Lack of adequate funding emerged as Superintendent Liner's main obstacle. Low income parents could afford to pay little in terms of school costs. This, together with the fact that students attended Cameron tuition-free, eliminated the prospect of room, board, and tuition increases as a way to raise budget levels. [1] Legislators proved reluctant to increase the school’s financial allocations, thus reducing the likelihood that increased government funding could solve the problem of how to accommodate growing numbers of students. [2]

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1. In 1914, the school charged no tuition. Monthly board was $10.00 and room rent $.75. The Wichita (1914): 100.

2. "Consider Cameron Board of Affairs and Board of Agriculture Members Here Today," Lawton Constitution, November 12, 1912.