The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-30

our national fatG Judge tsen sks worth OF
msthematicA
Pass next to physics. Joined with msthe-
MATES, il has given u the steam IT CINE. which
does the work OF millions CT isbors.s. That sec
ton OF physics which deals wish The laws OF
heat has taught Us how to Ineressse The produce
OF our smelling furnaces BIZ substituting the
hot for the cold blast; how 70 Tentilate our
mines: how to prevent explosion By using the
safety lamp: and. through the Thermometer,
how TO regulate innumera.ls presaSes. That
division which has the phsnomesa Of light for
its subject gives eyes tH the OLD
and the myopic; aids thsougs the micro
scope in detecting diseases and; sdultoFatiou.
and BY improved Lighthouses ,p,even ship
wrecka Researches in elsctrici.v and maene-
tism have saved incalculable life aad property
by the compass; have subse rved saadry arts By
the electrosype, and now Ia che ssiserarh have
supplied us with the agency b. which sof the
future all mercantile transactions viii b regu'
lated, political intercourse carrtei on and per-
haps national quarrels often avosEe.l While IN
the details OF indoor life, .rom siss improved
kitchen range up to tho stsreasaope on the
drawing room table, the applications OF ao-
vanced physics underlie our comforts ana
Qualifications
Still more numerous are IT, besrlngs OF chem.
fstry on those activities by whiah men obtain
the means of living. Tho sleae.ses, the dyer,
the calico printer. are eeversiiy ossGped In pro-
cesses that well or i'll dons ce,>1ing - they
do or do not conform 70 ehemi:sA laws. Inc
economic reduction from their csse OF copper,
tin. zinc, lead, silver, iren ere ie' great meas
ure questions Of chemistry Sugss refining, gas
making, soap boiling. gunpwdes riaBuiacsufe'
are operations sill partly faemicai; -
are also those by which ere produced
glass and porcelain. Whether shs distiilers
work stops at the alcoholic fermentation or
passes into the acesous, 10 q che.;tieal question
on which hangs his profs or Less. and the
brewer, If his business is sufficiently large,
finds it pays to keep chemist OF: LIS premises.
Glance through . work ot. technology. anc II
becomes at once apparent thai there Is now
scarcely any process in the arts oe manufactures
over some part of which Chemistry does not
preside. And then, lastly, We ceo.s to the fact
that in these times, agricu itrre Ia be probably
carried on. must have like guidance The an.
alysis Of manures and soils, the.,r adaptations
10 each other: the use ~ gypsum
or other substance fer fixing ammonia,
the utilization OF coprolitas. the pro-
duction OF artificial manares-:al these are
bopns of chemistry which it behooves the
farmer to acquaint himself With. Be II in the
lucifcr match, or in disin!scsed sewerage. or in
photographs-in bread made wiiaaIt fermenta-
ton, or perfumes extracted fr:m refuse. We
may perceive that chemistry affe.is all our in
dustries, and that by consecueIco. knowledge
OF ii concerns everyone whu 10 directly or indi-
rectly connected with our iadus';iss
1t has been said that TIE sr,,s university
should do the work OF inc sg.nsor grammar
school, The university 10 and ,ssouid be the
highest and last step in ihs eduf st.onal system
OF the state-with a course OF s:1ay beginning
where the high school ends. Tie work OF the
high schools il elementary, wtEls that of the
university Is advanced.
Opposing. as we did. the enacs neut of q law
whereby Seattle would nave tasn obliged to
contribute $4,000 year IL the support of the
schools In the state-ontside 81 the city-it
would now be inconsister. TO ask that the state
contribute to the supper. Of the common
schools of seattle-by Lowering tae grade OF the
university.
President Catch Gays: Oar university. how
ever well endowed aud equip.ea. if it fulfilis
the Office OF university, csnnot snssibiy do the
work OF high school 1t is our I.Tuvince to sup
PIGMENT the high school. aps to siiplant il.
1t will be blot on the sscutcfssen ii our fair
city does not maintain u ~, bile acEool of higher
grade. call il BIZ what mans you 10 ease.
Regarding the expenses Of our schools in gen.
eral must say that in view, II the circum.
stances they have been low
The duties of a superintendent DO not include
the management OF the fnanccs. The superin-
tendent is responsible for tee Instruction given,
the results attained. aud 20 secusa the beat pos
siple results he asks OF tie hoard bat two things
"A sufficient number OF frst-cisss, experienced
teachers and an equal nun DER q. school rooms.
Since taking charge of the scnot,ss in 1890 the
increase In school population ara demand for
comfortable school rooms have seen sucn that
the board was obliged 10 provide seventy six
frst-ciass, we'll lighted. ve,ti,s:sd and perma-
nent rooms. Work on sone OF .lacn was begun
In the spring OF 1890. but sae payments
have been made sines September,
1890. During one year al1rs thirty -four
new schools were started that 10 to
, say-s school room equipIed wis5 stoves, desks.
chairs. maps, biackboarGs, etc, rad to be sup
piled by the board nearly evers week Of the
school year. To build city in a lay. to grade
the streets, to put in the sewers. IT, lay out the
parks Is tremendous undertaking, but the
building up Of the school ays,ea,. providing for
the hosts of little ones 10 e ualy rs great While
the problems have been T;er plexias and the ex-
penses apparently great. stu study of the fol-
lowing table of statistics will sSpw that Seattle
school expenses are not exeessye when oom-
pared with other cities: