National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-01
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ANNUAL REPORT or the TRUSTEES


What Congress. should Do to Help Us
superintendent Wilson's Annual re-
port-Interesiina school statistieS-'ai-
u.sie Information for the People.
The tweuty-nfth annual report Of the Board Of
school Trustees Of the District has Just been
published, rs well as the second report OF the
superintendent, Mt. J. Ormond Wilson. Wetake
the following eXtractsi
REroRT OF TIE TRusrEEs.
TIM ,r,steea in presenting their report con- |
graduate the board and community inh Wy ~ |
suit Of the past years labor shows @
signs OF IMPROVEMENT In our common school sys,
ie,n' and a growing tendency on the part OF all
classes TO avail themselves OF the advantages al-
fortled by II. An increasing pOpnlaIlg hgcps
mace. also, with an increasing Improvement
Time was when gentlemen Of fortune, or even
those Of limited means, considered II uuty 70
educate their SSTe SrodR Sa 'S ca ' 81
tIon IN ibs srhooi-room with the children OF the
laDorer or the poor mechanic; Whlie .hgo o,a ss
supposed that more thoIougm ,,h na oitaIned In
such schools, Private schools are sun wen
patronized, and dessrycdly so. Inc coihhlIiee
Ind no fAnlt with tn0m, hut " anOr!ls gIeai
pleasure 70 note also the growing popularity OF
the public schools amona all classes, An I'M
portant tendency Of the system Is 70 eleNste ,ne
masses, and TO add to the good order and pros
pcTity 81 inc entire community. Education Gle.
Yates, ignorance debases; AMI IS We eAtenu anu
enlarge the facilities Tor an9rune lns,tuc Sti
10 all we have In a corresponding ratio an eleva-
! tIon 10 q higher plane Of virtue and happiness,
| The fact that the Germans are the best ehu-
Gated people in EroPs ;hst Tns s re a.
| NOT furnish the best instruction. Inc public
| school system Is universal In Germany, Anu sun
cation Is no. only %seIs M system does not
nreyan hut me standard OF learning Is higher
| Than In am other part Of Europe. -, ,.. g..
| the schools were In session the paN year ior
nearly ZEN months. The examinations COM
| menced early In June, and closed on inc xis s
Each school continued In session nnul tnc Mm
| ~ ia examination, and consequently the Ietm
81 amen spe ne Tes scSGss y""s hSFstoTc, prastl
caily ended IL some schools Win the o's'nh'hs
gS1EE Our SYSTEM OF CONDUCTING THE ExANISA-
o., . m,r,n Ia required, and no real work
san be accomplished in school after W pupils
n nave been examined. They ieel that the MOik
of the year Is over, and there Is 10y tne s ,,, In
/ eentlye TO hard study and earnesteuort' StuuIes
! practically end with May. -, ..,,
! 'Tee urinary schools are examined first and
closed; and this IL best, for allows fecIeatloi,
! Tor the Younger children In the hot months OF
lime J1iy and August. While the examinations
=, arc IL progress In the Primaries, the alyanceI
= grades are engaged in reviewing the s.ue' VI
! the year until the day for their exainlnAtlon.
! TIE examinations Tor the year lust eiosel WI
y eninently satisfactory to trustees and patrons
and rss ,sslss sppeSSS' il viii sppcs that there
a.. besn a steady increase % the number OF pn'
G. Pls esSsd The Psr cent 81 I, ne entire pogI,
= In issa' ii 81 &c per cent. Of the school popu
Ation enrollea was SOa5 In isi2 as against ia
q was sss ssio, ssso in isTi and ga in ISL
u The numtsr Of regular teachers has tr ceased
from ron iiJin $50 to iSO in isT2 Tue amount paid
for teytheTS' salaries was f02,III.pO, which was
200 above the amount paid In 1871.
Tne amount Of expenditures for the scbo0lA
BIS steadily increased since 1881. The following
abatement shows In round numbers the sum eN'
pended each year: Year ending June 30, 1850,
t92,Oo0; do. 1881, $4,000; do. 1889, ttoy0; 10
1885, $4,000; do 1884, 50, 900 do. issS, t'!,ooo
900; do 1909 t2loooO; 40. fs0, s2io,ooo 10. ISL,
: tSiS0OO; do. 1874, fi26,OO0.
yantages increased In still greater ratio the
evidence OF which Is to be found in all sections
Of the city, In better and rner school buildings,
and IN multiplied advantage to the pupil.
= In the twenty fourth annual report your com
mittee advanced what seemed to them good rea-
: sons
/, WHY CONGRESS SHOULD AID TIE SCHOOLS IN THIS
by setting apart portion Of the public lands for
! their benefit. such action on the part OF the
! Federal Government would be nothing more than
placing the District OF Columbia on an equal
footing with the States. We saih then, what we
repeat here, that nearly all the clerks and other
, employees OF the Government, who are tempo
rarily located in Washington, who are not prop
|, ery-hOlders, and whose residence among Us de-
ponds entirely upon the tenure OF their onlres,
send their children to our public schools. They
receive all the benefits Of the system without
contributing cent TO its support. AZ the last
session Of Congress this subject OF att was Tor
maly brought TO the attention OF the Committee
on Public Lands OF the House Of Represents
tiyes. A subcommittee, appointed for the pur-
pose, invited our school oficers 10 present thelr
case, which was accordingly done. Matters
deemed OF more Importance, however, engrossed
the attention OF Congress until the day OF nd
gtbers nns,nnned nntiI the nrxI session. Never.
theless It was an enteTing-wedge, AMI II the
school authorities will follow u up II cannot lie
%,,S,.. " ~. Snn s,,a,nIs IL donations ,f
lana ~ sd,.n,,o0si p,'rnoscs 10 All sections oi
~ Ii, az s,, ~ ~ ,b trtd ~ fnin,,,hIs
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m%rS Ion"ar ig"oTcI The oSse vas tor'I6iy
.nusn iongvi ,snI T ~ p.n,..snI,,iSs, NJ,
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y, ~, ~ I,op M a. la raaispr.d 10 ibn
eSlpen,,onsI n,snn.g In vShirh our neonie had
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second 70 none IN Ihe conniiy' luz SupievI o.
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upyernmsnts mi eysn ~ iis,snt Asistir po,,rTs
sl th. " y H. H. ~ ii,I Sf,es ~, ina
anu 'nel ~, av W r ny ILL., ,s,ts ~ al
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dssiSe 10 y,itness n,srii,si iIin.,TaIions Of me
~ ,ii '.igVI Y w, ~ rh,; Eai TX
nroyp mi a. 80 81 SoS,,coig and SibeT MON.
Ss,s on re- nspt ~ nsesi RaiaIn az Tho Jant
HIN ro M, NJ, -, Inc hishsma claims he
.s n s 'i y, ' ,ii.t1 q, Nv anhNn Ihey
nO.Sa w, NUN sg VI niIs "a 's , iinJ NINA
So I,s IS 49, ii, ~ s,i tss,in,nny 90 de en-
n yi. no'e 'u ~ 1I s,,ay with
yehehSe VI ouI gseih, enI Sn't ~ tn11ose 10
sha ~ 80, " 80 t,,,rn,,i,,, ,Ss syston in
i 10y n ny us''9 ''i N'P'O'"S wy
S''A' p'''H'n' ,-,,, 80, o,v ,,,,y
,s..,,S -, n. ian,O,, ~ Warrington
snIongn heI ,SPIesSn ~, ,,t,g I'm nnp nnhIir
san, NJ En, AM TIka. chief oS the
49, y, Hnan ami hiS assn
mace .,a M hirn ,,S the lanai e.r en-
hasss ~, ss rnnnnIe,s a tnination tran1ntted
ths pnsnit nytheiE nhsersafInna 10 Jsnan Min.
isieI MOI 100 has mar ireauent yiaits 10 the
srhools itr o,seTyatiog. nnd win an ultimate
view ~ kenenf IN M own rnnntry
stiiRnother norton 0f me gioIio-BrazIl--haS
pronied In the ssho0is on Washington. In Jam
narS. lsI3 Inc ConnclIlor A p Ie Cafyaiho
Bctres Minister Pienip0tentiary OF Brazil al
| Washington, was instructed by the Minister OF
me Interior to examine the schools here special
lily, with view Of adapting the system 10 public
4 schools In Rio dc JaneirO In pursuance Of these
| Instructions the Minister visited the schools;
spent some time among the teachers and pupils;
| witnessed the manner OF teaching and conduct
| ing the exercises; examined the furniture,
school apparatus, records, books, FORMS 4C., and,
| like the Representatives Of England and japan,
| availed himself OF what he saw and heard for
the benent aud advantage Of the cause OF pOpu-
| lar education at home. Slill more recently the
| representative OF the Ncaraguan Government at
| Washington, Mr.. Emilio Bernard, devoted con-
| siderable time TO visits TO the schools, with a
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