New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-10
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Taxv-york Schools and Colleges,

In 1899 there were only s5I ~ cniore2 At ins
Common Schools Of the State In 1916 there were
742 4ss. Increase l55.204. In 1889 the sum OF
sz75Ooo. State funds, was divided among the
teachers OF the $50, 22s. No one proposes 70 give
90 cent additional in l:f7 TO the instructors Of
nesrlv zoo 900 children; bit Mr.. Bascom offers 10
rive slsOo more in ls4s, which would make other
sslO jn aid Of the instruction Of nearly 2oOcc ADDITION
Al scholars Over one rent year per child fnt y
xeperousl And sr sctire Opposition nas oeen sI4''so
Have our II 900 TEACHERS no iss1eneei If they can
no, prevent this Assembly from following some
what in the devious path Of ancient prsroerto De
mocracy Of which they possessed not parnclf. can
thew moi urge th. legislature DOT 10 interfere with the
duties Of the bexti Can they not enreat members 70
confne their supplies % 1871 Congress sppfoprabs
the regularly oHee year. stnovg 10
are elected for two years Why should this Legislature
prevent the appropriations for education from coming
under the review Of the next which IL 70 BE CHOSEN
next November. On the single District system Wy
were the appropriations for the Legislature ana paoAc
oces confined 10 e47 If annual Psrsnents with ben
pisl legislation are 70 be the rule in education
Several members have assured me, that the County
cuperntenden Of Schools, - chosen annually y ine
suoer,sors IL most useful and Indispensable oeer
In every county and Mr Ludlow, In his Report NO.
l3 last yesr that view 10 opposition 70 TIE OPT
Mon OF Mr Perkins So also has Mr. Mann, the ardent
and philsnthropic friend Of scnoois ~ Msssscuuse'
spoken in high terms Of the Normal School here-Dui
what are the facts How many are now teaching VINO
have benefited by this $1,000 yesr
py the EducsiiOn Bill now before the Assem- sDgpl
SfO 200 are 70 be granted TO 7rPK1ioh Schoos 70 DC
doled out Dy whom BY sort OF Deputy Legislature
10 consist chiefly Of Loco-Foco politicians sno va
Hunker. such Prosper " We'more. twhose portrait
viii be found Ia the Lives Of Hoy ind ButeI Dr. Peter
wendell, John l. O'sullvan. sub-Tressurer Boue5 4
Paige j. A DIX. Ez-P. u. Grsham ana Lras'us corning
II true that the Governor and Lieutenant NAY AteD1
any meeting Of these party po.neians who ss ssIe
and friend y no I. well Informed assures me that tvo
~ three persons 90 Just they Ike. his IT sub,
stiiu,e for the Legislature snd the public ohcer pad
ana acting under n LAW Who will say Il
1 do not complain Of DR. Wcudclls former apporlon'
rnou;s for who knows anything about them are they
equal In tho various districts Or TO the various SEM
nsries Why do We give $4,000 year 70 Geneva Col
eee and the University and 70 Union and Colum'
bia Is there sny principle al 10 these spporiion-
rnents II the Wesleyan College eet S&VO year what
Is the Baptist or Catholic Seminary 10 have And why
not ANNUAL grant II any.
Are the Common Schools the only department when
can be safely stinied Thirty two cents year i
70 be allowed for ls47 and lsi- per scholar while In
lsy9 il was about 80 ccn's Do we common loks get
less valuable in proportion our Numbers increasei
What ia the difference between the COMMON School
in District No ], Wismsburgh, L. l. and the more
favored Academy Think, viii be found that the Tor
mer s often the better OF the two, and where Common
Schools why not increase the appropriation, snd
thus afford the means OF improvement
Mr. Benton told the Convention page 272 Of lie Jour
na) that he had heard Of any delinquency in the ap
pcaon Of the school unds. Is that business evidence
thst they are al paid over Who knowsi
Mr. Beers this Winter has brought up the question OF
Free Schools by Tax. The Convention, through It's
Educational Committee reported in July last IN favor
OF submitting separate article TO the people for sppy
ing the public funds given to schools toward the
expense OF the education OF every child from TO &C. in
state and dcaying the rest OF the charge by tax
in town and county charges think that MI Nicol the
Chairman, told that this question was finally consi
cred to be safe in the hands OF an enlightened Legsia
ture. His Committee, may be by their report
No 81 intended greatly to enlarge the Common School
Fund
There are several hundred thousands OF Of Land
belongiDgte the Schools WY not turn them into cash
Where are they Whist they worth G. b.