Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1931, Page 47

SCHOOLS IN RURAL | AREAS HELD POOR #Little Red Schoolhouse,” With Inferior Resources, Still Is in Majority. ‘The “little red schoolhouse"—dear to the American imagination, but soundiy condemned by many educators—is Polding its own, according to & survey of rural schooling throughout the Na- tion, just issued by the National Edu- cation Association there are 150 000 ols left. that tk g majority still are condition st con- ars, the research re- hat the farm child isn't ng a square deal in education, and v At a meeting of the Royal Soclety re- Workers to Solicit Business to Avoid Reductionin Wages By the Associated Press. | MARION, Ohio, October 2— | Five hundred Marion employes of the Erie Rallroad Co. have voted to organize to solicit freight and passenger business for the | carrier for the purpose of in- | creasing revenue and aiding in meintaining tie present wage scele, T. R. Patton, Cleveland, as- | sistant gencral passenger agent, explained the company’s need for additional revenues if the wage scales are to be maintained. HUGE METEOR FOUND ADELAIDE, Australia (Special) cently particulars were revealed of the discovery in Central Australia of a huge meteorite which fell thousunds of years ago, making 13 large craters. Scie! isited the craters in Cen- | tral Afstralia in May, and the com- monwealth government has been asked |to declare the area a reserve. The sci- THE 'LEASES ON BUILDING EVENING PUZZLE GOVERNMENT| Some Tenants of Architects’ Struc- ture Cannot Be Made to Move. Having purchased the Architects’ Building, at 1800 E street, the Govern- ment is in somewhat of a quandary as to what to do with it, because some tenants have leases up to December. Agreement has been reached between AERLRLALALALR STAR, WABSELNWION, ernment. Meanwhile no decision has yet been | SWISS reached as to what the Government will | do with the building. It was purchased under authority of the Keyes-Elliott act, which authorized acquisition of a | lT{ge area of land in that section of the | city. public buildings will be erected on the | site. ‘The Public Building Commission has recommended the War-Navy group | for the general area there, but opposi- tion is known to be growing to this site on account of its cost. | As soon as the Architects’ Building is entirely vacated it will probably be many cases, is winning out over the rail, ‘The famous mountain raflway to Zermatt is to be protected rather than subsidized by an agreement with the government that no carriage road shall thtRtRtRLRLALA Tomorrow—SATURDAY —is relegated to some independent office of | the Government which is now in rented quarters or in need of space. Part of the building now is vacant, but there D. the former owners and the Treasury dre Department on a purchase price, but ning the title has not yet passed to the Gov- stood s . any tenants who have leases run- to December, and it is under- ey desire to remain, B T ( period of 15 years. 1431 be bullt to the famous mountain resort in the shadow of the Matterhorn for & GENEVA shows the world (8] RAILROAD FREED ~FROM AUTO COMPETITION | eral, cantonal and communai authori- istration undertakes to keep the 25 kilometers of mountain-climbing rail- way open throughout the year, the Fed- | ties advancing 30,000 francs a year to | help snowplowing and icepicking. From Study is being given as to what | Government Agrees No Road Will | the main Simplon railway line at Visp Be Built to Famous Moun- tain Resort. cial). — Switzerland n anomaly in these | progressive times when the rcad irn sb there are but three villages of m-ment on the route, but at Zarmatt itself there is a hotel population, both in Wi and Summer of far mcre than that of | the natives of the 25-mile-long valley. Arrests Divorced Wife. More in sorrow, perhaps, than in anger, Policeman Fred Martin of Deal, England, arrested his divorced wife for letting her chimney catch fire. TAXES HURT FOX HUNTING in consideration the railway admin- LONDON (Special).—Fox hunting is the latest of English diversions to be ffected by taxation. King George's son-in-law, the Earl of Hare- wood, regarded as a man of consider- able means, has notified members of /the Bramham Moor Hunt that for financial reasons he and his brother, Maj. Edward Lascelles, will no longer be able to act as masters of the hunt ‘The mastership of several other well known hunts have been vacated re- |cently by well known members of the |landed ‘gentry for similar reasons | Wealthy Americans used to be a source of reiiance in the hunting country, but |the high rate of the British income tax has seriously depleted the colony | of Americans interested in chasing Reynard over hill and dale. C—15 START YOUR DAY WITH VIGOR AFTER THIS CLEAN, COMFORTABLE, WATER TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA The Steam Baltimo: Saturda. “John Cadwalader’ uesday and Thursdav at pun. Arrives Philadeiphia Fare, $2.50; Round Trip, $4 Rooms $1.50 up—with showar $3.50. Double room and bath, $5 ond $6. Di [ Hiustrated Folder on Reques ERICSSOM LINE PIER CORNER LIGHT AND PRATT STREETS sails from hat “the buildings, grounds and equip- : ment of these schools do not constitute | Stists Will Tevisit the place to continue an environment which meets modern | nvestigaticns. educational standards.” e — City Schools Far Better. Real Estate l‘o.n‘ (D. C. Property Only) ‘The value of city school property per ehild, it shown, is about three times No Commission Charged as great a ntrv school property. You can take 12 vears to But. the repo sses, the rural school Jags behind the national standard in many other rospects besides the com- 1 on.of the buildings, so pay off your loans without the expense’ of renewing. $1,000 for $10 per month, including interest and principal. Larger children get ears than city chil- or smaller loans at proportion- ate rates. ‘tre Teport stresses, Perpetual Building f r brief terms. A re- f counties in five hows an average term of 165 days in one-teacher schools, 168 days s Association Established 1881 Largest in Washington Assets Over $25,000,000 in two-teacher schools and 178 days in eities of more than 2,500 in population. Cor. 11th and E N.W. ¥, pr “Rural children are handicapped also JAMES BERR EDWARD C. BALTZ, Set S e =y = A g @Y by the irregularity of their attendance. A sampling of rural schools in 22 coun Ries showed 48 per cent of the non- ‘transported children under seven years of age attending less than 151 days. | For the Nation a&s a whole elementary achool attendance was 85 per cent of the enrollment in rural areas and 91 per cent in urban areas. e Lacks Interest Resources. b e the children of one- re absent an average of 3 each vear than the children larger schools. In Maryland 12 per cent of the children in one-room schools are absent 40 days, as egainst § cent of the children in | graded sthool: | The shorter the school term, the in- | westigators showed, the greater the num ber of absences of this, it is held. is due to the low “pulling power” ‘ of the inferior school. The country | school hasn't the resources to make life_interesting for the children. | “In America today,” it is concluded, | “equal educational ~opportunity is myth. The rior educational pro- | gram offered rural children can neither be denied, ignored nor justified. The sverage salary of teachers in one-room rural schools is approximately $900 a §ear. As a result rural children are taught by relatively young, transient, | immature, inexperienced and untrained | teachers. ' While three city children out of every ten are enrolled in high schools only one rural child in every ten is en- rolled. 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