The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-24
Eoard Of Education.

May 22-[Ths was the last meeting of the present
Doard. The first meeting of the Board will be
held on the first Monday in June.]
RoBERr KELLY, Esq President
The minutes Of the previous meeting read and
confirmed.
recommending the appropriation Of 81 3l CO. to sup
ply the legal deficiencies Of the Thirteenth ward was
read and adopted Another sum Of $50 33 was recon-
mended by the same committee, for amount Of taxes
paid by the Commissioners lof said ward Adopted.
Also. resolution recommending the payment Of $4,000
for incidental expenses and clerk hire was received
The Hebrew Language-A report from the committee,
adverse to the adoption of system Of education
amongst the Hebrew children in their own language,
and deemiDg II inexpedent to establish new school
for that purpose as prayed for In petition to this
Board was read and adopted without a division.
The question Of building new school house in the
Fourth ward referred to the school officers of that
waId.
Annual Report-The annual report (the reading of
which occupied nearly hourl was then submitted
The total number Of Public, Ward and Corporate
Schools is 1e9 in which there are lO294I pupils taught,
whose vary from four to sixteen years The cost
for the past year S24S 800 81 being an average Of
A protest from Mr. Horace Greeley (who the only
member of the committee appointed TO draw up the
report who dissented was also read; he pronounced
the system radically defective and vicious, and
stated that he did not think its management so ell
Gent as the report represents
1t then proposed that the report Of the majority
Of the committee be received and adopted and thatthe
protest be also printed with the report Several MEM
bers objected to the protest being printed.
The Commissioner Of the Fourteenth ward also OBJ
jected to the printing of the protest. the report was
excellent drawn up with much and ability,
and would prove valuable document; the protest he
could not understand; it began nowhere, and ended
about the same place. (Laughter) 1t eyinces sort
Of insanity, which he could not comprehend, and he
objected to its appearing on the records.
Another Commissioner said he had no objec ton 20
the dissent being printed for when contrsed with the
rsport. it would bear its own condemnation.
The report and protest ultimately ordered to be
printed coo copes) seventeen members voting In the
affirmative, and five in the negative.
A communication from Mr.. Hail. late Counsel of the
G. rporation, threatening proceedings against this
Board for payment of bill for official services in exami
ming titles and purchasing lots, read; and by a
vote Of Is to 3. was ordered TO be paid.
The Chairman said that he received a communica-
ton from the Committee of the Free Academy, stating
that gift of forty -four books and fort -four pamphlets
bad been received from Col j. w. Livingston. vote
o. thanks was passed to the colonel.
The report of the committee recommending the
abrogation Of corporal chastsement in the schools
was read accepted, and ordered to be printed.
vote of thanks was then passed to Robert Kelly,
Esq. for the able and dgnifed manner in which he
has filed the Office of President of this Board.
The President returned thanks in happy and appro-
pirate terms lie spoke with feelings of emotion at
being severed from those associations with which he
had been so long connected.
The Board adjourned at about O'Clock.