Show An Explanation Demanded I Editor Tribune Will you kindly call the allcntlon of those who are Interested Inter-ested lu the educational Interests of OUt city to the following question Supposing Sup-posing a man to be engaged In an oc cupation which for nine hours per diem demands the closest application of his menial and physical powers ant that he Is by some untoward circumstances compelled to shorten one days woik to seven and a half hours could he rca soimbly be expected on the following day of nine hours to accomplish nine hours laboi demanding the clostsl application ap-plication of his mental and physical poweis and In addition during that day of nine hours to also perform the ono and 0 half hours labor of the same exacting naiuie that had been left undone on the previous day In one of your recent Issues an Impression Im-pression was given that whatever wns lacking of this years course of studies 11 our schools might be made up next year yearNoi Now the writer and many parents who have a deep Interest In this matter mat-ter would like lo know why if tel ana an-a half months regular school work can be accomplished In nine months It has not been done hitherto The general Idea has been that t the capacity of the average child Is taxed as much as Is good for It at the present pres-ent rate of school work In which the work for which Eastern schools allow ten months Is compressed Into nine And lespeetlng the teachers no one who Is familiar with their duties can question the fact that the luesLon present efficiency ef-ficiency of our schools has been secured se-cured at a cost lo them of all the effort ef-fort and application that humanely can be required of them How then can It be that the next school year shall make up for the omitted work of this year yearMi Mr Editor why this Ihusness Will some one who knows kindly explain to lie palions of the public schools what they may reasonably expect as the result re-sult of the abbreviation of the current school year MATEIIFAMILIAS |