New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-19
OPENING OF A NEW FEMALE WARD
SCHOOL.

femdie
Twentieth street, between the Second and Third
avenues publicly opened on Friday by the trustees
and commissioners of the Public schools Tneexercses
were held in the beautiful Oh APPEL in the upper part of
the building in the presence of several hundred ladies
and gentlemen. The center Of the hall was occupied
by the pupils, between five and SIX hundred young
misses varying in age from ten 70 fifteen years Tbe
chair wac occupied by VIM. ii. Neison, president of
the Board of Educate On the platform we noticed
DIR. Webster, president of the Free Academy; the
Rev. DR. Tying, the Rev. DR.. Alexander, the Rev. Dr..
Bellows and Peter Cooper. TIE exercises we're com
menced at o'clock p. IN. with singing by the pupils,
reading of the Scriptures and prayer by the Rev. DIR.
Typg. After singing again, the audience was i'd
dressed BY Mr.. Nelson the chairman. There Is In.
volved said he, in the erection OF this building and
gathering of this school al Experiment, inssmuch as
his is the fret building erected by those having
charge Of public instruction in this city to be SET apart
exclusively for the occupation of females. Another
school house TO be imlsrly devoted, is now ia pro-
gIess Of erection IN Twelfth street. fifteenth ~ard ana
will be ready for occupation about the commencement
Of the new year. There has existed in the minds OF
some OF our fto wciizens an impression that
in the administration of the department OF pub
lie instruction in this city undue par
tslity has been manifested toward oue sex,
that while we have provided for our boys superior
common school instruction crowned with collegiate
course we have one litte comparatively to advance
the educational interests Of eur girls. For nv own
par. am not ready 10 plead guilty TO lack of
iustce and yet | am willing TO con ess that to my
mind there are strong reasons why 1t e1pedlent at
this time TO establish in this city free &C ademy for
'emaes. am, no viewer, clearly of the opinion that
is proper at certain points to open schools exclusively
for ,irs in which schools the education OF such uPils
ss de.ire it may be advanced further than has hitherto
beer practicable In which inc eed they may be carried
alphabetically, far as it is customary to carry the
nupjls of the various academies and semlDares IN this
country The board of school officers in this ward, In
the performance of their official duties have endeav
ored to furnish proper instruction for all who have
right emand that they be intellectually fed at the
p1bhc board. They are aware thai the cmmon
schools of this city are open to no one class OF 60
cieiy to he exclusion of another The child Of the
millionaire al the child Of the day have an equal snt
to portion of the provision made for public insudc
ton. The rich and the poor may, If they viii, meet
toe ether in public schools and when looking UPON
them as they are promiscuousy assembled, who Is
competent ss.igu each his future place IN so
ciety or to predict their relative positions when feF
wears sNal have transformed the dependent child into
The man Of business. After some further observations
in this srain the speaker alluded to the condition oil
France and other countries and OF the deporaoie l
norance of their children. Mr. Nelson then pro-
ceeded speak of the perfection OF dsci pine and the
chars cter Of Instruction imposed in our schools, aud
said we must always remember that Is our duty 10
educate our pupils for the useful pursuits OF me-hol
to become mereYfipPant men and women. tney
demand from us he solid and genuine metal, not the
spurious counterfeit though the unsel glitter the
more brilliantly. The speaker at some length reviewed
the cost Of maintaining the present sysem OF educa-
tCn and dUuC ed 10 the elegdnt ouuong 10 WINCH iney
were assembled. IN conclusion he psid high COM
plinept TO the teachers employed in this school
am satisfied said he they will endeavor not only
10 make their instruction profitable, but also to
make the school agreeable aud even attract
i've 10 the pupils that the "reminiscences
os TIE school msy be of prison house aud task
master, but of walk throus pleasant garden
oyerburg with rich ard wholesome fruits ana OF al
elder sister puckisg and aecionstey presenting 70
them those fruits which their youthful stature did oos
permi, them 10 reach. Then sunbeam VIII warm
he moral atmosphere Of this building, aud its rays
will illuminate the after years OF those VINO snail 60
forth om its portals gliding the most remote penois
of their lives and blessings shall descend upoa thef
teachers and others under whose auspices the benign
influence of this school shall have been shed abroad
After singing the audience addressed IN surn oy
the Rev. DIR Adams the Rev. DR.. Alexander the Rev.
DR. Bellows and Mr. Tut1e. The exercises .erc IN
iersper-ed with singing and reading Of conposinoa oy
the pupils The audience were dismissed with oese-
detion by DR.. Adsws-
This school numbers about eight hundred pupils, and
IL under the charge Of Mise Jane Hinton, principal,
and eleven sssistaatA Tho primary department .
under charge Of Miss Rii1s Psrday ssA nine assiss.
snts In thh ward tasse b alss Q scAoo ecg bsys a
which y. b, Scott b prh>1pa