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mend that the statute limiting the number be so amended as to pro-
vide for at least three or four more such schools.

Normal schools

12 Ja 05, p.86

Col.

Ari. Brodie, 16 Ja 05, p.25-26. Cal. Pardee, 2 Ja 05, p.22.
Peabody, 6 Ja 05, p. 10. Kan. Hoch, Western Branch Normal School,
10 Ja 05, p.16. Tenn. Frazier, Peabody College for Teachers, 3 Ja
05, P-10. U. Cutler, 10 Ja 05, p.15. Wis. La Follette, 12 Ja 05, p.85.
Kan. Hoch. "The new manual training auxiliary to the State
Normal School, provided for by the last Legislature, is now in success-
ful operation at Pittsburg.
10 Ja 05, p.16
But as our graded and high schools ad-
vance in influence and utility, the normal schools will be relieved of
much of the work which is now being done by them, and will be given
an opportunity to devote more of their energy to professional work--
the real purpose of a normal school."
10 Ja 05, p.26

Okl. Ferguson.

d Or. Chamberlain. "In my first message to the Legislature I recommended the abolishment of at least two of the normal schools of the state. Instead of heeding this recommendation a bill was passed but vetoed by me creating an additional one.

e Tex. Lanham.

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2270

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struction].

.

By

placing all the normal schools under a single board of regents with a
uniform course of study for all, and basing appropriations upon the
number of qualified students satisfactorily completing a full year's
work in the prescribed course, the state would obviate the manifest
injustice and inequalities in the present system." II Ja 05, p.11-12
.. What [the Superintendent of Public In-
says concerning the discontinuance of the man-
ner in which appointments of students are made and scholarships
awarded to those who attend our state normal schools and the sub-
vention of $50 by way of encouraging applications for admission, de-
serves particular notice.. Would it not be better to open the
doors of these normal schools for the entrance of every one desiring
the opportunities therein afforded upon an equal footing and without
reference to appointment by a member of the Legislature, State Board
of Education or the Superintendent of Public Instruction? Why
should a subsidy be allowed a student in a Normal School and not fur-
nished one who attends the University or the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College?
12 Ja 05, p.18-19

Attendance

Compulsory attendance. Truancy

See also 2118, Employment (children)

.

Kan. Hoch.
I want to call your attention to an alarm-
ing result of a recent legislative enactment known as the "truancy
law." Many boys guilty of truancy have been ordered to the Boys

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Industrial School by the county courts, greatly to the damage of that institution and to the boys guilty of these offenses.

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10 Ja 05, p.8
b S. C. Heyward.
More than 30 states have adopted com-
pulsory education, and we should now seriously consider whether we
can longer afford to postpone taking such a step. . . children
should not be compelled to attend schools so far from their homes that
attendance would be a hardship, nor should the age limit for compul-
sory education be too drastic. . I recommend that you adopt a
compulsory education law, making it obligatory for all children be-
tween the ages of 8 and 12 years to attend school for a certain number
of months during each year.
10 Ja 05, p.II

c U. S. Roosevelt. "It is mortifying to remember that Washington
has no compulsory school attendance law and that careful inquiries
indicate the habitual absence from school of some 25% of all children
between the ages of 8 and 14.
6 D 04, P.12

2272 Place of attendance. Conveyance of pupils. Consolidation of schools See also 2227, Districts

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e

Del. Hunn. "Immediate steps should be taken to authorize by law the centralization of rural schools, and the necessary appropriation made to secure the conveyance of pupils to and from these centralized schoolhouses. 3 Ja 05, p.11 Mich. Bliss. “. I commend the action taken in Genesee and Kalamazoo counties in regard to the centralization of rural schools, affording two excellent examples of consolidated school districts. 5 Ja 05, p.17

N. M. Otero. "Financial limitations will not permit such schools to be erected and maintained in the majority of precincts, but in other commonwealths the plan of several precincts going together and building a central grammar or high school, has proved successful and some of the wealthier rural precincts of the territory might soon take steps in that direction, if legislation broad enough to permit this is enacted." 16 Ja 05, p.16 should be

d N. C. Glenn. "Consolidation of small districts
encouraged, unless it works a hardship on a particular locality or de-
prives children of attending school. .
11 Ja 05, p.8
Vt. Bell. "In view of the widely scattered condition of our rural
communities, I am of the opinion that it would be a step in the right
direction for many towns to look toward a central school, to which all
pupils can be brought, thus making it possible to give them the bene-
fits of the better educational advantages thus afforded at a slight in-
crease of cost. . . In such a school, with so much of nature all
about, the science of agriculture should be prominently taught, in
order that the pupil may better understand the deeper meaning and
influence of home environments and advantages.
" 60 04, P-3

f Wis. La Follette.

EDUCATION

It is evident that the benefits fol

lowing the successful centralization of rural education would be far-
reaching.
12 Ja 05, p.83

School year, month, day

W. Va. White. ". . . I am heartily in accord with his [State
Superintendent of Free Schools] recommendation that the Legislature
should increase the minimum school term to six months at least."
II Ja 05, p.31

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2281

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2282

U. Cutler. "Means should
be employed, through the proper
instruction of the teachers, to prevent the spread of contagion in the
schools. Sight and hearing among the pupils of the public schools are
often defective, and parents and teachers are not aware of the extent
of these defects. If a thorough system of testing all school children
in these important particulars can be adopted, it will doubtless be
productive of great good.”
10 Ja 05, p.24-25

Textbooks. Supplies

See also 2360, School libraries

Free textbooks

Ark. Davis. Free textbooks should be provided by the districts.
11 Ja 05, p.42-44

Uniformity

recommend the adoption by the

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My

Fla. Broward. “I
state of a uniform system of textbooks for the state.
information is that, under the uniform school book system, which
system has been adopted by all of the southern states except Florida
and Arkansas, and also adopted by other states, a saving to the child-
ren in money of 25 or 30% is the result of the adoption in those states
of the uniform school book system."
4 Ap 05, p.27

b Or. Chamberlain.

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recommend that a conservative outprepared for the guidance of our by the State Superintendent. . ." 4 Ap 05, p.26 Steps should be taken now looking to such a reduction in the number of textbooks in the public schools that when a pupil finishes the highest established grades it can be safely assumed he has thoroughly mastered every subject taught therein." II Ja 05, P.II

Physiology. Alcohol. Narcotics

a Ind. Durbin. Hygiene should be taught in schools.

6 Ja 05, p.30

b U. Cutler.

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A course in sanitation should be established in the State Normal School, for the instruction of teachers, and in the public schools for the benefit of the pupils."

10 Ja 05, p.24 instruction of the

U. Cutler. "Greater care should be taken in the children regarding the harmful effects of narcotics.” 10 Ja 05, p.25

Special kinds of schools

See also 2184, Deaf and dumb; 2188, Blind; 2266, Normal schools; 2342, Professional and technical education

2319 Evening schools

a

S. C. Heyward. Establishment of night schools recommended.

10 Ja 05, p.9

2327

High schools and academies

a U. Cutler. "The State Superintendent of Public Instruction
makes the recommendation that a greater number of rural high
schools be established as rapidly as possible.
10 Ja 05, p.12-13

b

2328

a

W. Va. White. "Recent reports show how few high schools are to be found in West Virginia, and recent material advancement emphasizes the demand for such schools. With proper management of their finances many of the districts of the state could build and maintain such schools, and boards of education should be authorized to do so, even if the state can not at present meet them halfway with an appropriation to assist in building such schools.

State aid

11 Ja 05, p.32

S. D. Herreid. State aid to high schools recommended.

3 Ja 05, p.21-22

2329

a N. H. McLane.

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2332

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Academies

The academies, under the recent high school law, are becoming more and more the public high schools of the towns round about them and the opportunity thus opened to the children of these towns must be of incalculable benefit to them and to the state." 5 Ja 05, p.12

Higher education

State institutions (general)

Ari. Brodie, State University, 16 Ja 05, p. 24.

Ark. Davis, Dormitories and other buildings of State College should be improved, 11 Ja 05, P.30-32. Cal. Pardee, State University, 2 Ja 05, p.22-23. Col. Peabody, 6 Ja 05, p.9-10. Fla. Broward, 4 Ap 05, p.21-22. Id. Gooding,

5 Ja 05, p.11. Kan. Hoch, 10 Ja 05, p.15, 17. Mich. Warner, 5 Ja 05, p.11-12. Neb. Mickey, 5 Ja 05, p. 17-18. Nev. Sparks, 16 Ja 05, p. 19. N. H. McLane, Dartmouth College, 5 Ja 05, p.14. Okl. Ferguson, 10 Ja 05, p.24. Or. Chamberlain, 11 Ja 05, p.11. S. C. Heyward,

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IO Ja 05, p.7. S. D. Herreid, 3 Ja 05, p.19-20. Tex. Lanham, Uni-
versity of Texas, 12 Ja 05, p.17. U. Cutler, University of Utah, 10 Ja
05, p.13-14.
Wash. McBride, 11 Ja 05, p.6-7. W. Va. White, 11 Ja
05, p.34-39. Wis. La Follette, 12 Ja 05, p.86. Wy. Brooks, 11 Ja 05,
p.16.

Fla. Broward.
In my judgment, the needs and require-
ments of these institutions can never be intelligently and properly
considered until an efficient system of management, control and .
supervision over them is provided. In other words, the Legislature,
the Governor, and the people should have some official or board that
they could hold responsible for the progress and advancement of the
great educational interests of this state. I therefore recommend
that such a thorough and systematic reorganization of these schools
be provided for, as will accomplish, as nearly as possible under the
existing conditions, the end outlined above, and that the funds out
of which they shall be supported, be raised by a specific levy for that
purpose, after a careful estimate of their respective needs, and that
they be no longer dependent upon the general revenue fund for their
support.
4 Ap 05, p.22-23

Kan. Hoch. "I am strongly of the opinion that one board of
control for all the educational institutions would be a decided im-
provement over the present system of a board of regents for each.
It would greatly simplify matters and remove the rivalry between
the specific boards which characterizes the present method of man-
agement."
10 Ja 05, p.21
S. C. Heyward.
Application will be made to you at this
session to grant to the South Carolina College the title and charter of
a state university. The trustees, the faculty, and the alumni of the
college believe the time has come for enlarging the sphere of usefulness
of this venerable seat of learning. I heartily favor the proposed plan
and think the time most propitious for this state to reestablish this
college upon a university basis.
10 Ja 05, p.9
W. Va. White. ".
I suggested to the Legislature of 1903 the
propriety of disposing of at least four of the normal schools and also
the two preparatory branch schools, and I renew that recommenda-
tion to your body. This would enable the Legislature to take care
of the university and the remaining educational institutions in a more
generous manner."
II Ja 05, P.34

2333 Finance. Lands. Support

2332-34

See also 774, Public lands; 2237, School finance

a

N. D. Sarles. "The legislative body two years ago decided that our
state educational institutions required additional facilities.
Additional buildings and equipment are, I believe, imperatively neces-
sary..."
4 Ja 05, p.4

2334 Instruction.

a

Students

Del. Hunn. Recommendation renewed that Delaware College be
opened to both sexes.
3 Ja 05, p.13-14