Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-08

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to sbolsh the ONCE efthar gecrensy. md appoint
IN bis psses syEsistesdset q fublic Edsas,
=: slr gsesSlaas o:ssss The ssssea
N view Of The infeseso Of thgss Who ere to Be the
most benefited By the schoolk II is expedienf st
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worth anything, ought - b. estisnstsd az least st
connected with the establshmeht a the ONCE NV
$50. At the last meeting OF The Hoard q Tsrs
-. y wss oncially reported and placed on record
.nst snsre are now sssiting admission into our
enough. within fraction. to nh nine additionsl
schools Of sixty pupis 70 each school, leaving out
that long list Of children who are deferred from
making application noln the known impossibi1ity
Of gaining admiration It's respectfully submitted.
whether this wants want impeTzfiveiy calling
| npon our Councils to be supplied-should not be
hnt met before goingTnto an experiment In 7olving
IN outlay o. seventeen hundred or eighteen hum
Afser supplying this important want, the atsen4
ton Of the couHciIs and the Trustees might, with
where the schools are now kept, with view 70
fh<ir asneiioratoa. Let IL not be forgotten that
within the past ave years faithful aud Intelligent
teachefs In our public schools have fallen Victims
TO damp walls and atrocions Ventilation H. il not
matter OF the frst necessity after getting into
suceessfal operation sufficient number of scbools
admit al me pupils who apply for seats 70 turn
biiity be economical, TO meet which, not the COM
fort and convenience alone,s but even health and
IN many instances the life itself Of teacher and
II other cities Of the Union may point with lust
pride and exultation to their comfortable and com.
Inodious public school buldinxs, can 1t be other
than source Of deep humiliation that citizen and
4 stranger, az vel as visitor from foreign lands
whose estimate OF our Government and Institutions
are often 20 largely made mp of what he seeS and
Witnesses at the National Metropolis. Il directed
yentiizted some cases, and dark. cheerIess. and
4 damp In others, where many Of the scbools
crowded with children, are kept, and for which
Under the management Of the Board a Tru..
tees the schools have shown steady improve
ent for the last fifteen years, and II is after all
not easy to see what special general interest Of
Superintendent, the duties Of which Office are so
well met and discharged by an efficient body Of
men appointed from different sections Of the city,
ssoe s, wae'e srsSsai .upssvison to greater Or
made TO pass, and who meet together monthly for
general Consultation. II 10 very posi- BILE that an
smciens and cspabfe superintendent might render
important service . the schools but It Is not easy,
q every one must zee, for such an appointments 10
get the "right man for the right place and n n
pot r. al ss y the sssge Of possibility thss the
i pecfed In making such appointment - = - IS
4 But the whole thing should turn. not upon the
psop.lety Of Superintendent, but the exptdiency
means, must be omitted or laid aside. w.
\ The FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WASH
fSeroS ART 1AssocIATioS.- Last evening, this
Association held its fourth annual meeting in the
gallery rooms Of the Association, on ID street. he.
sweea Ienth and Eleventh. The attendance upon
this OCCASION was small but this fact however
did not seem to at al lessen the interest and zeal
OF those who Were present. $500 80 ~ a
Il The president, pF. Stone, delivered an eloquen,
and elaborate address, He frst referred 20 the
state OF the Society's affairs, and then congrafu.
/ lated them on having attained through their com
psesensive and patriotic policy, their energetic
among the liberal Institutions on fhs land
TO say that they had achieved all that tbey sci a,
to accanplish would not be saving one half, more
the time In which their proposed objects wee ~
be attained- In that respect they had accom-.
plished fr more than had been undertaken, OF
The speaker, al er diiatiny al some length ON d.
advantages to be derived from the formation OF a
National Gallery and Library Of ART, spoke Of the
exhibitions which had been held by the associa-
ton - The last was particularly remarkable for
the superiority OF the specimens Of art presentsd
He had been an eye-wtness OF the extreme erafla
cation which IL had Afforded the children Of the
Public schools e be admitted free Of charge TO this
exhibition In Concluding, DR. Stone In behalf
OF the association, thanked those gentlemen who
had yoigntsriiy, wisHout any pecuniary remune-
ration, dehyered such Interesting and Instructive
ectures before the association during the last wear
TIE seefenry, Mr.. g. Bruf, then presented
his anshzi report Since the last annual meetinp
there bad been eight meetings Of the Institution,
intention Of the association 20 esnbjish another
exhibition, to eosnnesce on the first Monday Of
Februzry which Is to continue until the last Mon
wond be fsrnshed With three season. a. as Iees
Inc TIeasnfef, M ~ Stanley, also read his
report The total receipts Of last year ffon the
Ss,,ass d sna nsrssfshp and snhbiiiea fee.
81 ms Balance in the tfeas,,ry si7.sS. TIE
OUTSTANDING debt OF The Association, according TO
bills Ia the banda Of the Treasirrer ANNOUNCED q
81 1894 $50 for gallery rendered the actual In
debtedness Of the Ass1cistion 81, 4Ue "a. n y
ssss s sss q sss the ssers
Association, and a resolution was sdopted pre-.
psrsaoty y > urisa nf the two a the next annual
The ASSOCIATIONS, after considering soma les.
IimPostant matters, adjourned. 2 ~.
SALE Oh misunderstanding affssneon quite a
crowd Of gsntis.Isn as:embled 10 the suction
erty belonging 70 VIM Inzle, ESQ. The cafa-
logue was not very extensive, but among the sIti-
ctss were aome Which We're very desirabIe 10
many, aadeaused some lively biddfn g--snrveyoss,
INSTRUMENTS, microscope, spy giass, an anti.
quated table hooks, &c. Mr.. fnele was an. old
resident o. our city, and very highly esteemed by
energy and Industry, bst his failure 20 succeed 81
several cf his Last undertskings induced him to
suppose himssif peculiarly unf6rtfnate. He sud
since been heard Of. The sale q hiz edecfk indi,
cate the belief Of his relatives that he IL dead, but
many OF his old and Intimate friends are confident
be will turn mp asain :. = :ss. s - 20
TEE Lew covar Of wsshington county met At
Ill o'clock Yesterday, President Casbefy in the
Chair; Sundry supervisory sccounh were pre-
sented and ordered to be paid. Two families
were ordered to be placed on the pension roll. A
committee OF i've gentlemen Were appointed 20
'exarn1re n route fef new county road from
fearceis Mill through thc farm Of M Dent to the
4 0eosgetown and Rockville Tufapike. The clerk
was difects9 70 cause jury to be csnpanneled %
condemn foad TO Qpebn's Chapel, In the county,
The blI In relation e giving this Cont autlrffx