, 1859-03-30

REPonT or LrrnER' HAVEN, ESQ, PRESIDENT
or THE DoAnD or EprcA71oy.-Mr. Haven has
llid upon. CUR table advance sheets of his An
nual Report, one Of the best and most able
/ te1iewb!of our'sch6ol systemic1G 'giyen to the 4.
public through this channel
Great and needed stress is laid upon the fact
that II dur riaPdAy. increasing city each year
adds 10 the demand for greater and moro ample
accommodations to IN extent that more than
keeps pne with i1l1e INCOME to thst purpose de-
voted. .':s~- :
The Report says;:::;:
r: Reminder of:@ DUR public schools is rapidly
Increasing, The expense Of labor and supplies,
the Increased and Increasing humber OF our
teachers, draw lieavily upon our funds, md the
,3rsntth t4xutlQn to .Mhrh the Council il CON
/ fined By the charter, renders the question, How
r. -sb;1l.s sufficient number Of scAool~houses and
t. teachers he provided ta meet the present Rrcas:
ing demand Of our city. one of deep and aosofh-
g interest TIVE nsW houses Sana must ns 0ptt ths
matter any thought. agree in this. From three
I'll: AS0 36a3a :cl,iElTIa in our midst, are TO-
day oct Of: school, far ihe' reason that We have
no seats for them :; ind their demand Tor aplac:e
must not BE- thrust aside or neglected.,
y To meet this necessity, tue two mills faA M IS
SSjse; cS$Sf Sa ta Is w when
a4ded 10 our, twa mills tax, enable board to
10 forward and put up the two houses desired
the coming season? The Interest III these
bun1's e:n Ge paid from the two mills tax lima
/ >a11 nlen, 4 thffe be no Better way ei meeting
them when they tcconlr due, thrre are, belong
ns to the school property, two lots, 'erS .nsu!t-
al1lf for school purposes now, an4 dilx ogfSn ii
in. more 80. refer to the lots where the Dear,
L.s2 and .Jupcs xclleool,houses arg Z located. and
Which: light be sold to meet the payment
These two !6ts air now worth two nr three
tines the amount &c nerd to accomplish all We
draire. Tic sale of 1he.e grounds IN wv M2n;
ner and for the purposes defc proposed. would
be only changing property now unsultaDle 10
,sGllool purposes, for otIter and more desirable
lots, which the great change in the past lew
-yeArs, iu business aud residence property, now
, rcndlrs imperative. Should the Council &C
*iulesce in these VIEWS steps should ltnnediatc-
ly he taken to put the buildings under contrae1,
so1lut We Gun harc them for use the coming fall
or winter.
Ii allurtls me much pleasure to call the ntten-
; hur. and supplies, IS presented by the city
Comptroller, and By our own books 1t will be
seen that our expenses in this department have
-lle41L very. materially diminished, and nHIcll
money las been saved, to be appropriated for
otler; and Important purposes. The new build
ing 1T the corner Of Willow and Orchard streets
is model >chool-bouse. It's halls IRE spacious
and airy; ttlc rooms in height, form and light,
ail thut Gun be desired; the modes OF iuEEtss
and cgress, ample und Convenient; and It nj
forls sufficient accommodation for twelve hun.
nrett- children. THIS building vas ro,nmences9
during the last. rear,, aud finished III 4 most
Thorough aud work 1nanlke manner, and at 4
Glst of }ess t1an saa','"nt.. >Encll Of the four
houses built before this, cost more money, and
neither Of then, will accommodate but one-lal(
the number Of pupils 4 frame house WIS like.
wise erected at the corner Of Twelfth street and
Wabash avenue, sufficiently iaree to accomn,o-
date nearly two hundred pupils: 1t Is now
filled to ovcraoHiug, and further aecommoda-
tions must be speedily furnished for this portion
If the city. which las for long time been ton
mice neglected.
The Report then states that the Normal De-
part1ncnt Of tl4c High School has in a great
degree failed til realize the just expectations oi
tile board, and suggests the expediency Of plac'
ihg' it us'der the supervision Of the Su!criuten-
-,ient, with authority to adopt such measures
relative to the adn,issiyn and discharge Of pu.
pills It's may best advance the objects for which
itwas established. The Report closes BY con
graduating the Roard and our citizens upon tht
present condition Of our schools.
The Education reports Of the year closet
covcr an important era in the history Of on,
sehools, aud itsdiscussiou is in hanls whose
Isbors will hare q permanent value.