The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-20
gns Commencement Week of the Free
Academy.


ma examination o. pupils for admission to the Free
Anadsmy, corner Of Laxngou arenue and Twenty third
srss, has u boon concluded Tho number OF applicants
admission from tho ward schools less than last year,
bat they we're said In general way DO better prepared
Tho age for admission has been raised 10 fourteen years,
which, also, probably tended 10 ouraii the number.
Tho ward school which sent up the greatest number
Tor exsrpaon was The Eighteenth ward school, No 40.
NH school cent 10 seventy I've applicants, OF whom
oeyou,y one were admitted This Is the greatest number
over admitted Into tho zc.temy from any school The
school which came next g had sbou, forty admitted
Nearly ooe third OF all admised were sent ffom the
obovenAmed school.
me mede In which the Free Acaisfny examinations are
couducted preciudcs all possibility Of retuaisy rne stu
Scents are supplied with tickets wtsch their number
alone appears being omitted The professors
In The academy are supplied with corresponding numbers
by the School Commissioners and when boy turn ar
rves for examination, bis number called may 90 10
on IS. He answers 10 bis number, his examiner beng
ignorant Of his and OF the school from which he
comes The washerwomans or hodcarrers son has iuss
70 Of admission those OF wealthy parents.
provided be Ia qualified. The pupil is taken by
one teacher perhaps, on English grammar by another,
on geo.phy by another en- armsno ana ny asep,
Atee and on the end OF the chapter until ne mas
pasecd ak examiners Each teacher, the Bon
ouston Of the examination. records the result IN MS
branch. No 10 s the highest, No. the lowest. When
below the latter number, II Ia set down ~ failure lne
united results Of all Toe examinations Win remarks Of ,ne
specton Of the pareps and guardians OF the boys ex
amined The reco'd are made opposite TO the number
each studen, examined, their names being kept out Of
Professor Webster, the President OF the Free Academy
delivered able and interesting address on Friday,
An, In The hall Of the institution, before the e~y
admitted studeus their and guardians He dse
with much force on the bceess y of polite and gentleman
Nv deporsent and Of cutivatng respect for place
wherein they 10 be taught their and
superiors lie impressed on theit minds with great ear
bouesiy under all circumusnccs whether in situations
where their acts might never como 70 light or In
ther open ssa a. also ufgea 'os
which much Of In their future lives would
depend He also made known 70 them that application
fhcIr studies could be imperauvey necessary gain
.uc, m the ,ps,uacn That whssver external msrrs
or adventious circumstances oil wealth or position
might be regarded respecting mem ese.ners mere they
equal foot rg these respects and the only unc,on
that sboad be recognized would be based on merit alone
He called Don parents guardians 70 90 operate Nth
the teacnere Of the sdemy seeing that the boyr -hcn
absent the institution, were ven trained snu aevo'sa
proper hours study He said ,as ,ne ens orSpy
q O'Clock and would be dismissed 81 oeiocs r. NJ,
and while absent home they ought not 70 devoe less
sheY might do and SIN have Sufficient time 20 spare
for exercise He esld that students who gener My sue
oecded winning high hopors studied more than nree
10 varied the students against the danger OF losing
their time reading novels or works OF fiction ne
considered that the condition OF student VINO
abandoned his studies aud the perussl Of books
usefu kuowlcdgo-now 20 widely pub shed
and pccer,abie-for novels, was hopeless. He I'D
m tied some possessed claims such those Of tn,
best h,o cat characters but these better suited
t. begue an Idle bour OF mssSred manhood than TO inter
tere with the acquisition Of solid knowledge the part
yoYh.
vel regu eied habits, guided and directed ri al times
In all places by sound principles Of immense import
snce, the forming and maintaining OF which would requ
che 90 operation d their parents and teachers and Ihe
homa thatc ana