The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-30

the higher department for public schools.
Sarah Quartim, Is the principal, assisted by
Misses Anne Martin and Maggie Barton.
The boys grammar school, occupying the
second story of the building has 220 scholars, the
average attendance is l80, and is even less IN
the fall months, when the parents are gone TO
watering places in the capacity oil servants
walters, etc The superintendent is Mr.. James
Nj. Bird, who has during his active lie as
school-teacher, formed number oil coloreu
schools. His assistants are Misses Parklnson,
Lizzie Sinclair, and Flora Harris. Ihe total
number OF scholars in the school Is 600. 49,
THE SHEPPARD SCHOOL was established by tne
Society of Friends in 1850. Some years ago
the old sChool-house was replaced by the present
neat and commodious one, at n cost OF ABOUT
$4,000. There are three departments rs lol'
lows:-
Primary. with thirty scholars, presided over
by Miss Mary S. Townsend. Inc cause OF the
smallness in the number attending, is that thls
department has been open only one month.
The Secondary, or intermediate deparSment,
contains forty three scholars, ana Is uhueT the
supervision of Miss Sarah j. Alexander.
The higher department, tor advanced classes,
| numbers sixty grls-Mrs. Sarah NJ Ale&dhuSI,
! Principal and Preceptress OF the scnool' Inc Inc
! graduates from TINS sCnOOl are auullIIeu W 'n0
THE Brown STREET PUBLIC sCHooL for
! colored youth is now located IN the second
! story of a large building, used originally as
! q store and was established in the iall or 1885.
! The teachers have the privilege oil selecting such
! courses of study as they may deem most proper
| The scholars are MAKING nne anu Lhplu pIO
| gress in the attainment of practical Engilsh
| education. The number in attendance IS
male lO2 female 57-total, l59. Mr.. jacob Z.
! White, Jr., assisted by Miss Margaret A Maston'
! both graduates OF the Colored Institute, nave
charge of this school.
Aside from those schools above mentioned,
| there are several unclassi6ed schools under the
care and direction of the Board OF School Con
troll. One OF these, located at Seventh street
above Dlckerson, was originally established Ol
| Miss Cordelia Gordon, by whose earnest sollcl
tation the Board saw fit TO appoint teacher
! and obtain place for the education of the
| youth in that neighborhood. The scholars now
number 40. with an average daily attendance o
90. Miss Mary Bartlett is the Principal
There is another at the corner OF Cherry anC
Meadow streets. 1t has enrolled on its books
90 scholars, the boys numbering so and the
glrls AZ. The average daily attendance is 20
James lie Count, Jr., is the teacher The
Banker Unclassifed School, located in the
southwestern part of the city, has an averag,
daily attendance Of sixty scholars and is unde
the supervision of Miss Elizabeth Handy
teacher. The next and last, which is located
on the north side of Ludlow street, abOvI
Fortieth, is the largest of all the unclassife(
colored schools in the city. The attendance a
present is about one hundred, although tn
school list exhibits eurolments to the numbe
OF one hundred and eignty-the boys 50; an
girls, SO. The principal of this educatona
institution is Miss Kate j. Rudy, who is assiste
by Miss Lizzie X. Smith.