, 1865-10-28
OUR COMMON SCHOOLS,
Our Responsibilities TO the Next Gen-
Grafton.


commodstion for the children Of this city, in the
public SCHOOL,, pointing out the great lack which
exists Of room for the education Of The riEing nn1-
utude. The ventilation OF the fact has brought
down uron perfect ayalanche Of letters, most
Of which aaaucc specific evidences OF c7owdmg in
the schools, end speak Of children who do not at
tend school In the various Districts from lacK Of
room.
II is painful thorsht that We nse unable to fa,-
nish large number OF out children with that in
stru1ion which Ii The present age l. ali e.sentialto
dsIensable few years hence, when the children Of
Our day shall be grown men ana women. Tine
was when knowledge Of ''the three R's-7e4dins,
'Hting and 'rithMetic," /" Was not necessary TO the
social Nell being Of the multitude, and few hnn-
ared year ago II was not sine qud non lhat escna
ling shonM oc able to write biz ossn name. But
ersal, yet 70 general th1t those deprived Of its
advantages lneFthb1y take the lo*rst place in the
social scaie and almost anasoiaably ind III: same
level IN the moral. The injustice Of dbomtug
large portion o! the rising generation 70 moral and
intellectual paupe:tEm t. too apparent to need any
arsnmcnl Il on2hi not 4 10 % require spur 10 zs.
instruction for cyeE7 child in our midst. Tue fact
once known. the good sense erGu tho sclashnesa Of
The people ehonld be sufficient impetus 10 1nase
shadow Of cxeusc tor not attending the schools.
1ct US BY al means hare a school syatcm adequate
esnmensai assoeiaion Is nnsttained. m Tue I rss In
Of Legislators should BE- to provide for physical
heaEli. The next for the MoTals-his including tho
proper development Of ihe Later idea viii in time
render special effort on behalf Ofthe former IN.
necessary and without the attention II demands,
property must be futile. To edacate ihs peo2lcis
ibe cheapest as well rs the best mode o. Eorening
then-
School room is wanted tmpcrahvels. and wanted
now. We c1uuot afford to wait Every tins The
sun ee'e IT adds day to the collective age OF the
people, tsings the adu!s day nearrr TO scnlliiy
IL hRrt1t3 NAr
hood: It reduces BY tilteen thousand daye, more
than The asersce lie Of one indiytral the opportu
mites S5 tsd Of .he children Eyy
our midst are growing AWAY from the 1me
@ Mhcn The opportunity prcaents ITSELF lessen
enough even when every moment Ia taken nd dvnntnge
q, mach les y curaaiIed period ''sufcient for
hencc WIN be Just what "a make them, and ii viii
be terrible responsibility to rest upon Us, II q
faEgr number Of those men and women ou awaken
By ,lat education to them an4uppaed should say
ITO the people of Chicago, Of he last decade, we
owe our present dep1o:abfe ignorance, they are
eharGsable with our aba=emcni-oas sins lie II their
Such charge will lie, II We do no. bcstis our
tcYes. AID cive TO The t1nusandn Of neglected
yaluah!e than the gold from the utin.s. It ID high
time that We wake up 10 tiex O! the situation.
nn,in: the Mas We hase, perhaps been unsbe to
now recover our lo.t ground: We arc thriving.
work Tor the masses Ii In abnndance, our business
men arc mixing money rapidly. al classes arc pros
ptf1nSs We can AFFORD 10 pay for the education Of
0uf youth. Shall we longer neglect 1t.
LofE AND CoEBAI1yESEss.-A rough looking
Customer named Martin Manney, WAS yesterday
morning ar11i:ncd nt the Police Court at the In.
sinnce OF Pntrick considtne, on the charge Of
threats to do violence with deadly weapon. The
ineidenis ieaufng to The arrest arc As follows:
ABOUT fo1F weeks ago the defendant came to board
- Win *taoW named hrs. Conaldlne a respectable |
Motnan 81 no 500 Michigan street Il ntpcsrs that
became enamored Of the fair widow and be.
vieT he procured nccnse, depcniIue m his |
good o. looks 10 do tic rest The fndv rissnrhila
Was entirely oblsyious a. to his intentIonsa I,st
Tuesday night there being wedd,n. nv; 49,.
and he boys tn the vicinity hearing Of il thsv csn
ont with kettles and corr bells to r,yt ths nsMi1
married couple \ chGripri. This Nannev tn,nca
lpcky wight who had been Joined in mstr,m,nS
and lhat his partner In the bonds was NJ
Cous3dipe. The crowd now set up a 1cr.
fihIe racket before The lady's residence.
who. being entirely ignorant Of the Cause c7me oat
10 ecc Whist was the matter. She, OF course, was
much thnerined when she learned the facts Ia the
case and requested her btutherin-law, Nj, Patrick
Consiline, to Lick MAnney out Of the house If he
eser entered It again. On making hls appearance
The next day, Nj. Cous1dfne demonstrated with him
On his conduct and ordered hun to leavs the house,
Dut instead Of doing SO, AaHney drew revolver
md Threatened to blow the old geatema1's hralus