New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-07

Grammar School. Boys Department.
Grammar Schools Grs Del .riinr rnt.......231is
Primary Dep-dnIeL!s.... -
Primary Schools. s...........................Sss sus
Colored schools; ;............... .....'.'.''. 1''
Corpofste Schoeb. ...'.....'. iV",l
The average attendance Of phi il. was lO,-J2, b.
ing an increase Of :, l70 over last year. The whole
number of teachers tualy engaged IN the several
schools during the pnst year wss $40, OF whom
about 200 females. Tue total number OF poplls
found in acusl attendance the day OF Visitation
of the several schools, exclusive of the corporate
schools, WAS 81, l76 and 80 teachers.
Mr.. Farr OF the Ninth Wafd offered the following
resolution:
Reolred That The Principal Of the Free Academy be and
he hereby ced report n this Board ON or before tue
second stated etug in November next the number OF stu
admitted onnraly and -annusy into the zee
a.eS Aes's %d soIs o% Which the
admitted annually in the 1860 1851 and iy2 with
have ATTENDED school appears from the certificate ior sd
ms.ou AnS that the rrncI nsAs sSl Sin a. u
the year sIdng Sept 3 1862, with The humber oi
held their length and the time employee in setus
during said year. with the number o professors aud 'u'o
employed c.,
Messrs. Tuthill, Vance, Mackean and stout
members Of the Executive COMMITTEE OF the free
Academy, were opposed to the Board asking for tire
information sought in the resolution otherwise than
through the Committee. \ number of amendments
were offered aud disc-ssed, but the original reso'
luton was adopted with but one di.sentlent.
The COMMITTEES on Annual rs mates AID Appor-
tonment reported the following estimates Tor loOj;
For the salary o. teacher aud snitofs Ia the Ward
aud Primary schools. ............'.'..'' o
For he incidental Ipensss Of said sehoos. !ootol
For the sgppoit OF tie tree Academy ......... sSo
For repair, 10 the Free Academy budiuE....... t@o
For the support oi the Normal Schools. s......... sV,
For sppoltIonment TO Corporate schools '''V'
f1t rePsas as NJ. ."op 1000
Or ooof., sA'io"e'y '-1 o.' l0ool
4, De ~ i 80, - 'is r'.,i,- seh,oi, ...... 20 Df
r., ,n,, ~, ai ,ct tool 2ocO
.a-s' Si oslS spgI,sIds se s,s. ..u 5000
fcr G 9et'1's ''peae' o. h' no.a' INC u. 2ooO
FoT pni iohsrug. leasing and procuring .tes ior
erecting bui.diu.s, aud Tor fuIrish.ng hinns Up,
altering. enlss aud repairing the buildings
por Of school. vi hch shsll hsye bern Organized
.nre the last annual urpori9sment OF TIC
school onir. made by the Board sud for such
gth.i spI, ol s'ini - hv .s,s 2no0o
Total amount n,ted for............. el4so ool
The .mouui which the Boasd are entitled TO call ioI
Tie report Was adopted.
TIE Committee OH Course of Studies and School
books prtseuted a report adverse 10 put ing
Brown, First Lines (Gramnarl revised by Henry
NJ. kiddlc, 4. NJ, Assietant superintendent oil
schools iu Now-iork,' on the lis. oi books to be
used IN the toolr.
Mr.. Benedict Of TIE Fifteenth Ward made an able
criticism upon the revived edition reported upon by
the Committee, showing concusively that the value
greatly reduced by the omission OF some OF Is most
sImplc aud easily comprchended portions, aud tae
supplying in their Place Of material suited Tor ma
turc minds and not III any way sdaped Tor tue use
Of the children just beginning to learn grammar.
Ne WAS opgosed TO the book also because the very
fact that kdiles name was on the title would
roupi every teacher in the schools 70 ask for that
book not becaure they might like IL better thar any
other bat ia order that their pupils night be able TO
answer such questions the Superintendent 800
had revived the book might ak, in ths way keel ing
oul books which were undoubtedly superior. IL whs
he duty Of the Board TO % II that it- sugerin.
tendeuts were in 40 way involved IN interests tend
M 10 become mono 0yOlios.
Mr. Nelson j. Waterbury Of The Twentieth Ward
and Mr. Mackean Of the Twelfth Ward advocated
The interests Of the revised book and opp sed
by Mr. Stout of the Iwcnty.hfst Ward, Mr. Lar
ramore Of tho Eleventh, and Others.
The report wAs adopted, aud the book bearing hr.
h idd!e r. name rejected.
som, other iien,s OF business were transacted, and
thc Board adjourned.