Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-30

more. lt 10 believed the tax payers VI tno CITY,
the parents Of the pupils and all who are interest
cd in the right education OF the youth o. tne me
tropois, viii consider the money well expended.
They viii perceive the health, comfort, and Inn
proyement Of the pupils are well provided Tor
parents and pupils, teachers and citizens, WIN AL
feel commendable pride in such buildlng and
will take renewed interest In the Public Schools
with the possession of good building tho schools
viii become better; and they will then be resorted
10 by children of the weather. classes, and
when this takes place. they will take care that the
Public Schools shall be the best schools In the city
All will be gratifed in seeing the place where the
children Of the city educated, instead OF being
a repulsiye object, made attractive and pleasant
where they will be surrounded with abundance OF
free air, and cheerful light, renewed from the
danger Of crowded streets, and from the sight ana
sound of whatever may corrupt the morals, or
stain the purity Of youthful innocence.
Where all the influences and associations OF the
place. within and without will promote the physi-
cal, Intellectual, aud moral Improvement OF the
pupils, whose most lasting and most controlling
recollections, through their whole lives, will be
those connected with the school-room of their
early days.
The Trustees are the more confirmed In the
opinion which they entertain of the suiableness Of
the location from the fact that Of the lots oppo
uite Franklin Square was selected by committee Of
the Board last year, after very thorough explo-
ration of the First and Second Wards, as the best
location for the proposed new schoolhouse, and
was so recommended to the Board and this very
location and building were preferred to all others.
The purchase of this property Is recommended a.
the most economical arrangement which the city
can make In reference to the schools in this part
Of the city.
It Is now valuable and from its position must
annually become more 30. 1t will save the Corpo-
ration from much Of the present and increasing
expenditure for rent Of school-rooms, and the city
viii not be required to build or rent additional
rooms in this district for long time to come.
1t Is not apprehended that any serious objection
will be made to the increased distance which some
Of the children may be compelled to walk, espe-
cially as the streets leading to II are well paved
and, moreover, it is neither expected nor desired
that all the schools in the first district shall be
moved here. Primary schools for the younger
pupils will still remain in those parts Of the dis
trict where they are most needed.
The experience of both our private and public
schools proves that the pupils who live most dis
tant from the school are generally the most regular
and punctual in attendance.
Should the purchase be made, the pupils in the
schools could be much better classified than they
now are, and consequently their Improvement ad-
yanced.
It was stated last week, in public meeting in
New York, that the cost of educating there child
In large school was two dollars and half less
than in small one If similar reduction could
be made here, which Is hardly expected, it would
reduce the expenditures for this purpose S3 per
cent.
The past experience Of the city in building
school-houses has not been such as to encourage
the expectation of economy In that branch OF ex-
penditure.
The small scbool-house on Judiciary Square,
ANAL and plain IL is cost with its surroundings,
little less than 81, 900 erciusive Of the ground
The Trustees entertain no doubt that they will
be able to obtain, next winter, from Congress, a
title to the Jefferson lot which might be sold to
good advantage and the proceeds applied towards
this purchase.
The accompanying letter Of the Secretary of the
Interior to the chairman Of the District Committee
recommends its transfer to the Corporation.
In conclusion, the undersigned respectfully "sug-
gest" the passage Of an act for the purchase of the
property on the terms above mentioned, after a
satisfactory examination of the title shall have
been made by the legal officer of the Corporation
They beg leave to refer to their late printed re-
port on the condition of the public school houses
and respectfully to ask for the privilege Of remov
ing some Of the overtasked teachers, who are
living and working In poisonous atmosphere, In
crowded, unhealthy and inconvenisnt school rooms
and few hundreds Of the pupils from the gloomy,
repulsive, and confined quarters which they now
occupy, to an airy and comfortable building, to
spacious grounds for exercise and recreation, and
to locality which viii be made more pleasant and
beautiful with every year. toa place where
the health, TASTE manners, and morals of the pupils
win all be cultivated to which they viii love to
resort for study and improvement and when they
grow up to be men and women, 1t shall be associ-
ated in their minds with their peasantest and most
enduring reoollections.
All which Ia respectfully submitted.
SAMUEL YoRK ArLKK, JoHs L. BATHS,
THOMAS j. MAoRupKR, J.F. Polk,
JOHN 2 DICKINSON, WILLIAM LORD,
CLxnKM w. BENNETT, PKrER +. BACON,
JoHx KsroHr, p. M. PEARSON.
@. ID. HANSON,
Trustees Of the Public Schools of Warrington.
GroRaE J. Amor, Secretary.