The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ing of the curriculum and the improvedthoroughness, may be accepted without hesitation by the citizens of^Vorcester as being within the bounds of reason. It is claimed by reformers that most of the great desired changes incivilization date from the school-room. Very often these claims arearbitrary, and the authors would define both the method and theprocess. While they may make mistakes in both of these directions,it remains true that they have never claimed enough in this quiet, moulding force of the influenc
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ing of the curriculum and the improvedthoroughness, may be accepted without hesitation by the citizens of^Vorcester as being within the bounds of reason. It is claimed by reformers that most of the great desired changes incivilization date from the school-room. Very often these claims arearbitrary, and the authors would define both the method and theprocess. While they may make mistakes in both of these directions,it remains true that they have never claimed enough in this quiet, moulding force of the influences — social, industrial, physical,and I may add religious — that are to-day in full operation in the bestschools, of which there are many in this city, has never been set forth,much less appreciated, by even the parents of the children them-selves. 1/2 The Worcester of 1898. Instinctively we have grasped the value of the public compel the attendance of all children. The most benightedparent eagerly accepts the boon. Many a struggling family makes. ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL, IRVING STRhET. extreme sacrifices to swell the great numbers in our high schools andcolleges. But words fail us if we attempt to put into words the truemeaning of the American school system, and we view its beneficentinfluences in silent admiration. The VSorcester of 1898. 173 The number of teachers employed in the public schools in 1848,when ^Vorcester was incorporated as a city, is as follows: 34 gradedschool teachers, 5 high school teachers—total, 39. The population in1848 was about 15,000. Number of teachers employed in 1873, twenty-five years after thedate of incorporation, was: 143 graded school teachers, 9 high schoolteachers, 7 special teachers—total, 159. The population in 1873 was47,000. The number of teachers employed in 1898 is 407 graded schoolteachers, 62 high school teachers, 15 special teachers—total, 484. Theestimated popi:lation in 1898 is 106,000. The following table wi
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