The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 02, 1907, Page 7, Image 7
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Compulsory Education.
^information on the Subject
Obtained from Other States
by Supt. Martin.
Columbia special in the News
and Courier: Superintendent .of
Education Martin In?, iu preparing
his annual report, compiled
some information concerning
compulsory education which
may be of importance in view oi
the fact that another effort will
doubtless be made at the coming
aessi' n o* the General Assembly
?
to pa?s a compulsory education
law for this State.
In order to get information on
the subject ot compulsory attend
anco, the lollowing letter ?apen'
to all of the superintend Mits
ot education in the other st:?tes
and'in the territories :
4,Deir Sir: i*leaee answer tbe
following questions at your earliest
convenience and oblige.
Sincerely yours,
O. B. Martin,
"S'a'e Superintendent or E tucation.
**
1. Have you compulsory attendance
school law in your
state?
Y 2. It so, is it thoroughly en
forced?
3. What is the approximate
annual cost of the enforcement
of your law?
4. Do you have truant officers?
5. If so, how are they appointed?
6. Do you think that it is
practicable or possible to enforce
a compulsory attend mce law
without truuni officers?
7. What was the increase in
your attendanco last year?
8. What was the percentage
of increase?
9; Does your law apply aliko
to the whole state or is there a
local option feature to it?"
Forty-five replies wore received.
Of this number thirty-three gave
an affirmative reply and twelve
a negative as to the existence of
COmDulsOrV law in tll? r?ono/>lino
states.
Only 32 of the superintendents
answered the second question in
regard to the thorough enforcement
of the law. Fourteen answered
simply "yes" and 10 "no.''
The others gave various answers,
such as tue following: "J.t is
well enforced in the cities " No
good in country districts."
"Great effort is being put forth
by the administration to enforce
it." "Not in all sections.*' "Never
has been enforced ""No good,
pay no attention to if." Fairly
well."
The answers varied greatly as
to the annual cost oi the enforcement
of the law. Nineteen superintendents
reported that they
had no way of knowing because
the money was paid out by local
or county authorities. One superintendent
reported $2*>,000,
Another state, Indiana, $53,145.
i?. knottier said $2.00 per day
for each officer, lor each county,
Another gave $500 to $700 j>ei
deputy. Another nave $25 to$5C
per mouth for each officer. Now
York state haa 1,400 truaut ofli
cers.
The fourth question. Do yoi
have truant officers?
Twenty six answered "yes,'
and five answered "no." It ig
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noticeable that all of these five ft*
reported that the law was not
thoroughly enforced in their
states. The answers to this question
were modified by such
statements as the following: l,We
have truant .officers in towns ?>t
more than 25.000 people." "We
have from one to five truant ofli
oers in each county " "Under
the old law the chairman ol the
board was charted with the ei forcement.
Under the new law
have truant officers." O e super-!
initndent reported "truant,
officers in the cities, and the
county superintendent* acting as
truant officer in the country."
Nineteen states reported thatj
truant officers are appointed by i
local boaids. Eight say tha t.hev
>re appointed by local boards in i
ihe city and county board* in
ti?e country. In one sta'e truant ,
officers are appointed by the
county superintendent and. are |
responsible to him. In another;
state they are appointed by the
proba'e court. And in one state |
the sheriff and deputies act as
truant officer*. 1
Thirty-six superintendents an- i
swered the question as to whether
it i* practicable or possible to I
enforc a compulsory attendance i
law without truant otil :ers. Fitt\
answered "yes," but qualified
their answer* with such statement*
a*, "It depeuds upon the
community " "But it is better
with them." 'T think it is." "I
think so ill rural districts." It is
*
noticeable that these six replies ]
come from states winch hive
never had any compulsory at- 1
tendance laws. Not a single eu-j
periniendent/ in any state wheni
here is a compulsory attendance '
law says that such a compulsory
law can be enforced without
truant officers.
Of course the answers varied
greatly as to question No. 7 in
i regard to increase in attendance
A great many of the Northern
, states show no increase or very
slight increase. It is noticeable
that the Southern states, which
' have no compulsory law, are increasing
in attendance much
more rapidly than any other
states any where in the country.
This is attributable more to the
, rapid development, and pros peri,
ty of the country. For instance,
i the increase in Georgia was 37,00')
while the increase in New
York was about 23,000. The
, increase in South Carolina was
i 18.000. While 'he increase in
Now Jersey was only f>00.
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ii.io'icio in (juration INO. C< I ~
simply showed percentage in con- I
fortuity with the figures in question
No 7. COM!
Only 28 replies wore receive!
l in question No. 9. Twenty-three | U
. showed that the law applies to AM MM1
. the entire state.^ Two show a lo- www J
' cal option feature which allows L
i people to voto as to whether the A
1 law will taker-fleet Three have And get
, a feature which makes it optiou- reasonable
(I al with local boards as to wheth- meals, goo
. er they shall appoint truant of- best of ore
. ficer*. Ladies to
meals. I
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Cured of Brlght'sJDIsease. town to or
r \ir. tfODHit U. liurke. Klnora, N Y., 1U aflCl yOl
writes: "Before I started to who Foley's (Jojyje OflG
Kidney Cure I had to sot np from twelve* ~ j,
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of ray family acruaa the room. I had yivan IV/I
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n ended Foley's Ki lnoy Cure. One 50
cent bottle worked won d era and before I
' ha l token the third b>Ula the dropsy ha .
gone, aa well aa all other ayraptoma of
I Hrinht'a diaeaae." Funderburk Pharmacy.
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