The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-02-28

Amour, p,i ". H. W. cashuan, on bond Of
the board gwen last year. ----....-.. - 3Gi ~
Of fund. received during til. year siz.33 -
e expended 1T,9,2 3.
Th.r. is iu. from the board sundry persons &C
% building aud furnishing The school houses. FOR
money borrowed the bonds Of the board, above
r. :. LELAND. Prs4-
VIZ VI. Tar, S~e'y Ottawa, Y.o p, ls5;.
IL addition the above annu.i statement required by
law. the Hoard Of Eiaea'on deem II proper upon re
signing the Tepose in them TO call the .:tea;y. OF
tie people the present condition o. tie schools aud 20
..y lev words IN relation to What has been done du-
ring their term Of Office
Pr.riou. the adoption Of the present plan city
could hardly bc saf TO have had any system or means %
educating her children, and they either educated BY
their parents. sent abroad 10 be educated,
W. schools provided, capable OF comfortably
acconIaodang-as wall se by the foregoing state
Uvt-be;-usu 900 and 100 scholars, bat which have
been u..de 10 accommodate much larger number
There have been, as viii be seen many fourteen
hundred different resident children Of TIE city have
aided school during the last year.
The provided. however, still Insufficient
and such is the rapid Increase OF our popustion that
next winter. uHes, more school houses shall have been
viii be portion, And the Board fear quite
considerable portion OF the cLhdren who viii not be
able obtain aiuttaEce. During the summer owing
the number attending being smaller than al ths winter
term, the pubic may be perhaps substantially prsyi-
for There therefore the opinion Of the Board an
gent Necessity for building, during the coming summer
at least one more large school house
There Will not be sufficient carry on the sys-
TEN is, and also to build another suitable bdin-
during without borrowing money than
the board : authorized by law TO do The City
Council could however sabni; an ordinance to that e
:ec e the people, and the latter should approve 1t,
sufficient amount might be borrowed.
Tie - as The Board believes, the only way under the
law stands. by which the erection Of another
building can be accomplished neg, summer and il i,
submitted for the consideration Of the people OF the city
whether shall he done or whether quite large nnmh,
shall be deprived Of the OF education for while
The Beard would no; recommend an increase OF the
number Of small school houses All experience shows
that the larger buildings by OF the advantage
grading the schools and OF having the scholar, all sub
jeet to the supervision and control OF experienced
rim etr,.1 -. t~.f
seonomical-;hAt is education 60, for the
same money, especially in city by diminishing the
TO certain extent, than there BY having each
school by itself in separate building. For instance
parate schools. Two lots OF ground for TIE
twelve schools BY having each school in a separate
building, twelve lots would Of be required There
is also saving in fuel ont buildings fences in var
other not necessary TO enumerate The Board
satisfied that il their means had been such that
buildings could have been three high above
the instead Of two and the grades
in each eight instead of six would have been better
In larger cities, with denser population buildings are
often erected four five stories high, and capable
twelve or fourteen grades The advantage OF large
buildings and many grades is apparent to any person
who will for moment reflect. For instance, suppose
teacher has nothing TO do but TO teach the sphabet and
has sixty schoiars-she eau teach the whole sixty
well as she single scholar. Suppose,
ts contrary she has sixty of all and degrees Of zd
vancement, learning their letters reading,
geography, some grammar, &C. is it not plain that
the time devoted each scholar be less and the
progress each consequently less, than the former:
1t is mainly owing to the advantage of grading that
public schools fast becoming superior private
schools The State Superintendent OF Mass, (eX-Gov.
Boutwe in his last report. takes the position and main
tans it successfully tina, public schools of Massachu
sits are better places edu cat.n of children
the priva schools Such will be the result here if the
system properly managed The plan of large buildings
with many grades of scholars is of those improve
modern times in the science of education uni
versay approved by those who have reflected much
the subject.
1t will be that the annual expense conducting
the schools does not exceed eight Thousand dollars the
of h.
being about s.23 per scholar. This is much cheaper
than it can be done in any other way.
The property now belonging to the Board OF Education
consists of lots S. r. and TO- in block L. in Green's
Addition and the small school house thereon, worth
1880. The half of lot II, in block 20, in Ottawa
Centre and the small school house thereon worth $780,
Part OF block s. in Ottawa North. and the small school
in the States Addition large brick school house
thereon, worth $4,000 North $50 feet OF lot &c. in
on, $4,000. Lot L. of the subdivision of 2
ottawa City, with the small school house thereon worth
$500 and the school house the south side of the ri
yer, worth $500, making in the ggregate $S5, 500
As the real estate of the city rapidly increasing in
value and as suitable sites ior schoo houses would pro-
badly be used for other purposes the Board deem
ed advisable to secure them early and they Obtained
the three good sites Zone east OF Fox RIVER one north OF
,e feeder and west of the side-cu at prices much
less than they are now WORTH
The means placed the hands of the Board consisted
of the township funds in cash and mortgage belonging
the divisions to the city, s705l5s of 1885, $500
"A; tax of 1856, sl.66.3a received from the school
g. amount receiv ed sale of lot 4
in block 49, States Addition, *2l amount received for
tuirion Ss5 e. The lots in the States Addition, OH
which the brick school house is situated the lot
choo, house in Centre and the lot and house
Ottawa City, aud the building the south side of the ri
YER were properly of the township conveyed the
Board on division aforesaid The manner in which
these means have will be found detailed the
above and in the former annual statement1
The admission Of scholars from outside Of the city having
subject of complaint, the Board take occasion
say such scholars have with the knowledge
the Board occupied place in the school, to the
cuson of inhabitan of the city Owing to the fact
that tteattenon had heretofore been paid to educa
ton there not tenOugh scholars to occupy all the
places in the highest grade of the schools, and
that would not have otherwise been occupied Scholars
from outside Of the city cannot however hereafter
be admitted, after this term there will probably
be enough resident scholars of the city who will have
become sufficiently advanced to fill the higher grades
If other building shall be erected, the Of
the present will probably about the of
the schools and the debts due by the
Board leaving the Board the Of the real estate be-
fore mentioned without any incumbrance.
The effect Of the schools in increasing the growth and
prosperity Of the city by inducing families seeking
homes to locate here must be apparent to ALL The own
of real estate have undoubtedly been benefited
its rise caused by the establishment OF the schools
than they would have been by applying the money paid
tate by expendng it in improvements upon that which
they already owned.
The Board happy be able TO say that they have
been fortunate in the selection of Who by their
skill and attention to the duties Of their have
materially contributed to the moral AID Intellectual i'm
The hopes Of the Board in this respect have been
than realized The made by the scholars has
ceeded their most sanguins expectations.
The Board sorry to be obliged to say that the pa
Of children, general thing have not visited the
schools often they ought The frequent visiting Of