Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-27
RAMBLER'S NOTE BOON.
THE Events or 4 WrEk BRIEFLY
REVTFWED.

Something on tue Coiored school Oues-
ton-sulIivan in spr,ngneId-A New
Rule In the High Schooi-The Vocal So
ciety-Notrs, News and Opinions.
The admission of the colored children to
the public schools of this city is epgrossing
large share Of public attention just al present,
and the bearing Of the civil rights bill on the
school question is being discussed in all its
phases. As there seems TO be no definite IN
formation before the public, ss to the extent
Of the attendance OF coored children, in the
buildings occupied heretofore exclusively by
the white children, the writer took the
trouble yesterday to learn the exact situation
at present. There are no coored pupils at
tending the Central, Except in the High
school the Clifton, or the South houses as
yet. At the Dibert street, Northern, Schaf-
fer street and western buildings a number OF
colored pupils have entered in the primary
grades. Only two pupils from the whole
city have entered the grammer grades except
in the Pleasant street colored schools. The
number OF colored children in attendance
even in the primary grades is not large.
There are eight or ten at the north
ern building, ten or twelve at the Schaf.
fer street, and about the same num-
Der at the other buildings. There are proba-
bly, lees than fifty colored people attending at
the buildings heretofore occupied exclusively
by white children. At the Lagonda, white
and colored children attend school, irrespec-
tive OF color, as they did last yelr. At the
opening OF the present school year the colored
school house on Pleasant street was over
crowded, while the other buildings were less
crowded than usual. Matters got to a point
where the school board had to take come ac-
ton in regard to providing school facilities
for he rapidly increasing number OF coIo-ed
pupils. The board, therefore, passed a reso-
luton at their last melhng giving colorea pu-
pills who reside at distance from the P So
ant street building and who would ps other
schC olhous~7 on their way to that building,
the privilege OF al ,nding the hC 81 r'ar t
their hons.
II was suppc ed that the adm ion of the
coloted children would /, att nded With
much grc ater diHcul y than r" re,il 1.
Heretofore when the sdmi- ion Of the rlorC
children has N di i |, hund Is of =
rents would exClsim, "We'', the 'rs ut it is
done will take my child oit OF sch, H.
But now that the fiat of n xcd III ,ls b
gone forth, there are We sew | ,ren who
have made good Their torme' tn :.
parents b. 'ltats long me befO'e they can
make up their minds to withdraw Their chill
dren from the benefit of what is prof bly,
the finest and mos admirably constitut
public school system in the woTld--the com
mon schools of Ohio II is true that a " l.
her of children have air ,iy withd VI
from the schoo's-a few from almost eve,y
building-but the to ! number withdra N
on this s2count throughout the city will not
far exceed d0zer, and most of these will
probably return in sho / time. Colored
pupils have attended the SpI,ns ield High
school for years, and there have en- several
who graduated with high honor 10 them
selves and their alma mater. At LagOnda,
the Coored and white children were admit,
last year, and again this year, and nothing
but good has resulted so fer, from ie ar
rangement.
Every Taxpayer will appreciate and under
stand the position of the schoo board on tn
question. 1t is the duty of the board o pro-
vide equal school facilities for all citizens Of
this city, irrespective Of race or color. What
Taxpayer or what citizen would uphold the
action Of the board in building new buildings
in every quarter of the city, solely for the
accommodation of handful Of colored CHI
dren whose homes are distant from tie
Pleasant street building? What taxpayer
but what would groan with anguish at the
extra burden OF expense put upou him =
sustain two separate sets OF schools, one
taught by white, and the other by colortd
teachers.
The school board has only followed in the
footsteps of Columbus, Dayton and the ma
] ority of Ohio cities in this matter. Already