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Public Education
in Arkansas
Eight Studies in Vital Educational
Problems.
EDITOR’S NOTE.
The Extension Division of the Vni
versity of Arkansas, in co-operation
with the United States Department of
Agriculture, will offer this year,
through this paper, a free correspond
ence course in “Education in Arkan
sas,” consisting of eight lessons or ar
ticles. These lessons will appear
in this paper at intervals of **ix
weeks. Those who wish to take
this course should write to the Direc
tor of Extension Division of the hni
verslty of Arkansas at Fayetteville,
stating name, age, occupation,
and stating that he tor she)
proposes to carry the work through
for the eight lessons. An educational
bulletin will be sent to supplement
lesson No. 1. and later for each lesson
If the question blank be returned for
the preceding lesson. Preceding lesson*
may be had on request. These question
blanks will be sent with each bulletin.
The additional lesson** on "Education
In Arkansas will be: "Proper Taxation,
“Training of Teachers,' "The High
School Problem,” and "Vocational Ed
ucation" (2).
III. ADVANTAGES OF A COUNTY
UNIT.
By J. R. Jewell, Dean School of Edu
cation University of Arkansas.
The most Important reform needed
In our Arkansas school system is the
aboltion of the district as the unit of
school government and the substitu
tion therefor of the county. The school
district is an artificial unit, estab
lished for a single and special pur
pose, and like nothing else under
heaven; conse,iiuently our schools are
governmental outcasts, bearing no re
lation to the county government
which, tor every other function, is the
only recognized unit. It is in such a
school system alone that one sees
three times as many officers as' teach- '
ers, which is just like an army with
three times as many otticers as sol
diers or a business concern with three
times as many foremen as laborers.
There should be no words of abuse
for school trustees. Many of them are
honest and honorable men. But, in
selecting 25,00(1 officers for any ad
ministrative function, it is folly to ex- !
pect that many of them should have
an intelligent conception of the du
ties to be performed. The duties of
school officials are peculiar, and re
quire culture, business acumen, high
aims for human progress, and capac
ity for intelligent leadership. But the
prevailing sentiment in a majority of
districts is that anybody will do far
school trustee. The school district is
so small that few men care to incur
the displeasure of tneir friends and
neighbors in trying to perform the du
ties required of school trustees.
There are some who cling to tne
district system because, they assert,
it is the most democratic form of
school government. On the contrary,
it is the most autocratic. When an
election is held, the vote is, by no
means, an indication of the popular
will.
The school district is democracy gone
to seed, a worthless inheritance from
Massachusetts, from whose system
our own was copied at its beginning.
But Massachusetts, after a disastrous
experience similar to our own, dis
carded her system many years ago,
and one of her distinguished sons,
Horace Mann, had declared that the
school district is the ‘‘greatest blunder
in the whole history of educational
legislation.” .
By making the county the unit of
school government, it is obvious that
its citizens would manifest the same
1 Interest fn the administration of its
schools that is now had in other gov
ernmental functions. In the cities the
best citizens are selected by the en
tire municipality to control the
schools, and the whole city contributes’>
to their support.
Under the county system there would
be an average of live or six school olii-!
cials. Surely it would be easier to select
a school board of this limited number
who would have and would manifest,
an interest in popular education, than*
it would be to secure three times es
many superior men as there are
.schools. And, too, it is equally ob
vious that 'since this board wouljl be
elected by the whole municipality,
the electors would hold them to a
strict accountability for the success
ful administration of other county af
fairs.
This matter of a county unit is in
extricably tied up with the matter of
a better system of taxation, which will
be the topic of the next article in
this series. Every county in Arkan
sas presents examples of adjoining
school districts, one of which with
very low taxation can raise more
money for school purposes than it can
stand, wnile the other by taxing itseit
the legal limit cannot raise enough
to maintain a school tit to send the
children of the community to. For
instance, in Monroe County, District
No. 1 has six times the-assessed vaiu
ation of District No. 26, adjoining it
although it has only two more white
pupils, and can raise annually for
school purposes $l,76it.21, while the
latter district can raise a maximum
of $300.90. District No. 33, that ad
joins No. 26 has a valuation of only ■
$17,000, and so can raise a maximum
of only $119.31. Every principal of
demorcacy urges that every child i i
Monroe County—and every other coun
ty of our state—have equal opportuni
ties for a fair education with every
other child. Dow unfortunate ind \
are those children of such districts a
No. 39 in Monroe County compare;'
with those of District No. 1, until we j
have a county unit for their benefit.
Tolerance in Russia.
There is one test of a civilized
country which is now universally reo
ognized- Religious freedom is held
to be essential to national greatness.
Let us see briefly what this means
in all the Russias. The governing
class, drawn from inner Russia, be
longs, of course, to the strict orthodox
Greek church.
The Paltic provinces are Lutheran,
Finland is Protestant, the southwest
ern provinces contain a large propor
tion of Roman Catholics and Jews; in
the Crimea and is the middle Volga
are Tartar Mohammedans; in the
j Caucasus is a perfect babel of lan
guages and consequently of creeds.
Religious tolerance, initiated by the
reforming czar. Alexander II, is one
of the tenets cf government, and is
nominally in force ail over the em
pire.
Forage Crops for
Arkansas
Eight Studies in Supplementary
Farm Feeds.
EDITOR'S NOTE.
The Extension Division of the Uni
versity of Arkansas, in co-operation 1
with the United States' Department of j
Agriculture, will offer this year, i
through this paper, a free correspond
ence course in Forage Crops as ap
plied to Arkansas conditions. These i
lessons will appear in this paper at in- i
torvals of six weeks. Those who wish j
to take this course should write to the j
Director of Extension of the University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, stating- j
name, age, occupation, and stating that 1
he (or she) proposes to carry the work
through for the eight lessons. A farm
ers’ bulletin will be sent to supplement
each lesson, provided a question blank |
be sent back covering points in each
lesson. These blanks will be sent
with each bulletin. Preceding lessons
will be sent on request. The studies in
Forage Crops will include: (1) Classes
of Forage Crops, (2) Alfalfa, (3) Clo
vers, (4) Pasture and Hay Grasses, (5)
The Sorghums, <6> Peas and Beans, (7.)
Silage, and (8) Curing and Saving Hay.
FORAGE CROPS FORARKANSAS
No. 4. Grasses For Pasture and Hay.
By Earl Kilpatrick, Extension Agrono
my, University of Arkansas.
Grasses are a vital factor In suc
cessful ar.d permanent agriculture.
The washing and leaching, which is
impoverishing the soils of thousands
of farms would be largely stopped if
tlie cotton, corn, ami other clean cul
tivated crops were exchanged for
grasses. 1 he roots of this class of
plants hold the soil, till if up with mi
mus and have a renovating effect
upon ,[ in general. The perennial pas
tures and meadows furnish a source
of cheap feed because breaking and
seeding is not done every year. Land
that cannot be cultivated economi cal
ly because of tlie rocks, stumps, and
rough nature, will usually pay a hand
some profit if put into pasture.
Grasses may he divided into ^two
classes; perennial or those which Uve
for three or more years such as Bor
’ rauda, orchard grass, red top, and
Kentucky blue grass: and annuals or
those which live for only one year as
Sudan grass. Bermuda grows only
during the warm reason, whilp or
chard grass, Kentucky blue grass and
some others sti-y green a large portion
of the winter Red top is especially
adapted to wet soils, while Bermuda
grows on a drier soil, so that one can
select suitable grasses for almost
every soil and condition.
In making pasture and meadow rec
ommendations Arkansas must be di
vided into at least three different sec
tions, according to soils and climate
as follows: First, North and North
east Arkansas; second bottom soils .if
East and South Arkansas; third, up
land and sandy soils of East and
South Arkansas. In tHe north and j
northwest section orchard grass is Oie
surest grass and should generally he
the basis of a permanent pasture or
meadow. Orchard grass is superior :
to timothy because it is adapted to a I
larger variety of soils, is not so hard
on soil, furnishes superior pasture.;
and a more nutritious hay, and rip
ens at the same time as red clover.
For pasture, along with the orchard
grass. Kentucky blue grass should
be seeded on soils that are rich in
lime, and red top on soils that are
short in lime. Red and white clover
should also be put into the mixture.
For a meadow orchard grass and red
clover make a good mixture. On the
bottom soils of the south and south
east portions of the state, Bermuda
should usually be made the basis of
a permanent pasture or meadow. The
disadvantage of Bermuda not being
green for pasture during winter can
be remedied by putting bur clover on
the sod or by having a second pasture
The following characteristics and
adaptations should be noted »n regard
to the grasses. Orchard grass amt
Kentucky grass grow extra well in
the shade, while Bermuda will be
killed out with excessive shade. Ken
tucky blue grass does well only on
| the lime soils in the cooh-r part >f
1 the state; in other sections the hot,
dry weather of summer kills >t. Or
i chard grass is not likely to tie sue.
cessful on a sandy soil, blit it Is es
pecially adapted to the elay hills.
! Some other grass or clover should al
ways be sown with orchard g'-ass be
pause of its habii of prowing in dense
clumps instead of making a sod, es
pecially if a thin stand is secure I
Tall meadow oat, fescue. English
blue, and other grasses have promise*
of b'ing valuable under certain con
ditions. In all sections of the state,
I on soils that arn medium to fertile,
! and that are well drained.
It should be accepted as a funda
mental principle that successful agri
culture in Arkansas must be based on
the growing or more livestock on
every farm and that success with
livestock will depend very much on
permanent * pastures. Therefore a
great campaign should be undertaken
this year for more clovers an I
ten thousand farmers who now have
! no permanent pastures should be
! pledged to start ibis spring at least
! three 4o five acres of permanent p;e
; ture and to seed clovers and grasses
! on every waste spot on the farm,
j Thousands and thousands of acres of
hillsides and rough land in northern
and western Arkansas should oe
seeded to orchard grass, Lespedeza,
white clover, sweet clover and blue
grass or Bermuda, anil thousands of
acres of cut-over lands in southern
Arkansas should be seeded to Lespa
aeza, bur clover and Bermuda.
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ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
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Masons always welcome.
L. M. Despain, W. M.
C. A. Berry, Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R. A.
M. meets every first and third Thurs
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companions welcome.
L. G. Gibson, H. P.
D. F. Collett, Secy.
HUTTiG CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
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V,siting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec'y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. O. 0. F. '
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