New-York tribune., 1867-07-27


PRIMARY SCHOOL no. A. u
Mounting 70 the ton Of Grammar School NO A2' IN |
AlIcnst near Hester, we entered the Assembly rooi'
large enough for 4JO boys, an additional oO is
tered to find preense Of ventilation, sun nIatfom
repetition Of which we saw IN sev5ra. !. on MI H. Uois, %
What those blinds forF we asked dust and ART ON
no good whatever except to discharge Jus +t ru IN % o
nnr hradsU In the Girls Grammar Denat'inent IieSe
delinquent blinds do nor apPeai ,sor sno are Teby oh
ecfonable The verdict against them is 80 dr as we
I'm the nccnpants OF these rooms our worst Tears were
not realized until we entereoMo h;idon ,rSS SS 20
aaSclt TO he. How do you miisnaSef we asked
sWei, we almost hang the chLlreh lt up, ~ an t ao
, Is D5ber OF tenement houses are going up near
here each Of which turns out Prga[y school school .o
orPSngement is if possible worse or instead OF beng
divided lenhwse thereby GyhL D0tn @ ssnaTated s2tesd n
siding doors running the width o. the school, so that
one room entirely shpI on bndI S cBTen nre sealed
r vcars which NAV account for ome deficiencies, yet
ISe saw nothing hopeful in the additions now be Ing built
the being small and the ceAngs lOW' anu no Sign
u ''"'"''''' PRIMARY SCHOOL 10. 1.
AtNo lOj Ludlows the interested public may see
one of the most ancient and most dscreditabe schoo-
buildings in the city On the ground floor Is an unVen
tla,ed, low. and dingy assembly Oom' where zso ei'
dren divided into three classes, rcite simultaneously
Back OF this are smaller rooms, quay oDec'ouaple, &
ono having only one window Hhidl MinuO h stsircase
on tbe story above the air and arrangements are bet
ter yet crowded the rooms hat we sa" one tio
Does that little girl sit on thestove in winter| we
| "'Oh no. then she stands up" ,-.--, ,...,.o.o, -,
Six hundred and eighty Is the registered humDer oi
pupils The play ground is miseable, and the question
of mrning the basement into play-room having been
agacd dare to say that II Is nOtt VIII oo 'uin'u
! into cemetaIy
PRIMARY SCHOOLING. 20.
Primary School No. 90 No 1877 IOome-st, was built In
1889 The ceilings are rather Low and there Is no system
Of ventilation Six hundred pupils here receive the eie
ncnts OF education 100 occupying the galleries some OF
counted 20 heads had accOmnodaedD 80! Looking % ht3
the boys covered play DUNG Tec, we usTGo m
cloud Of dust that must DC OF ncalcuaDie Dcheht 10
! tender and youthful lungs.
| GRAMMAR SCHOOL So Is.
In Fifth st. between Avenues ? and ID, where tene-
men houses are in their glory ant children swarm IKE
| flies in August, stands Grammar ahoo No 10 Here II
we remember rightly, 5000 schoTs are registered ana
here we discovered good sized skeleton whose pro
portions are quite worthy OF beingmade known noW
ot IN do II being The only rule tic Building Committee
seems TO think worth following twill surprise no ole
to be told that nearly $4,000 have leen expenacl on to
school i'm question What large amount might 90
none need be told what il has dmc an VINO VIII @ to
away an old school house having undergone Protean
transformation until the assumption OF lts present snPo
although the last alterations were naue Two {fs { & NM
ventilation had not been dreamed oi nor rs uor sum
cient hight Of ceiling ton any way & modify Ie wee re-
marked TO the principal Of the Boys Grammar Depart
Yes he replied " THIS room was formerly so sufio-
cotin hat made strenuous eforr 10 abate the discom
Tcrt II rc0uircd six months complaining to get win
h Tor" emf tbTonrh into the assembly oon, and this only
succeeded in by shutting trustee mp ln INC NOM anu
desiring him 70 remain there ne minutes, Mheh nc
came out he promised that the window should De cut
Nv tbsdeyice the foul air Of tr classroom escapes
into the general assembly room imead OF hhdnB an OK
Your classes appear to he crowtedr
"Well, yes. We are obliged 70 average ~ 20 class
formerly the number was Soand IN order 10 insure ms
h'Saef6f it SGc6t f5i,s''' fo bs' - ''''''''''
| In fhc Primary Department the want Of ventilation
was still apparent, and Discerning 10 e pisemu
we were shown four class rooms that are unht i9I gceI
tion, owing 70 the dampucss caused ~ thc ads anu ON
which the school d, built. II rests on piles. Yet Two
years ago the basement play ground was occurt ny %
ubyentiatca with windows near lie floor that when
open the air blew directly on the children h cclaI was
contracted here and il is not doubted that many ouSn
have been borne 20 early graves a' reward I"i ''7'
attendance at Grammar school No 10.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL 80. u.
Located au seyeuteenthst near Eighthaye, Grammar
TGeYSG' ~ ~ - Sify oNoingTnra i9 's8-tQ t"
ventilation Thirteen hundred children infest the Pr-
mary Department ca of whom shut mp n the gallery
Several vacuum ycntator may be found N the assembly
room the eye would be keen indeed that discovered
anything OF the sort In tho class rooms One room, con
tanning class of 90 l. particularly offensive in consc
quence OF the ueighborhOod Of water closet Tie Girls
being oyorcrowded. In The Placement There two small
rooms wherein ~ and ~ children are packed Neither -
III for stable. The Larger Was used ~ gymnasium
until the school overnowed and required additional class
| rooms. when the apparatus was put away.
! Ihen you nave ~ uhastic exercise, We sad
! Are all the scholars drilled I'm them r'
| "Oh no; the Primary Department Is TOO large FOR
anything OF the sOrt and tho oldest pupils have ~ much
! TO do that they cannot spare the time
The front basement room SIMPLY awful, dark, aud
almost wndowless The teacher occupying this danger
for ourselves we longcd exhort those ninety seven
boys TO mutny and put the local school Board IN chains,
| for allowing such nuisance 10 exist
! This crowdlng Is aboiniErlble :" we exclaimed
suppose IL Is" replied teacher but salaries de-
pend upon the sze Of school The more pupils, tho
| better We are PAID
down the number OF scholar to the capacity Of tho build
ing, premium Is paid ON The smoihering system The
\ Board Of Education s therefore, twice culpablc.
! PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 2.
! Primary School No o. situated IN Horauost, near
Hudson Is without fragrant defects Notwithstanding that
It has been built nine years. There vacuum yent.
ators but We don't pay any attention 10 them" said the
de reserrc The school will conveniently accommodate
40 children, but COO sometimes registered. The
eTcd play ground small ana offensive when hlled with
children, and the open is little than
| GRAMMAR SCHOOL so 35.
The Thireenth-st. Grammar School, for boys exclu-
sively, is one Of the institutions which the Board OF
Education turn their gaze with peculiar pride couse
quently entered tho building expecting to indulge in
a series Of admiring excamations dream vanished
upon finding other than penum ventilation the
ators In some OF The clasrooms being directly behind
the recitation benches. What becomes OF the backs
that receive the entire contents Of the air passage
innocent the yentiators Of fresh First erected
In s48, this school rebuilt four years ago, that
modern ideas might have invaded the premises had the
head OF the Building Committee been large enough TO
have received them. There Is little yard room, and the
covered play ground Is filed with offensive gases.
| How Is the building heated T. we inquired.
BY steam and during moderate weather the tempera-
ture IL delightful but when the weather very we
have scarcely any heat whatever Mr. Bull says there s
| no help for IT,"
without being at all personal in remarks, we would
| suggest that this Bull he taken by the horns Fifteen
hundred boys cannot study in bady-heaed rooms with
mpumtF. The body ia never 80 susceptible to cold as
when the brain is beng taxed.
| GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. ~.
Proud Of the Boys Grammar School in Thirteenth.
ST., the Board Of Education Is 10 Less content with