County educational reorganization

The following abstract is taken from the introductory paragraph of the thesis. "The provision in the constitutions of nearly all the states of the Union is in substance, ‘That the legislature shall provide a system of free common schools wherein all the children of the state may be educated.’ These constitutions presuppose that every boy and girl in the state shall be given an equality of educational opportunity. Notwithstanding that the states have recognized in their constitutions the obligation to give equal educational opportunity there is not one that has complied with it. The children who live in the country districts have not been provide for as have been the children of the towns and cities. Several obstructing elements must be gotten out of the way, and a system of administration must be built up before the rural school will be able to give its boys and girls the education that fits them for present day society and the needs of the community in which they live.”