St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-11
EVENING SCHOOLS.

Totals ............. .l17761O55 6sOl 7S
Number admitted in October. / O42
Number admitted in November. 400
Number admitted in December. =. ITO
Number admitted in January. 80. 155
Total number admitted. ....... 4 ,TB-
The whole number admitted to the
evening schools during the cOrreSp0nd-'
ing time of last school year was 1,S1h,ft
making the increase in the number adj
mitted over the number admitted dur
ing the corresponding time of last year,
461. =
In view OF the fact that few if any of
those attending these schools would
have had the benefit OF instruction of
the most necessary character were
these schools not in existence, the adj.
yantageS derived from the same will be
more fully estimated and understood.
On account of the decrease i'm the
attendance in the evening schools, [
deemed it advisable to close one room
i'll each of the following .lamed schools:
Franklin, Madison, Cleveland, jackson,
Humboldt and German, leaving thirty
one teachers at this time engaged in
teaching in these schools.
The enrolment in the different classes
i'll German for the month of January
was 1854. an increase of 172 over the
enrolment for the corresponding time
OF last year. The entire enrolment for
the term commencing in September was
2,2235:3, an increase of 290 over the enroll
ment for the same time of last school
year.
The total number of pupils admitted
to the public schools of this city during
the half year ending Jan. % was as
follows:
Day schools. II 154
Evening schools. Its
Total number admitted. 80. IL, $50
An increase of $3.50 over the number
admitted during the corresponding time
of the last year.
The examinations held in the differ
ent school buildings during the last
week OF January were quite satisfactory.
In the preparation of the questions for
this examination it was the aim to pre-
pare those which should not require too
much time in solution. but which should
embrace such subjects aS were Of the
most Importance i'll the work gone over,
and could be readily solved.
Taking into consideration the delay
in the work caused by some of the
buildings not being ready for Occu7
paney, or full time work, the results Of
the work OF the term were very SatiS-c
factory. e.. s..-': =
III the examination of the pupils ins
the highest class in the grammar
schools for the High school 125. pupils
received. cards OF promotion to the
same, which was almost 81 per cent of
those who took the. examination. This
fact shows the teaching in the highest
grades in Our grammar schools to be Of
an excellent characteE. Gsei
The Alexander Ramsey school,, at
Manchester Park. was Onened the first
week OF January, and the report of the
month shows. ALI enrolment of twenty
four pupils. 1t is expected that the at
tendance will be somewhat increased atl
the coming of WARMER weather. Ii is
not expected that the attendance in the
schools III these suburban districts will
be Very large for some time. but in the
establishment of these schools an exist
ing want will be met. The buildings
which have been erected by the Board
of Education in these districts are most
worthy OF cOnHnenaation, both in the
character of the work and structural ans
raDgemeHt; -in--thaSe respects being
among the best, i6a RDt the best, of the
school buildings of the city. -,ki
The promGti6n Of 125 pupils fromithe
grammar schools to the High school
adds large humber to the already
crowded condition of this school. The
best disposition possible has been made
Of these pupils, SO that the work will go
Oh with the same degree of success as
before. Respectfully submitted,
$. S. TAYLOR,
Superintendent of Schools.
Received.
From the Committee on Finance
ST. PAUL, Ailnil., Jan. 21. 1888.
To the Beard of Education:
Your Committee on Finance, to witch
was referred a communication from the
Executive Committee of the ''St. Paul
Taxpayers Association and Citizens
UniOn," find, after careful examination,
that nearly all the questions therein
propounded have been answered in the
itenliZed exhibit sent to the City Coun-
ell on Aug. l, 1887, as Il basis for the
statement for the money necessary for
the support OF public schools for the en-
suing year. and for the payment of in
tereSt on bonds made by the Board of
Education under proper authority.
The communication is so filled with
miSStatementS, and shows such lack of
careful investigation, that reference
to the full, clear and precise statement
of the necessities of the schools made to
the City Council seems sufficient an
SWer to all its questions and allegations,
yet, as the spirit of the communications
is so evidently unjust to the Board of
Education, and there appears so clearly
between the lines an attempt to make a
point against the economical admins
tration of the schools of this city, at the
expense OF fairness and just comparison,
that your committee, not satisfied with
a general denial, and reference to a
statement made to proper authorities as
Il basis for demand of sufficient money
to properly conduct the schools, deter
mined to answer the communication
more in detail.
In the beginning we desire to protest.
however, against the communication
being considered as at all representa-
ton of the views of the organization.
under cover OF which one man. or
number of men present their no
public. We have c0nversed with many
members of the association, including
members of the executive COMMITTEES.
who diSavow ali knowledge of
the statements made and all
sympathy in the prejudice ex-:
hibited in the communication" Thef
Board of Education is responsible for
an economical administration of thts
affairs committed to it by the peopIeo
1t accepts this responsibility, and hav-s
ing already given in full and precise
terms to the peoples representatives I'M,
the Common Council it's reasons fofl
asking part of the tax levy for school
purposes is again ready to go over the
subject in answer to the Communities
tion' offered to this committee.
The injustice and unfairness of thea
writer of the communication" is esz,
pecially noticeable in an oft-repeatetiI
statement that our schools educate but
S,540 pupils. The fact is that during
the year ending June "a, 1887, there
were admitted to the schools 12.afG.
pupils, with an average number belong