New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-04
PUBLIC NEEIING,S
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board Of Education met last evening, the Presl-
dent in the chair. The Twelfth Ward asked for new
Primary school building in One-hundred- and-eighty-
second street The Second Word asked for a re-
modelling of building No. IL. TIE Twenty-secOnd,
Nineteenth and Ninth Wards also asked for Grammar
Schools.
M. D.vrxronr's resignation from the Committee
on Normal Schools was accepted.
Mr X. l.. WArERBURY renewed his offer to lecture
in the city schools two Lours day for $40 per day.
DIR. R.yyHY declined to serve On the Committee on
Salaries and Offices
Mr.. Adams, an evening school teacher in the Twen-
tieth Ward having received present from his schol
ars, Mr. Nelson stated that he should decline to pay
bis salary.
The Board ordered il paid.
The President stated his objections to signing sew
eral bills. The objections technical.
The proprietors of hot water furnace sent u a
communication, recommending their heating sppara-
tus as u safe and effective method of heating school
W. H. RBo,prs contended that the contract for
repairing the recently burned schoolbuildng in 1wen-
ty.fouth street ought to have been given to him. His
claim was referred.
Schc OF Commissioner in the Twentieth Ware, was ap-
pointed Trustee in that Ward to fill a vacancy.
The Evening School Committee attempted to get a
salary for the Superintendent appointed by thenthe
Referred TO Committee on Salaries and Offices.
Mr.. WARRrS said, as the Chairman of the Finance
Committee he had looked for some record OF the pro
ceeIings Of the previous Committee. Ihe bylaws re-
qured record of the proceedings of every Standing
Committee. But none could be found. One OF the
Committee told him that Judge Waterbury had such
remarkable memory that he needed no minutes. Inc
present Committee would moi be guilty OF so nagrant
transeres sion OF the bylaws. lie reported that the
salsy Of the Clerk of the Board be raised to 500,
and the rooms now Occopied by him in the Hall OF
the Board be made OF for the purposes Of tue
Board. This report was adopted.
Mr. WARREN offered the following resolutions:
RssoirsS That Article II Of the Bylaws OF the Board be
sinded Aticl, II constitutes The present Noms schools
Re.olred That scholars shall BE- received into the Ss
udsy Normal Schools and at the close Of the present year said
sct col shall cease 20 exist. m
Reoieed That hereafter from this time this Board will not
recognize any BE- hereafter appointed teacher 10 the
Grammar schools uns he she hall be Ia years Of age aud
shall b. allowed any in the said school who ha, not com
Rered hat thcie s continue be daily Normal School
20 which III Isdn; OF th. sy Th1 'ha s,.,r 60 % 0e5'ns
charge for Instruction. such schools be under the supervision
Of the Committee on Normal schools OF TN, Board SUBJECT 70
such lue, and equations az tie Board may determine
The last resolution provides that the examiners of
teachers shall be- for male, the City Superintendent
the Principal of the Male Normal School (which is
abola hed and male Principal OF gramm ar
school, be selected by the President OF the Board
and for a female the City Superintendent the Prlnc
pal of the Female Normal School, aud female prn
cipal similarly appointed-two of the three examiners
10 be competent 10 give a certihcate.I
Dr. WILLIAMS moved that it be referred TO the
Committee on Normal Schools, Teachers, BY Laws,
and they were so referred. -
Mr.. WARES, nothing daunted by the defeat OF his
r.t -et of resolutions offered another calling the
teachers TO rcpoit the condition of their school build
ings and their facilities for exit. de said that he had
examined % buildings within few days and in one
wall was H. inches out OF plumb, and IN another the
teacher feared that hi. 100 pupils might be buried any
day.
Mr. CElIy said that tine Board should attend 10
these cases before the scholars assembled again.
Mr. q Grady OF the First Ward, said that an acci-
dent in that Ward had led TO an examination OF the
fines and they were found to be in highly danger
ous condition. ! many pieces, the fiues were not
thoroughly lined and the wood was charred IL might
have caught nre any day.
Dr. WILLIAMS thought that the schools Of the
Twelfth Ward were az safe any which were warmed
by furnaces. He did not think that any buildings
heated by furnaces were safe.
Several members coincided with DIR. Williams, fand
Mr. LEE proposed that the Commissioners make the
inv. stig Alton themselves.
Mr. GREEN hoped that some good architect would
Il. appoiut ed with Mr. McVey, the Superintendent OK
the Workshop, to examine al! the school-buldings.
Mr. WARES specified. He thought that one of tne
buildings in the Seventh ANard was unsafe. Mr..
" hite OF the Eleventh Ward, had told him that he
thought the Ninth street building was unsafe. The
Fourth Werd buildings were unsafe. This was al
he could cay now.
Mr. MoSiEIrH said that the Fire Department had
every school in the city safe but one and
that was on the east side OF the river.
M CoGER of the Seventh Ward insisted that all
the school buildings in that Ward safe; they
used nothing bu, wood stoves for heating.
The resolution was amended 30 TO put the duty OF
reporting upon the Inspectors, after which il
passed and the Board adjourned