Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-03-20

Nh. hnfroRi i--tt is known 10 many Of our cit.
sens that we have not enough School Rooms 4
accommodate the children and youth Of our vii
lage, and some Of those used are not Of suiia.
ble character. wish 70 speak Of some faets IN
the case, which seem to me to be strong reason'
why more School Buildings should bc erected
There are about 1000 children and youth in
the corporation, who are entitled to School priv
ileges. or these, about GOO are enrolled In our
Schools. As we have but 10 Schools, Il gives
an average Of so as the enrolled number to each
School. But il being impossible to to grade the
Schools SO as to place an equal number in each,
we find that while the smallest number in any
one a 40 scholars, the largest has 70. While all
of these are not regular in attendance, yet the
average attendance is altogether too large.
Almost any one can see at glance that no
teacher can do any thing like justice to 20 many
scholars, and that it is very poor economy to
crowd 40 many into one room. Teachers Of ex-
pericnce will tell us that 40 scholars are as ma
ny as ordinarily ought to be In one room under
one teacher.
While we have 10 Schools, we have only 8
School Rooms belonging to the Corporation, and
consequently are under the necessity Of hiring
two, which cost nearly @l0O per year, which
equals the interest Of over $4,000. Neither Of
the two rooms hired Is suitable for the School
kept in it.
Wehave no room at all suitable for High
School Room. There should at least be one re-
citation room connected with the High School;
but there is none with ours, and the prosperity
of the school is retarded in consequence.
| understand that there is large class who are
almost prepared for promotion to the High
School from the Grammar Schools, but the nc
commodations for them are not at all such as
seems necessary.
Now il we would suffer ourselves to be taxed
only a small amount for two or three years, all
the School Buildings could be erected that the
many Of our citizens who have heretofore op-
posed tax for school purposes have not under
stood the true state Of the case.
Were a tax levied of 2I% mills on the dollar of
the taxable property Of the Corporation it would
only amount to 25 cents on 500, and only
| 81 25 on $500.
There are many in our Corporation who would
not have to pay more than 25 cents 10 81 on such
a tax and yet have from one to three or four
children to educate. Others, TO be sure, would
have to pay higher taxes: but how can we who
have children to educate, when we take the fu-
ture welfare OF our children into the account, re-
fuse to provide them with all suitable and prop
er facilities for a common school educationi
And can it be that we have any men in our
village who have means and have no children,
who are unwilling to help provide for the edu-
cation OF their neighbor's children9 l cannot
think there are many such. hope there are
none. know that many OF our heaviest tax
payers are at az times ready to vote all necessa-
ry means for such purposes
We have great reason to be proud OF the Com
mon Schools of our. country. They are the
glory OF our land, and every man will share in
that glory, who VIII help TO furnish the propell-
ing power to keep them in motion; while that