New-York tribune., 1867-07-27

fy the basdInent DO not remind OF Araby the Best
the Smaller Children prefer to the open open yard s
noxous and sitting and we hurried away Heln S ~ WIN
a pOssle haste This school Is regarded rs nrsVcss'
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. 40.
rr,o h,,,on mind is apt TO become delude0 by the be-
lief that whatever is newest is best particularly where
buildings areconcened Having much faith in the lnarch
Of Intellect oven We expected to find many more modern
convenienCe5 in schOolh0uses than IN OUT 9C''
Our visit 10 Grammar School No 40, in Twenty-CmIdst,
between Second and Tbrdaves quite cured us OF inc uc
usOn This building although erected put thrce years
ago OF the worst ventilated that we hae ye' SeG
The upper hall, capable OF seating aDVuI oO pVoSo'
are the small rooms this floor Below the rear reca-
On most uncomfortable IN t|O WLlch are so
small and sitting as 20 be almost uninhaDaDle, an e1
perimenta ventilation is being tIled NetHer lo an ats
any better than it was we do not know III is now qte
bad gh yet classes OF fifty reclte III these ccOop
very high wall shutting on Ihe lshJ on one str' IN
cral OF the very dark-so dark IN WINTER ~ "
make cipherng on the blackboard difficult operation
Several teachers in the Grammar Department e
bad air and absence OF light. The stehch III Se
playground is unparalleled in our investigation lor
added to the gases from the outbuidngs those pro
ceeding from large stable in Twenty ourthst in the
rear Of which this schOOhOuse was qenDeraIey D1Iu D
we are asO told that the ground which stands was
meriy occupied by slaughterhouse. Perhaps Go
no harm were the Board OF Health to concern se m our M
educational establishments ana sit IN % t co1npIan
purchases of school property Chldeh WIl III Ut
modate themselves foul gases Don't you ma @ sHcS
air very bad said 10 boy about zen y'Ii 0h H
S39S 3S fGSa 6SS6d n the IN rdRpSgd RhS 'Ounu % We
20, , schoo me No 40 is distinguished by the posses
sion of library containing 1900 excellent o9oks pII
Chased with money collected by the pupils no. IN the
short space Of two weeks. raised sncod s tc bsoTness
OF the popular regard for common scnoC3 anu ~ PUV
r tnSi Ine s bride in their school considered no sacrifice
too great for the elevation OF pubic educaOn ia tlr
sacIce too great Tor the elevation of public education
they will demand better air for their children than can
ever be breathed in school No 90 unless the aelong
sable be removed, and the building itself undergo
thorough reform IN ventilation
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. so.
II were hardly possible to find greater contrast than
that existing between the last school mentioned and
Grammar school No go situated on Twentiets, near
Thirdave Built on good ground, with no nuisance in
the neghbOrhOOd and no high walls 10 OOstIuct elther
te building itself has standing ten years II Is IN
every way infinitely superior TO It's younger SISTER III
than the play ground nor there any bercepupe ouS
emanatng from the Outbuldings The PRIMARY DepsI
ment is exceenty arranged, and the chapel az tne tp
OF the building is an exceedingly pretty hall All mat ~
required to make 1t meXceptonaDie is GOOD system 81 ~
il all over the building, for, notwithstanding tat eI
few upper ventlatos IN me Fmmary DePa Vt
! latiOn, however, being hobby WIN Ine III h
tween every class and in their way the harm that might
be done, less eXercced Is avoided
the old glare OF light in the chdrens faces ana were
told thaf those with weak eyes found It difficult 10 en-
itbstauding il would be difficult render schooroOms
unexceptiOnabe in this respect proper architecture
would undoubtedly modify the evil to great extent
| PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. %.
denseY populated lOctlly as pO
tween FIrstave and Avenue A. expected to find the
etmosnbere of Primary School No 20 of quality
than that of more pTeentious schools but agree
ably disappointed. The building however Is ulIty uuu
without ventilation The inevitable covered basement
playground is said TO be damp and the four recll
tiOn-rOOms the same noOr are equaIy SO "uucu
Ci Samnness and darkness sevcntytwo boys hud-
died into a space of about l0xl5 feet, ana IN some
quite as much dirt as clothing packed as closely as
| Ierrngs The teacher in attendance complained very
doors and windows, what must De the condtlO o such
"a room in wnterl Much OF the evil wrought isOwhg 10
receiving more children than the school can accOmO
date one thousand being the number registered and SIX
hundred being the maximum for comfort and he9iih ~
little ayas To state that these children, crowded thouBh
they be- much better of than they wOnld DC III lole
ment homes Perhaps they are ana perhaPs t's h Sie
OF evils and any educational institution that Is % hot ~
healthy for the body for the mnd-t Is impOssbe 10
separate from the Other-fas utterly IN s MISSION
| ~
Primary School no 49, in! Trinity place, is reputed
almost the only one visited by our R" dHb Ward a II is
wce bsf lumber i In SSn9agccc Of this VOID six
class locked up while the alphabet classes arc
spare. We counted children in one class breathing
an atmosphere that TO us was utolerable.
" II you have 50 many vacant rooms why do you not
reduce the size Of your A. b, c classes r. we asked
Because have not enough teachers, was the reply.
The present school rebuilt six years ago, and IN
good condition, saving in the matter Of ventilation En-
at 100 Fahrenheit the 18th OF June There ow
lower but no upper yentlatoIs. ,..,.,, ., 81, =.
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| Intelligent teacher.
| "And IN Winterp
"Windows still and then the platform is so cold that
very nearly freeze. take refuge in the class rooms"
In Of the the air bad owing TO the
the rear that the health teacher who formerly
pied IT, failed sgnay, The covered play grouLd is small
situation Of the school excellent fronting upon the open
green Of Trinity Church, and had not the trqstees put
ing oI one they would have been wise in their genera
GRAMMAR SCHOOL no. l.
The junction OF Vandewaer and PeaTsts B not crate
full TO that feature which stretches toward the infinite"
yet the situation does not necesate bad We found
upon examining Grammar School No. !, which would DO
an excellent building were 1t fully ventilated and not
Overcrowded No one connected with the School feels
much inclined TO complain for the reason that previous
years passed In enement-hOuse, the recollection
Of which remains thing Of horror. Entering the Girls
no plenun veutilators "WIpdows are our saIyatIop"
said teacher who then ushered nt6 two small air
ing the Winter Is rendered hot in cOnsc
quence Of the furnace ue passing up between the walls
tance from il the room is quite cold. This department
has so more pupils than can be properly accommodated
cpal showing us her Visitors Books wherein the verdict
| Of the School Commissioners given 1--WE rank ~
high the schools In the Fifteenth Ward" "Then yOu
must obtain grade at the expense Of the physique"
We'll suppose we do. The hour for dismlsslon is 8
O'Clock but II is otener and o'clock before the girls IN
| this department 90 home They are ambitious. and
reputation as teachers depends upon grades, you
know You are right in finding fanlt with the yentla-
toD but IN the primary departmentyo you will find it much
was down there fifteen minutes yesterday,
felt that had remained fifteen minutes too long"
This teacher was correct Five hundred and hftY little
children heded together In space only large enough
for twOhrd the number, and the galleries are not
only damp and dark, but in Winter very cold,
dOn Of temperature that precudes the opening OF win
dOws AS whatever ventilation there may be from
below only the state OF these galleries must be poisonous
indeed especially $50 children cOngre In each
gallery from o'clock 10 o'clock p. Even with
doors and windows open the teacher confined there shook
her head mounfully and told sad story Of assistant
who had been obliged to obtain months leave Of alb
sence after doing duty in this human shamble.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. "a.
This school, No 6s Em-st., is Of the