New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-12
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10, 1859

scholars hich, s6ded to their savags OF the pro-
vicus years succr Sc, made mot eocoarsgiss bass
for lbe cterished University scheme.
We Iced Dot say tia, this depletion Of the male
srsu mar scba ola wss eXbsustink. Itrcsched do VA
10 some Of h,m far into TIE seconS grade Ut eis"es
ko,wtbst.bdirg ,ll the effort. OF sseir priocipsls
to keep ~ their crrdI BY keeping ~ taeie average
spn a. crop Of academy pupus. aided eS the s,mPa'
iheiIc lsAIts OF the ex.uDLer, OF tss applicants
,piy SO could be got ID, in July. 1857. rbirtssix
broke Gown al d had TO DO rejected. Asd saca Al
eIan,Dstiou these foahdered ooes stumbled on.
500 the 229 were passed on. We fcrbesr foe The
pte.eIt 70 describe il. Ii vii surhce 10 eiy, that
tie examinations are the moss f,cie arr ,nee0eots
between .cbemipg ambition ard forced mcoIoce,ty
- ttat 10 opporm and fair test OF schoiaf.hiP 81
written eXsrcises is ever made. The exsm'Datloo
pap-Is II the other clss..s are aiSsys published
xi,b great parade and much txpns7 bat 90 eye
hss Yet sep printed hst Of tess questions so 90
put to candidates. for admission TO .te Free Acsd-
,my. TIE ordeal Of these youths is sheltered aud
.bated. Separately aud in private the lad. listen,
AID make rePly to three or fcar simple Questions
adoIcs.ed 10 them b, each OF the examincr', who
assign to them such grade IS they teirk propsr.
OF couTse under this ~ stem the sa5dard Of sdn,s-
,ib ry msy be set as lo~ as the wants OF an inst
tutiob msy reDder convenient.
Its lot Necessary that we should repsss that
the effect Of the heavy drafts thus uade upon the
grammar schcos by the Professors is disastrous.
late Report OF the City Superintendent shows that
th7 grade of scholarship ia tho male departments
is far in advance Of that IN the male. So reduced
is this grade, after Free Academy conscription
in July, that violent EFF are necessary TO mee
the general examination Of the Superntendents
tearriDg in Nosembe- This very year. one OF
the schools Of loudest fame for aDnualiy rpenlng
large numbers OF boys for the Free Acacemy, was
so lowered in its grade, that the SuPerinteudenss
deemed il prudent to defer their visit for three
months, to give time 10 the exhausted Department
t. spur up to its oroii ary respectable stsndug.
large proportion Of those who enter the Academy
fBd tie studies there beyond their hot-hoa,e
sireI 9Th, and leave within few months after
entering. Ashamed to return to the Schools aud
their cd classmates, they remain at home, and
thus are made to lose or two OF the most / n
pOitant school years OF their lives.
We showed l,st week that one Of the objects in
ipcrea.ipa the "regis,er number" of sne Free
Academy pupils was 10 bite tbc actual eK'ravagaas
expense Of educstiDg escb and every one OF toem
who goes through the coure, or half way
through it. But tina! is not its only use. Beode
having b. en- made the occasion for accomplishing
the perricious tchems Cf ins,itutiDg Heads OF
"D.psitment., thereby obtsioieg for ruling
cl que large increase Of salaries for greatly d.
miLi,hed amounts Of labor, it has given sharp im'
pulse TO the ambition for profitable authorship
anopg the various professors. glance at too
following li.t of Text Books will be found very
lusre.tise, particularly if 1t be compared with the
beay, sums Of money expended tor them, ard
cha, Q. upon the sxeble property of the city;
Oven, Gree, Reader Arthon, Greek and Roman
Ovens Keno tboL's AnAbass ALtiqutss.
X.Ioi hon Cyropeds Anthons Ancient and Modern
Owens Bopeis iisd. Geo<rsphy,
Owens Hom.ts ody.ey, Anthon's Horace
Owens Thucydide. Authors Greek Prose Conpo-
Reners Elementary French sitiou.
Reader Anthon's Lstia Prose Compo
Roener'. Second French siton
Reader Anthons Latin vors.6cs alton,
Roeusr', Polyact Reader Morsles's Spanish B. sder,
Roeu,eTs Fsepch Idioms Dochsrtys Assbn,
Glsub. rshJee's German Gram. Doch.r.ys G-ornetry.
mar DochsItys Tsonon.try.
GAubenshlee'sGermsIR Reader,
Sim,ly remsrkIng that the authors Of all these
volumes are Prof,s ssors 10 the Free Academy, and
lot pausng now to t& II tales Of interest regarding
some of tie books a. the clese of the list, we will
call tie attention Of Cur readers to the rapid in-
crease Of the cost of the Modern Language De-
psrtmsnt. In 1854 tu ton in French cost 81 SOD;
in Sp,ui.h, 500; IN German, S350-sltosether,
$3.50. In I5,s the total cost Of tuition in these
three languages was 1900, beside the cost Of the
textbooks. In looking oser the Report OF ssddles
pursued We find only Is names Of students Of the
German, seeking this learning at the great expense
of 81 600 ayear. If we subject this register
number" 10 tie reasonable deduction off (6 would
be nearer the fact who abandon the course before
the expiration of the year, We shall see that the
cost of German instruction 10 the Free Academy,
not including price Of the books is not less than
Sl25 per anrum for each pupil!
The growth Of expense in this department is
closely connected with the project lately cOusum-
mated of placing the government Of the Academy
in the hands Of few of the Professorr aud met
irg others who might have been troublesome, BY an
increase Of their salaries This was effected year
spo. Now the Heads of Departments haze
iust applied for another advance upon their pay of
$500 each. Will the taxpayers of the city give 1t
to them Can they be persuaded much logger to