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258 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.vary from $25 to $40. In Boston it is $41.01, andthe cost per capita of population is $5.31. In Savannahthis per capita cost is $1.55, which is quite smallcompared with that of other cities of the country.An examination of the above statements shouldassure the public at least of one fact, that our schoolsand educational finances are managed with economy.Tfce High School.The enrollment in the High School during theyear was 262, which was 45 less than for the yearpreceding. The per cent, of attendance was 93, beingmore than that of any other school in the city. Thedestruction of a portion of Chatham Academy byfire nearly two years ago seriously embarrassed thework of the High School by crowding the pupils intouncomfortable quarters, but the completion of thenew building will afford all the comforts and conveniencesfor first-class work.The tuition fee of $15.00 a year at present chargedin the High School, though small, is undoubtedlyan embarrassment to many who would otherwisecomplete the course of study in the Public Schools.It is unfortunate for the young people of our city,especially for the boys, that parents deem it necessaryto withdraw their children from schools and putthem to work just at an age when the developmentof their mental faculties and the advantages of theirprevious training best fit them for the most effectiveeducational work. One of the greatest educationalevils of our country, and especially of the South, isthe tendency on the part of parents to hurry theirchildren through school at a rate which is entirelyinconsistent with the immutable laws of mental