New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-03

Ibe tIpeUse f'r rtch Z Ipu ~ fsllulaI'" il"u 'uo
number upon the r-g,ter at the 0euceneot
o. the Academic year. II that nume-r wa' carried
undminisbed through the gear, Il would futnsa
correct basis for the est mate. But II 10 subject to
deductia.. utder Influences which are chroDic aud
constant The annual decr-a,e OF the paps be-
tween the july examination for admission AM the
mouth Of Sept. Dber, may be ,et down at -.
Arer that it is cropping 6re 1t 10" to the eud OF
the war In some Of the Wards the reputation of
the schools is largely dependens upon the purber Of
pupis sent from ttem t. the Free Academy.
Promising lads are easily persuaded TO qaslT, sod
PRESENT themselves for examination, ~h'n there
i. nopurpose their part or that of their parents
that they shall rem,n 10 The institution anf holsn
its course The records Of the Ac'den ny will show
that the number Of pupil, Belonging to it Is s'wa,s
less IN September th,n ~ss registered 10 July.
Tbs year, dinibution Was m ,de the subject of rr-
grei by the President Of the Bo.td Of Education
IA Io.6. "A serious drawback" he ssit, - to the
"pro-perty Of the Acadelpy is the numbe- OF those
"who leave without completing thu course OF
study. The number who left IN l556 was 2o'.
" Of whom i3S lett before the ca nmeoc~rnrnt aod
APO afterward OF these latter 50 wers of ths
class Just admitted, of whom 33 stayed only half
"a Month Yet teiore they departed they were
msdc to serve use'ul statistical and arlthme'I,h
purpose-the h'dng OF the real cost of tue Free
Academy education. Now. the number OF pupils
reg.tered in that year ot Pre-. val con oiant Sss
81; diminished by the 25S who "lrit" there
would Re main for education (zud for purposes of
taxatiop) the lumber Of 259 pupils These beiAg
the dvi.or. aud tue total tsPen.e of the Academy
in that tar being the oyi lend, the ac.ds cost of
educating each scholar was Sl63 60, instead Of
that forty odd dollars per annun, 50 prophetically
assured to us.
Why should not our tax ridden citizens be let
off as ch-spy n their brethren Of PhilrdslphIa
The eXpen.e for each pupil ia the High School of
the latter city taklog the mean of the VII Die mum
Der taught was last year $40 20 II 1t were
estimated upon the New foik plan. of be largest
r. Qi.tered number il would be s'ih 'ess-"ny
Si2 "A per pupil. And Why should not o''H
" and stationery" tor the purposes of grau'ou'
yet costly education. be- as chrapiy accessible to
New Yorkers as TO fhilacelpbsns At our Free
Academy, Ia,t year. the co-t Uf these amounted to
So, ,Io4 for 6l3 students. At toe PbiadelphI, High
School the cost OF the books aud stationery daring
tie same year was Only S6T for 600 Students
FIVE mes less than with US. Whist too, is the
reason that the classes in our Free Academy
reverse the serpentne growth Of snail by Dr.
greees and beautifully less" aid are the ,rse't
at the tail aud the sm.lIrst at the head At Union
College the graduating classes are slSsys the
LARGEST and the Freshmen the smallest. At our
Free Academy the proportional numbers of che
classes Will equal the reported numbrr' Of those
.ho were examined for Advancement In Feoruary
lS57. They were as follows: