History and government of the United States, for evening schools . government of the United States not only seesto it that citizens are able to enjoy their rights without inter-ference, but also provides for the improvement of its citizensthrough education. In a republic such as ours, where eachmust take his part in governing the nation, whether it be by voting or by hold-ing office, the na-tional welfare isentirely dependenton the intelligenceof the , the edu-cation of the peopleis a necessary dutyof government. Public Schools.— Kealizing theimportance of edu-cating each citiz
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . government of the United States not only seesto it that citizens are able to enjoy their rights without inter-ference, but also provides for the improvement of its citizensthrough education. In a republic such as ours, where eachmust take his part in governing the nation, whether it be by voting or by hold-ing office, the na-tional welfare isentirely dependenton the intelligenceof the , the edu-cation of the peopleis a necessary dutyof government. Public Schools.— Kealizing theimportance of edu-cating each citizen,every State hasestablished a system of public schools. These schools areentirely free to all children without regard to race, color, orreligion. More than this, in many States laws have beenpassed compelling all children between certain ages to attendthe public schools. When such children do not go to school,the parents are held responsible. The parents may be arrested,brought before a magistrate, and punished for neglecting to dotheir duty in this Public School, New York City OUR CIVIL GOVERNMENT 79 School Funds. — The expense of carrying on the publicschools is met largely by taxation. Every citizen is taxedaccording to the amount of property he owns. Some citizenspay much more than others for the education of their , it often happens that a man is taxed large sums ofmoney for education when he has no children at all. But thismakes no difference, as the object is the education of all forthe general welfare. The citizens do not often meet the wholeexpense of the public schools, however. Nearly every Statehas a school fund, which is derived from a certain part ofpublic lands reserved for that purpose. The money from thisfund is divided among the school districts in proportion to thenumber of school children in each. The remaining expense ismet by the taxation of the people. State Superintendent of Schools. — In many States there isan officer kno
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