, 1869-01-18
SCHOOL HousRs ABD scRocL MONTY

Hor. Il B. Miller, one OF our Repre- |
seutatlres in The Legislature, in q b.!ef
speech, on Friday evening, to some Of
his constituents, inside the er.t,yiDg an
norucenent that be and his Colleagues at
Springfield bad decided to REFUGE the
amount If money ssktd fcr bY The Board
Of Education to 100000, and to attach
4 proTiso to the bill that no school house
ccstirg mote lbsn fireeu thousand dol
lars shall be built until all the children In,
the city shall be prnv,ded with school
Accommodations. TITS is the mass whola-
some idea lbs. hss btcn put forth by
anybody aching in an of1cisl capacity
fcz long time. The bill prep.1ed and
sen, to Sprinene'd BY The Board Of E ID
cation proposed ,ofQruish that body with
*e10, 900. seyer-ttghtbs TO be expended
In the construction Of additional fve-
Story palaces, ,hclueirgs another High
School, and oIe-e1Eh,h for primary
schoolr The bill, es amended by the
Cook County Representatives, puts a
stop to this wastefuI system in Two WAYS
by Withholding one-third OF the money
asked for, and by requirinz sbas the neg
1cctcd children pow In The s'ree:s shall
be furnished With school room before auy
nore money is spent in c-s'ly architec-
ture and complicated heating and yenti-
}ating apparatus.
In 1865 the rumher Of children unable
togain admission to the public schools
was 60 great thst the Legislature WIS III
duced to autborize an Increase +sof the
city tax from two to three mills, and the
sale OF bonds to enable ihe city to fur
ulsh additional school room. The bonds
were sold 10 the extent Of half a million
dollare, and now what has been done
with The money:
Nshculd be bcrue In mind that, OF the
children who a.tcrd the public schools,
h1ce-foutths belo7g to the primary
grades and are under ten years Of age.
Those who are excladed io1 want Of
room all be.org 10 This class. Ia Juty,
lee9, She Srpcrin' enuen1 renorten thst
there we,e, attending school In Chicago
39,6s1 chi!dreD, ot wh ID 81 900 belonged
10 The public schools, and 17,718 to phi
yate schools. Tie attendance upou
these priv1'e schools was mainly o!
pupils above 1he pr.mary grades, and fol
when there has been q . tack Of rom IL
tie public school bui'nnra. OF th,
ceiteren IN tie public -hnois, the syc1 IL
ac'ual ast.ndaree wss 1s.g5s. Th
uptIintertent A'so ates th there wei
still as many chlldren unprovided wit
school accommodation as were in actua
attsrdarce In other words, one,thi1d c
shech,ldren atterdtd private srhocls, mt
thitd the public schools, anu one-.h,fl b.
no aceommc dauon Al sti This VAS Il
result af1er the Board Of EducaHon hs
e1pen1.d the proceeds Of 100000 .
SCHOOL bonds, sud the ssv.ngs Of Il
school turd and two:m1u lA1. IT
graea Of children in actual attendant
upon the public tcho ,'s are thus dsvidet
Grammar schools, 3,A9o pr msry sehool
1876. All those excluded belong to Il
primary cfassea- So it may be assum
'hat tie. school Accommodations need
arc exclusively toz primary children.
The Feed Was proparnnnA:ety the saN
in 1eG5, 1865, 1857. 1893. SD now ags
in 1869.
Tlder these circumstances the PROF
policy 10 ADOPT WIS To build rrlms
school buildings. esca To contain Ab'
$50 children, At en- s1aensc for e7
bnildirg Of tt3.5oo Tne $50. 900 bo7
sold would have provided lh1r:y~se;
OF these Echool buildlngs, accom- n-dasl
41d seating over 18,0M ch,tdrcn who
now e1ctrdtd. 1iwon1d hare LETT The
commedAtioIs in The e1ssnng graus
schocis uLtimtnishe3, ard no chic
Rte grammar grabs would have b
c7swdtd cur. Thas plan would h
given schoosipg to The cbi.trr. N
shat did tie board actually do?
II tzeessd ceflain pa.ect., called
"Haldeu." The D,re,'' the "Carp
ur," the" Wells" the "H yes" and
C1s1ke," st tho following c,ss;