vv iieie all the
eight grades are taught the teach-
er will have at least twenty-six •
classes. In one of the schools j
that Mrs. Liston suggests as a
member of the proposed school,
the teacher last year reported
thirty-six recitations daily In
each days school period there
are 330 minutes. Thus we see
that if that teacher taught every
minute, less than ten minutes
would be given to each class.
Now, about 30 minutes of this
ime is generally given to the
pr'mary grades and about 120
minutes to the 7th and 8th giad-
es because they have more stud-
ies. The remainder of the time
is given to the other six grades.
From this it will be easily
seen that a teacher cannot just-
ly instruct the pupils in all ot
the subjects required by law. |
In the union graded schools |
the seventh and eighth grafles
put in with one or two teachers, j
thus giving the rural teacher two
hours to devote to the teaching
of the first six grades. The union
graded school also establishes
and maintains a high school to
take care of these pupils after
they finish the eighth grade.
By this plan the high school
is brought to our pupils and the
boy financially unable it permit-
ted to have the same opportu-
nity as the boy who could be
supported in some school away
from home. Also the boy that
would go away to school is giv-
en opportunities where he might
be at home every night. Conse-
quently this will be an encour-
agement for "Keeping the boy
on the farm "
The problem of transporta-
tion arises in the case of the con-
solidated school. This is one of
the biggest problems that faces
the consolidated plan and is one
thing that is almost essential for
such. In the union plan this
problem is left up to the people
to deside. A sixty per cent vote
of the people is necessary to a-
dopt it, according to law.
Another question has been
asked about the outstanding
debts of any school district.
Each district, according to law,
must assume its own obligations
even after unionizing with other
; districts. No district meets the
other district's obligation
j The value of education has
never been so great at any time
las it is now. A financial value
can hardly be placed upon it.
The following problem will illus-
trate the value of education and
is one that has recently been
; given to the high school boy of
j America:
The average educated man
earns $1,000 per year.
The average uneducated man
earns $450 per year.
The time required by a person
to obtain an education is twelve
years of nine months each, or
180 X 12 equals 2100 days.
The earnings of an educated
I man for forty years equals $40,-
000.
j The earnings of an uneducated
man for forty years equals $18,-
000.
Difference $22,000.
22,000 divided by 2,100 equals
10 plus. This shows that each
j days time spent in education is
worth more than $10.00 to a man
Prof. John Dewey, of Chicago
University, spoke for all when
he said: "What the best and
wisest parent wants for his own
child, that must the community
want for all its children. Any
other ideal for our schools Is
narrow and unholly; acted upon
it destroys our democracy."
Gov. IMartin G. Braumbaugh,
of Pennsylvania, says: "It is my
hope that the time may soon
come when the poorest child liv-
ing in the meanest hovel on the
remotest mountain side, or in
the most secluded valley in all
this commonwealth may enjoy
every educational advantage he
is willing to improve."
Since the need for higher and
more extensive education is so
necessary it is up to us to im-
prove t is up to us to improve
so that it may be possible. It
seems to me that no other plan
outside of union or consolidation
will better fill this need and the
sooner this plan, which has pro-
ven itself wherever tried, has
been adopted the sooner we will
bring our educational means to
the high standard.
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VETERINARIAN
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Garnett, A. J. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1919, newspaper, May 29, 1919; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107451/m1/3/: accessed June 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.