New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-29

the Free Academy should ipcorpors.e the Grammar
School as part Of their Institutions taos becoming
three cympssis and then the State should erect unA
yersily around the Astor Library, and throw Vie whole
open 10 every child in the Stsie. tApcaueel
The Association took g recess - T. NJ
TyESISG SESSION.
The Associations assembled st p N. the President,
Mr. HrsRr BARSARp, in The Chair.
Mr.. HopGrSs, Superintendent Of Public Schools in
Canada West, read an almost exclusively statistical
pager on pubic schools in that Province His state
men e1hoited most satisfactory condition Of edaca-
ton there. They indebted, be said, TO New
York for their school system. 20 Massachusetts Tor
their school govern uenf to Ireland for their school
books and 10 Germany for their normal school sys-
tenn The attendance was fully equal, proportoIaliy
70 the population 10 The attendance in Nes-fork and
Massachusetts
The cus.opny thanks were vo,ed to Mr. Hodgins
and the customary request for copy for publication
was msde.
The PRrsrpESr made some remsrk. on the difficulty
Of prccuirg proper school hbrares and The Necessity
ofexcluding bad books. He appl-udet the system
which obtained in Toronto, Canada Wet
II was announced ibG: Bishop Potter was indis-
posed and could not read TOE lecture which was down
on the Programme.
According to custom, thereto c, the States were
called in order, and their representatives were e1'
pec,ed to tell their experience. Maine, New-Hsmp-
shue and Vermont we0t by
The Rev. DIR. THaYER rcspcndsd for Lassschu-
sets After few preliminary remarks he alluded to
the School laws Of Massachusetts, and drew ont OF
his pocLet a large pamphlet, from which he began
very deliberately TO read, commenting Dy the way;
He dwet particularly upon the law requiring thai AL
school children should be vacciOated, and after being
twice desired to ro brief mace 4 few more remarks,
and gave way the Rev Mr.. ALLEN Il Rhode lslands
A gentleman gave account OF avAt he once made
10 school in Block Island and inquired II any pro-
vision had been made for pubic horares IN hnode
Island.
The PRESIDENT, who was az one time Superintend-
ent Of Public Schools in that State sid tas. nothing
Of that Kind bad been done by the State, bu: ndi-
yiduai mupifcence had done much 20 supply their
omission One gentleman M. Amasa Msntoo, bad
given SlCO apiece TO eg hteen towns condition that
flev should rase much more. In the elshteen
towns twice 81, 500 had been raised.
Mr. PalLBRcK, Superintendent of Public Schools,
resi- orded for Connecticut He gave detailed his
tory Of schools in ths. Stae. He said tha. New
Hampshire Appropriated $500 TO the support OF
teachers which gave $500 TO the County OF Rocking
ham alone. Connecticut had aoout sl00 70
County.
Mr. V. NJ. RICE, Superintendent of Pablic Schools,
in New-York, said that he did not know that he was
large enough to represent so large State. Mr..
Rice We should judge, reprcsen, the State 10 tho
extent of SIX fee, All dthr.e hundred pounas ne
enumerated the school officers of the twelve thousand
school districts OF the State, and then defended the
principle that the State should educate lite children,
and that no injustice do, to The City by taking
from her 100000 more than ss received back again
for public schools.
The Convention then adjourned to o'clock p. NJ.
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