New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-31
PUBIC MEETINGS.
RO.RD OF EDUCATION.

| lie B)sfc ci EsIHcst 'h VI i'N-' H'- ~ ~
| On Wednesday eseniDg.
The K port OF tb. City Superintendent was or'erei
| 10 be printed We can only aive extracts fro n II.
| CITr SuPERrsTEsDtST's OFFICE,
| NFw-YoRg Dec -, lsjs.
| IT, ., Uoro,ob< :i< Bcd,i II Ea1rgsi.At
! tn r,teIsgre5. Ciy S1psrinie nfent ~ Scho -
,ls to,or - submit tor the information Of TIE
! B,s,d the following Report:
coypiTIOv OF THE SCHOOLS.
| The system of Public distraction IN The Ci'y ara
| Couo'y # Ner-Yoik es organized oy th- ID bm'i o'
in acc ,oance str tne provsious ot the eX-
is,iro law comprises a Free Acatemy for toe go npe
e., gate eouC aon OF boys; four Normal >cno'it ir
tre nsrruction Of teachers; 6tssesel " sfl scnOI
iiclucirc fty-ore GramniI scoools loc 10Y IT,
pre Graz mar Schools Tor girls acd hits.uVs pnn'ry
/ Denartm.nts for both sexes thrJ-hVs fnntfy
soioos; f5ry-tSo Evening So oois i"enty'tnree oi
ticn are for msle, and uiIet~en Tor eHiai7 pup,
| ,nd ten Corporate schools. The number OF pdpds
uTGer instruct on N the Free Academy i-15i in tee
! Row Grammar Schools, = 800; Gifls Grtm mar
! School. =. .99l: Primary Departments, 9s~o m
! mary sehoos 81 ,r96 Evebiog Schools aooI, 2o,e1
Normal school, so; ami Crp"rg'e Schools, llo9' :
TIE role nnmber on register m the several ward
AID Prusry schoois and Ds5sr mentsls lJl, OK aud
! tie a.elsse attcucance, 49,l12
Tbe vloe nm bber ofte4chors employed in the sev-
oral sch, ols under the charge Of the Board - ifVo
900 f wporn are males ard ,-vO feDales There are
also eleven corporate Insttuors in cferen, sections
oiile civ shioh participate ID tle oisfbaon OF toe
Sch,o. Furd but are IN no other respect uader TIC
The whole suount of money eIp=nfei dnrng the
rss: year for the msntenaLce and suppor' oi these
ser ools 3 t6,-6o ", OF wuicl sun DO tto 20
wss paid for the saiaJes o T. tcl,Is anu Ifulo'S !"
the school buildings sss $40 l3 for the erection of
rev school houses the purchase oi stee sn1 r-psirs
emo alterations OF eIisig ihces: 80 @l' Us Tor tue
uuchess If fuel; $lOj,32s 81 for books stationery
| ald school supiratus; s3,34s 3l ior salaries 3i
suprriltercert., clelks ana "'iesr5 OF the 'a'u'
sil 81 - or tie Free Academy, ibclniiDg tspais
SI55 O3 for ev-tirg -,hool- 81 30 - FOR Normal
scnools ana So Az O5 ior coutngen; expenses COO
n. cted with the administration OF the syste n Oi the
agOrer.te snm thus expended sll2, ,sSJ - were a.
ntiooeo by he State S"per tntelt fro the income
{ Of tn. Common school lnd and the balance rsis.d
! by city to1atior'
Tee srp.tn.en1ert s happy in being able 70 state
that at preceding period IN the n.tory of the ss
TEN haze the sc oos Of the c,ly col ctvey cODsi-
. cred been in more huuriso'pg 0onoition WITH ve'y
few exceptions in ubievofabl- localities dec ied a l.
/ vancement has been made duritg toe pat year, IN
both the rads and scholarship OF the several depart
m,nis The average attend snce has been conf ERA
increased and tue general character AID eiiicie1ey
| Of tie schools have been seuslby augmented. lhe
couise If instruction pres rbed oy tnc botri mas
| been fully and gen-re''y carried ont tlan mas
! heretofore been fornd praoticabe-wbils III many OF
the schools ard department. adcitouii bfanches or
study have been pursued. The orfer, ciscp phue and
tri Of the schools deserving OF the highest con',
mencativn; aud the at.anneBts in music, Singing, ana
| pennansbip, drawirg mb'oifeTy, composition aud
Gel mntivn very generally credtable both tn pupils
J and teachers. The vigorous AID spirited emulaton
among Il sewers Sc oOls excited by the annual ex s
inatioI snd by the pabhcity given the results has
very perceptbly ncre et the stsrdard OF instruction
and carried forward the sttainmehts OF the pupls,
! Will. at the saue time greater spprox nation to
uniformity in the of instruction apd 0lscipne
Of the several schools has secured tlan has at
any previous period been fouod attalnabls
During the pest yearavery thorough an earcoiug
alton Of slltne classes N the several
mar Al d PnmNy Schools and departments has been
made, the results of which have iron ii ne Is time
been communicate to the 30 .rd. Fcom this ex ami
appears that the whole number OF pupils tn4n
on register IN the several grammar schos tor boy
! was I3 tl7 with average Attendance during the
month preceding the exsmlD stlOn OF l2u52 tue w1oe
number 1 SH Ks afrass as ssacadaace o. $40 Tas
wno'e rumber on register the several Primary De-
| par,meLt, ~ 800, with an age attendance ct
.2377; and tie whole number on register IN tho sew.
| era. Primary Schools, 2jOl, with an average a..
! ,ercence of T}9-msh iDg the aggregate nuno'r ot
| pupils on register IN sl the Granular AID Primary
Scuoos and Departments At tie date OF the exsnoa-
ton respectively t62l, and the average attend ince
| - 24S In the mse departments OF the Grannsr
s. bocs the proficiency aOd ansdccement vi the sew
er # classics duug the preceGitg well az the
absolute standeId cf scholarship, was icuud decidedly
ilfrr to thg 81 o the female &c general
average of scholarship IN the former amounuag 10
htte uOre Il eu halt while IN the latter II was
nearly ihIee.iourtns and the grade OF the several
caists averaging considerably higher IN the female
ia IN the u.ae depahments. Toe only Grammar
Scnoo in when the average rumber of pupls psssiog
| sood examination IN tne various oraLcGes of suiy
psescrhed hy the Board Amounted IN sevenee hths Of
the whole lumber pr-seuted in all the cnsses was the
jutor q. .paItDsrt of the FelDale School IN Relita
| street (FeeLih Wud), while the only Male Gram nar
| School IN which such amounted 10 three-foutths or
Fix eig hths was the Boys School in fourteenth street.
in the same Ward. The latter standard no sever
| reached by Ineteen Foma!e Grammar Schools IN diff
lent Of the city. Out 0t the several casses
| in the male departments, seven ony w-re iJnnd 10
have attsDed 20 an average grade OF seveneghths 10
all the stuoies in whch they were examined, whis Ia
the femse department tts average grae was attained
| or exceed-d by iorty y-foOf cl 'sses.
IT, the Prim Departments the general average OF
the grade of s,hoa arrhip was foasd to be traction
over three iourths, and the Primary Schools little
below this standard. lu the tom class OF schools
the average nombr Of pupils in the several classes
! was 'oubd Ia be 79-a lumber i,r TOO large 10 be
| efficiently instructed by teacher. These depart
uens average consider able more than oOO pupils ea n,
aud III several Of them the daily attendance e1cee 20
$50 itd eating the necessity for the establishment, at
as early period az may De practicable, Of additional
Primary hools 10 the several Wards where these
departments GTe now so excessively crowded.
COURSE OF ISsTRUCrIoS.
Tie stterton of tie Board has repeatedly been dI.
r.oted by this Department 10 the urgent necessity 0i
such uocitc of the of stuJy heretofore
prescibed by eutnority a. will secure q pra tica
uni ormr y Of instruction III a the schools aud relieve
aJge prOpO' ti0n OF them rO the severe press IRE
uI on their ne and upon the na faculties Of their
| pupils which the existing course demands. In ouf
s,,em, the lessons are principally required to be pre-
pared out o scco hours and the entire school sssioas
aye devoted TO hearing rec!ta,iOns Ia many OF le
classes fon eight 20 ter different studies pursed
and Of the highest as many as twelve are re-
CURED and these arranged that the greater part
of them must be continuously pursued ss portion o
each dsy instruction. To accons sh these tasks II
any degree adequately and thoroughly, demsads on
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