The Caddo Herald
October 27, 1899
Free School Convention
To the school boards of the Indian Territory and all people interested in public education:
We realize the present deplorable condition of the rural schools in the Indian Territory and the great need of concerted action in order to induce Congress to make suitable provision for the education of the thousands of white children who are here growing up in ignorance.
We therefore call upon all progressive school boards, teachers, and good people everywhere in the Indian Territory to join in a Free School convention in Purcell, I. T., Saturday morning, December 2, 1899.
At the meeting it will be our purpose to prepare a memorial to Congress; to consider the advisability of sending a special delegate to Congress to endeavor to secure immediate school legislation for the Indian Territory, also to attend to such matters as may come before the convention. Every effort will be made to have present at this meeting Congressman Curtis, Mr. A. S. McKennon of the Dawes commission, and Congressman Little. Let every town and rural district send at least one delegate and let us prove to Congress that we are alive to our needs and worthy of the boon of free education.
Letters of inquiry will be cheerfully answered.
J.W. Cherryhomes, Pres. School Board, Purcell, I. T.
J.A. Farris, Sec. School Board, Purcell, I. T.
Report of Choctaw Nation 1900:
120 neighborhood schools; 6 boarding schools; 2 orphan academies
2,170 students enrolled; 1,812 average attendance
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