, 1861-07-15
Tho Uuemp1oved.

| "'A ea<0 HI4 AuIcAtes Inc pressure tor
places In that office. When 1t Is considered
10" limited the number Of places originally
to he filed, it will be understood TINT the List
Of disappointed applicants is q large one.
The Postmastet'e Brigade, could 1t be ten
dercd to the President and fully equipped,
would take rank in numbers and in quality
with any now in the field.
And set the sane pressure, In q less and
varying degree, Is being made daily at ali the
public Offices, and to merchants, bankers, and
railroad officers, who find hundreds of the
unemployed asking for work. There has been
large reduction in the working force Of all
these latter, the result Of dull times, and
necessary ret1enchment.
We make the statement for two reasons, as
affecting both parties. For those to whom
such application Is made, It Is no pleasant
task to persist in necessary denial Of strong
claims presented 1t Is one Of the unavoida~
ble results Of war, that stagnation in business
which dries up the fountains and pleasant
springs from which many homes are supplied.
It Is division and allotment of patriotic
sacrifices to be endured, In many instances
hard to bear. The privations and trials Of
those who go forth with arms In their hands
are but portion Of the personal and private
burdens Of the war. It is an experience from
With, as d people, we had believed cur ex-
emption had been blood-bought by the found.
ers Of our institutions, as:they were, until mad
rebellion opened the barrier for these evils.
As one Of the features of the day We have
here noted 1t, and it is not among the least
| # the Inducements to patriotic exertion now,
and in our own day to reestablish the full
| power Of the Government, under which OUTS
was the happiest nation on the globe. The
| great army in the field, and the army Of the
| unemployed ut home are alike enrolled by
| Rebellion, and will only be disbanded when
t1nito1s tall.
Try Again.
There will be many tears shed by youthful
eyes, as they read over the List Of successful !
aspitants to admission to the Chicago High |
School, which we publish elsewhere. We are
well aware that, by all the pupils in our pub !
lie schools, the High School is shining goal
ardently coveted. It is a worthy ambition, |
and is so intended. The public will only be !
anxious to know that the LIST Of successful |
candidates is made simply by merit, and not
on the ground that we have only one High
School to be filled. If five hundred pupils |
are qualified for the High School, it is cruel
Injustice to reject share Of them, large or
email, because numbers in the High School
must be kept down.
This condition Of fairness aud simple JUS.
tlce answered, as we trust it is the present |
year, there will still be many disappointed |
young folks. To all such We sag, try again
n1,1 41 l. NIL
eoon wheel round once more.
THE MONROE STREET S1ABB1Na AFFRAY- |
ANDERSON HELD TO BAIL.-On Saturday Mi |
chael Fowler, saloon keeper on Monroe near |
Wells, wos brought before Justice Davis to
stand an examination On the charge Of stab. I
bing the sailor Anderson, now in the Marine
Hospital The surgeon Of the Hospital testi-
fed that Ande1son's wound was not danger
Gus one, though from ita position and nature
it came near being such, it proving severe
cut across the left temple. The testimony
showed that Anderson boarded with Fowler,
and that there had been q quarrel between
them. Although other parties were mixed up !
in the affay in which the cutting occurred, |
Anderson himself asserts, point blank, that |
Fowler is the man who used the knife. Fowler |
was held in $500, Alderman Baragawanth be-
coming his eurety.
Special Meeting Of the Board Of Ed
cation.
cn1cAco. July 10, 1851.
PreseDt-1leesrs. Wentworth, Hi9gf1son, Taft,
Wahl. Moscly, Newbcrry. Steele, Ward, Carpen.
Ter. Haven. Foster and Sheahan.
AbEent-Meeers Sturleyant, Hoard, and Dove
The President being absent. On motion Of Mr. |
Tat; Mr. Wentworth WAS appointed President
The minutes Of the last meeting were read and
Mr Steele presented the results Of the recent
exnnina1ion ; Of candidates for admission to the
H. Mosely moved that all candidates whose az.
crage we're is high as sixty-one Der cent, be sd
,nItied to the High School.
Mr. Carpenter moved to amend by substituting
The, year and nays were called for. md the
RssvW'a h Il %s fa ws
| HiEgineon and Ca1penter-7
Nayf-Newberry, Haven, Moseley and Foster~4.
! tie standard Of admission fixed at Sc per cent.
d9asti 4n motion 81 NJ Mosecy was vqed that az
On motion Of 3ir. TAFT, Tie Board proceeded to
The election 81 te &C asher : Of German and French
haber was re-appointed to this Office with salary
| OF 81 600. evores, blanks.
| A Communication WAS received from Miss Rs /
her to situation in one Of tie schools; also
eommnnication frem certain parents and guardians
similar request in her Behalf.
MI. Moseley moved to lay these communications |
MI Moseley moved that the committee On tho |
| appointment OF teachers have authority to reap
point Miss Coale, II they deem such appointment
| for the interest Of the Bchools. Concurred in.
hir J. Wentworth left at this ti,nc and Mr.. ua- |
| ven wae called to the Chafr- !
The Superintendent presented the result Of tho I
recent written examination Of the first and second
grades II the Grammar Schools. with the following
Il woal1 be unjust to The teachers aad pupils to
infer from this examination that the relative ex-
cellence OF the schools is fully Ehown by these |
results.
1tis low lees than three months since the adop-
tion Of present System Of grading, and none Of
the schools have yet had time to complete their |
tehools the numb;r examined embraced aixty-
five per cent. Of the whole number belonging to
.be Grammar DEPARTMENT. while in in another school
Since mary pupils leave schoo: before conplet.. |
ins the full con i is obvious that the arst and
I grades Of the Grammar Department. Hence 8
schoo! presenting f9r examination II. re thar one
half Of the pupils belonging could not be expected
only onelourth or one-eighth Of the number,
submitted will show that the defects in the |
grading o1 pupils at the present tine are to be
poon Of pnps the tWo hshet lsa
most caees this ii not the fault oI the teachers It
results from the limited time thut has elapsed |
siuce the adoption OF the revised course of study,
and will be mosty corrected during the ueSt term.
Mr. Ward, Chairman Of the committee on build |
| ings and grounds moved that the Board recon- |
mend the Introduction OF water Into tho basement
| Of the Newbeny School. Concurred in. |
Mt. Carpenter moved that thu matter OF heating
| the MoseIey and Foster Schools buildings ard |
other neeesEary repairs at the different schools be
| referred to the Committee on Buildings and |
/ Grounds, with power to act Concurrcd In.
| Mr. Mosely moved that the rule respecting the |
the preparation Of questions employed In the cx-
| animation OF candidates for admission to the |
High School, be go modi. that It shall hereafter
| be the duty Of the Superintendent to prepare
these questions with the approval Of the Chairman
| of the Committee ON High Schools. Concurredin.
| Mr. Sheahan offered the following resolution:
Ree0lttd, That the order fixing Sc per cent. az
| the standard Of admission to The High School be
rcscndsd and that ] the candidates for admission
to the High School whose average is not below 81
| be admitted.
| AS Mr. Sheahan did not vote In favor Of the mo-
ton to fix the standard Of admission at fTY-slr
per cent, this resolution Has decided to be out Of
erder.
Nj. Taft presented request from certain pupils
Of the Skinner School, for the use Of the hall in
that building on Tuesday evening next. for 80
ciAf union, under the direction Of the Principal.
and moved that the request be granted. ConcurEed
| in. Adjourned.
| list Of Pupils Admitted 70 the Chlca-
/ go High school.
| SKIEEER ScHooL.-Anna E. Osgood. Ella r.
| Morse. MARIA Scott, Hattie 8. Warner, Fannie