New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-21
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS oFNEW-HAVEM

The principal public schools of New Haven, the
Webster School and the Eaton well worth visit
The Eaton School has the finest building but as it has
been in existence less than year, it cannot show the
rpe result which the school officers Of the city exhibit
"a strangers with such honest pride at the Webster
The sneoiaty of these schools is the everlasting
of the blackboard, From the baby to the graduate,
from the cradle to the cOuntngroom, all scholars are
continually expressing their ideas with prepared chalk.
A b C children stand up before blackboard and
talk with their teacher about kittens in very pretty
way while she prints their little words with crayOn
and teaches them to read her report. The next year
a child is taught to cover blackboards with pictures
Of eouyocal houses uncertain trees and doubtful
dogs, As soon as the pupil begins to study arithme.
tic there is the blackboard 1t is used still for
geography than for arithmetic. Map-drawng is fos-
tered to greater extent than in any of the NewYork
schools in the regular course of the Webster School
each scholar draws regularly $50 maps. The
highest classes are exercised in putting maps
on the board from memory, and in their recita'
tiCus of physical geography study unknown
as vet TO the New.York schools, constant ref
ereuce is made to them. In the rooms of the elder
classes half the boards are habitualy covered with
gigantic drawings of Washington, the American Eagle,
the Charter Oak Gothic ruins and cabbage roses Inc
Vie Of colcred crsyons in the Boston schools give
these pictures peculiarly striking appearance. Moth
ing Of the kind has been exhibited at the examinations
in New.York except at Mr. HarrsOns school In Green
wch avenue. At the Eaton School the pupils are d.
vided into eight grades, each of which constitutes
separate department. although all are under the super
vision of the principal, Mr.. Clark There are nearly
as many grades at the Webster School, Boys and grs
xe taught together without much OF that deporaDle
distraction from their studies, which Is imagined Oy
many Of our teachers to be nseparabe from such pro-
mscuoas tuition. The lower grades are hardly equal
in scholarship to children of equal ages in the better
class of our schools II only in the higher classes OF the
Webster School that finds as good scholars as ours
The highest class there-which is taught by the prin
opal Mr. Brown--evinced better knowledge OF
geography than any class in Newfork has done, the
continued map-dTawing impressing the contour OF
countries and the position of places very strongly upon
the memory. Here, however, geography is not con-
sdered irst-class study, and is generally confined TO
the lower sections. Some of the reading in the Weo'
ster School would be hard to beat even by the girls in
Clarke street French and Latin, which are found IN
many of our gramma schools, are unknown IN this,
and algebra is not carried far here a. IN large Por
ton of the New-York Schools. The branches which
sre taught, however, taught very thoroughly
and the rectatons receive considerable zest from the
rivalry between the boys and girls.
The schools of New-Haven are behind in music.
Even nthe Eaton building which is considered oy the
citizens to be the perfection OF school architecture
there no piano, except one executed IN chalk on
blackboard by Miss Carter, hint TO the powers
that be that real Instrument would be an aid TO her
inteachng singing Celisthencs has just been intro
Complete Course gone through by the higher classes
twice day. The size OF the building, which afflgds
two or three times many square feet to each scholar
as most Of ours do, allows OF this.