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ANALYZES RISE IN COSTS OFJCHOOLS Increase In Eipmjitm Past 20 Years Accounted For In Statement ,i.h !'««• 13 Why did public N*»r’h Carolina eost fjv* - ;inioh in 192*-30 as they did !.-l> i-. iWmj as compared '.*> **!♦* tins This is a question r *' »r e asking and on« that N irh Carolina Education Aaatv i. !.»*• gathered official tourer This item deali with the - over which the school peo • v * r ‘" control: one Iter will gi v , iel.iting to improved standard* Cl*" im:{l »* s <°r the school chil f r ” "*«• ina J“r Actors in this in '*' .in a. creased attendaiica. ln r. *ng h of term and deareas.ee ; ” i'•.!!»: power of money, r: w«.n 1914-13 and 1929-JO. tht ri public schools in the Sut. • >'*'i rii in llu.HO to 691.993 ai i f l'» percent. When irans • money. this the cost ol ~ •oUiiioUal -10 percent o! v n 191416 would liS-VVi to the cost. ■I- -ame period, the length o. ' :ni increased ffroni an aver 1-'' duvx to 136 6 days a year, o Tlle increased cost so; .idd:'« 1 length of term, on th< 1> basis, plus increased attend • w uid be 51.449.U1M. .‘u-ng ::ii' interval the purchasing u a : the dollar varied, but th. ir »' tne ftr.-t date was worlli > 'si cents, or 37 cents less, h '."-I" w tch translated into th. ■ii*:rv. power of the dollar forth d-'te would mean that 113.358. i mu- b.- charged to deprecutk)' money. u,: »f *hesc three items give 1*7.603 increase. which, added t, 1911-13 cos: of schools. 33.449.rM3 r -' • **•* cost of the 1929-30 schools 1914-13 basis to $19,637,246 »■ :s only $8979.557 shor of th< of public schools in the State ii V-a*- and on the 1929-3<> vasts. - 1'979.33, difference is readllj ’it ’-d for in the increase of more •KV* percent in number of pupil ‘■e high school, where the cost g .nri one-haif time; th* 1 elementan the of the higl cur ricuhrrm: the tra"«porta r ior nioi, pupils than any other statt *3 cost of less than half thr otial average: increase in salaries :eacn«rs. based on experience and t:ni"g. and other items. PROVIDE FOR VOTE UPON AMENDMENTS This h the last of a series of 1: articles on changes proponed it North Carolina** haste law by ihe eorrstft irttonal eMmntmlftn. I his one deal* with the article on ami-ailment*, (existing 'laws and 'filers. > V i'*-r*h Dec 13 <AP> The rmich '• ,•**.l in* 1 defeated amendment tc • - pre- n» Constitution the one ■ 'h• would have permitted future •i f ilmrs to the or-ganic law to be • before the people at special in i : "f reneial eletions Is not in -14 in the constitutional rommis -1 • dt.if' of a proposed revised -1 1* ution for North Carolina. Ttcre is a provision, however, that two-thirds of each house of the A-sentbly vote to submit the ln«*n. constitutional convention ■ : .. constitutional convention. it be placed before the voters "in aiirner to be prescribed by law." the piesent article such a pto •i'.r, has to he submitted ’‘at the rONIfiHT SfATAfI THEATRE FEODOR CHALIAPIN •loses Konbufvfand i|||£mA> 10:00 P. M. WABC Sponsor t 4 Ry - &2Km. ■ ■■ I CLOSING 6UT SALE I Just Received New Shipment Ladies Writing Desks, I Secretaries, Rugs, Beds I and Furniture of all Kinds Auction Sale at 2:30 p. m. cm Tuesday, Friday and Saturday Rice Furniture Co. I Corner Garnett and Montgomery Streets general election. »„ a I prescribed by law " **'*•* I A »ropm*Ml amendment lo cUane J the procedure of amending the I \ sent con -*titutlon at special instead of I fhe^Satl'NovemJr”.'' d ° W " by Articje XII is the l*et one in the re ! dran. There are 13 articles in! *nc present Constitution. 1 Thla last article in the pvoposed re- i i '•**!. if adopted would not have the 1 «rf*ct of racting any office or term of office presently existing and all! provisions of the present constftu- Hon not embodied in the r edraft and ! not inconsistent would remain ini force as statute** law until changed ! oy the General Assembly LEAGUE GROUPTO STUDY ECONOMIES Economy Committee To Ex amine Bud (et Recom mendation* for 1933 Raleigh. Dec. IS. Former Lleute- ! lant Governor J. Elmer Long. Dur- : lam; John L. Morehead. Charlotte; t'hurnioml Chatham. Winston-Salem;. J Poisson. Wilmington; and J. R Weather spoon. Raleigh. have been : tamed bv Chairman Frank Rage, of j he N. C. State Branch of the Na-ij ional Economy league to make a'j tudy of State Finances and legisla-j] ive programs dealing with approp-lj iations to -see if some economies can J >e made in State activities. The committee will deal particular-1 j v with the reports of the North Car ] -lina Tax Commission and the Ad- j 1 isory Budget Commission which are;] non to be completed and turned over 1 o Governor O. Max Gardner for' iansmission to the 1933 General As- ] emblv. After the study is made, the I ommiuee will report on its findings | nd recommendations it may find j 'roper to the executive committee. 1 .'hich will in turn announce its post- , ] ion on the State's financial program 1 or the next two years. The Advisory iludget Commission I nets this week, after meeting earlier I .'ith heads of the various State de- 1 1 •ailments, institutions and agencies { «nd hearing their requests for ap- 1 wopriations for the next biennium, to | ormulate a budget for State spending I tnd also a schedule of taxes. It is 1 axed with the duty of balancing the I •udget. or. of providing revenues to ' I neet the expenditures it recommends I n the revenue ami appropriations | rills it will submit to t tic* General As- ] sembly. ■ ] The Tax Commission has been mak- I ing a the sources of revenue | for the pn*t two years and may in- J ’hide in its report recommendations 1 or secunng additional needed re- 1 enues and suggestions for equalizing j he tax burden, as far as possible. 1 The commonest acts which go to I sustain the physical life are pleasur- 1 ibie: we breathe the air about us. J w eeat and drink, we bask in the sun 1 •hat warms and cherishes us with a I iatisfaction that never fails. i X ,1 DEAR.WOAH* WOULD I YOU EAT B)^t>SFED, )P YCL) a. UI-TTL.G CUCICOO? ABBIE F?,Hf£TT. I TENN . DEAR NOAH - IF I HIS HORSE BE STOLEN nA/OUL-D shtlocic THE BARN AFTE re THE 7HEPP c TOLtotvo. in your jmumb ,1 xr e *Zr~?r TO’HO AH - HMDHWON; Ttt. 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