The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-05
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

There comparatively few who really know what
the public schools Of New York are and this subject
some fight viii be found In this article. There are alto
gether. nearly two hundred school buildings IN The
city. in OF which over thousand boys and girls
taught free OF all charge. everything thai IS taught
in any public schools in the world many instances
much more.
The Superintendent of the Boston public schools,
after having visited the schools of nearly every city and
State In the Union and then those Of New York. thus
EXPRESSED his admiration OF schools
Gently :-sTbe public shoots OF New York
the imperial schools OF the country and the New York
system Of instruction is the imperial system OF the
world Il may be asked how are they superior to
those ciess Many points might be mentioned,
but an them the free distribution Of books and
instruction to all the pupils applying for them as well
as free tuition without the question OF whether srens
afford TO pay for either, and the macnifcence and
completeness OF the New York school buildings some Of
which are worth 5000 o00 The writer Of this article
yesterday paid visit in company with superintendent
Cakins of the public schools In four different
wards OF the city At the splendid schoohouse No l.
In the Fourth ward FIVE hundred children we're engaged
In their exercises In the primary department. They
were mostly young children evidently in most the
offspring OF poor unfortunate parents out wnetner ucn
poor well dressce or otherwise all were toRcher and
were happv The discipline was gentle yet perfect and
the proficiency OF many OF the little pupils surprising
The school Il divided into eight classes all managed
with aston shng harmony and In the very best order.
Ascepdnr TO TIE floors above the primary the gram
department was visited where there as many six
hundred hundred children the male and female
departments being separated and altogether teachers
and scholars being busy, yet so quietly that you would
scarcely know thar YOU we're in school Every order
nearly from the teachers to the scholars
motions al the sound OF piano bell The influence
OF such establishment upon the vicinity that
rounds il work giants labor for the city in
genera
The primary school in Fast Twelfth street is model
In there over thousand pupils and twenty-five
teachers The children allowed three short
in the day, and, in all the other primary schools,
large portion of the exercises consists in learning sing
gee chorusses and other music and to practice calls
themes. The object lessons given to the children in
this school would interest any one The building is
commodious and the system OF heating and ventilatng
II will be noticed by those acquainted with the CITY
that the two schoohonses above alluded to in the
worst parts Of the ctythat is the poorest district and
most populous
the mex, visit was to one of the best schools in the
CITY, Here, In the primary and grammar departments,
there are thousand one hundred children,
about equally divided between both. The schoolhouse
IA OF the finest and most complete TO be found, the
scholars all spruce tidy aud with cheerful air and the
exercises embrace everything from the alphabet
TO Quadratic equations and the bnomal theorem, as
well as music and eaisthenics Passing over the pr
mary, with its many interesting and good features, and
entering the grammar department. the tap Of bell sum-
mons all the well dressed Young ladies who compose the
pupils into the principal school with military pre-
cison 10 the measured notes of the piano They
are all proficient IN manners and education, they sing
sWeeuy IN Solos, duets cnOruSeS except that the
stfness OF the operrtic style is little much initiated
The composition lessons read and q sample the
following composition OF OF these young ladies Is
submitted:-
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The las. school visited was the one in West Twentieth
street. No. So. 1t IL a male grammar school. with 672
boys OF the highest intelligence A ia all the other
schools the system Is perfect the discipline complete
An which cost 800 subscribed for by the boys
ornaments the school ROOM which also adorned by the
bronze busts Of Washington Lincoln and many others
OF our most distinguished national characters The pr
mary school, In the building. instructs about TOO
children
These samples OF schools located in widely df
ferent parts OF the city, and among people far more
widely differing than the localities In circumstance
manners and even language and religion. From these
ana what vii follow may % gathered picture Of our
similar
The following the regulations vegariins he course
OF instruction in Grammar Schools
Grade 6-Reaang, OF the grade Of Third Reader with
ne o. a,s oed oman nnsers and
the reading lessons ss.h exr-rrses on he ,rma
too spelling, and dehnilion Of conpound devave
curing the pupils to use them in written arith
practical applications; mental arithmetic as far a. Ia writ
ten .r.sms,c . include exercise: IN the snsly.s q
saalyss tables weights measures &C. reviewed with
and oans Il ss
s.sss' 9Th dsaaons and iu:.,.ons By ms.ns q the
eituds and latitude, &c. IN 8 FI- =
With e. as s :Ss S n hnss. sn ss
noas from .hs reading lessons Nth ne sssrcse: q h-
common .ssc,Ioas with their simple practical ,ppes,,ons
tic with exercises analysis and calculation geography
ass o Scrs S s G"s % Ss
geography.
Cruz l-Readns OF the grade OF Fourth Reader with
exercises as IN the preceding grades spelns and tons
preceding grades with instruction
prehxes OF devative words arithmetic through
decimal fractions and their practical applications
view OF common fractions; mental acknowledgements Of
common and decimal actions with exercises In caculson
Apply local and descriptive. through South Amerc
with review Of North America; English grammar
mencedhe analysis and pArsng Of sentences containing
The terms used.
rads 3-Readng Of the grade OF Fourth Reader latter
half with particular attention 70 emphsss intonaons
and variety OF expression and with exercises the subject
matter continued spelling and definitions from the reading
essous with exercises in writing miscellaneous words from
OF derivatives; written arithmetic, through the com.
pound rules and reduction with denoTninate frac.
tons both common and decimal; mental srith-
%ec !, review q yresedns grades With ess,
ses and denominsts fractions secgaphy both local and
m-the analysis and parsing Of sentencea with simple
phrase or clause adjnncs: history q the United States
Grck 2-Rsading. Of the grade Of Fifth Reader. With
In hae ktrA W.