Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-29
PRICE ONE GENT
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL.
A LONG NEGLECTED NEED.
That we should Have n Thrifty. Wen Or
CANNED, Efficient Public school Is he
yond all Question.


ganised. Emcient Public school Is he
yond all Question.
Mr.. EDITOR AS a citizen and prop
erty holder Of our honored city, 1t
necessarily follows that / am much i'm
tercsted in the question OF our public
school.
That we should have thrifty. well
organized, efficient public school is be-
yond All question.
Hoe can we hope to elevate the boys
and girls of our town, who are to be
our future men and women, unless we
well ventilated rooms, with all the
modern appointments. of well equip
ped school-rooms; and unless their
minds and morals are shaped by COM
petant teachers whose characters are
without blemish
The present state of our public school
is disgrace to every good citizen, and
not one of us, be we childless or not,
but should blush with shame mt the con
dition of things.
Aside from the solemn duty which
rests upon each one of us as true citi-
zens of country that glories in her
system of free education, aud the pride
we should feel in having our city equip
ped with a public school that would
stand among the first i'm the land, there
is selfish view to take of this question.
AS our public school now exists most
of our best and intelligent, though by
no means rich citizens, feel unwilling
TO enter their children, and although
they are paying by no means small taxes,
they are forced TO send their children TO
private schools.
There is great injustice in this on
the face of it. Also this is very detre-
mental to the exis, ence of a fine public
school, for in order to have successful
one there must be representatives from
all classes of society-each teaches the
other.
There is glorious field for fine pub
lie school in our city, for beside the
usual number of intelligent citizens for
a city of our size, 1t would attract child
rem of naval officers who come from all
parts of our country.
Having come in contact with naval
officers and their families very frequent
| ly, have found that nine out OF ten are
advocates of the public school system,
and the lack of good public school here
in our city has been, and is felt by them
soTely.
One of the first questions naval Of
ficer asks on coming to duty ut the
| Naval Academy isis there q good
public school in town."
i Many officers would wish to have
their families settle here while they are
at sea, were there good public and
high school here.
/ know personally of several cases
where families have gone to Washing
ton in order to educate their children
in the fine public schools of that city,
when they would have preferred to
have remained in our dear old city with
its many attractions.
The more people we attract, the more
money comes into our city; the more
thrift we have, the more energy is in-
fused into our youths; the better public
schools we have, the brighter our child
rem will become, the more brilliant the
opportunities for their future advance
ment, and usefulness do we put in their
way.
l see through your paper, that our
good and just Chief Judge Robinson has
decided this interesting and uitGL ques-
ton in such way as to give us now the
glorious opportunity desired.
: / appeal, through your paper, which
always is so public spirited and ever
| ready to aid good work, II say that
: appeal earnestly through it Co every
citizen to use some personal effort, bt
: they childless or not, towards having .
. fine public school, fully equipped anC
provided with a corps of sufficient teach
els mentally and whose private charac
tiers are without moral blemish.
The number of trustees should be i'm
! mediately increased, as three citiZeni
are not sufficient number to represent
our whole city in so vital matter
, Think of the trust they hold and direct
the very lives of those who are most
, precies to us-our children
There should be a larger number Il
represent us, as trustees of the schoo
and it would be wise to have women
also added to the Board, as is done else
where.
say that 1 appeal TO every citizen ia
take this matter TO heart; those who
pray, TO take it to God; each and every
one to realize his and her solemn re
sponsibility now, at this critical mo
: ment. Now is our opportunity Let
it not escape u.s. Let the meeting OF
I which saw notice in the Baltimore
Sun, be called at once, and let us fioch
to the place Of rendezvous and ACT.
VOx PoPULI.