The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-15
ST. LOUIS NEWS.
rnr PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ST. LOUIS
TEACHING GERMAN - THE
KuNDEmGARTENs.
The Fru't-Gfowers - rhe Mohen Hell
PuncIi--The ~. Louis Jockey club
and the Coming Races.


Pancb--The ~. Louis Jockey Club
and the Gaming Races.
Especial Correspondence Of the Democrat
NJ. LOUIS, April II, 1873.
The st. Louis Public School Board decided
last Tuesday night. by u vote Of 10 to II. to
retain tho teaching Of
THE GERMAN LANGUAGE IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
The settlement Of tho question - u great
relief to most people here, for hardly any
thing else has been talked Of In St Louis the
mast two or thres months. Although the
(1srmens were at the head Of nearly all the
public meetings held on tho subject, the bal
arlce Of the population were nevertheless
drawn into the discussion, and II they
didn't hold big mass meetings aud
make speeches and pass resolutions, they
filled the newspapers with communications
about the result of German teaching, and
talked about IL ON the streets and ut their
homes. All tho English papers, with tho ex-
ception Of the Euening Post, opened out
against the continuance Of German instruc-
ton I'm tho public schools, but the Germans
were too we'll organized throughout the city
20 be defeated. They formed a separate or
ganization IN every ward and circulated petit
lions everywhere for the continuance Of
German In the schools They succeeded in
obtaining n postponement Of tho vote on
the question in tho school board until
they had cauvassed the entire city.
and then presented their petitions. con
talnlng over 10000 names. A counter petition
was presented by some OF tho Irish friends Of
the public school system. aud some twenty
odd thousand names obtained for II. What
ever good either Of the petitions may have
done, they probably had very little effect on
the school hoard All the Germans ON the
board, with one exception, voted for retaining
German and all the Irish voted against re-
tanning Ii, and the Americans were about
equally divided. The Germans outnumber the
Irish on tho board and the resolution to abol-
tsh German instruction was thus defeated. In
discussing the question before the board last
Tuesday night ono of the members said that
French German and Spanish Is taught In the
public schools Of San Francisco, and he be-
lieved that the Germans Of st. Louis, num-
population Of the city, were entitled to have
the language of their fathers taught In the
public schools of St. Louis.
THE GERMAN POPULATION or At. LOUIS
Ii not known, even approximately. for no CEN
Bus OF the city has been taken since 1870, eight
years ago. Nearly half Of the members of
The lower house of tho Municipal Assembly,
md over one-third Of the members of the
school board are Germans but estimates from
such sources are often deceptive. II frequent
ly happens that both political parties In al
American ward nominate German candidates
merely to catch the German vote of the ward,
and the American must vote for n German II
he vote at all.
The attempt to abolish music and drawing
and
KINDERGARTEN INSTRUCTION
from the public schools was also defeated Mt
the meeting of the school board Tuesday
night. Kindergarten teaching, however, was
confined to children six years Of ago and
over, the attorney Of the board having de-
Clded that the State constitution prohibits
the school board from admitting younger
children into the public schools until the
board has obtained authority to do 30 from
the Legislature. resolution to supply NIL
the pupils of the public schools with free
textbooks was defeated by small majority
ut previous meeting OF the board.
THE FRUIT GROWERS
or this part Of the country are congratu-
lating themselves on the fine prospects for
fruit the coming summer. February and
March were like December and January,
warm months throughout, and tho month Of
April la nearly half gone and the mild
s are
mtst any other kind OF fruit grown in this
vicinity, and they are 90 far advanced this
year that 1t would take @ very heavy cost to
Kill them. There IL very little doubt that
There will be plenty of peaches raised here
this summer, and the prospects are good for
on abundance Of fruit Of oil kinds.
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THE MoFFETr BELL PUNCH
IA growing In favor In st. Louis. The PROPOSE
ton now Is to make the liquor drinkers pay
for the CONSTRUCTION, leparation, sprinkiing
maintenance and establishment Of the parks
and public places" committee has been
appointed by the City Council to investigate
the bell punch system OF raising revenue IN
int int o into st. Louis The city ehsftsr
will have to be amended before the ht7 can
adopt the proposed system OF raising iN"2nue,
but 1t is believed that the necessary amend
ments can be passed without much difficulty.
This is the opinion of the friends OF the
scheme, but II seems to me that the opposl-
tion they will meet with will be insurmounta-
BILE. A large number Of saloon keepers in the
city have been interviewed on the subject by
newspaper reporters, and If reported correct
4 ly. the saloon keepers are almost unanimous
In their opposition to the scheme. The sa-
loon keepers of st. Louis are an army OF
themselves, and their influence, / believe. is
sufficient to defeat any such proposition
either at the polls or in the Municipal Assem-
bly,.
THE ST. LOUIS JOCKEY CLUB
are making every preparation for the races
that are to take place here in June. The best
OF stable accommodations have already been
made for several hundred horses. The grand
stand, designed to seat 5000 people is nearly
completed, and an open stand, that Is yet to
be erected, will accommodate as many more
A better idea of the work done ON the grounds
is given by Capt. VIM. M. Connor, horse
man well known in New Orleans. In an in
terview with st. Louis Times reporter yes
terday Capt. Common said: The track is one
Of the most beautifully located ! ever q
America The turns are good track wide anC