Judge — March 7, 1885 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. 5. BLUNDERS UPON JUST SUCH A VILLAGE AS TE WAS LOOKING FOR 6. IMMEDIATELY SPREADS HIMSFLY IN ORDER TO SURKOUND (7, UNCLE SAM'S TACTICS. 7. BUT 18 FOILED BY UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF A LARGE CIRCLE OP UNEXPECTED ACQUAIN- TANCES 8. wito conv TENTIONS BY * F WIM OP “THEIR FRIENDLY IN- RYING” THE HATCHET, 9. AND KINDLY BRANCE. Laer IS HAI IN REMEM= 10, LEAVING 11M IN QUIFT POSSESSION oF THE FIELD. TO THE VICTORS BELONG THE SPOIL, The School System of Philadelphia. | Wues friends have sufficiently feasted their eyes on the sumptuous Inaugural Ball of Cleveland as depicted on the large supple- plement that accompanies this issue, let | them reverse the medal—turn the big sup- | plement over, and take a glance at the prac- tical workings of a political school system as | scomplifed in our sister city of Philadel- ia, Povtr. Tim Rooster, the pot-house member of the schoolboard, presents a phase of Phil- adelphia education which will doubtless shock educators, but even he is not the worst outcome of euch a system—for there is a depth below him, of which decency forbids more than the merest mention. Considering the reputation that the city of Philadelphia has borne for benevolent insti- tutions, the prominent standing of her bar, and much besides that has distinguished that city, we regard this feature of the ad- ministration of such a department as one of those anomalies that occasionally occur in human affairs. It appears as though the | fandamental purpose of education was en- tirely lost sight of, and, instead, a system | positively demoralizing substituted. A recognition of education as a develop- ment of character by all possible proper | surroundings of youth, would make tuck thing impossible; and a knowledge that the conduct of schools is a specialty, would make it apparent that the selec- tion of these guardians of education could not be properly made in an ordinary delegate ; convention, It would only be going one) step further in the direction of an entire | oblivion of anything like a proper manage- ment of the schools, to permit the teachers | to be selected by the same agency. We are | not informed that our neighbors choose their military administration in this way, and it is only'a greater error to permit a school de- | partment to be governed by politics and | nominating conventions. New York, with all its commercial whirl, and immense transient population, has had the wisdom to preserve its future, by taking | every precaution to protect the instruction | of its youth. It has taken the school depart- | ment as nearly out of politics as it is possible | to do, its central board being appointed, and | school system; and we can only believe that the local trustees or school visitors are ap- pointed by that board. Philadelphia, with its large resident popu- lation, and traditions, should have a model for some unforseen reason the present shock- ing system has been allowed to exist, having originated years ago when the community was small and such a system could be better administered. The Reason Why. “On! pa, look what pretty door-knobs!” “Those are not door-knobs, my son; they are gentleman's eyes.” «What funny eyes! What makes the poor gentleman's eyes stick out like door-knobs, a2” “He is a Democrat, my son, and has heard that there will be no change of postmasters.” —Newman Independent. Is there any case on record where a cow- boy used a revolver without “ flourishing” it?—Boston Globe. comicbooks.com