Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-15
RICHMOND DAILY WIG.
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To iss Editors sJfke IYRi-.

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1s fat Baifors eJ fke Wki..
uentsusu-Sinco the .ubect of E,due. tion Ina. h..,
widely discussed during the last twelve month";. and sinc,
the subject s s open vr debate would offer few .uy
x.sons Tor the consideration OF your numerous reader, /,
the City Of Richmond Sinee fact. are pr.f.r,b,. NJ
iheotes will make such statement that will convince
tho determined oppts.r Of the possibility o
bais BILE system Vi C,nou School Education In The C,,,
VI Richmond.
Il 10 . common. but nsver,hei.si true saying that
"~heta there. will there's wuy 'rbi, al .oSr.e /,
limited TO pas.ib tees, that i. III. 10 the sub
je,t before US In 10 b,y. IN, will 10 have such
system VI Education is necessary to appreciate know
ledge r.sx, in ysu. then comes the posses.
hi. know sdes the m finds out the way. statement
facts q. rexsrJs the manner OF ,upporiins system OF
C,,mon a hol E.,,,,a IN mi. Ci,, vii, show ,h. no.
sbi,y OF e.,.bsbins such ,v,,e IA the CITY OF Rich
mond. And here woad say, do wait for the State
TO move In THE matter Begin now, and By your own
-rtioas you can ssl.b.h sueh ,ys,e Of Education ,h.,
will ssct honor upon ia. city and which th. Sal. Nh
think worthy Vi imitation Richmond has the mean. mud
the only thing requisite the will ~ commence nj ono.
single L.nc.,ierisn School |. by mo- ms.n, ~
supply the wants OF Education IN Richmond IL mus, b.
kept mind Providence very little larger than Rich
p,ond in point Ut population.
The Public Schools this place are under the msnsge
ment Of School Conmitee, consisting At present OF ,hv
members, who rho,en annually by the CITY Council bn,
receive compensation. This Committee elect . sup,r
utendent Of the Public Schools whose Who'll. time /. de-
voted the general of MI IN, chool. 4,
the city. There are sixteen Pubc School, in The Civ
Five Primary choos designed for In. children
touf To
designed for children six and nine years old, each
Al Schools are under The control of female
er ave number of scholar, In .ch abu ON,
aud twenty .6vesix Grammar Schools designed for chi
den from nine twelve or fourteen years old each gram
school usually contains about two and IN
pupils under the government and insruc,,or of master
and two female asssans-onc High School de-,yned for
scholars from fourteen years old and now ards:
his school contains hunde aud forty pupils one hun
dIcd and twenty boys and tho same number of irs who
under the tho tacpp a. Prnci
ps and uIes male aud three female teachers Without
saying anything about the Text Books, sc It may bs
added, that this system Of public n,
opportunity TO every child in city TO obtain good ed
cation at public EXPENSE and thus the children OF the
est and most unfortunate may, IL they will make the ne
safy Efforts 10 obtain good education t. children
oi the nchsst and most successful THIS taken
from the City Directory According the census taken
n's year. the number OF pupils in oil the Schools
thousand hive bundled and The salary Of each
VI the male teachers is SeO0-(to $1,000 in r.
The expenses OF these Schools Teschers salaries
iae' the election o greater less number OF school
houee' Se auoun' TO upwards OF S3o0OU. In order
emo" where this money comes from Is necessary add
few word, the subject OF the City Tax and amount of
property totu amount OF property taxed (the scho IL.