New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-08


the Seventh 1900
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The Board will perceive that the Firsnce Commits
siouers propose TO strike out Of the estimate every
collar which il is proposed 20 devote to suppl ing ia
or, used school accommodations for this rapidly ex-
tending CITY, and they object to nothing e,o.
The o. jectOus cover the purchase OF a site In the
Eighth Ward, and the erection and furnishing
schoohOuse thereon, and one ia some other portion
Of tie City. The erection and Furnishing Of school
houses on the si'e7 already purchased snf pail for
one il the Fifteenth Werd and one in me twenty
second Naid tbe reminding the school house in
Houston.st in the Seventeenth Ward, one OF the
most populous portions Of the Cify putting aa aldi
fons story The house in Chrytfiest, ia the reuth
Ward and wings on two houses in toe Seventh
WARD.
II is not TO he presumed that the Fipance Commits
soreTs have ANY objections to the Wards 10 which
these improvements to be made, to tho ecDaO.
nv Of the proposed expenditure for the Gale or rate
% expenditure does not exceed that in the other pOr
tous ~ the estimate, aud in the pcsnn for "a sup
Fly for the tclency 70 which they nterpose OBJ
lection. Indeed, the Committee cannot help think
ing, hat if the Commissioners had examined on its
merits, the subject Of eech item objected to, they
would have come to the same conclusion a. this
Board hes arrived a. and would have with
held their objections This Committee suppose that
the only for ohecng, is that assigned by tle
Commissioners, II reason il may he called that 80
much of the burden of 1855 may DO thrown forward
upon 1856.
10 destroy the schoolsysem the effect Of the obiec
teps, if allowed TO prevail is quite obvious. If the
wants Of the next year, in this respect, not sup
piled, IL will be much easier 10 refuse those Of the
year after, when they shall be more than doubled
aud So on forever, and when by refusing 20 supply
those wants the schoosystem shall be in idequste
unequal and unjust, those who desire to overthrow
the system or to sweep il into the corrupted currents
Of parfizan patronage will find an easy victory
in the present growth of this CITY there are added
10 The number Of children more than eight thousand
every year Of the proper age 10 attend school.
increase was orseen and provided for By the
trainers of The school law which provides:
Sec II shall be TIE duty Of the Board Of Eduatioa 10 re-
per- 20 The bosd ~ supersors estimate Of the
which will be required during the year parchssng Leasing
snd gTocuIirs sites erecting buildings for furoishng
their charge, &c.
TIE law, II will be perceived, requires the present
Board TO report estimate Of what in thsr opinion
their SUCCESSORS the Board for the next year. will re-
quue beyond the amount already provided BY law.
The Board of Education does not desire and ammo.
corseDr 10 neglect violate the high trust committed
70 It's care, nor refuse to perform what statute Of the
State declares specifically and pereinptory 10 be Ia
DUTY. IL was thus compelled to insert in its estimate
the items objected TO by the Commissioners
II the School system IS 20 be maintained Il must be
eqn and Jnst and deseryedly acceptable TO all classes
Of the citizens
School houses must be sufficient, and comfortable
and convenient for the purposes Of instruction &C.
cordipg to the modes considered most efficient and
ecoh' mcal IN me judgment OF the Board Of Educa-
ieD, ard extended as the City increases.
The present school system began in l5l2 and the
BosTd OF Education from year to year has deemed it
wiser 10 come up 10 the complete supply q the educa-
oral wants Of the City by constantly but gradually
Increasing extension Of the school Buildings till each
part OF the City might far as practicable enjoy the
advantages Of the sysem well as the older portions.
or those newer pert that stretching out 80 rapiy
into the sui urbs. But the,point Of adequate supply
has not yet been reached.
Tie late POblic School Society had in charge and
owred about half the school property but for several
years were compelled 10 devote their funds TO main
tsirirg their schools ana 10 leave their schoolhou
without those repairs alterations and extensions which
they needed and for want Of which some of them had
eore TO decay. During the last year that Society
transferred its property to the City and its schools
this Board whereby the abors and responsibilities Of
his Board were more than doubled. BY the multi
pllcston Of teDanthouses the number Of children in
the compact parts Of the City Is vastly increased and
by our continued prosperity the compact part of the
lily s extending out into the fields as il by magic.
AL these Deighborhoods have an equal right to the
proper provision for the education Of their children.
This Board has found that in some instances school
accommodations may be greatly increased, by making
repairs, and adding q story or wings TO compare
lively small buildings and in some instances, by sub.
shutting large and commodjQus building for dao.