New-York tribune., 1868-08-26
NEw-yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY AUGUST e6 lsbo
asses examined during the year ending Sept 80. with

classes examined during the year ending sept 90 WIN
Bovs' Grammar Schools classes examined, s.3 aver
age So Girls Grammar Schools, classes examined, 80
average, S. Primary Departments casses I d
2TT average. IS. Boys Colored GrdaI M ocnoos caSss
examined, average 10 "'ty aYeroSS III GeoTed
Primary Departments classes examined, IL average It
These averages show the per centage OF scholarship
which is from the results OF the several class
examinations; 100 being the maximum The whole mum
Der OF feacbers employed during the year 2O6 OF
,ho,, i~c yere males aud 2O30 were females. Nearly
opealf the teachers employed were in regular attend
auce at he saturday Normal School many Of them being
procinas cePrncpals. and instructors IN the higher
grades VINO attended solely for improvements derived
from the lectures OF Principal and his assistant super
unconscious OF various other matters OF ou
cational interest follow, referring principally TO e1ana
tons of schools and classes. with comments on parcu
syste,ns of study aud instruction These reports Oi
which there ia one, are exceedingly d
coyeT 100 closely printed pages it is impossible TO gave
even a brief summary Of their contene:
Since the passage OF the Act TO authorize the use OF
the metre system OF weights ana measures ny 1870 ~
iu 1866 the ProprIey OF introducing ~ hto 1e osd
studies pursued IN the schools has been fulV
by Committee Of the B3atd AS SsiI ,os doomed
worthy OF attention. and, after much delOetauoi %
Committee reported at length on tue system EN- au o.
praotcablity Of making it's tables patt0 tle
course The following facts taken from ths Iohs anu
TIE etESicoI system originated during French Rev
ouon several OF the old French quantities had names -
which involved Oh d0y Sit ne neonle As ali
other denOminated commercial quantities may DC re
=
Length new unit was sought for this purpose. Inc ciet
elements among which the choOe lay were the
seconds pendulum, the earths polar AXIS s
aud the meridian circle The latter Was
selected ita quadrant or fourth part lneuieu "it i
possible accaraCg h NV law az the base of the new
system This base standard unit was hhine, tie
"mere hence the "mctrical system twas not Hhly
ettabisbed I'm France until IslI when law was passed
prohbting the any other system olnco tudt hho
Il has been very GENERALLY auUPGbu % have sTv shown the
recent pormissory acts" both OF congress ana
ment have presented it to and authorzedIs adoption 10y
he t;,o eoiing eomnercal nations OF the world Inc
Importance Of carefully considering le advantages u
It's chief advantage is It's decimal characters mui,
tIes aud sub bmutipes having mutual relation idchuviu
with that OF scale Of money ms WOhld Elcd.y
simplify all commercial cacuauohs tIe "clEn,S , y
and scale Of abstract numbers being cOpueh
on the same I4ncple money. 10 would also eheCt
great saving Of time and table OF iogaHts hight pe
prepared for common use that would be even more Se
orally useful than the Indispensable Interest Iapes,
reducing all cases ot multiplication anu uINlson W. w"
lines OF simple addition ana SUBTRACTION ia an cuvN
tOnal point of view 10 Is I'm many ways desrabe lue
study Of compound numbers wOnld pe IendeIS'
sary, and the whole subject OF cOlnmercih arithmetic
scientific standard the system imperfect The
gcOmctrca calculations or those VINO iouhued Ntlo
ratcly measured, az recent Investigations nave
shown This, however does not interfere with us ne
coming generally adoptod system Tor commercai cal
cuIatious OF weights aud measures There are certain
Disadvantages connected with the introduction OF new
reports voraby Introducing it into the studies pre-
scribed for the Grammar course They also advise iIs
being taught i'm Normal Schools and suggest ttat a
kpCedrr of n be- made one OF the essential qualhca-
tons necessary the procuring OF teachers cetucaIe
COLLEGE or NEW-YORR
The final document Of this yolumnous report - tne
t"unaI Roport of the Trustees Of the College Of the
civ of NewYOrk" This only gives the statistics OF the
College as far July TO- 1861, ana contains le oil Sch-
e interest brief and In some Instances 40 concise
as one of Maras old-fa-houed epgrams. For instance,
under the heading 'ANI-Debts' We hnd the following
chapter: The College IS out OF debt" .
The present condition Of our Ward Schools ana inc
constant improvements made by the Board IN oar system
of public instruction are subjects OF eougatulato". I'm
0uastonaby superior tO any In the country our schOo
system has become model after which other cities are
sapug theirs II is not wholly free from defects In Its
minor details but these being remcdcd by the lhtt
gcut and liberal action of the Board, cooperating with
the eacers Association As IL is. have great reason
for pride u public schools and all who are interested
iu c subject OF popular education should unite IN sS
tanning and encouraging the Board In ltS Efforts Tor re-
form i'm, and the extension oi. our school system.