New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-01

ton before the superintendent of the Publis
Schools 1t is needless to observe that il Is II
It's infancy, having been organized but few
months back. An able, practical an eSpe.
nienced teacher presidcs over 4 4 immutr
but thirty three pupils Tbs institution "9
| hope, VIII he an incentive 10 the growing or.
oil our District, for future exertions ana eit1t-<
and rs ii beacon towards which they should
their eyes with the hope Of arriving TO il.
BOOKS
The text hooks introduced are all uniform
/ and are nearly the same as those adopted in
other Districts
/ The old books, with q few eXceptions) in con.
! sequence of their iusuilicieney, disparity and
wear and tear, have been stored away to be dis
| posed Of by sale or otherwise as advantageously
as possible new supply Of stationery has
! been purchased, and has been distributed judi
eiously and plentifully in every school.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
We have endeavored to lay before you a sue
cinet and detailed statement Of the condition
and Of the wants of the schools Of the Third Dis
triet. To say that they are in the most flourish
ing condition would be using figure which facts
would not bear out but this we feel il our duty
to say, that whilst the schools Of the other Dis
ricts are stationary and others backward, ours
are increasing in number and progressing rap
idly. Figures will sustain MS in this assertion.
By reference to the report of the Superintend-
ent in June last, You will perceive that the
number Of children receiving tuition in our
schools amounted to NAG; on the 18th of Octo-
Der the number had increased to l5l1, and at
the present they amount to 1850. This aug
mentation in the number Of our pupils is to be
attributed in part to the increase of our teach
ers rs well rs our schools. On these accounts,
many parents who abstained from sending their
children, and who were wont to have them in
Structed in private academies, have caused them
to return to us again.
We would refer you most particularly to
tableau @, which is q faithful expose OF the
financial condition Of this Board Therein YOU
will perceive our utter impossjbility to carry
out some measures which we deem Of vast edu-
cational importance These measures are figst,
a night school second, high school for girls ;
and third, the study Of French in both high
schools
There exists great necessity in our District
for night schools There are many children I'M
able to attend school during the day, their time
being wholly absorbed in work
They are poor and consequently their services
are indispensably requisite to their parents ;
many Of these would no doubt eagerly grasp the
opportunity of obtaining instruction, were the
facilities afforded them which a night school al
ways presents. There is another class of chill
dren who might also obtain much benefit there
from, and it is in behalf Of them also thar dis
Board would ne DESTROYS to carry out the object
They are the young boys wh9, after having
spent some years in orr schools, learned the
rudiments OF a common education and began to
feel craving for knowledge, are removed by
THEN parents to nil some situation, wholly dis
proporuunatc to their talent ami intelligence
We're these meritoriou> and promising chill
dren allowed an opportunity to cultivate their
minds and drink deep in the fountains Of know
ledge, who can tell the benefits, the advantages
and the good that would result 1t is equally
impossible with Us at this moment to create
high school for girls and yet we feel it would
be an act of injustice done 10 them were You to
deprive them of the same facilities and advan-
tages which are accorded TO the boys. a small
appropriation would suffice for that purpose
1t would be very desirable also to introduce
the study Of the French language in the high
school. This language is not only an accom-.
plishment, but positive advantage in city
IKE our own, where its uses are daily brought
in requisition
Ii would NOT be amiss 10 observe here the
great difficulty under which not only this Board
nut all former Boards have labored We allude
to school houses There i not a single house in
this District built exclusively for school lur-
poses. Unlike those Of our sister Districts. our
houses are small, narrow, uuventilated and to-
tally unit for the purposes which they are made
70 serve Hence we are compelled through
lack of large houses, to rent large number Of
small ones, at a high rent thus Gripping our
resources, and obhging us to invest in school
rent an amount so large as to be wholly dispro-
portonate to that laid out by the other Dis
tricts We would recommend to your honorable
body the proprety and pressing necessity Of
having two school houses erected as early as
practicable, one in the First and the other in
the Second Ward, inasmueh as we have lots in
those Wards donated for tha rtPpose