New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-14

be tubmitt TO q Committee OF Nine.
The Rev. DR.. BnIGHr thought such course-ss it
wouG remove the Discussion from the Convection to
the Committee Chamber would defeat the main OBJ
eot Of the Convention.
The Rev. Mr.. WATSON, Of Philadelphia thought
reference 20 a committee would do , good, bat only
retard ths, action which the whole Board was No.
ready 10 tske.
The Rev. DR.. WILLIAMS though. it would be better
TO hear tbs whole matter first and then appoint com.
mites TO mature the seton OF the DO Ard upon them.
TIE Rev. Mr.. CUTTIsG withdrew bis motion.
The Board theDiadjournsd to 9. o'clock this morn
ing.
DEDICATION OF WARD SCHOOL NO Al.
The new school-house No. II, located in Seven
teenth.st near the Eighth-sv, publicly dedicated
Yesterday afternoon in the presence Of large audi
ence Of ladies and gentlemen. The dedcatory eIer.
cises took place in the large hall in the upper portion
of the building. Upon the platform observed Dr.
Webster President Of the Free Academy; Charles
King LII. d. President Of Columbia College; Chan
cellor Ferris, Of the n. Y University; Joseph Nc
Keen, Esq. the Rev. Alfred B. Beach, the Hon f. c.
Benedict, John De Lamater, and Robert A. Adams,
Of the Board of Education; Inspectors Andrew
Bridgman and Daniel Russ; Benz. c. Wandell, j. E.
Cary, Jas. Pollock, j. W. Howe, C. p. Edwards, E.
Eeler, Ed. H. Miller, Thos. Christy School Trustees
Of the Sixteenth Ward.
The exercises were opered with music" My Coun-
cry" very pretty song, by the pupils, after which
the Rev. ALFRED B. BEACH read a portion OF the
Scriptures. -. z, ~, s-pg tv the pupils, Chan
celIor FERRIS invoked the Throne of Grace, Ter
vent prayer
The opening address was then delivered by JOHN
De LAMATER, Esq., of the Board Of Education He
ead the purposes for which they had assembled wore
allied with the most important interests of our com
mon counry-not only to themselves but to future
geper atoms They had assembled to dedicate this
usiestic temple to science and learning There we're
in our favored City many stately eddces which we're
the pride and boast our citizens, detc .ted to the
caute Of humanity ana the ait-oat even these Win
all their spendor and usefulness said he, do not CON-
pass nor are they in importance with the
great and benehcent system OF Common Schools Inc
speaker then proceeded TO congratulate the school
officers Of the Sixteenth Ward, the residents In the
vicinity of the school, and the friends Of the of
education ia general, upon the completion OF this
plain substantial and commOdious school edidce;
and alluded to the want OF school accommodation
which had long been felt in tn II section OF the CITY,
He then went on to gay that the building formerly
plying cite Of the structure vas one OF those
enc cted by the Public School Society some 20 years
ago and in that day the system OF teaching va, quite
dierert from that Of the present day. Then SAD me-
all were taught i'll in one large room by Prnci-
bal and one assistant teacher, and monitors selected
from the pupils OF the school Then the schools we're
designed particularly for the poor chill iren OF our
City whose parents were unable to pay tor their educa
ton But the present day, aud in this age OF improve
ment and thanks TO the wisdom, and the accustomed
liberaty he people of this City, and the State OF
WORK, the day has dawned upon us when our
schools are unsurpassed by any in the Union, where
all our sons and daughters from the highest to tue
lowest, may set down together and drink at that
fountain Of kno Wedge which to make them pie IN.
tel,etnt moral, urtuous, dndhapPy None need hest
tate to commit their sons and daughters to thes care
ard feel perfectly assured that taer morals will not
be contaminated by improper associations, and thsr
education commenced and perfected under their re-
spectve teachers and fitted for all the active business
Of life The old building was in very dilsplds'ed
condition. besides not being In any way calculated
for the wants Of the neghborhood or the proper class
fcaton Of scholars under the present system of
teaching, there being only four smau rooms some
eight or ten feet square, in each Department baiiy
ventilated, and very injurious TO the health oil both
teacher and pupils.
The speaker proceeded to show the unitness of the
old building and went to give description of the
new ediee as follows: The building is three stories
In hight exclusive of the basement or ground
for tho Children with q cellar under the front part
tive nty five by one hundred feet deep. The mhn
BODY Of the BUILDING is fifty feet wide, and one hua-
dred feet deep divided in each story into one srse
sssemblage room forty seven feet wide by hfyeisn'
Il long and four class REQ ms eighteen by twenty
feet each and large easy stairways front and rer
Each story has on each SIDE in front and rear wing
forming four additional ci,ssroons, twenty-five les
square for each oepartment-makng the building, 10
front and rear hundred feet vice. Inc mouse l.
designed for three separate depsrmens-the front Or
lower story, for the Primary school, 70 accon modae5
one thousand children comfortabiy--ea'y OF access
with seven large flights OF stalrTays, 80 that
under any circumstances all the children In
this department may find easy and safe egress from
the building in the short space OF three or four NM
utes The two upper stories are for the male and fe-
male grammar schools, calculated TO accommodate
from five to ak hundred pupils each, under the Gaze
of ten teachers in each of the upper departments aud
fourteen in the primary. The principal teacher "a
the male department is Mr.. John G. McNary; in tia
female department Miss Mary S. Preston; and In
the Crimary, Miss Louiss McFarlane. All are well
known to the school officers for the past three years
having been in their employ as wee rrincpAs In
Ward School No. As, in Twenty fourth st. under the
care of this Board. With all the favorable clrcum-
stances under which have this day assembled, may
We not hope that this school will prove proud mon
ument of the berality Of the citizens OF New YORK,
and that the Influence which snali go forth IRON tns
place, in the intelligence virtue and morality OF the
Children here educated shall repay to her citizens an
hundred fold.
After duet on the Piano, performed by two young
misses. excellent addresses were delivered by the
Hon. Erastus C. Benedict Morris franklin Esq,
and s. s. Randall, City Superintendent Of Public
Schools
The exercises were varied with defamation by
Master Aaron c. Allen, dialogue by Masters Allen,
Read and Carmichael, and music.
FARMERS CLUB-AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
The Club met at 10 NJ, on Tuesday, March H.
Judge LIvISGsroS in the chair.
The SECRETARY read paper containing informa-
ton on the subject of Cola, from LIE Bon Jardiner
sent TO the Club by Vlmorn Of Paris The Secretary
bas for distribution SEEDS Of five varieties Of Cola
Camelins Saliva ia brasscs) will grow on the most