The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-10
Our PlHL.It SCHOOLS.
some Points in Reference to
concentration and Ward
schools.

Waco ranks above all cities of Texas
in the cauNc of public education, and
her many and superior institutions of
learning both free and paid. have
Justly earned for her the appcllation
of the Athens of Texas" Recently
the public schools have enjoy ed Il
period of wonderful growth and de-
Nclopmcnt. The enrolment has with
in the past two Year, been more than
double that of any former period, and
the present accommodation have long
since hcrn outgroWn and pupils have
been crowded for room. New and
handsome buildings are now being
erected tor their use and accommodate
ton. and the city proposes soon To
make the transition from II centralized
To II system of ward schools. While
the EXAMINER has advocated the ward
system, still there are some points very
necessary to he observed in order to
insure the successful operation of the
system. We maintain that the ward
schools should be. what they usually
are in all progressive cities, strictly
primary in grade. II j. we'll known
that the higher or grammar school
grade, are never large and that they
seldom furnish pupils enough for more
than one class. Now. should these be
diNidcd among the several wards, in
stead of occupying the time of one
Teacher they will occupy the tim" of
nyr Thi, would be poor economy
and this consideration alone should
outweigh any objections that might
be- urged to the concentration. of these
higher grades. to say nothing otthc
evils resulting from the imperfect
elias >iiiratiun> which will inevitably
/ follow. The ENAMI\IR is hearty
advocate of public free schools and id
,rc> To ,rr them raised to the highest
and br,l standard and therefore W.
most >tnatlN protest against any poll
cl. calculated to cripple their rti'irien-
c\ or ~quandrr the resource, to be
applied to tine education of the chill
drru. lhr high grades must be sept
together IL tar ~ pu~>ihIc and IN ouI
opinion it j. never contemplated that
the object and purpose OF these ward
schools are othcrtha 10 give thorough
instruction in the elementary and
primary branches white the higher
hrtucrc~ are taught in a grand cen
trad high or grammar school.
>'""dcr on waco
The ENAMINEE l. sorry 10 Sc" 80
much ignorunrc or knavrrN display
ed i'm Tia" following from the pen oi
the I,cN. Doctor llitIl"r. IN late copy
of the IrNaN CHRISTIAN Advocate;
w AGO l. beautiful cltH. 1t claims
no boom II l. situated on hl@h
ground on the BraHo>. anna iine re-
zion OF farm lands. II lsa N"lld growth
like other prominent cities OF Texas.
II ha- Two colleges Methodist female,
and BaPti,t mixed both wei con-
duci"d. the only draw back to W AGO
/, IL uarroW-mlnded papers. Calves
t"u. Houston. san Antonio, AUSTIN.
Dnila>. Fort W orth, sherman. Gains
Vile. and l.anpa>a> as well "a many
SMALLER towns. have able papers and
all OF them, OF late months, have kept
pace with the wonderful growth OF
IrNa> interests: but at Waco the PEG
p." are compelled To await the arrival
of the Fort Worth. dallas or GALVESTON
papers la read Of the daily records
when the city could support good
daliN "l character anu worm,
w men 'le DOCTOR was III way" w
cry courtesy wa >ipN' nl'u w ,"'
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