Show SHOULD GET THE SQUARE I Tho proposed purchase of the Tenth Ward square by the Board of Education Is still under consideration a meeting between the Board committee and a i I Counclleommlttee having been hud yesterday on the subject The price which was ncd by the Council at 15 1 I 000 some time ago hits now been I reduced to flO OOO which Is a 1 handsome concession surely no complaint can now be made of the price We believe I I that the Boprd would by letting the I chance to get this block slip commit Ian I-an Irreparable blunder The square Is situated Just right for prospective school purposes It is none too large say t for the East Side high school which is oven now In demand and the need for which will become more pressing press-ing as the years pass by With the lose of this there is no other site so large so convenient and so completely adapted by centralIty of location for such purposes to be had anywhere within the municipal boundaries It Is the chance of the years and the Board should even at considerable sacrillce temporarily arrange to get the ground Wo are aware that funds arc short that the money Is not in life Boards treasury but an arrangement for the purchase money when It Is needed could surely be made and the Board by strict economy within a year or two could pay tho money For that matter possibly terms could be made with the City Council the members of which are also like all good citizens interested In the schools and their permanent welfare wel-fare As we have said it Is an opportunity oppor-tunity so good that It should be considered con-sidered a great piece of good fortune to havo it presented and It should by all means be seized |