The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-30


EDvuAros In THE CTr--THE PUBLIC Smools.--
a bill has been introduced into the Legislature
whose operation will effect some considerable
changes in the mode Of choosing school officers
and in the administration or the affairs of
our public schools. By this bill the city is d-
vided into seven school districts, each OF which
shall elect one school Commissioners for q term
Of three years Seven other school commits
sioners are to be appointed by the Mayor, sub
ject to the approval of the Board Of Education,
which will thus BIO constituted OF fourteen
members. But the whole Board will not 60
out at any one time, as the elected members
viii hold Office for three years. while those APP
pointed by the Mayor will hold for only one.
The change that will thus be effected in the
body that has the principal charge Of our pub
lie schools is not deep enough. Ii does
not remedy or even touch the real evil II
charge the manner in which the Board shall
be made, but does not change the material that
it is to be made or II still leaves the public
schools in the bands Of the city politicians.
Any method Of selection is good enough with.
the right kind Of men, and no method OF
selection will be an Improvement il it will
permit the choosing, as this bill will. of the
same class Of men who have hitherto held th ese
places. The real trouble with our public
schools is that they are in the hands Of the
grogshop politicians. The distribution Of the
places Of trust in our educational system is de-
cided in the groggeries OF our city. and our
public schools are under the control Of men
whose education, associations, habts and modes
Of thought are those Of the groggeries Hence
the corruptions we have seen in them,
No change will be of any value except il
takes the selection of the Board of Educa-
ton altogether out of the political squabbles
Of the city,-and even out Of the city Let
there be public school board appointed as
the Police Board Is, and as the Regents of the
University are-by the Governor and the Sem
ate. and let this board entirely control the
schools. and the change will be Of soma Value.
No Governor would appoint to such noble
and 55on9rsR!s tgasl any but citizen q s a
most unimpeachable character. aid we would
thus have upon this board the real requisites Of
such board--men of the highest respectable
ty and honor in tho community. There is not
the remotess hope that we can get such men in
such places in any other way. t
Taa ASSOCIATED PREss AGAM.--In the SEN
ate, on Monday Inst. very interesting debate
occurred between Senators Sherman and VIII
kinson, in the course OF which the administrar
ton was pretty thoroughly reviewed Mr.
Sherman is gentleman OF sense and educa-
ton, and Mr.. Wilkinson, who belongs to the
border rufian school Of oratory, bad no chance
against him In the debate Now, the reporter
Of the Associated Press dismissed this very in
teresting discussion in a line or two and de-
voted couple Of columns to the dry, tedious
speeches of Trumbull aud Wilson upon the oh
solete slavery question. Thia is characteristic
of the Associated Press repor Ter. He has =
brilliant faculty Of suppressing everything
that the public wants to know, and Of report
ing everything that is neither interesting nor
Important. What his motives for such miscon-
duct may be we are not informed. Let us
hope that he only lacks brains But if this be
the case why does the Associated Press en-,
ploy him. - 1890
ANOTHER LITTLE Gnw.--The Tammspy lead
ers, who still feel somewhat sore at having
been kicked If ;, VI Regency @sss.!ss. are con
soling themselves with the rising fame q Nr'
Bryant, The Little Giant OF Tue Assembly. who
is ahead of everybody else--de,nocrats or re-
p.blicans-ia his grasp Of the great issues of
the day. N. B.-We advise the Little Giant
not to gen too large upon The strength OF this
,sVmpiinenf,,1pr else we shall have to take him
down afterwards. Let bin remember the fate
of George Law.
soRex MssrcALs-k private soirce musicale s 20 be
given 10 81 up town piano wsreroons this even
ing, which a number Of pronhnent artists have
promised lend tor services. Tho proceeds viii DO FOR
the beucdt or the Metropolitan sanitary Fsir
Euster Elections.
rbs annual Easter elections took plaza ~ us1s at
several churches, with the following rsaut -
TRINITY CHURCH.
fhtorf WiTjsss--Wtam y Ounsco1dtD. GIliaa O.
verpiancx
resirpacs Henry Youugs, George Tomptston Strong,
Samuel r skidmore John A. Dix Cyrus Curtis. Gouver-
A. Ogden, Joseph Deladed Francis r. Tiou, John
II swift, John T. CISCO Alexander W. Bradford, Samuel
Davis. James q. King. John Caswel Adam Tredwa