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


The Board of Education met yesterday. After great
difficulty a quorum was obtained at $40 p m, the
hour Of meeting being p IN.
For heating ard vertiletng the new school-houaes
in Forty-fourth street 81, $40 was appropriated.
The City Superintendent handed in a report emboly-
inc tt results of the examination Of the schools this
year Its conclusion is as follows:
As the result Of this protracted add careful inves
cation into the character attachments ana efficiency of
our schools the undersigned IL happy to be aole 70
state that while very small proportion OF their mum
Der has fallen behind the standard reached at the
previous examination, either in grade or scholarship,
by far the greater number have advanced beyond that
standard and carried forward the course oil sudy
extent In many of the schools, as will be perceived
by an examination of the tables the progress hse been
marked and decided; and even where these results
have failed to be attained, it will be found that extra
neous obstacles have frequently been nterposed, OF
such nature as to afford satisfactory explanation
Of the deficiency. Upon the whole, comparison be-
the returns OF tho two years, in oil the SCHOOLS
and departments examined shows commendaoe and
gratifying advancement all the essential requisites OF
our system of public Instruction
The ratio Of advancement however, a. well a. the
grade Of scholarship and attainment IN the several
schools appears to have been decidedly greater IN the
Female than in the Male Departments While the
general average OF scholarship in the latter for the
past year amounted to y and for the preceding year
to Il out of every eight pupils examined, that OF tue
former il ) 23ds for the one and > lotus Tor tue
other and the average grade Of the several Male De-
partments has advanced during the year IN the ratio
ONLY of - per cent, little more than one-hlth,
while that of the Female Departments was - per
cent or a little more than oIe-ourtb.
Tie only Grammar School m which the average
number of pupils paesiGg Z good examination IN the
various studies prescribed by the Board amounted 10
seven sghhs the whole runber presented 10 Gil the
GLASSES was the Junior department OF No. ~, IN tue
ard uudp n Y.
Hall: and the only male Grammar Scnooi IN whicn
such average amounted &c SIX elghths or
of the whole number wasthst OF NO ID, u tle sale
Ward under the charge OF Dir. Thomas Hunter, lr.
Nineteen female e. amman Schools, however, In dlner-
ent sections of the city succeeded IN reaching or ex
ceeding the same stauigd IL reading, spelling aud
definitions, the number 81 male departments ID whicn
thr ee- fouitbs ana upward OF tue pbpis freseIteu
passei good examiaahon, was seventeoni wne the
number of female departments In which thst proper
ton wss attained was tnrty.hve, eighteen ot whicn
reached or exceeded tie grade OF seven ana one NO.
4 in tie Twenty-first srd) Of eight. In geography
In eight only OF the male Grammar Scuoo s, tnreo-
fourths Of the pupils presented passed goou Aai'
nation while in tn. Female Departments, sixteen
succeeded in reaching that standard ana tlree
Eiphth Ward; l. FIFTEENTH Ward, junior dep iItment,
AID II Tgeptv-frg. Ward that Of seven-elgutha la
crsmn ar four only o. the male departments rescheu
grade equal or exceedug three-fcurths wh'e 10 Tue
female department the number ta9S advanced Was
twenty three elk O: whom reached or exceeded the
grace Of severe hths. In history IN egh'eeh O the
male departments, three.fourths aud upward anu IN
seven Of theu en-eignths and upward OF tue CAS-
passed good exanioauon wDls 10 tue le.ta' uoI
psrInent the rumlber in which tnree lourthS anu
| onward succeeded WAS but sixteen, lCur OLy VI
which attained to grade Of seyen-eighths am
, upward. NJ.
OF tie classes in Elementary Astronomy IN the NAE
Grammar Schools, vine only att rned srane e'i1t !"
or exceeding three-iOurns, OF witch one ,ha 10 NO.
49, Twenty first Ward marked perfect "hile IN
the Female Departments nineteen Glasses Ieecne1 .lo
former grace, seven tbst OF seven e'gotns anu w
ward and one in No. 81, Twentieth Waral tue hlgu-
esi. OF the Sc in ATith netc three classes Only 10 te
Male DEPARTMENTS were found 10 equal or e1ce-d Tue
grade Of three fourths, While 10 the feihsls Depa
Inehts there we're five; ana OF those IN Algebra es
classes Ii the Mae and sixteen 10 The female DeP.I
ments were found equal superior TO tnis gfa"e;
Excellent classes 10 Geometry were iound u tno9 VI
the Male Dep, rtDen Els and eight OF tae reuo'o
partmen-s. In tie former, seven eIguths c ~,
rreserted in two ard the Whole NUM- III Sne ..
! NO. H. Sixteenth Ward) We're found coinpetent "
pass good examination and in the lat,er' v'n1s
fouths il four -tven eightha IN one, ana Tue az
number IN TWO No. L Senior Department f''''"'-
+ Ward, and No. 10 Eighteenth Wadl' ..u.h ~.
Ii VII lie sAen BY this recspitularon tha. u Oh .o
brsncbes Of study pursued IN our Grammar s.ueon,
With the single exception OF History, zoe =; ,n
advanced pupils has been cOnsceIao.l 81 AZ this
Female than in the Male Departments ano una III
superiority il quite irhed ana decisive ~ S u
mathematical stucss Is in those less sos.I.e 90 "a
fcut If att snuert. In the Primary Dep Ien'
urinary echools, results SuDS,dn-loiy .yv
Ciiier.Lt scale viii be found IN tne range o.
instruction Whether. if the opportunity 81 p'oSee
cutting still higher and more advanced ~
stuc, Should be accorded by the Board 10 Tue = sua
s.ss Of Feiasla Departments, tqua ~ Mi,
provide for the Male, the sspe 60. a. s,nar
would b. obtained is a problem when such al eAP'''
iment only can show. L;,h -. rr,i,.
The sveisge lsLgth Of time daring 80 $50 -.
ed 10 the several cIassss f tns 80 nm
u.sr Schools tad been under inrruc ,,', - Ia. :.
mc ptts and upward, while in re mae
wa enly sev-n and half. This iset, n;' a.".
.rsIy n trs FsmsIa Densrtnens, may carve 10 some
mes;1re to account Tor the increased esgrse OF
astic efficiency of tts lstter over Toe .oi
making every reasonable eli 'wsnce; lCNsfI
he nu,is Of ,tsss ITO departments, j. s NANTES!
that lie general rrsee Of scholarship aud
is considerably greater .as fsas 'a T1 20, "9
Department Of our public schools. iaS (. c,o. =.
Ss,ss =. 9Th, Ia 70 tts .ssc.ers smfseyss 10