New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-28

- February 4, tcoV Wcfc ~ iohOWs'
r.. amount received from the State Fund.-. stos2 IS
Ar equal smcsn. raised by tax. Soo-i %
fSsssw eDte,h OF one per cent on The reel and
SsSne,sd Sr elsrk hire sad other expenses -, =,
Of he Board Of Edpcsion) .....'''.''' Ixi 80 VI
.S2o6s5s n
10Th and l4th sections Of the same Act re-
tne .hs poard Of Education to apPortion tue
quIe vi Inns annually raised among all the school,
s',sS 10 participate in them, ana 70 ne cop OF
en'isa .rs,Itionrnent for any year with thts City
snen on or before the first Monday of April
IN that year. -. ..or;,o, the Ron. m ~ hos,ra
is &c, Monday of July, in each gear, to report TO
w posrd Of Supervisors an estimate OF the proba.
w .vount which will be required to be raised
S..,,g me year, for the purpose oil meeting the
Invent annual expenses oil common Scnooi IN
cun s,;.o and whether more or less than one
sue.;e,h If one per cent in addition to an equal
49,, nth the State quota, will be necessary, and
sAsSsra. that +" il SHALL De THE DUTY OF the board
~ Gnnervisors, or the Common Council on tnen
nnTcst;on 10 raise the necessary amount, RS the
opetventIeth Of one per cent is raised ana az tne
same time. s. ,h;s coprse ia obvious.
The expenses Of each year should &c d pS1 w ';o
tsxat;on Ia that year. This is Ine only way IN
ut;aS ,hs svstem can be conducted In business
~ rnsnner IL is some satisfaction 10 the tax
nsysr 10 know when he pays his taxes, that ne
nsid In fall all that is to be collected OF him Tor
The EXPENSES Of the closing year. II the money be
not raised during the year, 1t must be obtained by
i"sns In anticipation OF future taxation, and interest
~ tie loans must be paid until the principal sum
h,,rowed and interest upon it are collected in the
taxes Of subsequent year
Exneriepce has shown that the average cost per
sebolsr. for all the current expenses oil Common
Scbool instruction, cannot be less than IS so per
wear AS there is moral certainty that the aver
ace attendance OF each succeeding year viii ex-
iced that OF the previous one, and as the appor-
tionment is made upon the average attendance OF
the preceding year, it would seem obvious that
enough should be annually raised in addition to the
moneys apportioned, to make, with such moneys
pro rata OF at least &c so for the whole number In
eluded in the last apportionment. The moneys
spportioned for the current year amount TO only
IS "a $780, for each scholar, for the actual aver
age attendance Of last year.
fths course is not adopted, every Ward School,
and the Public School Society also, must apply for
moneys TO supply deficiencies. These applications
must be made quarterly, unless the Board appro-
pirates quarterly to tie schools more than one
fourth Of the whole moneys apportoned. And
even in that case, all must apply during the last
quarter Of the year, and the amount required be
added to the taxation Of the next year
These applications impose upon the school OIL
GERS the necessity Of making up, as often as they
apply. detailed statement Of their expenditures,
subject the Finance Committee of this Board to
the labor of examining these details and the facts
connected with them, and entire meetings OF the
Board are frequently occupied in canvassing and
dsposing Of the reports Of the committee upon
these applications. The interests Of the schools
could be better promoted il the time Of the school
officers Of the Board, and of its Finance Committee,
required now in the adjustment OF these matters,
could be as diligently devoted TO improving and ad-
yancing the schools themselves.
The Common School System claims the close at.
tention of every citizen to its operations and inter-
ests and his best efforts to increase its efficiency
and promote its usefulness. Until l9f2, there was
no public system under the management Of agents,
selected by the people. The Public School Society
was the pioneer in the cause OF Common School
instruction. At the time of its incorporation, in
1905, its Offices and aims included only the indi-
gent and unprotected The title of the act was
significant Of Its object twas an act for the edu
cation Of the children Of persons in INDECENT cir
cumstances, and who "do not belong to, or are
not provided for, by any religious society" 1t re.
ceived occasional aid from the State to sustain it
In this phianthropic enterprise In 1903, 1t was
authorized to instruct "al children who are the
proper objects of gratuitous education Ii sabse
quently became the recipient Of the moneys raised
for the support Of Common Schools and, in 1926,
an was p~sv~s, ---Ai-c - 49, a-ey "a sa.~s
ciety TO "provide for the education OF all children
In the City not otherwise provided for, 70 the ex-
only Common School organization in the City, until
the present system was established, in 1912 The
Eociety continued TO purchase sites aud erect new
school houses to the extent OF its surplus means,
derived from the school moneys and with moneys
borrowed upon mortgaging lis school houses and
lots untl its real estate, exclusive OF the iucum
brapces upon it, as estimated by them, is worth
$4,000. This property has been purchased, al
most wholly, with moneys derived from taxation,
and il ia understood that the Society is willing TO
vest its title to it in the City Corporation, for Com
mon School purposes, the latter paying the incum.
brances. The City now pays the interest on these
membranes.
Since the establishment Of Ward Schools, the
great mass Of our citizens have been giving a
closer and an increasing attention to the Common
Schools The result is, that the attendance upon
them is increasing. and the number resorting 10
private schools is diminishing. The County So
perintendept, in bis annual report made in No.
yember 1s49 estimates, that, according to the best
information he could obtain, there were attend
ing
Private and Church Schools
Incorporated Schools, participating in the Literature
In the Evening schools, under i6 years OF age and
attending no other schools. $3.50
As the Evening Schools are part Of the existing
system, the scholars attending them should not
be counted in making an estimate Of the number
between the ages Of and Is, who are instructed
elsewhere than in the Common Schools. That
number, according to the best information which
can be obtained is about $3.50, which is probably
not over, If quite one fifth Of the number attending
the Common Schools
Considerations of public and personal interest
would perhaps, be found to concur. if the subject
was properly considered to induce an effort Of all
classes to make the Common Schools not only suit
able, but desirable for ALL if they are not so at pre-
sent
In a country whose institutions and laws origi-
nate 10 public opinion, which are modified as that
changes or are displaced by others as that is rev
outionized. it is indispensable to public welfare
that a high degree of intelligence, and 4 stern
moral sentiment should pervade all classes, aud
characterize every citizen. Every citizen, as
such, has the like general and personal interest in
promoting such result. Ii cannot be achieved
without the most un,iring and devoted employment
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