, 1880-08-27

;:ialIc. corner of Hammond n!n, srhgwick; tho
Itrtght"l', eorArr "f 1lirty.!lft!i mud 1.lneoln;
md Wnlace. 1ie nrst n,uI lust vii Wit invo
fifteen r0oins, and tie sncu,nI Twelve, tic
ilIrcs l!ay'!g cnunctty nf 1tlitj These nru
A.! t'se buildings wI!icl! arc t9 M finished this
coI,iraei,-th Wicker I'ark mi an"thar ta d,
,hn Cgttage Grove lo', III 'front.' OF Tic present
Fron, the nlu.yo IT. will be, seen that tho
si'is as ,cr .,"'s % ~ ls1s' VII m1l''s, net 81
was % Hf.. bist the average atterttniTc wns
nnly433 Az there will i,n tY.tIai s.nts Sept.
=, II wtlltl srr tint A'f wtIH Intended sclit?l
u: 3s, ysS'r t 'l 1 !n',rs n The HystnE. caI
snne l',SalIiies, estec'ally il, tho suburbs.
tic more populated districts tic
BcltnUI.s Will he ovE1lC1'owDED,
and tle double or hn'i.dny divisions. which
HTr m to, t. b.; Eo1!tnnct!, wlI ',ot M ablu to keep
: Arcnr,iing 10 the Inst scIluUi rpIE,ls, tllere
arr IN tho city W,l17 wflite nlul til coorc.l
Dnys my girls brtwt4iI . ail 10 ycars: tt'tal
of Hi.UW. Uf thrst nlDnt s,DW hnyp "ilMislIeu
alul 70 tUO Kn to private scl,eus. This wotlltl
lrnys ~, ,0u 10 he prnyihud fur l,y tho llunrtl
n Etluc,tfuil, while there are sents MOW for
is,Eai. 15ut uf tho l5,U0n surplus. probably
VI tltJtL npui NLAtlIl SCHUUl IL
they could by Aceonlmo.lntc.l. So there Will
Da ftl tic streGis when tho srDlu1Is bcrin
$500 children, one-tl!irl Of whom will hava
to walt until Mltlwfntrr !,GfOn' tlluy cail
.ttd1ncatlon; Allcf! PROGRESS tns !,eG,, inadp
th!s yGar tnWnrd taking cHr!. of all tic chtt-
tLrelI q school aEc,-ll!nrG than III any yenr
atlico l8I',-ll,tt cnlsttHrAble remains To he
dong before II can ~ saf.t every pnrcnt who
wishes to send Ills boy or girl to school can
dn sth
Mr.. ,l1owlatnl, the now Superintendent, llas
mus iar nude few c'!nflgrs,- oniy nne Of my
Importance. Under tho l'oty regime, whc!!
THO fourth grade they rcnMIrcal IN tho Sung
schools, nIll grnlc after grltie WAS atl.lttl.
As there were lnt. few. In the u1vnllcGll
Era!cs, nlMl tho pupils lntl to l,c instructed
ialI, while hundreds Of littic buys aiMi giris
were excluded fr0nl tho lnwer Rrntlcs ,,e-
cnnSc tho divisions to which they would l.nyG
lMel. admitted were Oyercruwtle1. Mr.
iw's s aSc9 f0s8 te cark f. s'G ytrcs' 's tnsl a9
Apn Street, rhlrd. AvenMs, Calumet
Avenue, Ellxnbrth Street, Wcst Fourteenth,
n'Gl Wa!sl' Stiect Scltools to wl!at they wrre
notwithstanding sclMMls; ind will trans
fer tl!o grl'nt,ar pupils to. thu grammar
sehOOls, where they properly belnMg. While
Mr. Duty WIS Superintendent there wns NJ
ways ru0nl ~ tho grammar schools. Dy this
Shht' ~ 'oo GhllNlEH VIII l" puL INV ilG!lly
md ns nIat!y !norc accommodated in the
primary scIloulS, where there ~ tho most
pressing need f0r seats. 1lerenflpr when
scholars Eet beyond tho fourth grade they
Will enter the grn1lit1iur Schools As graduates
Of tho litter ITO tho High Scliools.
THE o1.1 PLAN WAS EXPENSIVE
atNl not Mt MI satisfactory; the iitsw one, or,
rather, tile return 10 that Of Mr. 1'ickarl,
will be economical, nuh Keep tho schools
prnperly classified. we,
aud tho retention of tho tencIrrs l!eecssltates
rcassgnElellt Of the latter, but iIiis tlns INT
yet beer dONc. AL but two or tlrre will An
ssr.t 10 tue Division lli@Il SCHOOLS, lllost of
them 10 tho o'!e nli tho West Si'c. its; to tho
one ills ycar, ii or,trr 10 n.ako tllat Of tlo
Division Sc|iools Il, the old unc If the Cen
trail, mud not require scholars to ngail ~
oyer tle ground they l'aye llcret9f9rs tray
eSlsc esa als w! y casssa s",r nnS'' 5
aalris VIII silIl be abis to 'i obtal,i MS rs
good MI sducatton In tho public schools
6 oa to ey m Is etct MicF' of t' tic et es6s e5 !s
lncnt Of the. four-yenrs' conrsc will
bc bestcIlcsa! to tho sehonls. generally. The
twn-yynrs' course tn tile Division Sctl0als l,u!l
tendency to I'LL t!.o rtlnks Of tcarlIcrs Will!
inItl''ltttr. inexperienced, hilu hlf-ItucatGll
Instructors. Under tho new rule, wilc Il
Eradnntv pf t10 twU-,rars' co,lrse cit, tecolnn
4 teacher II atlc IIstss tho examination. only
tlttse who study four years nre entitled 10
diplomas, aMtl the latter will he better ul,lp
to gct positions, It's they Will he lnt,ro likr1y
~ nl,sWcr the questions nskcd to determine
tAplr C0mpetency.
Tho appointment nf AIR 1l0wlnnd ns Mr.
1lnty's s,lGcesstlr ls t.enerally satisfactory to
thu teael,ers; there Is but Dilc expression! IT,
garstlnE the ctlHnse; nl,!!, as thu teacl.crs
est IN their. work. With tho right man III
tile right nlaec, the scllouls nf Chicago will
recover this yefr their old place. ulltl be MI
!otlnr ~ the city atlt beneficial to tic chill
tlren WHO uttelnl t!le1,,.