New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-09

In the Boxdoin School for Grls. the Committee
listened TO some Of the best reading they had ever
heard in public scbool-simPe, natural feeling
and graceful
teacher would naturally snd.s-or - discover The
By which this desirable s4-c produced srd IL
seems % far Eaes g ccnsist ia ra mAkiug
tire pupil fsy understand and feel the pass,re 10 be read
and secondly IN not attempting 70 chance the ns;ars
hab, o. the chd bet % improve BY and thorough
drilling al the material eements s.srchinF sx.-ni-
nation Of luse esss 70 the meaning and scope Of
that he fr.- a. es~ntis past Of ts- sroess. Ma
the sst b. The effect 10 perfectly satisfactory
and re- dwelling With delight upon IN. pes
and iss,rueion vbieh each Of these children viii
hereafter y able e give Ia Der o~n psror and By Der
o~n hresde b. this unaffected aad charming style Of
reading
Beautiful and commodious school houses are ap-
proved Of, with ample space and well ventilated
giving healthfal play to the chidrens lungs:
~In ventilation ell the schools have been vastly i'm
proved that the sir 10 them il rood u 10 in most
parors aud incoraparaby better than me haven't
ssa ss. sSs .5 p room. ,y ~Ssh s' &
places Of Summer re.or Every apartment occupied BY
escape OF the air which has passed through the luns. o.
contact with nueci,ts vicinity 10 the human
mental vsor and the immediate ard fstur. health Of the
teachers and pupils bat part Of the education OF the
children that they should be swsys accustomed 10 s.hoo
furnished with ample openings for the escape offcu
ar and for the admission Of pure
"Ths COMMITTEES suggest tn. proprie,y Of masns ii.
vision In the ,tady Of Natural Philosophy that only
portion should be required Of the Pa?i 10 yeA in
divided, include Laws Of Motion. Mechanics. Hy
dsGlies Hydrorsies and Pneustes for the first year
ties for the second year and Astronomy for hose
who remain thiIa year IN the first class
The speedy introduction Of Drawing is recon.
mended, and good reasons are given;
The practice Of thi. exercises the eye and the
hand rendering the oae observant and the other ex,ct
while 10 that inward faculty. which gures them
both IL helps 20 comprehend whatever denea;ed by
mental grasp By exercising the mind Judge Of distance
shape and eaon add cutivaies the taste BY quick
enns the perception Of the beauty which depends on har
uony, proportion snd color. Il furnishes safeguard
against ceness By giving pleasant and Innocent occ1
patton for leisure hours II makes the child quick to com
pare. him for his exercise Of map dra=ng Itshoud
be considered sbsnluely eassry 10 boys school as
viii be most valuable ssstsnee N almost every occupa
ton 10 which employed. Il ads the mechanic %
understand every piece Of mechanism which - figured,
and ensb him to represent 70 others what he has him
self conceived IL s essential help almost every
engaged in directing or practically occupied Ia doing the
w,rs Of e and u u an elezant accomp shment 10 him
whom fortune falses above thete nccs-sues lna,s
pensabe 10 him who would plan house and 10 him who
would execute the plan IL valusbe 70 the shi Pbuider
and TO the seasrns man; 10 the husbandman who would
represent the buildings Enclosures and imp emeuts Of his
fsrm and to the student Of Nature who would delineae
the plants or animals OF the woods or uelos The smith
who has learned todraw, uses he hammer more .sfuy
ike msnneT benes,ed by early p.ns Of the sy. and
the hand To the carver the joiner the worker IN stone
the In wood the Of drawing IL not loss useful
while TO all those especially who are to bs occupied In
producing articles Of ornament and taste III almost IN
dispensable"
The arts Of Drawing and Handwriting are taught
with ease, in connection or together in some ofour
New York schools. In the large school in B-oome-
IT. Tor instance Drawing ia not taught at all in the
Twelfth Ward school
There is real grandeur in the following passage
We the child Of the poorest foreigner chance
Tor education which will vie with that Of the most b'
rally endowed Academies; no COLLEGE y required to I'M
prove education after he has successfully graduated 81
our Latin ana High Schools"
Even the Conservative principle is limited at
Our system Of Government supposes educated clii
zens and will not be safe unless oaf CITIZEN. are
less educated Now there are great masses coming in
upon who not educated except % vice and crime
the the victims Of the justice the oppr-s
sion the overp population Of the old world. For the
education Of these adult and Hrene not only must pro-
vision be made at must he used q render the pro
vision effective. Unless they made inmates Of our
schoo many Of them viii become inmates OF our prisons
and II vastly more economical 10 educate them IN the
former than 70 support them in the latter
There is something 90 fascinating about works
which contain the evidence Of human progress, an
account Of the means taken by the wise and good
TO elevate society. and render seltgovernment a
blessing to many generations that we really regret
our inability TO continue our extracts.
Now for a contrast-Slontreal with Boston
Montreal is the Capital Of Canada, a city with
80 600 inhabitants and surrounded by district
containing, probably, other 900 600. The following
extract from the Montreal Herald of the 22d ult.
plainly indicates the condition Of that population
What shall we say OF their rulers, Legislators,
seignors, clergy and influential residents They
had better not talk much about the efficiency Of
" the voluntary principle
Ont Of eighteen Grand Jurors for the District OF
Monuesl-the District which surrounds the Capital Of
CANDIDATES. NES, one Of whom seems to he lrish and
the Others French Canadians, css ONLY MAKE rHsIR
MAgK II this does not show the necessity for providing
nstuetion. and for compelling the unwilling 70 provide
fnesd be, know means Of forcing conviction We
can think Of nothing dsgrscefu 70 the civil zston
that boast although cerainy with very little res
son-tan hs gros5 ignorance an0ng scf Of choen
on Of fAr fEp>rOrv Of stg0n from ne Capital
Dlsfret We could, perhaps scarcely expect from such
Jury much attention 10 that most valuable a. All re-
stants against erim@ths knowledge and the habit OF
reading ard writing"
The District Of Montreal. if its people but knew
the value OF those cabalistic characters A, B, c,
would fsvorably regard Bishop Haghess toast at
the Puritan Dinner" Prosperity to the Country
that grows School-mssters.'