Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-27
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| AI0rg0 al021nEere8tlnEo meeting OF Gne
colored citizens was held in the Second
Presby terian Church on Gay street, Mon
day evening, January 25th, to take into
consideration the condition of their public
schools. Walker Ewing was called to the
chair, and Will Fl. Rome, appointed Sec
retary. The object Of the meeting stated.
the committee appointed to memorialize
the Columbus School Board made the fol-
lowing report through its Chairman, James
1 1Poindexter: n - FnaN7
L Mr.. CHAIRMAN-Sir Your committee
charged with the duty of placing before the
Columbus School Board a memorial from
the colored citizens of Columbus, in public
meeting assembled, asking increased room
for the colored children of Columbus, with
other conveniences necessary thereto. have
discharged that duty, and ask leave to re-
port, that: In pursuance of instructions
from the colored citizens as aforesaid, your
committee, at the earliest practicable
period, delivered into the hands of DR..
| Loving the memorial, with the request that
| he would be sufficiently kind to lay it be-
fore the Board at the first meeting there
after. The Doctor avowed sympathy
for our cause. ard pledged his
word to bring the memorial before
the Board at once, and do all he could as
a member Of the Board, to induce favor-
able action thereon. Having resolved to
r. port to the citizens Tonight your COM
mittee called on DIR. Loving to-day to see
what progress he had made. He reported
substantially as follows: 1st. He had laid
the memorial before the Board as he agreed
to do. %. The Board conceded the just
ness of our demand, and, although they
took no official action thereon, still they
determined to build us two new school
houses as soon as they could get the money
with which to do so. 81. That for ten
years the School Board seemed to forget
the increase of our population, and built
no school houses; the result was lack OF
school room for white as tor colored chill
dren. The school law allowed levy of
only four mills, and with the sum
accruing therefrom they had not been
able to do more than they had done;
but that he felt that our school houses
would be built the ensuing summer; the
one in the north and the other in the south
end of the city. 4th. He would revive the
matter before the Board tomorrow even
ing, and was confident that they would
take the most favorable and speedy action
in the case, consistent with their ability to
meet the expenses thereof. In conclusion,
your committee are more impressed than |
ever with the pre-eminent importance of
the object of that memorial. They think |
that, whatever the differences of opinion
the colored people of Columbus on other |
matters, on this they ought to be unit i; |
and that whatever the cost or trouble of
securing for their children the faithful ex-
ecution and administration of the common |
school law OF Ohio, it should be cheerfully |
borne. This law contemplates as much, in |
my regard. for colored as for white chill
lren; and where colored children are
Disseminated against, it is because OF
the Ignorance or knavery OF those
appointed to execute and administer it
So wise, and so beneficent are its provis-
ions, and so entirely is it accomplishing for
white children the ends proposed, that
early all private enterprises Tor the edu-
cation of white youth are being rapidly
closed, and the education formerly obtained
1t distance from home, and at great cost, |
is now furnished them in their own neigh |
bUrhoods. towns and cities gratuitously.-I
Your COMMITTEES fear that they have already |
'xtended the report too far, but taking |
INTO account the overshadowing import
ince of the subject, they see not that they |
'ould have said less. Whether you will |
Ibide patiently the action of the School |
Board, or look for redress in what may ap-
pear to yourlsuporior Judgment speedier
ind more effectual way, is referred, as we
.hink, very properly,sto the determination
)f your own wisdom.
Very respectfully, your Com.
= = " fEiE-1 - = JAS. PoINDFxTER,
j. :. TYLER,
JNO. BOOKER, SR.
After the reading and acceptance of the
eport, on motion of MIR. d. Jenkins,
committee OF three was appointed to pre-
Legislature now assembled, praying that
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