New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-03

90 IL. ovn loom. under the charge Of us insa
enter upon The various studies OF ine gay. noo,a-y
Of sach hour, they are assn I'd ip.runsnta
,usic and alternsted with relaxation an "a, - a.
,he playground; and s; the eud OF lne w. =.
dismissed with Substantially t ns 80 baooly
- - 80 .xAv In 81 atmosphere 81 love- Anu
n.ss ard Improvement and the scqul'14't -. ~
isSge ia ACCOMPANIED by the FORMATION y, -
80 ;ndns,rv uunctuaiIsy, neatness snd mu'1N
- - -sssid The scleol-ruom and lis ass '''a iVus
80 Se-eS attractive ard desuaole 10 al = VIC.
t-sc,ve and desirable TO ncse VINO stahu no h ~
NJ their elevAting and refining Influences on. 49,,
FOR this benefceni agency mlgnt never - or
- nIa-sinO, of A sell-ordered snd happy nOuo, W
participated in the inesilma1 he adVa ~ arc
ian education At frequent Intervals, usse -
thrown open 10 the visitation ana nsf "a animated
IL. and on such occasions, the happy AlH nm ~ -
conn,enances Of the children, as their s'ueies 90
viewed their compositions and declsu ~. Io ,nodI.
their music and songs listened TO, ana sHe. ~.
vork embroidery. penmsnshlp ana Gla"ln-: -.
ec,d nv deeply Interested and sdniIns
sads Of visitors sufficiently indicate the hapyu
bch dffuses itself over this important portion VI -
vor 40 lives These only VINO cave oeel Iailu. a. a.
go and repulsive walls the cheet'ess ana so
~. aoect and the wehrisome and mon Honous routine
- he :. hools of the ulden tnie-sho nave 80
snd svura hzed with the pro,racteo suffering " -
baoIa. nth ones condemned to pass no hs uaJ7 uu
IN conceal. torture on the miserable apoo-
ss for benches without backs and III roc us open ~
- tie rdest hsssTi's Of the wind anu ehpeS.-
have listened 10 tht II shllehs ~ 10y - - -, III
40 ,ba brnal and eufeeliDg csstigations o morSee III
,o,rerac and cruel NIedagogues-and ;nournea ore'
tn line W ssted and Sorse ihan wasted "a these @
q, harbarisrn by ignorSnt, incompetent, anu '0'o
tescheIs-can adequately Fealze Ine lu hin me
wbi|b hos been effected IN mere respects Wfv>s 20
pat few year. fully spprt clae the sipen0nty ana
| efficiency of our osn System q lhstu11'a'
PRIMARY SCHOOLS Asp DEPARTkESTs.
This portion of our system, ~ 1t constitutes ne
foundation of the entire supersructure OF fuohc IN
-, ppp ant
mosI .neiontiy cared for. Here the work OF school
Education begins, and precieiy in proportion as II Is
faithfully conducted here, will lis future resal's prove
peruAncrty valuable and usttul. In the Primary De-
fsrtmepts of the y Ward Schools of the city, there
have been under instruction for Longer or 50 rter
period during the past year from 2OOc 10 ooVo pu-
pills chiefly between the ages OF four SUI ten ears,
With an average attendance Of from 500 TO lOOOO;
and in the weight Primary Sch OILS, occupying sep
arate and distinct buildings the number OF su;h pupils
on register il about II co., and the average attendance
about , GOO.
am decidedly of opinion that the prosperity and
advancement of this large class OF our Public S,h00
would be greatly promoted by an ncreae In the num-
Der Of separate Prm ry Schools, and eorrespoolhS
dimr ution in the number OF pupils now gathered INTO
the Primary Departments of the Ward schools. In
several of the latter from eight hundred 20 housand
children are daily under instruction, Wild siulaI NJ
dations and occupy Inc Only an edua amount Oh
room 10 that capable of conveniently auu comfortably
accommodating a number not exceeding enc hai Oi
that above spec fed, in the upper depart nen's fe7ptc
lively This discrepancy ought not 20 o. pernted 10
exist, Children OF q ten Ter age 'ngh hot, as u
now too generally the case IN thee dephthehH,
10 be crowded together IN small ana u.VehulaHl
apartments, with uncomfortable sHets ana scarcely
any facilities for changing then Nu2na or eietglsng
their muscles for hours together In Tue IlluiaIy
Schools none of these disadvantages arc expeileDce1
ard az Consequence, il is found that much greater
progress is made in the work of instruction during an
eqral period of time. Ii - impossible Tor teacher
however well qualified 10 10 full justice TO class 81
btuO a hundred
their career Of instruction, thus denseif packed TO-
gether and in close proximity TO otner CihSes suher
r under the same Disadvantages and accordingly tue
Instance are by II cans lnhequent where e1idren
thus situated are compelled 10 Iemsln IN the rudimen-
ary classes without making any peroep l0e progress
for ten or twelve months or even longer period
Would it not be better to provide additional and suit
able accommodations for the younger lupns Oh these
DEPARTMENTS in separste buildings, and thereby leVe
them from the iDudi;iOus and unwholesome pressure
which now exts and which seriously retrds ther pro-
gress aud impairs their usefulness me erecuon III
each WaId Of an additional Primary school, suitably
located aud of sufficient dimensions, comfortably 70
accommodate from $50 10 800 pupils would e0a0le tue
s,Lool officers to transfer the two or three lowest
classes OF the Primary Departments 10 ese schools,
and at the came to afford the cessary fHclties OF ee
ontary Instruction - hundreds now uneoe 10 oOlah
admission 10 the - il stitUtens for want OF ROOM
By the adoption OF such arrangement, the iu'e OF
instruction in IL Primary Deparment might also De
essentially advanced with decidedly b-hehCal results
Ia the Cepa tments, dhu 10 tue
F,u the necessity of th case, promotoas are not un-
frequently preInaiuIoy made from the lower o. lafaht
cases ia the Primary Departments 70 the nlgner auu
the time biCh shOud b. devoted tn those orancnes vi
study apprupri4te ~ the classes TO wsch me puph
are thus transferred IT, to very considerable extent,
REQUIRED in perfectiDg them IN the clemens WHICH
should have been thoroughly mastered lG the previous
stages. The recent examinations OF the o"es c.aSse'
in The upper departments have demonstrated the IN
urous et cts of this system in great measure snow
ng that large proportion Of the time OF the teacher.
has been required in bringing up the course oil nstruc-
ton in there classes to the point TO WhicA ue Urinary
Departments and Schools should have advanced IT, but
which they were prevented from doing by the nsuper
able obstacles thus thrown in their path respect
fully solicit the early attention OF the Board to this
subject deemiDg it OF fundamental Importance to the
efficient working of entire course OF iosIucuon
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Thee institutions are designed 10 take up tae educs
ton Of the pupils Of public schools where The Prl
mary Departments and Primary Schools leave II, ead
10 carry il on with the boys up to the point OF qual-
cation for admission into the Free Academy and with
the srs through the ordinary stages OF good English
education. In few OF these depar Anents, Latin
French and other of the higher branches are 'auht
but generally the cOurse of studes prescribed by the
Boafdts adhered TO, far practicable. From the
operation Of the causes alluded to under the preceding
head il has been found exceedingly difficult In most OF
those departments TO carry the classes through tee
whole of III coune and the greater proportion of the
time the teacher, necessarily occupied In bringing
up the pupils in geography and arithmetic to the stand
ard prescribed for the Primary Departments and SCHOOLS
and in carrying them forward in history, grammar, as
onomy and algebra, while the elementary prnoipes
of natural philosophy chemistry, physiology and book
keeping ae far too generally either wholly passed ever
or very cwsOrily ard mporfecuy taught This defect
can be remeded only by such expansion of the Pr
maies as will enable them not only fully to plete
the couIse now presC ibed Tor them by u Board but
10 extend that course 80 far least TO embrace
the whole Of geo aphy end most Of the practical rules
OF arithmetic. The number Of separate and distinct
studies Dow simultaneously carried on By the pupils Ct
the VI PER Departments ia believed TO be too great for