The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-11

il lustral School for vagrsnt girls, avenue j,
Eighth street The whole district between Second ave-
and the Fast river and Fourteenth street and ous
ton street was visited by a committee of ladies', and
those children whose parents were found judicous
to be too poor too abandoned to send
q en- to the public schools were induced, by the pros
Tect OF dinner and necessary clothing, to attend the
school In avenue n The of this experiment
such that in the first annual report of the society, IA
February last it proposed to raise funds for the pur
chase of building which should accommodate the in
crtasing numbers, and afford greater facilities for in
s,ructng them. One gentleman headed the subscription
list with donation Of ono thusand dollars, and With
three months than ten thousand dollars was raised
tile house purchased and the school rccpened at 131
avenue A. as the Wilson Industrial School, the members
of tie society desiring to associate with the Of
the lady through whose untising efforts il first es
tshlished. During the past summer more than
three hundred and fifty families have been
visited many Of them being in cellars and IN
the most abjcct poverty and from one hundred anu h
TO hundred children have been In attendance At tbo
institution These children coming from such houses
and familiar only With nemrcrance misery cnd vice.
thus brought under influences Of ths school ana mt
with them ideas OF order, cleanliness and morality
which before have penetrated these wIetched
abodcs And the effect is obvious to al those who visit
in lie district
in Tie nanag emcn 81 the school the morning hours
M writing arithmetic. and geography: at noon they
arc furnished with dinner, and In the afternoon they
and 10 do away with the clamorous begging which al
ways attended the distribution Of the garments sys-
TEN Of marks has been instituted which regulates this
distribution and all articles given compsnss.
ton for punctual attendance correct recitatons, and
prcpriety Of dcpotment. Under each OF tbcse heads
The pupil receives the number to which she i on,
titled, four being the highest given; and should
her record for the week show no lower ;a
chng and for extra work in any department the add
dition Of penny daily The good effects Of this sys-
tenn apparent in awakening 2 sentiment o. serc-
spec and desire 10 rather than to beg the articles
rsy left to each one to decide upon the marks DO
given her. and this course has been found to deveope
sentiment Of conscientiousness uthfuness and honor
making only has a. yet been Introduced dressmaksr
was engaged to give instruction Of salary OF so per
snnum and the receipts from this department. thus
tsiorcss has recently been engaged At the same sa
~ and Il IL hoped that this department will be equally
intended 20 pay a. Inn seho"
nav furnish we'll trained se,spts but yet this de-
| par,msat il not completely organized.
the YEAR IL ave dollars the cost FOR food dinner, six
days in the week, two cents, or little more than SIX
dollars for the year. The salaries r ps,s Hr s
themselves amount to nearly one thousand dollars an
| nually. 81 .....,..u r. a.. .,a,,axv
only bcsun-fhat there many mperectons TO be re-
i measd and many improvements to DO adopted, ye'
they but feel r % fssu N sn nope
for tho FUTURE and in the belief that tho oes,s o
which they labor will become more and more matters o.
The cbiiJren,s Ad scciety organized simultaneously
with this, and tho Industrial Schools auxiliary 20 !.
having all The ends In view y has been pfoposs.'
deems Il advisable 10 mrntan is distinct organization
while viii cordially 60 operate with the others IN 81
sbat tspds - PrepeN ne objects in view, sg