, 1869-05-09

OF fhe aforementioned sites, the city
las already boueht and paid for the
Third aTenre, Forest avenue, North
ell street lots We have included in the
al,ove list the prices paid for these, 50 far
as thev are Of record, and for the Larabee
street, North nvenue and Mitchell street
lots. have estimated the cost
twill be seen that the bo1rd propose to
erect one school building at cost of 4leS,-
ts.,; one ct Sl0s, 600; ona at Slo2, ,325;
md two et q cost Of $sG, 900 each These
fec buildings are to contain each fourteen
rcbnol r,,otns, each capable OF containing
si1ty-tllree seats, or sas children. They are
intended for the more advanced scholars,
and will accommodate 4,4l0 children, st IN
ontlav fo7 building nlone Of S5ll,4:'.
The ten Primary School buildings and lots,
furnished and fitted fo1 occupancy, Will cost
$s"7.. .:,c0 They viii accommodate 5oa
children each, or 500 children in all. To
col.ment properly on this scheme pur-
clGse the sites and erect the five school
Inlacts, il is only necessary to stte that
there Is not boy or gid in Chicago, quali-
ti=d to enter the grammar grades, for whom
abundant accomm odat1ons nre not already
provided On the contrary, there are, on
IN average, four seats Tacant in all the
schools fer every pupil Of that grade apply
i:';, for admission. Of the l7,oG4 attend
iLg school at the close Of the year 1868,
there wtse 1850 ef The grammar grades,
OF one in five; while standing at the doora
ur roaming the streets, waiting for admis-
sion, there we're 1900 other children,
every one of whom belonged to the primary
grades OF the 1000 child1en now attend
ing school. 1850 belong to the primary
classes; while most Of the rooms and
classes Of the grammar departments are
half empty.
Why spend :S5l1 900 to give accommoda-
ions to a grade Of scholars which has now
1 least two seats for every pupil seeking
Admission! In the Dearborn and Jones
Districts, in which it is proposed to erect
;wo palat:al grammar schools, one at coal
If SIo5, 1000 nnd the other at d cost o
el0.,500, the attendance last year Of gram
uaAz scholars Of all g1udes was:
Dt8Edofn. .....-......-........-....- .--,..ls
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Total IN both districts s-...............-.....9 81
In the Dearborn School there were eigh
teachers employed to teach these III scho
ars, or fraction over fifteen scholars fc
each teacher; while in the Jones' School fl
tenchcrs taught the l93 scholars Of ii
same g1nde, each having al average class (
nearly twenty-five pupils. To aceommodn
these PA advanced pupils, who only aveSal
seventeen to teacher, the city is asked
czpcrd S23O, ,OcO for two school houses,
These schools are not exceptions. IT
ra1ne paucity Of numbers Of that grade
scholars, and the same superabundancc
teachers and Of room, e1ist in MI parts
the city. Thus in twenty schools the {
tendance Of grammar pupils last year v
:;,:1sN, CT It's in each school; and to the
were assigned ,4S teachera, or one teach
to an average Of less than twenty-fo
scholars. That department is certain
we'll provided for. At that game date The
were 251 other toachcrs, having in char
l;;,.GJ clildseu-hn average Of nearly fiji
Gse each.
Every child seeking admission to the ru
=, lie schools, and not able to find room, |
longs to the primary classes. Therefore
is sprimar- mud not grammar schools Il
ate needed. The money proposed to
expended On these five palatial granln,
chools will purchase sites, build, furni
md thoroughly equip thirteen psina
ctools, capable Of accommodating G,i
children; and, being distributed with
REV to accommodate the public, and not
l,eneit speculators, viii prove rcal bic
ing. and accomplish the end sought.
When this estimate comes before
Council, let that body strike out entir
tie proposed expenditure for the five /
aces, and increase the number OF priula,
to fifteen. This viii give the game mum
Of school housea, and OF the only k
needed; they can be erected, includ
sites {according to the estimates nndc
the other ten), for S37, 500 each, or $56e,
In all. They will accommodate Z,
children now unable to ind room. Il
object isto provide school accommodate
for these Who are excluded, let the fft
substantial brick primaries be built; if
object Is to get rid Of the money, spend
ssss, 600 aa proposed, and keep tho child
in the st1eets-