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Show of the leaching: corps, and in general a better outlook for the general gen-eral good of the children in the school room. Fortunately for the schoote of Chioago, a person was found within with-in the system who was recognized the country over as an efficient school official, who possessed, in addition to a thorough pedagogical training and experience, an intimate knowledge of the needs of the public school system." WHERE CHILDREN MUST GO TO SCHOOL. The effectiveness of Chicago's espionage of children to see that all who are of school age attend school was set forth in the annual report of President Alfred R. Urion of the school board. The report shows that, thanks to the prevention of truancy, there has been a decrease of illiteracy of minors from C02 to 401 ; that the enrollment and attendance are now the largest within the life of the public schools. There has been a decrease of 2,236 boys and girls from the roaming population of children between1 the ages of 14 and 16 look-ing look-ing for work, and there has been the return of 3,150 boys and girls to public and private schools through tho persistence and alertness of the truant officers. President Urion paid a high compliment to the woman superintendent superin-tendent of Chicago schools, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, and declared that Chicago schools are now working under the most effective conditions con-ditions found anywhere in the United States. This statement probably prob-ably will be challenged in many cities, but the results in detail show the standard to be high. "The results," he said, "of the work of the education department in the past year showed decided advance over preceding years, harmony and cordial co-operation on the part |