Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-15

MAY i,;h ief-.
Our Public schools.
Until sach time as we shall have secured |
pr,acr and ample school accommodations |
fer the children and youth Of the City, the
sable,t i, one that should seriously occupy
the minds Of our citizens. SO ovcrcrowded
have the various Departmental Of the bull
tlin.s now devoted t. school purpose bc>
come, that the teachers nave been, and are
rer = mpeiec "a decline receiving any al
d.,iea1 r9gis. A. the Est view this may
appear uri ~ 10 the tax payer who has
Subscribed 10 tie marnrr specified by law
FIR tie erection AMI -nppart Of the public
sch aols. Doabtloss. when judged from the
out look that person is matted TO Seccise
what he or she lavs for, it is hardship
But wast other course is open for the teach.
ere engaged in our sci ools 20 pursue Alb
solu;cly aonc. The schools are full and
running oser and there Is no room for more
And under these circumstances how much
OttttI u ~ tudt itst u kiC vits tuoutu oc suIu'
ell from the doors ban that they should be
admitted to further crowd OR already over.
erosdcd buildings. there to contract the
the germs os physical disease that must
more than counierbalance lny mental gain
that can possibly result And even the
probable mental gain from such condition
10 at best but . questionable god. The
capacity Of the teachers, however great his
or her capabilities may be, must have some
limit beyond which he or she cannot 20. It
is useless 70 expect that any tutor can give
attention to any indefinite number Of ciIl>
dfcn and do justice TO them all. Ing fact.
~ far from doing justice 10 oil, all mdst nee
sarily b. sighted. else the teachers can not
perform the allotted duties within the rpec
flied period. II is better therefore that tho
surplus ildrcn should be rejected u once
than that the mental culture and growth Of
I'll should be retarded in the vain effort 10
accomplish an impossibiiiy. Oar schools
are all thu, could be expected or desired, in
TACT, so fir as depends upon the efforts Of
the snperintendents aud teachers, they
are Acknowledged 70 be tine best in the State
But there nre other and preiudieisl facts
TIA, must depend unon tie authorities or
caf'cctian. Tho had ventilation anl other
eNlstin- evils Of SOME # the present build
.tss, aed ahich have already been cxposel
~ 'hc-e columns, cditor,al.y ani by cores
pondrnts. should he remtdiei stunns the
epning Sous mer vacation, aud iftha, be not
'eN ,nons proper period should lac de
sis q the ~ 'asarv rceonstru-iion. 1t
,ia nl' ~ any sense be ume lost, and il
wi - = ;ecai gun 70 the future cflhc city
The d''isuliy oi sset-et 80 will be- in II
ne.slfc met. but Il wiil.rStSe wholly rem
cl.cd. by the com p.clion Of the new school
batd ng on Third stree, in IVES, Daven
port. II Is . step but il is . step only We
must 30 further.
The building will probably be completed
for the Winter term, and the probabilities
are that II will be filed up very rapidly.
Should this be the case We think our peo-
Pile viii a. readily build ,another building.
A'tac present school year draws to
close we can see signs Of pro
Gres- IN nearly every department.
l. ~ licved that the teachers without a
iN-.e tx option have done an earnest eff
cent ~Nrk a~'i viii close their abovo Tor
shc year with the assurance of the r(eerai
pfohi..oa % the public As nca- as we
can Levin hit e y CHANGES viii be made in
she plans for the cnsuin, school year and
those oaiy FOR the better.
The system upon which orr schools are
based and N acc ,fdance with which thew
are run IL, Il seems. being thoroughly in
vcs'iSs,ei AMI detlini,cly understood by
the schoDl authorities. The result IL this
will DO preventive AZ lins, any retro
cscssion on their part. Tue school authors
'ne'. ably seconded 5y Superin, endent,
teachers and patrons will. We trust, succeed
in maintaining the deserved reputation Of
our schools as being second TO none in the
State and il will he No faIlt Of the tax psy>
~ II they do not continue 70 be such.
Being the Grs, city Ia the State We should
lake the lead in educational matters.
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OvR Republican frisads in this county
seem 10 differ with those Of their own kind
at Cedar Falls a. the follovine will show