New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-17


tie oi'srest DepS.seots, ray pernsps be esti nsed
by the svseg~ results Of the stststcs showing the
corpIsve ec,eecy cf the teschsrs Of TIE respective
ceesee IL reieIeEce to theu mo6es OF Instruction, tee
dii Of their classes SID tee ceS-nsss aod sccUricy
arc pronpti'ude exhibited BY thew uplls ca exsrna
tion. The highest standard this respect berg rep
resented by s. tbs average in the several Msle De-
psI Is s,snGs st 8. ana the Female Departments
Ct q. 10 ten Of the Msle ard twenty Of the fsms!e
Departments I equals or exceeds - while in four OF
tie latter Noe. l. : % snd &, Juror Depart nents
sLd nore Of the former. II reaoaesS
Amorg TIE several clssses IL e.. tie Mse Depart
NEXT, seven ouy attained ol exa0linatson grade OF
md upwards Of which the highest, thst II NJ Is Rog
ers IL No p resehes the grade of I ); the next,
that of Mrs. Kerredy IN the ssme school, %; and
the re II, that CT Mise Forbes, in No. -, Is.
10 IRE Ffnse DepArtme's foytyfour clsssss were
found equal 10 or exceeding the Srsde of the hig1
Il wuch. and the class which atal0et the b. CHEST
sik Cf ANY in tue city. the 6rs' clsSs 10 the
Ssr,or Depart er Of Ward School No. &, under tie
ehsTee G. Miss sclegh end her associate tescbers,
To- sversge grace OF tee class ~ AL the SHADES IN
Which they were examined being o.. The number
Of cssses Il the several Female Departments, II woica
Oh average grsee eAceecLg Was reached, was
ti-'yi The lumber equal.rg or exceearg Wa oine'
viz Cisss IN No. A. Senior Department I 81;
that az Miss Fsrles. 10 No. 10. 3: tuoss OF Mics
Jcsepbire Iiwin in No. Is. Miss Messenger n No To-
ard Miss Duncan in No 30 each =; those OF Mss
WoodssId in No. i7, Jutior Department. snd Miss
Oakley in No. a. each A.; spd those Of Miss
Reeves in Nc. "a. and Miss Patt in No. II, each ~
From inspection of the retsrns, il viii alsO be
perceived that IN t~elve OF the Asle Departments,
viz: Ncs. T. >, e. ., II Is, II, -, sh X, 81 snd 50
and IN six Of toe Femsle viz: Nos. 70 - 30 81 81.
10 there were pupils OF the rst highest grade OF
studies g. prescribed by the Boards, while os the
otl er hsrc five of he former VIZ: 10 Nos 10, ~,
80 ard 80 ard che Of the latter No. ~ classes were
rreserted equal IN grede only to ths first sud Jnd
classes Of the Primary Schools AID Depart neus.
Thcee schools only ID which Clssse or pupils were
found below the proper granmss schoJl grade were
Nos. H. L. - std - Esle Departments, and Nos.
II, 81. T.. &, - and 20.
In The Male Departments of Wai Schools Nos. Is. ~
ard 20 and IN the female departments OF Nor. 81 aud
10, more than City per cent II al the pupils on regs-
ter we're tSund below the prescribed g,anmsrscn;".
Nos. s. 8, 10, 10, 81 -, ~ 30, aud the femsle de-
ps!.men's of nue., Nos 8 II II, 13, % 81, IS,
i3 ard -, more than sixty per cent Of all the pupils
were E. uud to belong TO the fifth aud slxth grades,
and IN the male departments Of Nos. and u, and
the female departmens of Nos. Il and % seventy
tive per cent or three ourt6s, were found OF these
grades. Thee male departments only, ana 10 temale
cepsrtment were found in hich the average grade
Of Ill the pupils wss below the lowest & AIDE pre-
scrbed VIZ: Nos. 8 ~ and 80 Those schools having
sversge grade OILY equal to, or lower tasn u,
were tie male departments OF Nos b, IL Il, -, 81,
Is arc 30 ami the female departments OF Nos. II, Is,
% ard 80. TIE school having the lowe.t average
grade in me msle department WAS No. D. Twelfth
Ward, ard the ore having the hig ieot WAS No. 10,
Six'eenth Ward. OF the FINALE cepsrmeut. tue one
Were ard the two having the lowest were Nos. -
and u, in the Sixth and Tenta Wards.
The aggregate number of pupils reported ~ on
register in the several grammar schools visited and
examined during the year, at the tine OF such exsmn.
alton respectively amounts TO ~ DO, OF whom ~
were IN the ma and 1913 ia tie female departments.
OF the former 3 !T and Of the latter 21h are OF a
primSry grade according TO tbestandard
the Boad. And 10 If the former and 9l9 OF tbs
latter have attained to exceeded the highest grade
thus prescribed and are well prepared for promotion
into the Free Academy for boys or a high school Tor
gifls Respectfully submitted.
s. s. RANDALLICity Superintendent Ct Schools.
motion was made TO lay on the table and prut.
MIR AD,ms of tire Sixteenth Ward moved TO strike
ont snG print. He went against any such Endorsement
of a report which made comparisons between sonooS
or classes. They lnvioious. Ii would be the
ruin of this or any other system. The City SupeEin-
tcrdents duties were clearly defined in the by Ia Of
the Board, and this was no part OF them. lie OBJ
ecied this arbitrary stand Id which hsd no 9Aiss
of the Fifteenth and Sixth Wards could not bcp-oper
" compared He thought it wrong 90 print such u
document. THE Sixteenth Ward schools 90 not rank
20 high in the marking Of the Superintendent rs some
OF IT. neighbcrs
Mr. BrsYDIcr and Mr.. McKEAs vindicated the ac-
ton Of tie Superintendent.
Mr.. ADAMS moved that il be referred 10 the Com
mttee On the Course OF Studies snc Scbool Books.
His motion was rot seconded and ,1JO copies were
ordered
Mr.. OKErFR YVES chosen TO fill the vacancy in the
Committee on Normal SchC oils.
Dir. ADAMS moved that the notices made by the SD
psrLteldent End lis Assistants IN the Ward Books be
printed with the figures. lie knew of one school
wh.ch wss marked low, in whose visitors book tae
entry made out a. the time OF examiaston was made
III iaIse syntax . m .
Mr. CRUISE aad that il WAS due TO the City Super.
irtendeut ard his Assistants that MIR. Adams should
be explicit ss to the Oe nder against eyntsx. 1t was
an attack upon their professional reputation.
Mr.. ADAM, stated that it was not the Superlntenc-
eft.
Mr.. GREEN said thst It was bsd enough TO have the
svntsx Of the teachers of our schools shown up by
the newspapers abiding apparently 10 Mr. Hazel
tine but If It were shown that superintendent had
been guilty of syntactcal deficiency, be was very
anxious that the Board should ceGI t-eu o any such
grave responsibility.
Mr. BLoOMFIFED suggested that the syntactcal de-
lirauency mig ht have been occssioned by desire to
say favorable word, although the condition OF the
school was not coed.
M GRERs proceeded 70 speak in favor Of ascertain
ing the unerammaticsl cuprt out Mr. Adams did not
give his naule.
After sorre unimportant discussion, the Board ad-
journed.
THE BOARD or ALDERMEN
TIE Board Of Aldermen met last evening, President