Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-22

square feet: 1t has 1000 windows and
1t requires eighty ianitors and window
cleaners to keep the building clean, and
their annual pay roll aggregates $780,
600.
The Marquette Building has sixteen
floors, with a rented floor space of 24O,-
600 square feet and q total floor space
of 100000 square feet; its tifty-two jan
itOrs and window cleaners are paid
$4,000 yearly.
1t has been figured out that If the
downtown office buildings were run on
''pOliticar' lines and according to the
system in vogue in the County and
Criminal Court Buildings their owners
soon would he bankrupt or else office
rents would be fabulous.
Using the payroll figures given by
Mr. Monaghan and the space figures
given by Bruce Watson. the county
architect. and comparing them with
the figures given by the management
of the three Office buildings. 1t Is fig
ured out that If the Criminal Court
Building was as large as the Masonic
Temple the ianitor service would cost
$50 $50: if as large as the Monadnock
Building 1t would cost S1OS.5IO: If as
large as the Marquette Building the
cost would be $4,000. If the County
Building was as large as the Monad-
mock Building the ianitor service would
cost SlGS, 1GS: If as large as the Masonic
Temple 1t would cost Sl27 AGO. and If as
large as the Marquette Building the
cost would he SlO1.92
In addition to its expensive service
the custodian of the Criminal Court
Building spends annually for watch-
men and other "care-takers'' 3d.. OSg.
making the total pay roll of that build
ing Sil.2S0. In the County Building
wntchmcn and others on the pay roll
of the custodian are paid S3I.S57. max.
ing the ''care-takcrs" pay roll of that
single building SGO.337 a year.
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West Side Republicans are urging the
name of Hon. Miles Kchoc for City
| Treasurer.
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Prof. l.. Il. Il. Briggs. of Philadelphia,
makes the broad statement that modern
education fails to educate. and that the
results now obtained are not as good as
those achieved by pupils when the lat.
ter were forced to commit to memory
Latin grammarbefore attempting trans
lation. Prof. Briggs fails to take certain
conditions into account. Formerly there
were fewer pupils in the public schools
and fewer studies. The personality of
the teacher counted for more. The
teacher of former day was not turned
ont on model found in normal schools.
lie had individuality. The pupils had
more time for thinking. The conditions
are vastly different nowadays. The
schools are crowded and the scholars
are educated In lunches along certain
arbitrary lines. The teacher has no
opportunity to take into account the
differences in his pupils as to mind and
temperament. There are too many
studies. The school Is a place given NJ
largely to recitation, while the home Is
used for study Of the lessons. Yet.
despite all this. there has been progress.
The great weakness of modern educa.
ton. as 1t seems to us. Is its fatal uni.
formity. In the colleges this has been
cured by the adoption Of selected
studies ana courses, but in the grades
and in the high schools the weakness
remains. Some pupils are to go through
high school and others through the uni
versitles. Others still are withdrawn af
ter passing through the grades. Kansas
City has provided for those who are to
take high-school courses by having two
high schOols-one OF the classical
course. for those who are to 20 to col
legc: another, called the Manual Train
ing High School, which provides sci
cntihc course, as preparatory to prac
teal life or to course In polytechnics
And this latter distinction also run.
through the older classes In the grades
Modern educational methods are fal
from perfect, but 1t Is easy to show
that the school of to-day Is far In nd
vance of the old system Of learning by
heart.
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Many people will be surprised tc
learn that the United States has had nc
national forestry laws of special signlti
canoe until within the last three years
As pnrlv rs 1877 nm nttomnt wns made