The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1936 Page: 1 of 4
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The Carrollton Chronicle
VOL. XXXII—W. L. MARTIN, Editor
CARROLLTON, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY. JUNE 26, 1936
How Texas Education Has
Progressed During the Century
Austin, Texas, Dr. Frede-
rick Eby. distinguished vete-
ran professor of education at
the University of Texas gave
“Between 1830 and 1836
there were from 20 to 25 pla-
ces with small private schools
in Texas. After the Revolu-
Judge Henry King
Announces for
what is believed to be the most tion the number rose sharply,
comphrehensive br ef analysis But everything was unsettled
of the progress of education in' and teachers changed rapidly.
Texas ever prepared, when he j The more permanent of these
recently addressed approxi- schools during the Republic of
mately one thousand candi. Texas were Independence
dates for degrees at the soring Academy, Rutersville College,
commencement uf that insti-’San Augustine University,
tulion. I Matorgorda Academy, McKen*
Dr. Eby said in part: 'zie Institute, Marshall Uni-
“Denominational education 1 versity, Nacogdoches Univer-
dominated the field of seconda-j.sity, and the Academy at
ry and higher education in I Huntsville that became the
Texas down to the dawn of the Austin College,
present century. From 18301 “A public system of educa-
to 1860 Protestant pastors j tion was established by law in
came into the southwest in' 1854 Schools sprang up in
great numbers. Down to The'great numbers all over Texas.
Civil War 90 per cent of all They were not, however, public
teachers were men, and 90 per j jn our sense of the word. They
cent to 95 per cent of these were private schools receiving
men were preachers. With public subvention. The tuit-
•but fe;W exceptions every 1 jon 0f indigents was paid first
church building was also a and any balance, usually a pit-
'School house. Pastors received jtance, went tor the tuition of
little or no salary for preach- j0ther children. There were
ing; they eked out a scant I around 1,200 schools in over
living by teaching. Teaching one hundred counties before
and preaching were but two
announced his candidacy for
Judge of ti e Criminal District
Court, No. 2. Judge King for
years has been very active in
Church and Civic circles and
devoted considerable time to
Fraternal and Ex-Servicemen’s
organizations. Judge King is
an Ex-Service man. He attend-
ed the Univeisity of Texas and
received his Law degree from
Baylor University.
means of making Christtans
For the greater part of a
the war. Universities, Col-
leges, acadamies were organi-
zed in great numbers. There
their establishment. But local
initiative was even more act-
ive than all these other agen-
cies combined.
From 1871 to 1875 Texas
was rul d by the most drastic
educational system ever es-
tablished in a free state. The
Republicans charged that the
Democrats had permitted two
generations of children t o
grow up in ignorance; they
had squandered on war the sa-
cred public fund. The new sy-
stem ®f education was the
system included compulsory
attendance, drastic taxation,
inspection by State officers,
uniform text books written
by northern authors, central-
ized control by a state super-
intendent, the building of lo
cal school houses by public
funds, the secularization of
the curriculum. This was far-
more galling than the defeat
century there lay side by side'were at least 150 in all. The
in the office of the Secretary jMason’p, Methodists, Catho-
of State two documents; the ilie’s, Baptists, and Presbyter-
one, the Declaration of Inde ijans were the chief agencies in
pendence with its arresting.........
accusation against the Mexi-
can regime; the other, was a
stirring memorial signed by
sixty-t^o men calling upon
Congress to establish a system
•of public education and eb set
aside land for its endowment.
“Nothing was done to pro
mote public education by the
first and second congresses.
The election of Lamar was the
signal that a new day had
dawned for the interests of the
children of Texas. He had ta-
ken as his ideal statesman
that great educational pioneer,
Thomas Jefferson, who took
more pride in founding the
University of Virginia than in
his authorship ol the Declara-
tion of Independence.
“In accordance with the de-
mand of Lamar a ia w was pass-
ed in 1839 setting aside three
-leagues of land for a school in
each county and fifty leagues
for two colleges or universi-
sities. Andrew J Yates was
sadly disappointed with this
law and wrote President Lamar
a lengthy letter. He outlinnd
a complete system
of State education from the
primary school through the
graduate department of the
University. As a consequence
a system of education was pro
vided in the new law of 1840.
Strange to say, not a single
public school was ever estab-
lished on these local endow-
ments. The fact is. State edu-
cation was neither understood
nor desired by the rank and
file of Texans a century ago.
The leaders of education
in T e x a s a century ago
pinned their faith to a land
endowment policy. Thfe same
day the law of 1839 was passed
giving each county three leag-
ues of land, DeKalb College
and the University of San Au
gustine received four leagues
«f land each from Congress.
The same day the law of 1840
was passed Rutersville College
was given four leagues of land.
All seven of these local Col-
leges were endowed with land
by the Congress of the Repub-
lic. Thus the local and private
school interests countered ev.
ery move made by the advo-
cates of State education.
Saturday Night
Lions Met to Hear (Campaign Started
Louis-Schmelling Fight,
Carrollton Lions thought it
Criminal Court would be nice to listen to the
- Louis-Schmelling fight on last
Henry King, Judge of the Thursday night, that being
County Criminal Court, has their regular meeting night,
HENRY KING
His announcement follows:
“It is with a feeling of confi-
dence that I offer my candi-
dacy to the people of Dallas
county for Judge of the Crimi-
nal District Court, No. 2, bas-
ed upon my qualifications and
the service rendered the peo-
ple of this county as an Assis-
tant District Attorney and as
a Judge of the County Crimi-
nal Court.
During the time I represent-
ed you in the District Attorn-
so they installed a radioand
prepared to listen to the re-
ports on the Louis left punch,
es. The weather man had
made other ftrfangements and
a rain in New York made post-
ponement of the scrap necess-
ary.
The Lions were disappoint-
ed but went ahead and elected
McCormick as president and
Riley Housewright secretary
and appointed a committee to
arrange for an open air meet-
ing July 2, the date of the next
meeting and the installation of
officers. It was the desire to
meet out at Midway in the
grove at the J B Edwards
place and if possible have the
downtown Lions club of Dal-
las come out and install the
new officers. The committees
are working with that end in
view and it is quite possible
that the next meeting will be
in the grove and a lot of quirks
and frills may be added to the
regular program.
Chambers Family Reunion
A reunion was held Sunday
by the Chambers in the borne
of E P Chambers of Farmers
Branch, in honor of E T Cham
bers and wife of McMinnville
Tenn. Those present at the
reunion were; Mr. and Mrs. E
T Chambers of McMinnville,
Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. B L Caten
and daughter of Ft. Worth,
Mr. and Mrs. W I Stephenson
and son of Ft. Worth,Mrs. B L
Rogers of Dallas , Mr. and Mrs.
F E Maybe.-ry and little
most bitter experience. The District Attorney in charge of
ey’s Office, it was my pleasure daughter from Dallas, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Price and two daugh-
ters of Dallas, E C Chambers
and family. Mr. and Mrs. H C
Brock. John T Lauderdale of
St. Joe, Texas, C B Glasglow,
E P Chambers and family, and
D E Chambers and family of
Farmers Branch.
to serve in every department
of that important office—Jus-
tice Courts, County Criminal
Court, District Courts, Grand
Jury and as First Assistant
Civil Matters.
I am now serving my second
term as Judge of the County
Criminal Court and during the
past three years I have dis-
posed of over six thousand
cases, not including the writs
of Habeas Corpus, cases trans-
ferred to Juvenile Court, cases
Fool’s Gold
The county campaign started
last Saturday night under most
favorable circumstances for
Carrollton. The third group,
known as the Congressional
group with Judge Owen George
as chairman were speaking in
Carrollton and had a fine night
and a large audience for the
opening.
Victor Benedict, candidate
for the Legislature, place 1,
opened the event and told why
he wanted to go to Austin to
represent us and why we
shotjlti employ him for the job
Ed Cobb for Assessor and Col-
lector of Taxes made a talk
and reviewed his record and
placed it before the people for
their approval. W. T. Bullock
his opponent iollowed. Mr.
Bullock claims Coppell as his
home place and told of his
claims for the place-
For Judge of tht Criminal
District Court No. 2, we had
Henry King and Charles Pip
pin; each made their appeal to
the voters. Judge Pippin held
the position some years ago
and was defeated by Judge Wi!
Hams, who does not aspire to
thf place this year. Judge
made-his appealing talk
voters and in the Chron-
«i this week you will find his
nhouncement on page 1. He
is evidently well qualified for
the place he seeks
There were three candidates
for Congress on the ground and
they made their talks to the
voters and visited before and
after the speaking with those
they could meet. King S, Wil
liamson, Claud Westerftld and
Leslie Jackson were the candi-
dates who were here. The
present Congressman, Hatton
W. Sumners was not present.
Each of the candidates made
appealing talks to the voters
and made good impressions.
Claud Westerfeld is at present
representing Dallas county in
the State Senate and has two
years more of his term to
serve. Naturally it he is elect-
ed to Congress he will resign
the present position.
King Williamson has been in
the race but a short time but
is getting about and meeting
He is at
NUMBER 33
Gift to Texas Churches
Dedicated Last Sunday
Dedication of the Hall of Re-
ligion, Centennial Exposition,
Dallas, was broadcast Sunday
afternoon, June 21, from 2.15
to 2 45 by Texas Quality Net-
work, WFAA, WRAP, KPRC,
WOAI, four of the largest ra-
dio stations in Texas.
Right Reverend Harry T.
Moore, Bishop of Dallas Epis-
copal church, made the dedi-
catory address and L B Den-
ning, president of Lone Star
Gas Company spoke for the
stockholders of the Lone Star
Gas system who g^ve the
building to the churches of
Texas.
The Hall of Religion, given
in recognition of the import-
ance of church influence in the
conception and development of
Texas, affords all religious
groups a prominent and dis-
tinctive place in celebration of
the state’s 100th anniversary,
according to W A Scott.
“Visitors to the Centennial
will find the Hall of Religion a
convenient and restful place to
meet friends. It is air con-
ditioned and cooled, contains
exhibits depicting history of
religion in Texas, and affords
comfortable furniture, rest
rooms, and a spacious outdoor
patio,” the director said.
After you have 3een this
building and rested in its
peaceful interior you will agi ee
with us that it was a wonder-
fully tine tribute io the better
life of Texas and that the Lone
Star Gas Company did a grand
act when they gave this
structure to the churches Of
Texas. It was a grand tribute
to the higher and uplifting
life of the Lone Star State.
The great majority of poli-
ticians Who run for office sol-
icit votes on a tax reduction
and economy plank in their people rapidly
sent back to Courts from which ! platform. Local chambers of {present Judge of the Corpora-
they were appealed and cases j commerce whoop it up for tax ;tion Court ol the city of Dallas
of the war and the political dis- j wherein the complaints were i economy, keep government out .-md has been given a vacation
abilities. It touched to the quashed. !of business, etc., etc. Lead- in w**'ch to m!,ke the campaign,
quick the most eternal and sa- Out of the cases tried before ing citizens in local communi- j Leslie Jackson has been in the
cred rights of parenthood.! this Court and juries, only 30 | ties demand retrenchment several months and
In the Constitutional Convent- .pave seen fit to appeal their-1 public expense, and balancedi^as "oln 0L’f three pairs of
ion of 1875 the entire subject | cases to the Court of Criminal I budgets. 'shoes aud a couple of suits, he
of education formed a red hot j Appeals at Austin, and out of: But how many of these pro-1'e *1 s th® people, in getting out
subjectof a thousand contro-j3o cases appealed, that Court poncts of tax reduction and and interviewing the voters,
versies. In the end the system j passed upon 2S of them and public economy rel use to grab | He is certainly a husky man,
was .completely swept away.|0ut of the 28 cases passed up-j for a chunk of free “pork” jn ihis 240-pounds repiesenting a
A mere shell of public educa ion, only one has been reversed.! the shape of public funds j well built body,
tion was left, not even as good ! Humbly, 1 feel that this is a' (mortgages on every man, wo 1 Owen George, while presid-
as before the war.
Truck Overturns and
Five Persons Injured
A truck traveling from Ft.
Worth to McKinney overturn-
ed at the end of .the Northeast
Highway two miles west of
Midway Tuesday with the re-
sult that all five persons ri-
ding in it were sent to hos-
pitals, two going to McKinney
and three going to Parkland.
The truck is said to be the
property of Jack Griffin of
McKinney and he may have
been the driver, but whoever
was driving was giving her
the gas. the folks say, and
when they got to the end of
the pavement and tried to turn
east on the gravel road things
werp doing.
Four persons, two of them
women, were riding ip the cab,
and a hitch hiker, whom they
picked up at Grapevine, was
in the rear of truck. He said
he did not like to travel so
fast and asked to be let off
but the driver didn’t stop un-
it:l they turned over. All
splendid appellate record and j man and child in the nation) j'ng, slipped some comedy into were injured, tho none fatally.
“In this sad plight two no- ji8 worthy of your earnest con-! when offered to a local com- the event by v
ble Yankee citizens helped de jsideiation. jmunity in the form of a more !Patterson as
spairing Texas, George Pea- When I announced for the of- elaborate post office than [candidate for
body, the princely- meichant, fic0 I now occupy, I promised
who donated $3,000,000 to en- the people that I would be hon-
courage public education in the
South ; Dr. Barnns Sears, for-
merly president of Brown Uni.
versity, was Lhe wise and sym-
est and sincere in my work:
that I would guard the rights
of every person appearing be-
fore the tribunal fairly and inn
pathetic agent of this Peabody j partially in accordance with
Board. They introdn ;ed super j the Law and v ould be a work-
intendeiits of pub .c schools, j ing Judge. I feel that I have
the grading of schools, the-! truly and conscientiously dis-
training of teachers, and the
public high school.
It is a curious fact in the his-
tory of government practically
every feature of the drastic
school system forced upon the
Texas people in 1871 and which
they rejected with such ve-
hemence in 1876 has returned
during the past half century.
charged those pledges.
I have been a resident of
Dallas county for fifteen years
and have lived in the vicinity
of Dallas all my life. I am now
forty years old and come to
announcing Bob
an independent
the office of
needed, a* more expensive (Constable and Frank Me Mur
school house ,than justified, or I rnv as an independent candi iton>
an unnecessary municipalpow- date for .justice f tne Peace,
ev Plant ,o „up„c,„. j KlSffiXST O. E. S. Pav.y
facilities . '• Itwasreall.valargeandrep-
It’.s amusing to .ec the po ;resentative crowd who weie
litical Hag wavers giab for :i,out t0 |,ear y,e candidates and
handful ot fool s gold be- t|,eV gaVe attention and re
cause tney think it comes out majned until the speakings
of their neighbor s pot instead w conci„ded
of their own. -Industrial
News Review.
The truck was a 1936 Indiana
and it was almost demolished.
It was brot to Vandergriff
Chevrolet Co. plant in Carroll-
If you know of important happen-
ings, tell the Chronicle, phone 92.
— " “ ! way and family and Mr. A B
will be my-only guide. -Maddox soent Saturday and
If the people of Dallas coun-1 Sunday at Cumby Texas, visi-
ty elect me to this high office, tingrelatives. .Jay Bailey and
which is so close to your lives, ramilv veturned 'home with
you at this vigorous stage of I assure you that I will not in them to visit a few weeks.
life seeking promotion to one any way abuse the trust, but —" - ---
of your highest trial courts, | will honestly and sincerely dis. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hall and
offering you the same pledges charge every duty pertaining sou of Dallas visited liei e with
loo life for iast week
On June the 16th at eight
thirty Mr. and Mrs. VV S Worn-
, nek entertained some twenty
| five guests at their beautiful
j country home on the North
Mr. and Mrs. Cleotis Millo- west highway, north of Dal
that I have heretofore made to the office to the very bes 1 his mother, Mrs. Maiie
and assuring you that the Law of my ability.” Sunday afternoon.
Mali
las.
The home was beautifully
decorated with cut flowers and
evergi eons, Games were play-
ed till a laic hour, then re-
freshments were served and
all bade their Host and Hos-
te>s goodnight, expressing
their wish to be Invited back
to this hospitable home again
soon. - Reporter
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Martin, W. L. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1936, newspaper, June 26, 1936; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth728450/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carrollton Public Library.