New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-07
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board of Eoucation met Wednesday evening,
hr. WARRES IN the Chair.
The Sixteenth Ward asked for arresrages the
salaries Of Meesrs. MoNaby and FOuke, Principals OF
Male Departments in that Ward Their salaries were
fixed by the Local Board at 81 500 per year. Sdbse-
quenty the Board Of E1uca ion passed eeuera rule
that 10 Principal be paid more than 800 per year,
and these gontlemsn have received bat lJUO.
Messrs STAFFORD ard ADAMS supported the justice
ard necessity of paving these gentlemen l,SO per
year, and MessIs. CUSHING, BENEDICT, ana Curtis
spoke against allowing them more than 81 ,5JO The
matter Was referred to the Committee on Faance.
The Thirteenth Ward asked action on recoulmen-
dsticn Of two three Committees thatPrnery School
Building No. 30 be heated with Browns W ster Fur
Mr. Wn1r moved IN, 1t BE- rec smmittsd With in
struoiious TO report il favor Of the lowest bidder. Mr.
TUIHiLL seconded the motor.
M EEUnNsL said hat they hsi considered the
matter Thoroughly ard got all the Information they
could about Va el lufnscsS. There vas cae Of tlis
hind in the Fifth Vsri ard .Aoy fOuad ths, this was
the hsst: they only failed 90 have it grated before
because there was bat jus: quorum present, sni /:
barely failed 10 got a constitutional vote. Nessrs-
TUcKER ard CUSHING spoke in favor Of granting the
appropriation. Mr.. ADAMS Ssid that this hest,ng sp
psratas was approved by the Committee 90 Sites and
School Houses and the Committee Warning and
yertils,ion Il was sisted that psIt of the appsra
tus was already in the building Mr.. green dld 10.
ike this method Of doing business Mr. TrIHILL
asked what had bsen the experience Of the Ninth
Ward il tire use Of Loedss water furnace. Mr.. GU
DKRsLXx,r replied that il had not been used in the
Winter. The appropriation was adopted.
At TIE last meeting Of the Board twenty four OF the
male principals presented memorial demonstrating
~ aDst the present system OF examination by the City
Superintendent. They say "Tnst the system Is pro-
ducive Of the most serious Injustice 10 the leschers
and the creates, injury totne pupils. Their reasons
for this arc that the Superinendents system me assures
al by tie unberdae standard, that makes the
interests OF the teachers antagonist to the progress
of the pupaz that it is despoc that ster otypes old
modes, and stands 10 the way OF tue progress.
The City Superintendent, being requested by tae
Board 10 explain his system Old 20 in communicated
which next read in which ne s,atss that the ex
animation has been performed by visiting each depsrt-
nept calling up each class and examining i. In the
several studies prescribed by Il Board Of Educs ion,
as far a. the pupils had progressed eseh The merit
or dement, 10 be ajudget 20 each Glass has been sst
mated by asoeranitg what proportion OFF; unc erStood
thoroughly the subject as far as it had been studied
and taught; where the whole class gave salts
factory suswers TO the questions asked, the de-
gree Of thoroughnosS and accuracy, and Of course,
OF merit being considered q maximum. The
results Of the exaiu aon hsve been recorded aud
ported by figures u the practice of the Executive
Coz m.ltees on Normal S;nools and the Free Academy
il teeI reports 10 the ard Of Einc aoG. Facts that
would Gil volume are by this meaos compressed