The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-02

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OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
TIE Present school syses.s--MccsinG In Its
Favor In steinway HaiI-Addrsss BY James
w. Gerard.
SteinwSy Hall, corner Of Fourth avenue and Four
teenth street. throngsd last evening BY highly
intellectual and fashionable audience. The occasion
. lecture by James w. Gerard. on the "Pubrc
Schools Of this City, and the Eject Of the Pro
posed Legislation q Albany upon their Character
aud Endciency," delivered in response TO a
call from number Of mOst distinguished citizens
Among lhoss present 1t the lecture were Mayor Hor
man. Peter Cooper Rev. Dr.. BurchArd, James brady,
Sheriff Kelly, Harry Howard Hosea B. Perkins, the
msmses of the Board q Educasoa Professor Webster
asd nsny other distinguished cigissna Previous to The
opening Il the proceedass. the audience treated
u shs star ssaagsd Baaas<' and ether loyal music
on the organ.
On motion Of Mayor HovrxAs. Rev Dr. Burchard was
elected chairman Of the meeting.
Tho reverend gentleman then announced tina, il vas
proper 70 commence the proceedings with prayer He
chen delivered prayer for the defence OF system Of
public sducason 70 which New York 80 much OF
The CHAIRMAN next introduced the speaker OF the
evening, james w. Gerard who he said was well
20 lecture.
Mr. GERARD. on coming forward, was received with
great applause He commenced by saying great
audience and this applause shows clearly my mind
the deep interest that the people OF great city take
In the public schools and in tho proposed OF
Legislature upon bill which Is now before ~ and
which is 70 greatly affect the whole vast population
New YORK for good or for evil have come here
dress have the substance OF my address il, mono
rsndum upon small slip Of paper, which contains the
S ,ss1ns ,n topics 2, my subject and shall
moment or, In other words shall depend upon spon-
tanecos combustion for tbs iling up. and. In short.
nish ms with tho fuel need and with the flame to
arouse IT, uaughteri Those who visit pass
q eight ana esA or as.
O'Clock in the morning, will observe . multitude Of
yeans people 10 the streets. with happy
way toward the schoobousos Some come
from tho tenement house. some from the
books under ono and their lunch under the other
but they oil have happy, smiling faces In very short
time shey assemble in the large hall Of the temple do
voted TO their instruction, marching into the school
room 70 the music Of the piano Afsr the touch OF The
little bell by the principal hundred thousand young
daily bow before tGsir Maker never heard prayer
before Applause Upon the rs-touching Of she
Of that being Who gives them and I'll lie daily bread
and every benefit that NO posscss Again they 60
che class ROOM where they arc prepared Tor the battle Of
life which thoy have to encounter And in that
class room and ON the farms and in that schoolhouss
I'll social positions all distinctions Of rich and poor
sit side by side; there they learn and play tsgether
there Be found the the dsughtee OF the judge
lAppisusej There they 81 .ossshsr -'r upon The
same form and enjoy the sane advantages and
, su0 rsysr, % n' oss s II
gether, and thus they begin The business o.
tho day; and one hundred Thousand children who
heads 10 prayer Will redeem this city from ali its crimes
Y Tsat crimes u has laughter and applause, Many
those hoes they carry tho lessons they have learned
from TIER tsachsn spreading the influence Of
Ss ..H some sn.0 them sV s.,. aSdSs IN
bat in oar magnificent temples OF education
those sS!,arsa And happy no.ss and merry raoss and
bell" No noise. no confusion prevails. but harmony
The 81 r.; III. i sse. sns
there 10 feeling Of love between shs scholar and de
ssrss.ag manner Che progress q tho ohdrsn Il sobeo,
and uosieed ths seasnpt 70 abolish school syssm ougi
s s:.'s ssy ys, .sS Gso : Sss :ss .s
Of the pseesas school lsw leo1, wAoA Nas bvOdehs
about systsm which hs prsseanced psnscssa ~ the
school managesnens He received his sppoistusut q
inspector Of schosls and wosid 60 dscharging his
He described how beautfuy oalancsd The possas sys.
TEN BY elected and appointed or1ceFs the immense
y :. ss g: q ne
and honor OF the city He next turned TO she proposed
hay . abolish this system and give i.so ne h.ads Of
great wisdom u seven Of hem could Do the work Of the
present one hundred and my school odcsss He
vet to learn Of ths wise or Gotham laugh
ter, Many OF the mon who hsve been named Tor this
% Ss y s asy
OF government By seven men may become political en-
gins. These tsachsn all apprehsnd thai IL Way be ST.
causes seepiess nights they fesrDhat With the mighty
power which those seven would have that they msy
,.e. r S.,s n osss sssss supplies others.
thai Q revelation Of the wheel may turn them
adnit upon the world sl:s they hay: .pen, their
posed upon them- would trust Governor fenton and
believe that he would appoint bot thoss whom he
thought would perform their duty had tho honor 10
INTRODUCES him 70 the public hooi systsm OF the city.
took him 10 half dozen NJ the schools, and he
delighted With what he saw. He rusde an address
every school he sted and whom he lsft the door OF
the last one he oppressed the regret 10 me that he bad
never bcfose known what The public school system Of
10 the GOvornors impartiaity, and the day shall
como when he win be called upon to nsrus seven COM
he believes viii best perform tho duty imposed
upon Thorn. But this say, that seven times
nov required to DO H. snd there are no seven men WIN
in the bounds Of this Garth who can perform The isocv
Of 'ha Once MT Gerard proceeded 70 discuss the merits
mited 20 vote whether they wosld enjoy tho provisions
Of the not and he did not why the people Of
this city should not b. allowed 10 vote the question
whether they would would not III There
more than two hundred Schools two hundred and sey
entv male teachers and two thousand feuale and ~
children endless number. II might safely he said
that there hundred aud twenty Thousand young
people attending sch0o in the different departments.
The school officers bad repairing buldngs
10 examine teschern TO appoint and TO d,sappont-
uaughserI and eli the rAmihcstons OF the system
attend TO, that IL would be utterly impossible for
70 do this work He had mid that
there were 40 teachers twc thousand Of whom were
splendid body Of young women ever gvacsd spy
position from the beginning OF the the present
day tAppisussI These teachers had. express " IN
arihmecsi terms, forty miles OF scholar under their
tuition The proposed commission would be made up OF
ssrsngcrs, vino. when they visited The schools
would be greeted with cold now instead OF the
warm aud cordial feelings entertained towards the
present onlcefa He lNr. Gerardl had never made