Show educational department 1 1 OUR OUN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS the necessity for a thorough organization of the public schools of our city ciby must be ali parent apparent to every one ono who has given their present condition the least attention we have hate a citizen population estimated itt thousand and yet there is not the shadow of an ord ordinance u providing for nor the education of oi its proportional number of children public schools to be of the greatest utility must bo be systematized and graded on the principle of a division of labor that each department may have its own special class of duties and pupils in order to secure the utmost proficiency in in imparting in and acquiring instruction such a system can be most effectually secured only through the authority of proper legislation the tho public school system has become a necessity in american economy it is now generally deemed the prerogative of every boy and girl to have at least a common s school choo Q training through it the majority expect to get a start in life to be made acquainted with the sources of knowledg knowledge e and to be initiated into the methods of tracing i out such of the streams trib that flow there from as their theil subsequent career shall indicate to bo be for their advantage to follow out to answer such legitimate demands there must be organizations on a broad and arid liberal basis authoritative supervision by an intelligent board of education and quail qualified filed officers must be established proper classification and real progressive gres sive work can never be expected by independent and spasmodic efforts thele there must be unity order and authority to secure the highest attainments in tho the most economical way to obtain these ends groat great expenditure and heavy taxes are arc not net required organization by the lawmaking law making power controlled by wise officers with adequate authority As as the nu nucleus eidus eldus the basis on welch to hulid build ulla the fabrie fabric of such an efficient school system so eio far from augmenting the tho costs of our public schools system in their government ment would really be a means of financial economy besides securing in a far more effective way tile the ends in view do the school of aur piar city need construction reconstruction re if so where shall the work bp commenced cooperation OPERATION CO there thero aro but few prore professions the lit number imber of whose disciples equal those of progressive ed education u cation catlon that have llave not their I 1 trades unions or societies for mutual protection tec tion and whose influence wields popular pular favor with a less degree of ilece ilice norce force printers havo bavo their typographical wa unions farmers their granges oranges car carpenters penters ponters and other othe r branches of mechanics their societies all with witha a view to be of mutual tuai benefit fo to each other otlie and a as s safeguards against the encroach ments of unskilled workmen who tend to deprive the skilled and faithful artiman of his prestige and to flood the workshops with all an inferior ele eie element elemena mene meni to the tho detriment of practical progression there are those who falsely assume to t be tea toa teachers cherk chero who object t the introduction of any aily other branch of ed uca pea digil in iq the school than the uh ree reo great groat Bs as was placard ed od totne to the denizens donikens of an n obscure backwoods settlement in irl the state of indiana by a specimen of the genus honto homo whoso choso qualification consisted of a smattering of istead reading in ciul 1111 bitin kitin tin and Rith arithmetic as ho he dog stated it on the ground lound that his father and nd grandfather falther smart men won in their day did not endorse any other studies and had no use for anything else against this class of prete prote pretenders n d org erg the true teacher has to contel contend ad a and d he ie must ue use all the reason lo logic lole le and tada tact he is master of in jn order to uproot these antediluvian ideas among the people and plant instead the necessity for and benefits of practical education in order to accomplish this result alic aili and secure for ability and skill in the profession or 0 teaching it is necessary that teachers act fil iii unison or that a union or mutual protection association be formed kletthe let tho the toa teachers chers unito unite not nob for the purpose of exacting or demanding exorbitant rates but wt that each may feel that he has the sympathy and support of his hla co laborers in the cause itis it is by this method that the whole eona cona community will be bene fitted for good must result from a systemized c a iw organization of those who have the education of the young committed to their care caro H 0 wg I 1 while some degree of interest is being manifested in the cau eau cause 0 of education through throughout 0 ut our territory it is highly necessary that a good working system should be at the improvement lof our educational status the principal features of this system should be drawn from the experience of those who have been devoted to the practical work of education and who wilo havo have made intellectual and arid moral training a life study it should have a as san an object the improvement improvement pro of the condition of schools throughout the tile territory both internally and externally I 1 am aware that food shelt erand clothing are ire tre tro the primary requisites in inthe the first settlement of a country like ours but with us faithful industry ha ilaa liaa as baroug brought prosperity and arid we have the means and arid leisure to devote to other objects besides the mere physical necessities why not appropriate a part of it to the improvement of our schools for the cultivation of the intellectual and moral qualities of our children let ns us not be content now to follow in the beaten track that necessity for years compelled us t to 0 pur pun pursue sue wt but fall fali into the tho road to progression and joining the march of jbf intellect seek to ascend in the scale of our spiritual being to higher aspirations parents as individuals should aid in this work for their children the government should lend a helping hand and the whole people sho should auld work in unison for tile the attainment tain ment of this worthy object what system can be adopted best to secure so desirable an object as the highest mental and mor moral a I 1 improvement in protein pro ent of the community should hould be directly a question for consideration with our wise men meg and with those who are able through their aviola wiola public sentiment let leu lei it be done T |