Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08

The discussion called out In City
Council, Thursday, by Col. Feblger's
to the ordinance authorizing a |
loan of $4,000 for building new school |
house, was, In several points, an Inter
sstlng one. We were glad 10 see the
Colonel pointing out with such clearness,
the folly Of building new school houses
while there are 30 many vacant seats IN
those already built. Yet, It is true as
stated by Mr., Richardson, that 80 far
as these vacancies are found In the
school houses in Brandywlne and 10
McDowellville, 1t can hardly be expected
that they will be flied by pupils from
other parts Of the city. 1t would have
been better 10 have built smaller houses
there, and spent some of the money In
building other small houses for primary
schools elsewhere.
There really seems to he very little sys-
TEN In the location of school houses, and
Il Is quite true that one could be very
properly located in the Eighth Ward. Iu
the southwestern part Of the city there
are already more houses in proportion TO
either area mr. manhattan than In any
other part, and there II Is proposed to
erect another. We are not prepared in
the facs ~ the Roard,s decision 10 assert
that II ia not needed. but II II ia, the in.
ferepee ia a reasonable one. that the
people of that portion of the city arc
mora nrolifc than those Of other parts.
or else that the ipvenlle norton of the
manhattan there has a particular thirst
for knowledga We tbink there shonld
he soma mora reorlar svs,em in regard
10 the iocot,or Of scbool bonses and that
,bosa for n,,marv scto clara shopid he scat.
,ared "a r,nob az ,oss,hio and he mueh
smaller and ,ess cos,lv Than most we
row horo
Rr, ,hora Ia s,u, rrob roor, for aoub,
whether tho ono .tor,od vas needed and
no room, ,,,ba,oro, ., so,,h, ,hat no more
scbool bo,,,os orc noodaa in,,ned,ate,v
II as Col. Febiger osser,s tho last reno,t
~ the srnoriD,ondort shows ,bot thers
are air bpndreI vacant seats in on,
schoo,s a, ,roson, ,ha uho,o a,eior,,,
cannot no ascr,hed N Tho ou,.or-,be-,vo,
location ~ ,ba scho,Is In pronar,,,r,
and Mcnowellviue There must he ga
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mo,,or 30 Gao, NO, H. oro raoa,o,o,
in ,ha -, A.,,aa.a, - 49,.
c,rt,oiiv ,oootod sohoo, h,,it1,u,, ,to al,
owne NJ 49, a., ,lts T. eniaa -,
t,rs,v 10 ,ho narsis,on, hnmo,,nr oe 49,,
vo,s rro,,d,aos =, a., ov,.,,,.o 90 a.,
nuhl,c he moohar, 30 orr RID oe ma,
cation i, ras,sirc, - H. sohola.sh,r
w,hon, record 20 so~ 80 roa,,,a,o ~
d,yis,on ~ ,,un,,s IL ,hot sohooI w
bsl;e,o tho, is 80. eoo,,.h ~ ,,nsor.a,
nro,ra,o, 80. - -, - ~, ~.
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ororo.h - ~, sa,,a-,,o 80 80 ,,,r,,
=, It.. NJ. 90 ,,,.s.,,,.,, l., +, -.
- 49, - -, :. - 49, h,n, q,
enable tho poora 20 90, ia n Tho, ron,o
, roor, -, &c, So. - ,.s.e, $50
In i,s nor.,.,sn, boia;n, 81, 10 ,ht, n.
ro,,.,ro ,i..,,,,i,a ,Ai,1. A.. NJ, :
rIuo.,,ra -. w.. ,,.a,r -, :,
cha,aso 90 srlo,, n, ~,
ocaias, 4, taa, ~, g. g.. t..
ners.s bavo tcon ioo,aaso1 thron,,
es,ahlishing n mora ,horonoh urt,y =,
D sys,em in orr schooIs in r.is,na ~
standard of ,drc,,,or AMI in rsri,,
1 h,,tor ,r,cos 70 ,aacbors ,hs, osnno, ,
catiea ov,ravag,,t sri 90 Tho A.,