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


been able to separate both departments the one
from the other and to allow TO each a different
school house but che difficulty Of finding houses
4 % rent sufficiently large son that object wss
\ such lhat the idea was reiinqnished The heust
I occupied by those departments at the corner Of
l Eiysian Fields and Craps streets, was, at first
considered we'll adapted TO receive all the educa-
bic children of the Ward, but in consequence OF
I the large increase of pupils and the formation
ofother classes, II was found necessary to trans.
fer them 70 large and comfortable house. sit
uated onlGreat Men street
THIRD WARD.
The departments in this ward are separated
Owing to the action of your Joint Boards, they
are comfortably accommodated in the large
buildings formerly used as the Work house and
Police Jail
The female department was transferred two
| months ago, from small and unsuitable house
| IN Moresu street They may be said 70 be the
largest aud best school-houses IN the Third Dis
| trict.
FOURTH WARD
| In this ward there are two schools, one the
Bayou Road in the Breton Market, and the
other at.the Lake end, in the village of Milne
| burg In the school-house at the Breton Mar
| ket the male and female departments occupy
the same building The sohool-house is the
property of the city, aud requires sadly some
improvements.
The condition of the sehool-house at Milne
burg is such as to demand your earliest at
tention
The house in itself is tolerable, although
rather small. 1t situated on the beach, and
nj nigh wGter-aark becomes totally inundated.
some members Of this Board having visited .he
building, found nearly eighteen inches Of water
covering the yard and the sidewalk. Many Of
the children are unable to attend school, and
parents are loud in their complaints
The breakwater before the house, TO an eX-
tent OF upwards of sixty feet, is entirely demol-
ished As this is matter of not only eJuca-
tonal but municipal legislation, We recommend
the subject to your attentive consideration.
TEACHERS.
One of the earliest subjects that attracted
our attention was the disproportionate number
Of pupils to thar Of the teachers 1t was no or
binary thing to witness class crowded to is
fullest capacity, averaging from 80 10 So pupils,
all claiming the undivided attention of the
teacher. As was naturally to he expected, the
teacher, to perform such an arduous task, would
go through dull routine Of teaching, unproft-
able to the pupil, and revolving to his own feel
ings; or else, adopt the Lancasterian system OF
appointing a monitor over each class, while
lmparting instructions to a select few
Experience teaches us that 10 system can be
productive of any benefit, or expand the intell-
genee OF youth, unless the teacher be able to
watch over attentiyely, the gradual proficiency
which the pupils attain; and this he cannot do,
unless his class be limited to q easonable mum
Der.
In the able report of our Superintendent.
who treats this subject Mt full length, and 10
whose lucid views on this and many other sub
lects we have been indebted in our labors the
number Of 30 pupils to each tea cher is proposed.
but inasmuch as it would have Required larger
expenditure than our means would permit had
we adopted his just recommendations, We were
obliged TO reduce the number Of each class, moi
by the fair standard of utility. but by that of
our assets. However, by reference to tableau H.
lsee the Report Of the Superintendent and plan
of Education, in place of Tableaux A and B, an.
nexed hereto as part of this report, you will
perceive the large increase of teachers that has
been made, together with the comparison estab-
ilshed between the number OF teachers enployed
during the present and past years.
In reference 10 our teachers, we owe it to
them 10 state that we have been seconded by
them most zealously in all our efforts to i'm |
prove the condition Of our schools-seyeral Of |
them having been educated III our public schools. |
SALARIES or TEACHERS.
When we consider the vast and beneficial in
fuence exerted over mankind ny the powerful
lever OF public education, it becomes n subject
OF regret and modification, that the schoomas.
ter, whose sway is felt " abroad should be so
little thought Of and so shamefully remunera-
ted
This thought struck this Board most forciblv.
when, on examining the salaries awarded to the
different teachers, they beheld the meagre pit.
lance with which they were awarded for their
hours OF toll, Of watchfulness and Of patience
Ihey were startled to see the sum of twenty dol.
lars awarded as a monthly salary to a teacher
II is true, that the limited means that were
placed at the disposal Of the Board Of Education
them from acting according to the i'm
pulses OF their hearts, but yet, the fact exists
This Board, in view of this state of things mme-
tately directed their attention to this subject |
and endeayored, as far as in their power lay, 10
'emedy the complaint. By reference to In bleau
!, You Will perceive the amount to which the
alaries of various teachers have been raised
IF course, We would have desired to have beenI
'naoled to increase their salaries in manner
9ropertionate to the services rendered, but il
vas found matter of utter impossibility during
he present year.
DESKS, BENCHES, ETC ETC
With these articles our schools are badly SIM
9hed. Our school furniture is old, shabby and |
We may say, WORTHLESS The supply so far oh
aimed from the Superintendent of the Warl
house is by far too scanty 10 accommodate \
1.-THE OF our pupils. The neglect, or perhans the
nabihty,o of the city to furnish us the necessary
iesks, benches, blackhoards and other articles
i sehool FURNITURE created GOOD deal of CON
usioh IN our schools for some time, and retard-
d very much the enlargement of the pupils
Ne would therefore call particularly your at.
ention to this subject, 10 devise some means in
fder TO accommodate our schools as early MS
'ossibie with the necessary materiel -
PLAN or EDUCATION,
A glarlng evil that was discovered in the man
cement Of the schools Of this District. was an
bsolute and entire want Of uniformity in the