St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07

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schools for tuition, supervision, supplies
and incidentals.
Per pupil
Perpupil in av'ge
Cities. enrolled. att'nd'ce
Philadelphia (exclu-
sive of High and
Normal schOOls). .S14 60 SIC IA
Omaha, Neb. .......... IL 20 % 10
Oakland, CAL. 70 53 ~ ~
Lowell, Mass. ......... Ia 70 % "a
Springfield, Mass. go. II 80 25 OIL
Grand Rapids, Mich. 10 AZ 81 81
st. Paul report of City
SUPPLEMENTARY. Is AZ Is SO
From the above it may be inferred that
no ideal state of things exists in the
school department of the city of Phila-
delphia or that unusual demands have
been mand for the support of schools in
our own city. Indeed the choice of
Philadelphia as model for school
economy was an unfortunate one. In a
list of 276 cities, given in the report last
referred to. Philadelphia does not take,
by any means, high place, which per-
haps is partially explained by the fol-
lowing extract from the Philadelphia
Record of March z, 1888: 1t will be re.
membered that in 1888 the city of Phila-
delphia, whose schools had never had
the supervision of city superintendent,
elected as their first superintendent an
expert in school management and
supervisor of marked ability and of
national reputation. Since the advent
of Hon. James MacAllister order is
being gradually evolved from chaos.
The article is headed, ''SchOOl Reform
Needed" "Abuses That Exist in the
Centre of the City," and reads as fol-
lows, viz: ''Supt. MacAllist er, in re-
viewing portions of the recent school
census last evening before the Board
of EducatiOn's Special Committee on
under the present methods of the Board,
decaying schools are being fostered at
the expense of the great growing sec
tions. There are Schools he said, in
the center of the city where two teach
ers are in charge of twenty-five scholars
at per capita yearly expense of $40 or
more than the expense of the High
school. Reform he said, was badly
needed in many of the senior classes.
One class of this kind has only two
pupils. One teacher he knew
of had been absent five years
and another three years, and
both had drawn their pay during that
time through substitute" The Com
mttee on Schools deem it useless to ex-
tend this report further. AS to economy
in the management of the schools, the
responsibility of the Board is acknowl-
edged, but against such comparisons
and errors of statement as have been
presented in the paper referred to us
for consideration, we desire to record
our emphatic protest.
B. f. WRIGHT, Chairman.
Adopted and copy directed trans
mitted to the Taxpayers association
and Citizens union"
The Sectary reported, that amicable
arrangements had been made with the
officers of District No. 10, that the build
ing had been taken possession of and
fitted up for school purposes; that the
key of the building had been turned
over to the Board and that the school is
ready for occupancy.
Accepted.
He also reported that in accordance
with former instructions, the contract
and bond to and with George G. Pound,
job printer, had been duly prepared
and execute l.
Received.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Inspector Giesen-
Resolved, That the Superintendent
of German be required hereafter to re-
port in his monthly report to the Super
intendent of schools, the number of
half-days absence from duty, of each
teacher of German.-
Adopted.
BY Inspector Wright
Resolved, That the Committee on
Schools be instructed to investigate the
desirability of shortening the school
year by closing the schools two weeks
earlier than the time prescribed by the
rules and to report the result of the in
vestigation at the next meeting of the
Board.
Adopted.
By Inspector Postlethwaite-
Resolved, That the new building to
be erected OH Thomas and Marion
streets be designated as the 'Albert
Scheffer School," this being the name
selected for the building intended to be
erected on the site on Winter street,
which site has since that time been eX-
changed for the new location.
Adopted.
CONSIDERATION OF ACCOUNTS.
The following bills, all in due form
and approved by the proper committees,
were then presented and read, viz:
No. In whose favor. Amount
1929 AyerIll, Carpenter IL Co... S75 40
1880 Bohn Mfg Co.. ISL 80
1851 Brown, Treacy & Co... 2 So
1882 Champ, George. :......... 80 so
1888 Contingent fund lotto
Dreher, Secretary. ....... 192 63
1884 Defiel, Fred A ..... IL IS
1856 Die Volkszeitung. $1,000. 81 co