Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-13

/, Scaool MArrsn.-1n the July number Of
che Is~s Iasfrsetor and ScAsei Journal we
iind the following 10 reference TO sur schools
wtish We copy fr the beaeft Of those Of
eur readers Who ere interested 10 school
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sepseasioa ssseod y nooo.
Gons AssAs.-xhe school sutheridss
81 ehe sity sg DavenpegA Bssn y pe1sea1
ssine Of soligotsasd libssslieg. uhieo u ia
- d.0suls % predict win sne9so tAeo .
Dsaaing rank in matters pstainang 70 sdu-
eatlDu. N#
During the last thrse yeass they have in
creased the salaries Of the principals ol
their sshesls very nearly one hundssd pr
cent. and she salaries Of their assistaota
frsss 1ssy 70 ssvsus1 I've per cent.
Last year they bsilt swo new school hous'
e as . cost Of twenty thousand dollars,
eecA buildtng eeataioing six seens, and CO.
pablo of accommodating $50 pupils. Aed
siiis year they hevs co00socsd ssil1 anoth'
tr, ninety feet loog, seventy two wide, thrss
ss0fiss hinh 20 esneAis twelve rooms and
secooaedaes TOO pupils.
Before adopsins . plan they sent their
City Sapssintsndsnt, w. A. Be0is, on Z
tour Of observation 70 Ch;csgo, 81. Louis,
Bloomingteo, and oshsr cities for the pur
pose Of learning the best arrangement fos
nails, saa:rwsys, closets. &C., and the best
methods Of heating and ventilating. After
. Two weeks trip, he returned with fund
Of sosfeustioo snas IN The opinion Of the
8ossd swply repaid de expense. Ono ol
the Davenport architects offered 375 for biz
uotes On school buildiegs.
The sdiocs 10 b erected n intended to b
one Of the most pselecs end sc0modious IN
all the west. We hope .nms day to lay be
lore ths readers Of the Jssynol plan and
desesipsisn Of IL. Several years since tbs
tjoard established . training school fss
,eachers, which is still maintained. Each
ysAs they have enlarged and strengthened
| II, and as % evidence Of their faith and it.
etficiency it nay b stated that more than
hree fousths Of al tbs teachers employed
n the city are graduates Of the train
lag school. Any desired iniorma:ior
in regard 70 It can be obtained BY address
ing the President Of the School Board ol
The City Sspsriossndsnt.
The same enterpiiss0g, enthusiastic spiri
animatss both school board and teachers
Semi monthly msssinss are bed by oil th'
city tsachers at which methods OF instruc-
ton, scheel d,siplins and other kindred
topics arU ssudied aud discussed.
Special ssachstD sss employed for writinl
and draWing' - whem also, liberal sslsrie
| ars paid. An things considered, 70 woul,
sas,ss ssy te.a thes claias ~ precedence
| q Dav0apoee n sohoul 0ottses 10 look vel
v IL loassie.
wsesd ~ t0,lowise 10 the same jou,
nal:
We vesy ehsss5ally give place to ~
following essfecaion. The statement com
plsined Of VAS taken from the curren
news Of the time, and supposed 70 be cor
rect. - newspapers seldom tell stesiss. Ell
itor
Editor School Journal In . recent
oumbss Of your Journal, you cay, refer
ing to the election # School Board. "it
Davenport, after vigorous contest, victor
perehed upon Democratic (and some -!
,nfdel) banners. As result, the control Q
the sch, OILS will change hands, to the se
gret Of many good citizens.'
| Tho assertion 10 untrue, and the insi nu
alton is unjust. No reasonable man vii
even pretend 10 relieve that the politics o
Davenport has changed from eight hundred
Republican majority in November. 1865, 4
nine hundred democratic majority in April
| 1867. The fact is thst neither politics no
religion had any thing to do with the schoo
election. Purely local matters had causet
. nearly cqnal division in the Republica'
ranks. end shst wing with which the Dem
ocrats voted, carried the election.
The control Of the schools did not chang
hands . majority Of the old Board eiths
remaining in the efics or being reelected
AZ to shs ''regses Of many good citise"s,
DO. IL is no unusual thing for men, IRE
spective Of their moral qualities, TO regrs
defeat In an election. B.
The Journal has probably learned BY thi
tune not to place teo much reliance upon th
fansticai rawlings Of seme Of f",he high tone
shsets" Of stis and other places. The cor
respondent "B' might have ssid that Ii
School Beard in their Official capacity ignor
politics, and in the mstter Of religion q
governed BY established civilized custom
ard State law. We appseheud that the n
suit Of our hst cityelecsisn will eeovinee an
reasonable man that SON after the schoe
election, the politics Of Davenport di
change those good eitizsns spoken Of hav
our sympathies in their aff,icti0n.