Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . re had been very scantyprovision in Boston for the education of girlsat the public expense, and this discriminationagainst women led Rev. John Pierpont, thenSecretary of the School Committee, to proposethe establishment in the city of a High Schoolfor Girls. He gave as his reason for doing this general expediency and to make an object ofambition and profitable employment for threeyears of life now inadequately occupied. Theresulting school was such a success that MayorQuincy voted its — abandon
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . re had been very scantyprovision in Boston for the education of girlsat the public expense, and this discriminationagainst women led Rev. John Pierpont, thenSecretary of the School Committee, to proposethe establishment in the city of a High Schoolfor Girls. He gave as his reason for doing this general expediency and to make an object ofambition and profitable employment for threeyears of life now inadequately occupied. Theresulting school was such a success that MayorQuincy voted its — abandonment. Thoughthe cost for each pupil was only eleven dollarsa year, Mr. Quincy seems to have felt that, intoo many cases, this appropriation would beemployed for the education of wealthy girlswhose parents could send them to privateschools, and would if there were no publichigh school. The standard of public educa-tion, he said, should be raised to the greatestdesirable and practicable height; but it shouldbe effected by raising the standard of the com-mon schools. Boston, it is thus clear, was. JOSIAII , .SECDXD .(JK OF Jru)n the iniiiiliii,/ hi/ UUbirt Sliinit in the Boston of Fit Arts. r
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