Excerpt from Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, Mo;, For the Year Ending June 30, 1900 In submitting to the people of St. Louis a Report on the Public Schools for the year ending June '30, 1900, I hasten to Congratulate them upon the excellent condition of all the schools, the fine work they have done and are doing, and upon the inviting prospect we are able to hold out for the future. The schools have enjoyed many peculiar advantages. As a. Rule, they are provided with commodious, well-kept buildings, a good course of study, and an excellent set of text-books. The teachers and officers have been devoted and harmonious; parents have given school authorities prompt and cordial support; the pupils in attendance have been loyal, diligent, and happy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.