The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-08


provomentof the schools, was submitted
to tho Council meeting Tuesday night;
| TO the Honorable President and Nom
bcrs OF tho City Council:
| GENTLEMEN; Permit mo to request
| your attention to matters pertaining TO
| tho otilcs occupy and its relation In
point OF usefulness to The people OF this
city.
FIRST. The public schools arc much in
need OF Improvement in various points,
such rs system, training and uSt full u is
csplIne. These can not h. afforded tx
Dept by moro personal attention Of the
Iperinttndcnt. At present tho super
iltendent gives from ono TO ten days
per month To tho SCHOOLS. FMS - lar
| III ore than he can afford and far less than
,hcir needs require.
10 eirt CT Il perfect system the super
intcndcnt should IT ceivc daily reports
from every school and department
thereof, and he should devise such Or
ganiZatiCn and manugcmuntas To render
the ontlro school SYST, III ono uniformly
harmonious whole, SO that all tluc
shall be occupied and prof tably en-
lluyed by both pupils and teachers
Otherwise any money paid out for school
purposes is wasted IN show and yields
no corresponding or beneficial results.
Unless education is me- thodical 1t is
time wasted, childhood injured and the
p 'uple's money misappropriat,d as will
be abnndantly proven ny tho n>"o
atistcS ana tho elaborate reports
drawn from experience IN the several
otLtc' OF the Union whtrc this has been
iul'y CeS teu, 20 "h'ch would take the
liberty of citing you but for their pre-
lIXity.
If tho children nttnrl cchoc1 thrrr
sessions ana learn only WAT in.A u
attained IN one session this would crr-
fanny seem 10 indicate That two years
ia" ueeh thrown away anu, ;ii'o, tnai
INC c@nensc oi t"achrrS- schoHi tic rs.
N"iId ings, ana inc.dentals TO education,
"elc ilNc"iso Iost iur Two years. ana
AN1 ms - oniy wtlat Is SHOWN to DC thc
result OF proper lltoAou over c"dnc;
"laAuer. by u proper organization OF
school system. administered under an
~, cH'lVc heI1' pupils can attain Two
'hirds more, and understand 1T III thc
same proportion better than by any
cA"hc Manner Us iulIy SHOWN ny OK
p rlments given III the reports herein
~ !1ic Alluded 10.
III inc city oil Roanoke there has been
rom Si4'uo0 10 %-oOHO paid Uui per
"hnum III the last three years by the
c''y ana State Tor 'cAool purposes. and
ON %''ooo 10 9',uoo pa!o TO teachers
VOW II this money Is not pald )" aS 10
curc tHc pcs. FtsuitS' Is IL wen sp' nj:
"a ZIG sy'tcth uocS nov pFouhcs moro III
."o Years Juan GULL nc accomplished
~ o4e year, j. hot one halt vi TINS
MONEY cHpeuuC" realiy wasted! These
i1.c matters Wh!ch have more deeply
l'asOu themselves upon mo as
ivoh," ihor, lniiY INTO Them and,
."4"N, S'o"iu c'"l"i iia thetnaN ives to
30" rom an econ 'nicAl STANDPOINT,
Nv HrS,l' 90 am l'or'L c 'lc cav,
c"'loAai Standard oil hoanoke should
4 J." 'l"1c Jour "ony. IL Wouin appear
ho"'N"F, tnat p"th mes" onSidrrationN
are worthy OF wciIht' IN your Judgment
'iHc" u" 10 chl4'ic lhcln 10 your "ttcn-
- n' ~ ~ VII ! say Uhis l no not dls,
'"r"9c Che schools oil liuanokr. winch
ntIicVc' arc lar prCtcf IMAM we nave
Us" ~ III 10 exp Gu III new ot al the
VI r""'a'a'ceS lazy nave mao 10 contend
"S"ihs'.
mere were III inns Guy In lss',' Mt the
Voiliinchctn' nj Oh my term oi Office
100 puPilS' th' r. are now shown to be
~ cent census J. CT nearly four
,hn1' cue ior'ner NUMBER out only one
NH Oh thesc are now III att' nuanCe NJ
mad, Quatr school acc Jmmodaiions in
convenient |. cations to,ntll. nil who
desire so to do. The scaool rcntly
established in tho northwest q. c lion
was Of ircalculablc advantage. as is
shown hy the first DAVIS enrolment of
49, nt'n h"'''.'tr uiVloco among lour
.,';, E.'S IL" .e'!"sc 81 io!.S SIX
VIM, ,,,,ot, - 49, ,f o.'o" 40 i'""
| d,,9,,,,o ,rIi,.'iI,, ~ =, ~ &C. e'o
lin ,yo. ,b,. m,,;,, ,,.. ~
| tho md NJ s,n,,,.;',,. ,o,, o,'' ""'' ~
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