If some one owed the district and refused to pay, what could it do?

Who owns the school buildings and grounds? How was ownership obtained? If
it seemed best to erect a new schoolhouse in some other part of the
district, what could be done with the present buildings and grounds? Could
the district buy land for other than school purposes? Could it lend money
if it had any to spare? If the district had not money enough to erect its
buildings, what could it do? What are the corporate powers of a district?


_Questions for Debate._

_Resolved,_ That it is unfair to tax a bachelor to support a school.

_Resolved,_ That the town system is better than the district system.




CHAPTER II.

PRIMITIVE MODES OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE.


Trial by Ordeal.--Boys settle some matters about which they cannot agree
by "tossing up a penny," or by "drawing cuts." In a game of ball they
determine "first innings" by "tossing the bat." Differences in a game of
marbles, they settle by guessing "odd or even," or by "trying it over to
prove it." In all these modes of adjustment there is an appeal to
_chance._ Probably behind these practices is the feeling that the boy who