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(i .siiii. sf THE'COOS BAY tlMrMARSliFJELO, OKEGON. THURSDAY; JUNE 15,' 1911 -ami mm t- Tells Why Coos (River Public Schools Should Be Consolidated Editor Times: A few dnys more and tlio peoplo of Cooa River will, decide n question that will liavo nn important bearing on tho future educational conditions of direct during tho recitation period. This period Hhoiild occupy tho lar gest possible part In tho pupil's school day. In certain Ohio schools tho district ..... , their community. On Juno 19 tlio pupil recited during iu per com 01 school votcrB will Bay whether thnlr his time and spent 84 per cent In children shnll continue to nttond tho study or Idleness; tho coiiBolldatcd- Jnomclent one-teacher school, or shall bcuooI pupil's time was almost evonly bo given n Bchool equal to that of any town In tho state. divided 40 Vd per cent recitation and 50 nor cent study. Tho last-namod mi.. ....i. i,- , nnnnin nf r.nna niinllH had nioro Instruction, drill, River to vlow this proposition thru, and opportunity to do work wltli a clear, colorless glass. , thoroughness. Tho course of Budy Thrco principal questions nrlso. of tho district schools was admittedly and thcBo tho wrltor will endeavor to crowded to tho limit, tho roal roa nnBWOr. I sou, as shown, being not too great (1) Would tho new plan have a a variety of studies, but lack of marked educational advantage ovnr tlmo for Instruction. Tho largo num the present system? bor of dally classes. Is a problem (2) Would tho pupils be tram.-1 which ovory district-school tcachor Is ported to and from school with all struggling to ovorcomc, but It 1b In reasonable safety? (separably n part of tho Bystcm and (3) Would tho Initial cost nud cannot bo altered except by consolld that of malntenunco bo burdensomo ntlon." -to tho taxpayer? m tho Bamo U, S. Bulletin No. 232, In nnsworlng theso question?, very , wo read, "Tho investigation horeln llttlo personal opinion Is given. Ex- recorded shows thnt tho Importance cerpta aro cited from rollablo sources, of this syBtom is a country-llfo instl In tho "Government of tho Amcri-.tutlon can scarcoly bo overestimated, t..i i.i. sirntur nnd Schnfor. 'nnd from this broad point of vlow It wo nnd tho following: "About tho has commanded tho lntorcst of tlio year 1830 a great educational movo inont began. Tho common school had become very defective, lifeless, nnd iinnrnmnlilP. When tllO Schools United State's Department of Agricul ture. "From a realization that tho old district-school Bystem no longor con woro examined, ono of tho weak BpotB, formed to tho madorn educational Jn tho system wns found to bo tho in-, nnd economic conditions tho plan was dependent district. . . The Indopen- evolved boiiio years ago of transport dent Bchools nro apart by thomselvea. lug at public expense pupils of neigh nnd hnvo llttlo connection with tho boring school districts to largo con cducntlonnl world. They thor-Mro tral eehools. The plan has proved set Into ruts and lose nil spirit and exceedingly popular, nnd n largo por. enterprise... Llttlo by llttlo tho tlon of tho ono and two-room district chnngo wns made In a few states, and .schools In tlw enfro country seoms tho movement now Is well under way. 'destined to bo supplanted by nn edu in sovornl states there has recently Rational Byatom under which groups been n Btrong movefuent for tho con- of these primitive Institutions of Bolldntlon of small dlstrlctB Into lnr- learning will bo merged Into commo- gcr ones, Tins pinn uns uccu inw '" v.u.. .. . -.-.. in som6 places with excellent resulta. with modem conveniences, nnd pro-1 Tho schools are very much bettor un-,vlded with means for tho trnnsporta dor tho now system, because, (a) hot- tlon of children from and to tholr tor teachers aro usually attainable; .homos. During tho past llvo years (b) thoro Is bettor chanco for offec- moro consolidated Bchool buildings tlvo supervision, nnd (c), thoro Is tho hnvo been constructed In tho United etlmulous of numbers and of tho rlv- States than during tho twcnty-Avo ilry of sovornl departments working years preceding. Consolidation of eldo by sldo " rurnl schools haa.woni. porunucnt Our present schools nro mado up 'place among tho distinctly American usually of soven or eight grndea, ro- institutions. quiring thlrty-Ovo to forty classes' . "Consolidation, with its attendant dally Think for n moment of hav- function of public convoyanco of pu Ing tho school day of five and a half plls, Is now a part of tho rural school Hours divided up Into thlrty-nvo or syBtom of thirty-two states. Eighteen forty pnrtsl How much tlmo can do hundred complotoly, nnd not loss nliottcd to each recitation and as- than two thouBnnd pnrtlnlly conso slgnment? To Bay nothing of tho lldntod schools attest tho remarkable dozens of othor llttlo Incidents thnt adaptability of tho system to tho take up tho tlmo In school. Whlto. peculiar needs of tho agricultural In his "Art of Teaching" saya that ho , communities. once nttonded n school of twelve pu- "It la significant that, In tho counto plls who formed ovor thirty "FO-cnll- of this investigation, not ono caso of cd classes," ho nlono forming four tho abandonment of a completely nnd for n part of tho tlmo, flvo of consolidated school was found, those clnsses. In tho wrltor's pro- "Tho fact thnt under consolidation sent school, of tho thlrt-ilvo to thlr- twice ns ninny children In tho coun-ty-olght classes dally, ,twonty to try completo tho olght grades as un-twonty-four nro "mndo up" of ono dor tho district-school plan la. of lm pupll ench. Tho drawback comes, not nionso oducntlonnl and economic Im only from tho very smnll frnctlona portnnco to stato and nntlon. Into which tho day must of necessity "Tho Idou of an oducntion speclll bo divided In order to glvo onch one cnlly doslgncd for tho countvy boy a "hearing," but tho louo pupil la ut and girl who la to remain on tho farm n decided dlsndvantngo. "Class tench- has bogun to take form; a noor Am ine has important ndvnntngos. Each erlcan Institution Is in process of pupil is benefitted by tho partlclpa- crontlon which will provide for thorn tlon of othor pupils. His vlow H primary and sreondnry oducation In corrected or wldoned by thqlra, nnd a consolidated school, owned nud con front their point of vlow he gain? ducted by tho community In which i.,ii.t n.,.i fniior Vnnwloilc-j. i tho farm homo Is altuntod, so that lie" inoib"' i..t --" Their grasp of what la taught quick- tho pupil may remain under parental ens hla mental nctlvlty, and tholr enro and guidance until at least a euccesa atlmulntes him to grentor of- pnrt of tho high school courso is fort. Moreover, tho cooporntlon of completod. pupils In clnsa work Is an excollent , "Simple justlco, If there wero no preparation for real life. It bogota othor reason, should compel tho ad tho feollng of social cooperation, mission that to attend high school Is awakening n .desire to do what oth-' as much tho right of tho country era nro doing, and tho ambition to child as of tho city child. Tho on'y do well whatever Is attempted." place where this right is freely nc Whlto's Art of Teaching. Ho also corded la In tho typical consolidated quotes tho following from tho Pro- school district, ceedlngs of National Educational A- "The educational solicitude whlc 60clation, 1895: "Tho class system j Is extended to each Individual child is really' ono of tho greatest inven-, Is the truo Index of tho valuo which a tlons made In pedagogy. A class reel-'community places upon Its children. 4.i i ,. prn) innniia of Instruc-1 "The per cent of the school pollu tion; far moro potent tunn any devtaj! latlon attending high school In tho unconsoucintea lownsuips in umu u American farmer found that It would serve tho pecullnr needs of his own rural community. Consolidation wnB created by necessity to meet now con ditions In tho open country. In tho consolidated rural school all children from tho entlro district meet, mingle, compote, strive, mnko friendships, and lonrn how to work together. Tho school Is free and ac cessible to all children within Its Jurisdiction. All tho boys and girls, including those attending high school, roturn homo dnlly, and, doing tholr nllotcd work or chores mornings nnd evenings, keep In touch with tho homo, tho farm, and all Kb affairs, and remain within tho Bholter of homo during tho most Impressionable porlod of their lives. "Tho consolidated school 1b an In stitution which not only affords In struction In tho various common branches of knowledge but also reaches out, nnd touches tho commu nal llfo and tho homo llfo nnd en riches and cnlnrgos tho Individual llfo of tlio youth as tho district school novor did nnd novor can do, oven un der tho most fnvorablo conditions." So much for the oducntlonnl ad vantages. Now for tho transporta tion of tho pupils to and from school. In n lettor, Stnto Superintendent Alderman BayB, "1 am very much In favor of consolidation of schools. You may say that they aro consolidating In n number of places In Oregon. Pleasant Hill In Lnno county, flvo dis tricts nro united; Olson, Denton coun ty, threo districts nro united, two wn- goiiB haul tho children, nnd 1b work ing very satisfactorily Indeed. New- burg hnB n consolidated school, two wagons hnul tho children. They also have a consolidated district In Scap- poose, Columbia county. I notice that whoro districts havo onco been united, they do not go back to tho smnll districts. "Tho rural llfo commission ap pointed by Mr. Hoosovolt reported thnt tho greatest need of tho time was greater Bchools for tho county which could only bo had by consolida tion." Whllo districts nil ovor tho country nro using wagons for transporting children, Coos Hivor's peculiar situa tion would necessitate transporting thorn by bont. In this thoro Is nt least ono advantage. It Is commonly known that no othor meniiB of trans portation Is bo economical as by moaiiB of wntor. Captain Edwards, of tho North Fork lino of bonta, statod to tho writer that no charge would bo mndo for carrying pupils on their regular boats, if a teacher ac companies them. On tho South Fork lino, Captain Kogors InforniB tho wrltor thnt tho chargo would bo vory reasonable. On tho lowor rlvor, probably a special boat would havo to bo pro vided, Thero can bo absolutely no activity of nny sort without somo risk o.f nc cldont. Howovor, tho fact thnt for years tho pupils havo been cnrrlod to and from tho schools on Coos Itlvor without accident (so far as tho wrltor la nwaro) seonia to wnrrant tho naser nn fmir. nnd nlnro tho salary At $300 por month. If nine month of school bo dcBlrod tho teachers salaries w"u bo $2,700 por annum. Horo again tho estimate is high, for probably Icbs than nlno months would bo do Blrcd. It Is difficult to nny JUBt what a boat on tho lowor rlverv might cost; but it scorns rcnsonablo to be llovo that somo man with a Bultablo boat can bo secured to mnko thnt run, to attend to tho Janitor work nnd supply tho fuel for nbout $100 per month, or nlno hundrod por year. Al lowlnc $400 for other Items nnd Inci dental expenses, wo hnvo n total ex pense Including Interest nnd sinking fund, of llvo thousand dollars a year. It Is tho earnest belief of tho writer that this can bo considerably cut. Tho ilgurca nro not nil nt hnnd for tho prosont apportionment from stnto nnd county funds, but It 1b known to bp in tho neighborhood of $2,000. Plnclng It nt $1,600, this would Icavo nn annual amount of $3,400 to bo raised by taxation. Tho 1910 nsscss cd valuntlon of tho proposed now dis trict was $930,910. It will bo scon that a lovy of four mlllB on thltt would produco $3,723.07, covorlng tho full cstlmato and leaving n bat nnco of ovor $300. Thnt n four mill tax for tho pur poso of erecting nnd maintaining a good modom school Is very reason- nblo can scarcely bo denied, especial ly when compared with tho following lovles mndo for tho present yoar: Myrtlo Point & mills Coqulllo S milts MnrBhlleld U mills North Dend 15 mills NnmborSl 25 mills I Tho vory low rnto of tax that would ibo necessary on Coos Itlvcr, la ac- wnintcd for by tho fact that tho as sessed valuation of tho proposed dis trict exceeded by only two districts in tho county North Dend and, Mnrs'.i flcld. It 1b practically threo times thnt of Dunkor Hill, moro tlinn dou ble that of Empire or Myrtlo Point, practically a third more tlinn that of olthor Dnndon or Coqulllo (nnd each of tho InBt threo has n four-year high school). Ub valuation Is thrco fourths ns much as that of North Bend nnd practically half as much ns that of Marshflold., U. S. Dullotin No. 232 says, "A district with taxablo property of $500,000 nnd upwnrds, can safely undortnko consolidation without fear of finding It burdensomo." This nmount is almost doubled by tho Coos Itlvor district From tho snmo sourco, "Tho con solidated townships in Trumbull nud Ashtabula counties, Ohio, which woro mndo tho subject of special study, had In 1900 n tnxablo valuation, por child of school ago, of $2,247. Many com munities, howovor, undortnko conso lidation of their schools on n much smnller financial basis. Ono township In Clay county, Iown, has n successful consolidated .graded school, nnd tho tnxablo woalth supporting it is about $1,414 per child, nlno townships with consolidated schools In Roulotto county, N. Dak., havo an avorago of $950 of tnxablo proporty per child, nnd two largo districts In Oraiuo Alfred Benjamin & Coi CORRECT Clothes for Men TUB MAN WHO ONCE HUYS ALFRED Ili:.j.Mv cit MAY HE ItEMKI) UPON AH A HTKAMMST riSTO.MllL AM) THAT MArt'B i.vj.'i.imxjw Aiti-i l O.NVI:UTri) NO HETTEH C1U2DKXTI VIS VOV1.U POSSIIHA HP nPn, El). HO bthuhhmu auuuhiimt i: I AVOH OP YOU trT iii,TnIIXfi A CUSTOMED OF THIS STOHI.V . ' I0 . ; t The Best Only iritiMlnil TIII.'V AHM I'ltlPl.'ll AM Mmtl'lt IM'kt .. . , KVEIt WOKE. "" . . -. . J $18.00 to $35.00 "Money Talks" WHEN YOU KUY THESE CLOTHES AS WELT, AS EVEltriHlJ WK HKIjU. WE HAVE OTHER CLOTHES TO INTEKICST YOU AT $8.50 to $18.00 Hub Clothing and Shoe Co; jtfARSHFIELD BANDOK nt individual instruction." Dr. W. T. Harris. Also, "Tho wise teacher finds largo advantage In group teach ing. Tho ninny sided friction Is a Rood thing for the child. Class oxer clse Is a tremenduous Impulse In forwarding individual children. In dividualism ends to a loss of advan tage of thesplrlt of cooperative ef fort. Class wo"rl re-lnforces ench by tho understanding of nil others." nr n. fi. rtoone. only 2.2, nsv compared with 12.4 per cent In tho consolidated townships. Illustrating how much more effective tho consolidated school Is In leading tho rural youth to high school. "Historical fact and statistical ov' dence lead to the conclusion that or solldntlon Is a natural and logical steu In the evolution of the Amerlcru 'rural school system. It wns not In augurated in imitation of tho city in Bulletin number 232 of tho U. I school system, but the idea of con S. Department of Agriculture, wo iim " - " --- - rend. "The tend r's work relative io went, transportation of pupils, was .,.,. Jm.,,,1 nnnliX nost effective and ' ifinceiVed because the resourcfeful tlon that tho risk of danger from this . c0iuy. Fin., $910 nnd'"$740, respec source Is vory slight. It can bo mado.tjVOjy( no,. child." Unfortunately, a part of tho teacher's contract thnt!tuo writer ims not at hand tho oxnet ho or sho shall reside or board ongcnooi population of tho proposed ono of tho routes, and accompany tho t rjoos Rlvor district, he bollovos that pupils on the boats, to roduco tho n ooa not oxceed ono hundrod chll liabillty of ncciaonl! to tho minimum. ,iron 0f SChool ago. On this basis, tho At tho prosont time, nearly nil tho RV'orago property valuation por child pupils In tho Myrtlo Dank school goij8 ,UOro than $9,300. This is a fact thoro on tho regular boat. Hnlf of tnat Bhould not bo ovorlookod. thoso at tho Myrtlo Grovo school Again wo aoto from U. S. Dulletlu reach thoro, on tho regular boats from 0i 030; "Thoto opposed to conso both up and down tho rlvor. If this jidatlon urge lncrensed cost aB an ob- nunRttnn Is lookud nt without liroJll- lontlnn vnt lrnnwlndcrn nf tlin trim dice, It seems that thoro can bo very financial and educational status of slight grounds for protest. tholr own district school would often As to tho Initial cost of tho pro- show nn expenditure of moro monoy posed school, tho matter will rest per child per day In school attendance entlroly with the people of tho com- than 1b expended in many consolidate munity. 11 win uo tor wiem 10 t) od schools, in many 01 ineso sninu how expensive a building and how of- schools tho cost of schooling por pu nclent a school they may require. pu equals that In consolidated schools However, it is presumed that a which havo high-school coursos. four- room building and a two-year ; The communities havo learned to high school courso Is about what will tax themselves for school purposes lia wnnfpd. Thn writer has It from nnd rin It phpfirfnllv. nnd now that a reliable contractor of broad experl- they seo results, would not under nny euco tnai a very creauuujo uuu auu- circumstances reiuru 10 me xornier stantlally built modom wooden build- system of many small districts, lug of four rooms aud largo base-1 "in communities where consollda nient, concrete foundation, and tlon has had a fair trial, fully 95 per equipped with up-to-date heating ap- cent of tho school patrons glvo it paratus can be constructed for their indorsement and hearty sup $0,000. Placing the necessary equip- port." ment and the cost of grounds at Further facts aro given In the bul $2,000, wo havo an Initial' cost of letln to show that the attendance In $8,000, but for a high estimate, let tho consolidated districts Is at'leifct us place It at ten thousand. The 25 per cent higher than under slmi usual rate of Interest at the present lar conditions In slugle districts. AI30 time on school bonds Is about flvo that tho eight grades of common por cent. This would make the in- school work are finished, on tho avei1 terest $500 per year. Placing an- age, in 8.4 months less tlmo In tho' other flvo hundred n year In the sink-' consolidated schools than under tho ing fund, this part of the' expense old system. Theso two items certalu would be $1,000. In the opinion of ly are worthy of consideration, the writer, for the first year or two, ' Much moro remains to be said, but only threo teachers -would be neces- lack of space forbids. iiryf Hut let us make the cstiditfto - In conclusion, first, it must be ad- EQUIPPED WITH WIKI.I.KSS TEAIV1ER BREAKWATER ALWAYS ON TIMI5 SAILS KKOM POKTLANI) AT 0 A. M. OX -HWIJ B, 10, IS, 9b, 1 23, ao. SAILS I-'KOM COOS HAY AT SEKVICE OF TDK TIDE 0.V JCXI 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 AND 27. L. H. KEATING, AGENT PIIONK MAIN' ttt DRAIN-COOS BAY AUTO' .i VIA ALLEGANY NOW HEADY FOU HUSINESS Leaves Marshfield Daily HOAT LEAVES ALEKT LANDING, MAItSHFIELD 0:30 A.M. AKKIVE DKAIN 1 P. M. SAME DAY. TICKETS FOK SALE AND INFORMATION' AT The Busy Comer Drug Store PHONE 208 "THE FKIE'D OF COOS DAY" S. S. ALLIANC ...- ,,niii .trronHJ SAILS ITROM PORTLAND FOR COOS BAT SUNDAY, JUNE 18th PHONE 41 o. P. McGCOBCRW THE FAST AND COMMODIOU8 .. lii CnnlnDM "" -' m iiH"r, 'ttt) , & Steateer, f&jfamAo . .. ... . l.ntli r.TI nui innno regular trips carrying pwicBcro w...- -i-.- Mgn between Coos Day n ftnu KTMQUco,AHr'wrT,,on,'Wj4!rai . Street Wlmrf No 2, Sn ,rreU". lrr lnfy1rR 2m mndo viiion Hircct wimrr wt -. ,f ,rrCHco. "v - ftrt .-.-- ... . , . 1t'..lnMidAr v1 i-.i or oo, uaiiing rrom san rTncisto i Juno 11th. , A , , H INTER-OCEAN -TKANSFOnTATION COMP.W uvi-i'Tij-i'-irm w i i" rnns RAVmFRimr, STAGE LINE n..n . . .,-. .. w ,..i,i stacel""'1 and Sundays nt O n. in. Fro, f O.OO. OTTO SPHETTER, Agent, C. P. AnJJV 120 MARKET AV., Marslifleld. A'gent, HOSEMW, PHONS 11 Yours for rural fcojj . meliWl mltted that under consolidation, the ' low tho cost oi tcu- ,.-.. , , ...... . . v..- tnr rural 6CBW' tvjjt iiuitucuuiv iiieruaseu. Second, atlEeomsrthntitriio proposed means of iispoftatlon-ould bo a3 safe aud eftlclont ns could'reasonably bo desired. Third, the cost to the average In dividual taxpayfwbuldbe far be- nl1 n.H f 214-J. A TURKISH GOOD. Phone Read trie Time W i