The record-union., 1894-12-06

very favorable auspices. We trust they
Will prove the nucleus of as perfect sys-
tenn OF pubic schools as can be found in
.. ..le mon. The opening, simply initia-
i've, as IL was, we trust was the begin
hing or system of popular education
Wnlch IS destined to steadily increase in
extent ana usefulness, and that, too,
without ever reaching the end, while
oacramento remains city. Years
hehce. when those present at its inaugu-
| Faton-as Trustees, visitors, teachers
ana pupils, shall have paid that debt
! winch death alone can discharge, the
event OF yesterday will be designated by
Ine then actors on the public stage as one
OF The most interesting and important
! connected with the history of this city.
Dr. Harkness, the City Superintendent,
ana DR.. Thomas and MIR. Virgins of the
Board of Trustees were present. but we
noticed but few Of those whose children
appeared as pupils. The unpleasant
walking and the apparent indication of
ram IN the morning, doubtless prevented
numbers of pupils from being present:
| but, Notwithstanding, there were fifty
| nine boys in PeclI's department, twenty
/ eight misses in Miss l.. O. Anderson's,
and hity-one in the primary school of
! Susan l.. Frost, making in all las. This
| morning the number will probably be
| increased to 200 pupils. In the history
and progress of the public schools of
I
| the day upon which they were inaugur-
ated-wiN become famous as its ami
Yersary and be annually celebrated at its
natal day.
"On January 2, 1855, the first school
building ever owned by the city, at the
northeast corner of Tenth and II, was
| dedicated. 1t was frame building, cloth
and paper lined, but was pronounced in
| It's day handsome and cOmfOrtable.' Ac-
| cording to DIR. darkness report in Feb
ruary, 1875, 3l6 boys and 262 girls had at
| tended the schools during the term. At
the end of his official term our records
! disclose that the nrSt Board of Education
passed resolutions in recognition of the
aDle, Jealous and faithful services of Su-
perintendent Harkness, TO whose untir-
/ ing efforts III the cause Of education our
city Is under lasting obligations. That
| he is entitled to the credit OF being one of
! the first to establish free common schools
in our city, and that his labors during
the term of our official career have
! brought the sch into "a successful and
prosperous stage Of being and action
The subsequent devotion OF DR.. Harll-
ness TO the fostering OF science and the
arts, and to all that would tend to EN-
| noble man and place him upon a higher
plane Of civilization. is a part Of the his
| tory of the state itself
I'm the naming OF our school buildings
we have done honor to the statesmen and
! patriots or the naUOn-N dShngLOn, JET
terson and Lincoln; and to the pioneers
OF California-Sutter, Marshall and Free
mont. 1t Is fitting that in the naming Of
one Of our principal buildings devoted to
public education it should be in honor of
one Of our own people meriting the dis
! unCtlon, and upon no one else could the
compliment be more deservedly bestowed
| than upon the pioneer founder of Sacra-
menlo's public free schools-Dr. Ii. W.
! Hardness.
''Y esterday was the fortieth ami
versary OF the founding of the public
schools in this city, and should this reso-
luton pass. it will be IN appropriate COM
memoration of that event.
Hence l move the adoption of the reso-
| luton"
DIR. Huntington, in seconding the reso-
luton, said he recognized in it very
graceful tribute to the services of DR..
! darkness. He spoke of the world wide
recognition of the researches and attain
ments OF DIR. Hardness i'll the cause OF sci
| ence.
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously, Director SherDurn saying he
should have the honor of voting first
for it.
1t was decided that the superintendent
have the resolution engrossed, that the
Directors sign it, and that it be forwarded
to DR.. Hardness.
| The board then adjourned.