The colored citizen., 1866-05-19
THE coLORED PUBLIC SCHOOLS .0F GIN
CINNATI-TdEIR FAULTS AND THE
REMEDIE5.
No. 3
Editors of Colored Citizen:-

NO.
Editors of Colored CHizen:-
now propose to examine the fnan-
cial condition of the schools.
The amount paid into the colored
school fund upon the levy of 1864, was
Sl5,315,67. This was based upon CEN
sus of 1886 youths. The census of
1865, upon which money collected by the
levy of 1865, is distributed, is 5689, an
increase of more than !. If our funds
increase in the same ratio, we 81 all have
$20426 paid into our treasury, from the
lew of 1865 This is upon the suppo-
sition that the amount raised for school
purposes will remain the same In point
of fact, however, the total amount raised
for school purposes in the city of Gin
cinnati will be increased about l-6, not
by an increase in the rate of taxation, but
by an increase of taxable property. The
total amount placed in the school treasu-
ry of the city of Cincinnati for 1864, was
S307. .589.3 SO, add to this 10 and we have
a total of S35S,85427.
The total number of youths, white and
colored, enumerated by the census of
1865, was $685., Of whom 5689 were
colored from whence derive a propor-
ton which gives S2104987, as the
amount likely to come to the colored
schools from the levy of 1865. Add to
this the balance in the treasury July 1st,
1865, S496909 and the amount paid in
at the last August settlement, S6891 As,
and we have grand total of S3291040
in the treasury of the colored schools,
between the dates of July Isl 1865, and
Sept 1st 1866. From this we may de-
duct $1,000 for the current expenses of
the schools-a liberal estimate S.. 200,
the amount paid for the ground upon
which the Western District school house
4o Il win %ty G9d we saaI ?.i sti!l !l hays eo71o
establishment Of high school, even if
lot is purchased, and building erect
ed thereon. 1t will be proper to state
here that the school levy of Cincinnati
is to be increased half mill, which ur-
on a valuation of $50 millions, will
yield 10000 dollars, of which our share
will be near four thousand dollars. But
this additional tax will not be collected
till December 1866, nor be available till
1867, hence | do not include it in nv es.
innate. The balance now in the treasu
ry is over $4,000.
The opponents of the measure advocat-
ed in these papers, have been driven hard
for some plausible excuse for their oppo-
sition declare that the bnilding and
grounds of the Eastern District must
first be paid for, before we can entertain
the project of high school Let us ex-
anime the plea, The lease, by which
the ground and buildings are held, ex-
tends to 1872, six years hence, and may
then be renewed al the same rates, for
another fourteen years Surely there is
no haste. A Sinking Fund of two
thousand dollars year " i'll provide for
the payment of the value of the buildings
and the ground at the expiration of the
first lease, and less than one thousand
per anrnm, will raise a sufficient sum to
pay off the debt at the expiration of the
renewed lease-should one be taken
L will present here an estimation of the
probable cost of this thing at which
members make such an outcry on the
score o. expense. If the high school is
located in one OF the buildings now be-
longing to the Board and the Principal
of that house is made President of it, the
cost will be about as follows -
For an addition to the salary of the
Trlnclpal .......... .3UU
d" =" " 800
Prof. of French and German. 300
Apparatus and seats 800
Total 1880.
This for the first year,-for the second
500 less will be required since the seats
and apparatus will not need to be again
purchased. If building is hired, and
separate teachers employed, we may add
about $1,000 to these figures. Certainly
a small sum compared with the good
that can be done.
1t will thus be seen that the expense
is so slight in comparison with the in
come, that the Eastern District house
may be paid for at the expiration of the
first lease, and the High School be estab-
liShed also Persons on hearing the
word High School, are apt to fancy that
LHcI6 eau De no SuCH ScHOUI, unless I0cat-
ed in co tly edifices, like the Hughes
and Woodward Buildings. The fact is,
that the adoption of the proposition
merely means the union of the First
Grades in one house, ander one teacher,
aud by relieving that one teacher of all
save that attaching to the
of his own classes, by pend
ing proper set of apparatus, calling in
professor OF modern languages, and per-
haps a professor in drawing, giving this
united First Grade facilities for the ac-
quisitiou OF a thorough education
Since | have begun the publication of
these articles, have noticed suddenly
born zeal shown for the welfare OF the
department, by individuals, who
could not, ON their oath, tell in what
rooms of the house over which they we're