, 1874-08-04
EDUCATIONAL.

Report Of tho I'reyldcnt OF tho Donrtl
Of ENucatiOn.
Wo have received copua Of tho last zunual re-
port Of tho Hon. W. II. Hing, president OF thu
Doard Of Education Of thla olty, from which tile
following extracts aro made:
acNooLa AND aoMoLAns.
There are IN Chicago ~ public gchonls comprising
Schools Grammar srlools aud 10 Primary Schools.
Tlsas s ssoos :ocsapy 90 hf,hnY o%ne 9y tue city,
tie1nou hud IL are Iaiies.
The average number Of scholars brlonging to the
ashools during .le aet scleol yeae was s3975 and
ags numGcr Of pupiia to each teacher 58 aud the
average number of pnpllS to each toachcz III hc High
a %is y Ii e" ' Nora ;an es nu Wa Of pupils
The whole number Of children taught IN tho public
schools Of Chicago inrlng Tho s-looi year cuainy
over tho number hua taught during tho next prccol
Ing year.
vera ennloyed by the Board Glo tcarhers, of whom a
gentlemen and G03 alics; aud ut tho close
of tho next preceding school year 56i teachers
thus employed.
THE AvEnAaE COST or TUITION
for each sctolar during tho year ending June 49, 1874,
was slso5 aud sac average cost for iho year ending
s,o ycar Gliding Je IS, 1o7s IT, wss @ sl54s s' S''' 4os
At tho unn'lal examination Of pupils from the Dis
17tl mud 18TH Of June last Are wore exatlno, mud Of
that number 4d9 wera admitted agrc4tcr utlsbcr waa
esnmineu and Larger proportion admittcd than at my
4. tho aIuuat cxantuatlon Of applicants for al,te-
slon ~ the Normal School IN June lust u wero tx
Tho examinations of tho High aud Normal Schools
on thu ed and 23l days Of Jano lust, exhibited
marked advancement lii scholarship, alla erodltablo
10 teachers anl bchn'ars.
NEv uuI1pNos.
During the laat year tho Board i,nt crested, COM
peted, md farn!fhed forr new school buildings at
>xpeDNo Of SET 8a16e, tn which may bu geatea DuD
Ecolara. Anl tlEra uow fu process Of ERECTION
Two oer school buildings, which VII DO comp e:ed,
furnished, anu ready for occupancy ut tho tnp oi tie
opening oi tho schools the nrst Monuy 81 sepon-
1t thu commencement of tho uext fal Term Of thu
schoos, Wo shall have orectc within tho year, sx
school buildings frnfrAtng seats fnr 4,opu schuarx
and, estimating tue cost Of TIC two buildings now III
lgo cost Of tho four buildings already completed, tlo
Total expenditures in tho erection of aud fussnjug
ass e. . o sns7 4s Tass ~ . m sssa e e.
aa Mcat, well ventilated, hsck Btructuret, ornament
ed with A'onatrimn.ings.
The cost Of eash u thu fcur buildings completed az
.fo5esaid Including furniture ana beating apparatus,
md tba n'narr Of sclolars which may 10 acGommo-
f;ns s;11a sc,9e sasee1n ,a.t ase AZ fo0ws: ~ 10
nurr School. coet 120143 and Will seat 56Q
rhtFd Ayonue school, eout. s:ioo9i, aad Vii teat Isl
, sla7.aa4.ao 3ooo
Better bn!laings and moto anitsoe for 1ho and
purposes for WHICH tAey ayn sntcutlea coba nn III
my ornnn, o erected Tor thu sano amount OF money
There viii have bscn erected, completed, and fur
Gslsa at ho t3no ot m tle opening Of tho schools
great nre n Chicago. ID October, 1911, eleven new
school buildlngs, at M expensa Of SUD- H. which
viii furnish recommendations for 8,774 syAola1s
The ascal year uf Chtcaga cnrgcccs Oh the lit day
Of April and cda on tho Jlat day OF March following
The expenditures Of thu board during tolas ascal yesr
Wcro $7HG, ,A90.l Of which tho 5,n Of $i9 17l7 was
paid TO teachers Including the salaries ot tic Yunert
Iendent and Assistant Superintendent
deerb especially to direct tho attention Of ths
Board 10
THE ZEAL ESTATE
belonging to tho School Fund and untor ths super
Vision VI tho Bnard flint portion Of tho real cstoto
belonging tito School Fund to used nor needed far
the erection Of school buildings Is worth s2,au0 900
.nd think 1t advisable to ltll TINT property.
Tho number OF OF tarilineEs III tim schools
during tho ast year was, tbs part of thu Teachers
per ccnt icss and on tho part Of tho 6clolara Is pcr
sent losi, than during tho preceding year.