"History of the Dallas Academy of Selma, Alabama," compiled by Emily F. Ferguson.
In addition to general facts and events from the history of the institution (previously the Dallas Male and Female Academy), Ferguson discusses the merits of free public education and the "opposition from good but mistaken men": "Something of the old feeling against free education by...
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In addition to general facts and events from the history of the institution (previously the Dallas Male and Female Academy), Ferguson discusses the merits of free public education and the "opposition from good but mistaken men": "Something of the old feeling against free education by the State still lingered in the minds of many, while it was argued that it was unjust to tax one man to educate another's children, and that the mixing of the children of the rich and the poor, the higher and the lower classes, would degrade and contaminate the former. When the question of taxation came to be submitted to the owners of real estate, a brisk war opened through the local papers upon the whole system." The Selma school board reprinted the text, which was originally written in the 1880s, as a tribute to Ferguson after her death in 1932. She had been a teacher at the school and was appointed to replace Richard E. Hardaway as the principal of Selma City Schools in 1907. |
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Q0000126216 - Q0000126223Q126216 - Q126223"History of the Dallas Academy of Selma, Alabama," compiled by Emily F. Ferguson.In addition to general facts and events from the history of the institution (previously the Dallas Male and Female Academy), Ferguson discusses the merits of free public education and the "opposition from good but mistaken men": "Something of the old feeling against free education by the State still lingered in the minds of many, while it was argued that it was unjust to tax one man to educate another's children, and that the mixing of the children of the rich and the poor, the higher and the lower classes, would degrade and contaminate the former. When the question of taxation came to be submitted to the owners of real estate, a brisk war opened through the local papers upon the whole system." The Selma school board reprinted the text, which was originally written in the 1880s, as a tribute to Ferguson after her death in 1932. She had been a teacher at the school and was appointed to replace Richard E. Hardaway as the principal of Selma City Schools in 1907. 193219321930-1939Education--Alabama; Women--Education--Alabama; Selma (Ala.); Dallas County (Ala.)TextPamphletsEducation publications collectionLPR139, Box 41Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. 300 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/13312 |
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