New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
q BOARD of Education met Yesterday.

Communications were received from the Thirteenth
Ward declaring all their buildings safe, and from the
Eighteenth Ward recommending JOS. +. JOY for
Trustee in that Ward; and also declaring the
school building No 40 unsafe and dangerous and ask
ing that il be taken down and primary building be
erected in its place and that the Board buy new site
TO build new house for Mr.. Scott department. APP
pended s the opinion of three experts that the heaters
of the present building unsafe, the pipes passing
from the first to the second story through wooden
inclosures that the wall is liable TO al IN any
severe Storm that the eide walls are equally uhssle
being hollow and the sides unconne cted aud the hor
zonta connections between the piers being broken so
as to leave each pier free to vibraie alone that II ~
impraciicable 10 make ii safe but that D! 'ahg 1n
the chapel aud putting Oh Hat roof, i! may be made
reasonably safe.
Mr.. Mr,TIIGH thought it all a dodge to get new
school budipg-a humbug that had been expo
several times, and had now come up TO Do eAp'oueu
again. He thought it strange that a President "no
elected on tae economical principle, should sup
port this.
that the principal of that school, NJ. Scott, was
humoug; he had got up this excitement by teulnS
everybody that the building was dangerous:
DR.. EAGER asked if Mr.. Scott was on trial.
Mr.. GEo. WHITE aked if there was any gentleman
who had ever visited No. 40 who had not been told
by Mr.. Scott that the building would fall in tew days
Mr.. BEsEDICT, who had been called to the Cnait ny
Mr. Nelson, said that be was one.
Mr.. MENTFITH spoke again.
Mr.. GREEN went over the ground AID unoei,o2N %
read from Mr.. Nelson's report cn the temsR rree
Academy. He thought that the schoOl-buildns wa
safe but defended Mr. Scott as of the oest 'eac
in the city, he having sent more boys thsH any
other man 10 the Free Academy.
Mr.. GRO WHITE-I rise 10 point OF 0ruer- a
good many Of those bows came from the country anl
never went TO public sct oOl day in Their ives
II was explained TO NJ. White that points o oFlss
required very different objections.
Mr.. WHIIE-Well, my point of order IL Tor 20 eu,
tor the gentleman from the Fourteen:h MI Greenl
Mr.. GKEFN proceeded TO read Mr. Nelson oP!nl2n no
that fitting boys for the Free Academy derapged tn
operations of grammar schools loos and 70 Say
that according TO that Mr. Scots schooling nav'nS
fitted most must be most dersngei He, ho"eN O.
thought that NJ. Scott one Of the oest teachs'
in the city. n
Mr.. SCOFIELD, Chairman Of the Committee OF Ne
pairs, pronounced the builiing unsafe. . ce,,
Mr. MEsIIITH wanted 10 explsiu ho" NJ SoueI! |
had been imposed upon, but MrWaue objected, ahu
the matter was referred to the Committee OIL M .ls
Mr.. MFNTYITH would nave said, II ae go o0-V t . tLa'
there was not an average attendance oi uVV se1oah
in Mr. Scots school, although il had peeh ,la'eu NJ
be had an attendance Of eight hIt1,eu. m
MenteIth offeree TO bet on this, and MI JAZZ II.
BRADY, an Eighteenth Ward Trustee proposes o1'
Of 81 ,0JO. NJ. MESrLITH DID not accep': ib- sV'
erass attendance since Jsaus-y hss been o'o'