Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-31

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and twentyone years inclusive; giving an
inspector to each aldermanic district; Civ
ing power to board to appoint superin-
tendent and other officers; prohibiting any
minister in charge of congregation from
being superintendent; prohibiting an in
spector from being interested in any con-
tract; prohibiting any salaried officer
from being member Of board; making
school property exempt from execution;
making city treasurer ex-oficio treasurer
of the board; providing for condemnation
OF property for public use by the board.
ANNUAL REPORT.
The first regular report of the board of
education was printed in 1859, the educa-
tional system up to that time being in an
inchoate state. 1t appears from this re-
port that three school buildings were then
in use, the Washington, Adams and Jeffer-
son, with total enrolment of $50. The
grades were designated as boys secondary,
girls secondary, primary, lower primary
OF alphabet: there being three of the first,
two of the second, four of the third, four
of the fourth, making in all thirteen
schools.
"REMINISCENCES.
As many of our most active citizens now
were boys in those days, it will perhaps be
of interest to remind them of some of the
books they then studied, an examination
in some of which it might puzzle them to
pass now. Sanders Pictorial Primmer,
Speller and Defner, Mitchell's School
Geography. Davies First Lessons in Arith-
metic, C!ark's First Lessons in Grammar,
Warren's Common School Geography,
Barard's United States, Williard's United
States, Cowdery's Lessons, Payson, Dun
ton & Scribner's Penmanship. These
and several others were taught in the year
1859 in the public schools Of st. Paul. The
salaries paid in that year were as follows:
Principal of school. .................Sl,00 900 90
Teacher Of boys school ............ $40 90
Teacher OF girls school. ........... $50 90
Teacher primary school. ........... 800 90
Teacher lower primary ..... ........ 3I5 w
The city was divided into school divis-
l. Tie Washington division comprises
that portion of the city lying east of Jack
son street, or the First ward.
. The Adams division comprises that
portion west of jackson street, and bound
ed on the west by the center Of Wabashaw
street to Fifth street, thence by the center
of Fifth street to Pearl street to Oak
street, thence along the center of Oak
street to College avenue, and by the latter
to Rice street, thence along the center of
Rice street north to the northern limits of
the city.
3. The Jefferson division comprises the
residue of said city lying west of the
Adams division.
Under the head of holidays is found the
following which will arouse the slumbering
patriotism within the breasts of the 'old
boys"
| On the anniversary of the declaration of
| independence and of Washington's birth,
the bells of the school houses shall be rung
early in the morning, and the scholars in
the secondary department shallbe convened
| by the male teacher in each school divis-
ion, in the respective divisions, at their
appropriate school houses, at an early
hour in the morning, to be appointed by
him, and the Declaration of Independence
shall be read upon the anniversary of the
Fourth of July; and the farewell address
! of Washington shall in like manner
be read on the anniversary of Washington's
birth by suitable person to be appointed
by such teacher; after which the schools
shall be dismissed for the day" AS show
ing the feeling toward our ''colored fellow
citizens" in those days the following will
be of interest. In regard to school for
colored youth the secretary says: "a school
of this description has been commenced il
accordance with the following suggestions
| of the committee on schools"
TN common with every member of the
board, the committee feel deep interest
in the education of the children of African
descent, and while they are sensible that
the expense of educating so small a num-
Der of pupils of this description may seem
large, they deem the subject of sufficient
importance to require that some practical
measures should be adopted for this pur-
pose.
'They would recommend that any school
of children of African descent commonly
called colored children) that may be kept
for three months with an average attend
ance of fifteen pupils between the ages OF
five and twenty years, be received by this
board and its expenses betrayed as pu 3
lie school; provided, it become subject to
the rules and regulations which govern the
other schools
The first appearance of the seal Of the
board of education is shown in this report
It represents fashionably dressed man
sitting at table which has aglobe upon it.
he holds a book in one hand and points to
its pages with the other,while youth with
long hair and high forehead, who evil
IDENTIFY has pain in his stomach from the
crampled position in which he stands, is
scanning the book with dazed expression
The seal bears the inscription in Greek
"Train youth, for men cannot be trained
The enrolment of scholars in 1864 had in
creased to 1771 and the cost of the schools
to $40, 7O5.99, and the teachers to nineteen
In 1866 there were twenty-seven teach
ers; an enrolment of 2213. A German and
English school was established in this year
also high school class under Mr.. j. F. w
Foster, which occupied room in the
Franklin school house. The cost of the
schools for this year was Sl5,954.44. The
reports in these early years were very il.
| regular in their publication.ye wears elapsine