New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-21

in tie eveprg schools the children Of I'm MGR ants
or those ~hcse poverty coupels them to toll through
ire day for their d.iiy bresd.
TIE schools fer co,crsd cisre- while no. 90 n.mar
ous or convenient a. could be de-ired, srs attended
with cowrtndsble regularity. The Rrpor. sess firth
ira,
BY the csu,us II 1880 ne colOrei population IL
stated 81 IA SIS ce~hO- C9s we're Bscs, scd 7 III
", e females There we're OF ire school sgs 6ss,
vhi'b bss row reached s5nut 5000 III this nam
Der SAG rave received Instruction Ia the psols
schools, with sn sverige aneDds ue- OF Sis. Of the
vhiies ~ fhe schOS ihsre about $50 900. OF
vhou ll6 637 sers fs1sht in 1884, vitA en- average
si.Id CO Of 40 0cO. This 30 desire u. esjpy
scacol advantages qUfs equal 10 that of thu whies
population snd in vsr ct their sOcisl pcsitoo 10 not
only highly cred irsbs 10 them. but may 10
move the erroneous idea fha, they are a1 ferent to
tie benefits Of educ 'ion.
Tietwo Evening Schools for this class are noe %
well attended as The Boai could desire, although
Il cir loo anon in Lsurens-s renders them accessible
to a lSee number Of children OF b IN sexea, vino
trard in need of instruction.
TIE diversity Of text books Ia in re schools %
ueh regretted by the Board. There are abou, dfy
spelling books twenty Ave Biographies twenty gram
man. ten s'gebrss twenty histories ard lis rssiers.
in use in the schools of the City; from gre>' d.
ver.y, II is difficult to obtsn tina, harmonious uni
forpity which should chsracterize shoncgencus sys
TEN. This dfhcu ~ is felt more markedly, through
tie frequent ch.nees Of residence by tho parents VI
til pppi and the conse }nen removal OF the children
from ore school to another. There seems. however,
to be general upvsrd tendency in the estimate
placed upon school books sid the increased compsi
ton will ultimately rebound to the public advantage.
10 that the character OF the book offered posses
some claim TO excel enoy to ind market. This
Board promise, az sreaciy as practicable. 70 suppy
every school in the City with suitable library.
Every grGnmer aud primary school, whose average
suuus aiterdspce amounted on the 3l-tof December,
1854 10 $50 pupils or under. viii be entitled 20
br,ry Of a usxmum nun Der OF ave buaSred VOL
uu es schools whose average attendance amounts To
ESQ or under ard over $50. will be entitled to n
br.ry of maxim um number Of ore thousand vol
un es and those schools whose sversgs attendance
amounts TO over $50, to library Of g maximum num-
Der OF fifteen hundred volumes.
The chndrs Of New.Yotk may obtain In the pub
lie schools the highest scsdemical education. Be.
aiming in the Primary or Infant Schools, the pupil
may progress through the various grades OF learning
until he graduate. from tie Free Acsdemy with an
education not inferior 10 that impaired at any college
or academy 10 the country. All this Is free Every
appliance, from the slste-pencil to the lexicon and
textbook ia freely supplied and the opportunity for
advancement IL within the resch alike of ths highest
and the meat humble Ia the community. All that tho
public eek in return il due degree OF diligence on
te part OF the pupil.