, 1866-11-23
DAILY, TRIM EEKLY AKC IF EIKLT
OFFICE No, 1I UIAARH-9E.


UN.v. Also, give yclI PRESKST aid tutprc 1dc-ees.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER ss. 1865.
FIlE. CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL,.
licag, has an admirable system OF public
aools, and the system is so good that it de-
sc:vrs to be made as perfect ns posi-
IL. II is expensive in the sense Of
1Ac amount Of money required to main
lain ii, but we doubt whether like
iii OF public money is expended in
.5ra, and gives such general satisfaction.
,,nc fes,urc Of the school system Of this city,
.s:.I 10 which it owes much OF its success, is
'.:r High school. In that school the studies
ART. higher than are taught in my ordinary
p:::!.!ic school, and to the great multi
tude arc fully as high as persons
not iutcrdin. collegiate education de-
sire. Without the High School the
7arils uron completing the studies of
the ordinary Grammar Schools. would have
to obtain any further instruction from l'ri.
va.> ttaehers, or in some Of the schools de-
s;4aei II prepare students for celleyc. The
eu..se ii, Il %dy in the Chicago High School
Is very practical and thorough. What boy
or girl learns there, he learns thoroughly:
III fact. the only fault to be found with the
Institution is that the course is too severe,
particularly upon the younger classes.
The Establishment OF thu High School in
this city =aye j great impetus to tic public
schools As admission 10 it was Justly con-
Gaed Ia those who had attended 1T Least
two-;l:f,is Of i school year iu 1hc public
schools. II increased the attendance in the
latter sr;:sols. and drew to them class of
pupils Which Lad previously summed them.
Will. I'LL llcsc things commenting il to
TnrN!ar favor, there is strong objection to
the High School founded upon the limited
number Of scholars that can lie admitted.
The present High School WIS organized
kh1Jt ten years aso. Stree then Chicayo has
mere tl:n d"utled her population, yet the
Total number Of pupils in The High School
has not increased in anything like the same
Proportion. II is about as difficult for buy
TO vhosa III education is most desirable, but
who clunot afford to wait year after year
until chance occurs, to get into the
Chicago Ugh School, as it is to get into
Vest P.'int. There is hut one admission
every year, aud so hopeless the chance
Of getting il! thai hundreds are deferred from
even making the trial. The Board OF Edu-
ca1!on, we know, lave ;i;hilcd means at their
disposal. and are justly cautious In adding
cEPrnss to the High School, and arc, thcrc-
lore, Unable to depart from rule Of admis-
sim, which, TO say the least, is iounled up
on NJ principle. The High School has ten
rooms, each. VIC will assume for arguments
sake. with capac city for fifty scholars. One
Of these rooms is dcvnted to the Normal
class, leaving four hundred and fifty seats to
tie filled, The graduating class, We will as
sulNc, averages, Independent Of the Normal
class, about thirty-tiye annually. But the va.
caHcics al tue end ofcach yeIr, from that and
ofhcr causes, number one hundred and twcn-
y. and consequently there are that number
ei seats to be tllled every year. How does
The Board ell these vacancies An examiu.
alton Of the grammar schools l., Ind, and the
results noted. II one hundred and twenty can
dldatcs show an average examination of nine
ty per cent, then the Board adopts ninety Al
the standard of admission If TO ret ons
hundred and twenty seats flllcd REQUIRES that
the standard of admission he reduced
to sixty or any othcr number. the Board In.
no choice hut to adopt that standard
or let some Of the seats remain untitled. II
will be seen, therefore, that admission to tbe
High School is not regulated by any fixed
standard OF scholarship: on the contrary.
the standard Of scholarship emitting can.
didllc TO admission is regulated by the mum.
ter OF vacant seats. The candidate whose
examination in one year would show 8
scholarship 1eprcseuted in the scale Of M, =.
six. might be admitted. while auothc,
scholar showing scholarship 7cnrc.cutcd
ly eighty, would be excluded another year
The governing and controlling fact in both
cases being not the talent or tho proficiency q,
the candidate, but the number of seats "a acapt
in thcschool. Is there no remedy for tI,ls evil
which, while extending the benefits Of thc
High School, will give increased Inducements
70. scndi.:e all the children of ttr c;tr 10 tho
l.; lie svhoolss
Ne suggest that the High School fac;litir:
1a Increased by having one III each of tbt
til, c Divisions Of the city, This would p,yt
increased facilities to the public. Admis
sious to thrSc from the Grammar Schools
should br scn,-arnual. aud upon Gxet
grade Of scholarship. Tie lottery or chanc,
business should be abolished. and every bo,
e,r girl should know beforehand TINT he q
she should attain certain rro,,r of sc7,o,or
shin before entering the Hirl School. r.
make this more effective. the grade q
scholarship csscn.ia, IN almission n ,b
Ilich School m;,ht hc rai7uccd so 90 ~ ~
NIT l,oys and o,r1a fror, +to c.or,,,sr s.tao
At or aho,,4 thc tt,na ,to.. .,am Aa.sS ~.
Masters ,,;v,sion ~ tho cr;st,n" n;at.a,, ~ -
Grnnn.,r schools. rs.,, san.; ..a'.a, ~ -
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