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$21 p4ci. Strout Wimtt. Wihuetts3â University 7317 -u FarrierS end Ladis" TuIIers Spri~ SL04 oin/ ORkIGINAL MODELS. PROM THE FOREMOST FRENCH DESIGNERS PURS- SUITS - COATS "S, VERNON AVENUE FR aSTOUAGU. Are ILLINOIS SCHOOLS What is the matter wth Illiois schools? The glaring inequalities of, educational opportun ity eanphasized in the re<cent federal committee report have their commneat inlumny sections of Illinois. We bave -in Illinois some of, the flnest' schools' and some of 'the poorest, largely, in proportion to the wealth or poverty of. the area. in: whicb the sehools are situate. A recent report of the Advisory cotn-,, mittee of the- Illinois Mducation comn- mission, whicb wasappointed tol study, the entire Illinois .scbool situation, stated that the present. dispà,rity bWWeen the wealthiest and the poorest district of tbe:state is represete>d by tbe ratio- of 250 to 1. The saine report details nearly 10000 school districts of one roomn each., with: an average daily at- tendance of less than fifteen pupils,, and more than 2,000 school districts witb an average dailyattendance of less than ten pupils. The cost of education in the, smnallest pupil enroilment was $747, whereas the average of all one-teacher schools was $50 per pupil. Mostly safi Districts Ninety-six per cent of tbe school,' dis- tricts of Illinois are- of such sinall size that they are unable to establish both elementary ,and s e con da r y schools. Hence, there lias been established over- lying bigh scbool districts. Also, many weaithy areas escape taxation or are able to supply f unds mucli more plenti- tuily than the snialler rural areas. Still furtier, there is mucli creaking and in- ackquate macbinery through township organizations, which might be abolished or improvea ietthcieiicy. In all, there are more thanii ,U sckiool districts in the state. The present metbod of school support is prirnariy tkrough locai property taxes, ievîed by the indivîcluai schooi districts. 'i. his support 4epends upon two main factors: Cite. Tw. Factors (1) Tkhe value. ot me local. propertyý botn real anci personai as assessed tor taxation ana i <z> me rate oi taxation. appiieci. b ýcnool boards are uniformly per-i -mittec to tax withxn tre Iluts -ot sir loh nI assesseti vaitation for local taxes and through', the Biat grant to niake $41 per ,pupil,. thée.state assists through, what is called an ,equalization grant so. as to bring the total per ýpupil up to that figure. The total amount of state money contributed1 to accomplish these ends is about $13,000,00 annually. Increases -in this fund have been, sug- gested in every session of the General Assembly, The amounts of the sug- gested increases vary, but often have been placed at about $29,000,000 per year. It is ilow estimited tbat to give high schools a flatat of $8 per pupil, and to applyequaiing funds sufficient to bring the.aïd to.elemen- tary schools up to a total of $51 per pupil and bigh schoolà uP to $68 per pupil would, take about $4,250OO ad- ditional to the present appropriations. It is not surprising in view of the fnandiat Troblems o~f the sehools that local interest in education is frequently in the ratio of expectation of aid. Gath- erings of teachers, administrators and school board rnembers are .attendant largely ini the degree that there are promises of assurance that the local school is to be helped out by some benign authority higlier up. In other words, by indirect taxation that tax- payers do not tbink they pay, simply because they do not know about it. It is. on this score that Governor Horner botb in. bis administrative powers and througb bis spoken word bas enunciated a poly to which <ducational interests in the state are beginnitig to pay atten- tion. Generally speakirig, bis attitude is that the home community shall do its ultimate towa rd the support of scbools before the state steps in to aid. I shall discus in my next article in detail the recomniendation of the state scbool commission upon whicb Gover- nor Horner bases bis policies. AVIATIONI as the Suburban league champio)n- ship meet, ýwhile the varsity swim- m ers won ail their dual meets, 'the, league. meet, and took second place in the state meet. The trophy for thè fre.shman- H@Lry Simbmno. sophomore v ic- (Lehie Photo) tory in the league race was present- ed to the co-captains, Bob Bennett and John Weise. Thetropby for the varsity titie is to be presented later to Captait! Harry Shabino. M.dJ.ýF Trophy the medley relay trophy, ivas given to Fred Ilenschel of the medley re- lay teani, and the 200-yard relay tropliy to Vincent Qatis, Uenschel is state champion in the breast stroke event and Jack Davis is state champion in the fancy diving. Naines of other atbletic award winners follows, certificates being. given to those who have afready won letters. Athietir Awards Junior intramular sports manager: Jim Robertson. Senior intramural sports manager: Tom Keith. Junior .basketball managers: AI van Acker, Don French, Ellsworth Jones. Senior basketbalI manager:- HarTy Miller. wmng Junior s min anagers:- Wirt Farley, Fred Louis. Senior sw1mnmIng manager: Byron KanaIey. Frosh-Soph basketbafl: L.etters-Sld- ney Anderson, Bob Baptista, Dexter Benson. Ho'ward Borchardt, Bud Bowen, Bob Dewey, Howard Greenblatt, Ed- ward Hoefer, Pete Kreer, Bob Schaer, M.elvi n Wbite, Don Wilson; Certificaté, -Andrew Price.. Varslty basketball: S8enior mùinor let- ters-3Jâek Replogle, !BobSteinhoif, Rotb- ert Trump; ILetters--Earl'Borre,,.Dick - Durr, Bill Jennings, James MgcFad- zean, Bill McNitt, Charles Nevins. *Diek Reynolds; Certificats-Bud Carey, Bob- Clark, John Deacon, co-capt., Jarvis Lingel, Harry Sefert, John Thompson, nut, as he wa& dlivering tal on Marcn jas 4 10 elume -e-- 904