Excerpt from Third Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools: Of the City of Chicago, for the Year 1856 Gentlemen: - In reviewing the history and condition of the public schools the past year, we find abundant evidence of the deep and abiding interest of our citizens in the cause of education. No reasonable expense has been spared to provide for the moral and intellectual training of the children and youth of the city. Not a single request has been made for the support and improvement of schools, that has not been cheerfully and promptly granted. The High School building has been completed, and the school itself organized and welcomed to the hearts of our citizens. Two large and commodious Grammar and Primary School buildings have also been erected; and no investment has been made more freely, because it is well understood that none could be more profitable or more secure. 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.