, 1866-11-28


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER .. 1865.
:
Tl.E A1FAGO HIGH SCHOOL,
We presented some suggestions few days
az" "Fon tle subject u slight rcmodelling
OF cur Chicago pubic school system that
wuuld give greater efficiency to that depart
ncnt known rs the High School, aud excite |
greater interest in the schools generally |
The object Of the public schools sto educate |
The many AS thoroughly Us possible. The |
Hi. School is an auxiliary to the Common |
Sclcol. The further 1t Is removed from the
public school the less 1t secures Its original
design. and the nearer 1t Is brought to and
made part Of The public schools, the greater
viii DC the advantages and benefits to the
general public. To make the standard Of
admission 10 high, and place It beyond the
reach of the pupils Of the Grammar Schools,
would be 10 defeat tho object Of the school
itself, which object is The promotion Of the
diligent In the one school TO higher studies
and enlarged opportunities In the other. To
SO locate the High School building that the
means ofrcaching there arc 80 inconvenlent,
expensive aud unpleasant as to render 1t i'm
possible for any portion OF the pupils to at
tcrd, wonId also be 10 destroy the usefulness
OF the sch o., and defeat its main object.
Both Of these detects prevail, TO some extent,
In our present. High School. and bott should
be rehlcdicd.
Another objection is that the course OF
study ct the High School Is too long for the
vas! MINORITY Of the scholars who would
Ike to enter. Admission to The High sch"n:
Is roStroncd to such late date, that hci"re
ttt lfftlt for the commission Qf The C.,it
1e-chcu. lassc proI'oft1on 0! tue boye ATe
erEaGtd IN active business pursuits, aoh Se"5
many 'i she girls are wives and n'ptncFs.
1Els policy Is practically dena! ol 'ttEa
Settoi advantages to that vast body Of tha
Children whose condliton N ii'e te4uirr that
they ehau receive whatever education they
are to have before reaching sixteen or s''sen'
tctn years OF age. VI course this doe, nsf
IMPLY 10 those whose parents can afford -
Keep tLc:t at school aud then nj college until
they have mastered every olo,,y known to
TIE too!,s. This latter class is numerous,
but is, nevertheless, but q small portion Of
the children to whom the pnblic schools are
opeu. The public schools arc no. designed
fus one class more than the other, but arc
designed for all, the purpose being to educate
as many Us possible, aud as highly us posi-.
bic, ltadmissiCns TO the High School are to be
regulated rs they have been for yca.s by the
caI,aciiy Of the building md not by the
srho,arsl,;n Of 4bc csn1i,,nte then ther.,
oroht -, yc roon, G,r all vim trir, cntcr and
not far tbc Nv erbo nav h. anncn IN ,rct thc
,nc,-,t cb,Jrs 1ftoGv s.ondard oreercntr.
6,o,, ,-s,,, 1ro,,,d b,rc tho afrnc, =,
1.os.;. ~ 11,ai4 Ss,.na, 49, .,.;..,s a.,n,1~
nF'.s NV - seno'! W. t,.tes s.up's,
tueA ~ tno"h euae .ne Stau' wv ost"e ~.
tne usau'nin senoois unu .nS nTu otavo'
- no. as e:oss US u enoa'o w. nhu 1oAt "
t"sel enc ,"o taese = space " ue 1our.u F..
- taose WIZ .'aS Will IL so .nEluet' ta'
nssA ecnoo. Ut oHc euo l. wv laF AooNc ea'
other sehoois, ano stops s4oft OIL WAai !
onght 70 pe ~ the orhcf' II 's 700 ahneui
1of Inc eIilofeh 10 enter. ana ~ turns tnen
oat De'ose tneS ase at 10. college. me .ac
Is iaat ~ Psese"t ~ Is iike piece Of c!o.
oeslHnea 'oF patca out mol aarse enough
cover INC 1oie the result Is failure nj Dol
eoos. n's 'anufe We W not a.1aou.c .
any wan o. shltl on tne part OF tae lacult
III Inc htsn SCHOOL, or ol experience on IL
Part OF inc board ol Educat1ou but 1t Is
hasu'al result oi an ehdeaFof 10 aeeompus
given result with means Inadequate
lhe end Nhat VIC propose is to enlarge u
mraps, anu ihas accomplish the great Ct
education possible TO INC largest number
Ono proposition is that 'nsfead OF compe
Ing the cahd1cn OF Al! parts OF the city
I.,.,.. ~ ane n,a nU.n 1ae ~ , senoo. pu. s.
Ns. s, "nS' ~ mas oe .oe1teu' must
.I'.N.a Nv 49, ~ oAl ~ 4I.es ~" ="
$780, a..,. nI'..ss. wy @
.S,,,s ..,,.,. ~ 80 $500,
..;tr nfa,,on,1;nn nror,n,,r rr,t,,ont r. =
the ex,euse of chr farc or caTr;age hire. a,
within n reasonan,e d,stancc--,n cose ofs;c
ness or alarm-ofthe5r own homes. and wit
out unreasonable exposure TO the srvcriti
Of the ", ather. This ia not n nro,,ositi,
uto establish t,,-e. 11;oh schoo,s =, hnt II
anrrnos,,;o, n n o,ten5 11;,1, Sch,,,, far,
ties to ali rarts of Tho city.
We. of cuurse do not mean that the tbz
CT four hundred boys and girls now In I
High School shall be divided into tn,
separate schools, involving treble exper
fer The same results; but we do mean instc
- OF lavitG one school of three lnulrtd
have three schools each of that, or even O.
larger numbes- Let the curious enter ono
our public schools and Look at the figures
attendance. Thc'Iower grades are full, ey
beyond The capacity Of the buildings;
when you reach the first md second grad
wherr the pupils arc iarG,, the number
scholars falls of considerably. Why? I
High School las ceased In the minds Of
pullic to he considered as an a,taiuablc
jcct, Or, If attained, to be Of very little "a
cxcrp: to those whose circumstances in
will ccable them TO give fur years to
cause; a'd even these, kunwin, that nj
GtvotlCe four years there, they will have
Eo onr OF two years more 10 some ot
fchool 10 prepare for college. quit with
applying 70, the High School. We prom
10 tetnin all these children in the pu,
schools. AS long as they can stay,
the High School rs 1t
is bcy"E! ihei. re1cl, let the High Schon
brought within their reach. If = boy cla
get ~ tae High School beforc lie Is fife
snd lie turns away because lie cannot all
10 20 to SCHOOL but two ycars longer, and
High ScLAol term Is fur years; or il he ayt
The High Schuo1 to enter some other sch
ws.c:c lie can BE- fully prepared for colls
rt,y -i..,ald not our eyetcn. be adapted
.l.at in the one case the boz caa 70 10
i}iah S.h.ol IL, two years. nt,l ia the ct,
4,a ,,u:,,;c t,o,ie,r wh.r. hc c,, rc,n,;r
Ii; Il; T., ru,rr .ny un;rcr:ftr in H. IA,
~. NM, I,,n,. ~, y,i,,h S..,,o,, a,,.o- ~
1.:,1,r ,c,,o1s 70 that the IT,, fron NE
tl.aE ,,. OF rlsv rr.a,t,on r,d ,rhc-e
s.cG:cs Il, III l.c ornc,ical and thor,nr1 Ir
1,o;; .t t,,,. ;;~u,es Of thc 11,rh sc,,o,7 n
f,,..u} IN ,s5N with 1-d scno,,r, ,oc,nt
.;,.c ,;,,rr wcrc admitted I, ,t1 w tnnn,
t,udt,. .Ir1y ~; cI1 c,,1,1-., nr a.,
or,n-:,,,.,..d rn,; ,h,rc ,...a ~ AZ. ~. H.
uc,4:,cr. ~ in the institution. The rr.
atc$. art t,,us. now in tbc srhoo, r.