The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-07-18

COMMON SCHooLS.-No. Nv.


$40. making OF white population to the
square miie. %. The number OF white
children between 5 and Is In the same
year. was lbs, 5s3 making ,! TO the square
mile Of entire territory. In our calcula'
non We omitted one tenth as unlnhabited,
leaving $4,000, with y children 10 each,
and cut of 1t we made 1850 districts, SIX
miles square. If the population was
equally dispersed throughout the State,
each district would contain l03 children
between 3 and Is.
Guilford County is "a miles north and
south. and - cas-, and west, extending
over surface of 672 square miles, and
430.os0 acres. Ii divided into districts
miles square. We nave l9, as IN the form
have submitted. Our County IS unu-
suaIly favorable for division. Its form =
rectangular. Three districts VIII have 10
b. different from the resi-, but no seriols
INCONVENIENCE viii Be felt on that account
a. voa viii presently see. In 1850, the
date Of The last census, our white popu-
latlon was .7sS, averaging 70 the square
mic abaat -. The white children be-
tween the ages Of and II, At that time
Numbered 4.400--yiz: 2,2Se males and
2.l62 females. If scattered with equality
We should have "a 10 every square mIle,
and to every district about 232. Al VII
u,sauesiiona5ly al tins annuncianon, sinl-
ultaueouslv exclalm, il VIII not do, Wei,
make the districts 1 miles square, and |
have heard no one desire them iesS, we
then have ~ districts, and los children
10 each-still you say too large. Wei,
make them miles square, and we have
- districts with s. children to each
l. nos the fact, that there are 232 children
in every q miles square IN the county Of
Gsilfgri, rlpe for the imprint as the melt
Cd wax Tor the stamp, nsoSt powerful ar
gunseai n behalf ol schools White It Is
thus wiih Guiltord. il i fa- otherwise with
other counties. Some cannot get enough
Ia 6 miles square to make school. either
In childrca or money. The whole State
hs4 10 - dIyiJed and not GultOrd alone.
Believe me when assure you, that do a.
va mas you must upsei with difficulty.
VIZ eroounier that eyery day in oar issdi-
vs3Ea' TRANSACTIONS. and trust W. VII not
rarrmr. Ii the State was divided INTO
tlse 1 male square districts, them would b.
asia, and tbe fund SIP ,520, would give
10 each oaiy $40, instead a 500 t. the
mse- square districts az Shown before
an Il INTO districts 3 nile@ square, there
~oa.d he 5000 districts with 80 osly ~
each.
Al The Children d1t of ose fanAly would
d. 70 10 =ebpol Glen al tile same Tins,
naf ueu8d al a shis are 20 al al. II
va8d rarely happen that every scholar
"a Al scagol during any one d. n ihe
wts.e terms. Sorsr w1sild also - T. dls
iaa sga1e4s--cshers % academies. tlnlyer
xs3ss, &c. = OWING u a variety ct eau
So @e raa safely ssy a sDuch ssnaiie
n4n8sas nolid b. dally under tie saperll
sssn oF tfsc teacher. Stit the slze Of 10
dsstrct j. an 0bleciian with sane. "
dgagtt ii pIl bc desirable ultimately +
have theta Iess. The legislature, | GOul
ri. did tss b1st il coa.d considering ia
e2trni a e0ungry 10 b. supplied, and ia
haans IL do il wiih. The smaller th
districts. the more nuineroiis they Nlil b
--Fte greater the number oi teachers n
emced-tfe argsr the fund If the Stat
faas be 70 dIvi4e 70 a. 10 be Of ans e;iec
$50 Tnany more houses must b. bult, an
the heasser the Ia upon each mdIfidua
II il deemed Ihpracficahlc 70 diSlc
Galigord INTO regular Districts Of any oil
e. figures than ~lnanes " trIangles.
al3leaE oase "a each for Your examination
Iinxagons, OF octagons. figures d and
SIDES, ~ eirrles, woold leave small spac'
% eyrry county ilne not provided for.
IS hlousi.i that the nelahboring counts
saaid take these upon some terms. b
wrfc We II resort to either figure. II mug
noa sIit the adjoining county, or .he mig
refuse % cooperate with ~. or she mig
reject the law II Guilford accepts.
might b. perpIexing 10 have an intercour
d thai kind with AL the counties that b.
der On Us, and il NIGH, give disssitlsiacu'
Il th0-e u Onr citizens tinis transierre
and Otherwise result to oar di.adyautag
| thf netore clearly think We should mo-
Nlthtn oar osn sphere, We shall gct aloi
much more quietly and satisfactorily,
set az beneflciaIiy. AGAIN, 10 either Fl
ure more people sould liye at the farihc
distance from The centre than Ia squar
No poiH' Of the line would be as near
three miles ~ 10 thc -qllare-iOr the ia
lus d circle described within tic sqna
IS miles, bat adopt a c!s,se, al octago
o. heNaggn, aud Is radius must nece-5aI
i be longer, a. 10 compri,e Is mn,
country a. there is IN the quare, 50
ONO on the kus. = II around sf...,i.l j.. 49,,