The New York herald., 1869-01-18
PUBLIC EDUCATION.

The Evening School system-Its Objects, Adj
vantages and Observation-Disclosures and
Course Of Studies.
The system OF public education in this city pos
sesses peculiarity which has proven to be- beyond
all cavil source Of inestimable value to large and
worthy portion OF the residents OF the metropolis The
peculiarly referred to is the evening school system,
and the benefits and actual blessings which have
been derived from 1t cannot now be adequately
determined. The system Of public education In
vogue In this city possesses, indeed, many pecular
ties which place it far In advance Of the svste m
practsed in any other CITY, either in this the Old
World. To claim that it Is perfect would be to claim
that Its managers more than human; but 1t is de-
cdedy safe to assert that it is nearly perfect Is
possible for such system to be- That there is large
amount Of money expended yearly in this city in con-
necton with the public schools one win for mo-
ment attempt to deny but that 1t is safely ec0nomi
caly and advantageously invested no intelligent
or rghtm person who gives the subject care
ful consideration can possibly doubt. The present
Governor OF this State in address to the pupils Of
one OF the principal schools fths city very justly re-
marked that every dollar invested In the cause OF
popular education Is worth more than one hundred
dollars invested in any other way. This remark Is
eminently truthful and that the investment made In
this city must be considered being ebout to bring
forth good fruit may be adudged from the fact that
the most unscrupulous Of the Metropolitan pollt-
clans, aided by their tools, the illiterate and
lmbecile officeholders are at the present
time using every means in their power TO 0ust those
VINO have stood between the efficiency o. the
ing Of the politicians, who manipulate the men and
money OF the city and county government. The
public schools are rearing intelligent, thinking men
men who can and viii determine for themselves the
policy which should rule IN local. State and national
an0irs ana VINO VIII not submit to be led or driven
n
seeking personal and party power above all consid-
erat1ons or conditions OF the public benefit. But,
girls to become thinking acting men and women.
the evening schools are merely training those who
stant ana careful attendance az the schools in the
evenings shows that they fully appreciate the advan-
tages which are offered them TO ft them for proper
position In society. In 1888 the old Public School
Society first established evening sessions Of the
schools for the benefit OF apprentices and others.
The teachers In the day schools were Obliged to
teach In the evening schools without additional paw,
and az there were no established rules for disci-
pline and no responsible heads TO the schools the re-
suit OF the experiment was anything but satisfactory
and after two or three winters 1t was quietly aban-
doned. Some fifteen years later, when the Board OF
schools were again opened and since that time they
nave been regularly continued with the most bene-
ncial results. From time TO time notifications IN
the conduct OF these evening schools have been
adopted by the Board OF Education until now they
are models In their way, and attempts have been
so successfully carried out in New York. There
are at present In this city twenty-four evening
schOOls-thrteen for males and eleven for females
besides three schools for colOred people and high
school FOR young men, located as f0ll0ws:-
MALE SCHOOLS.
Wards. Location OF School Houses.
Mo- ], 81 Vandewater street.
5-No. ~, corner North Moore and varick streets.
NO. 81, Monroe street. near Montgomery.
9-No. TO- West Thirteenth street. near seventh av.
l0-N0. AZ, Allen street, near Hester.
ll-No. o. Stanton street. corner Sherin.
l2-No 81 Eighty y-seventh street. near Third avenue
l2-No. 80, One Hundred and Twenty-aftn street,
17-No. 13, Houston street, near Essex.
l8-NO. %, Twentieth street, near Second avenue.
10-NO. 81 FOrty-second street, near Third avenue.
20-No. 49, West Thirty fifth street, near Ninth av.
22-No. II, Fortyseventh street. near Eighth avenue.
FEMALE SCHOOLS
Wards. Location or School Houses.
6ENo. "a, Elm street, near Leonard.
8-NO. 3S Clark street. near Br0ome.
11-NO. 15 Fifth street, near avenue @.
13-N0. "a, Broome street, near Sheriff.
4-No. 81 Marion street, near Prince.
l6-No. H. seventeenth street, near Eighth avenue.
17-No. 49, Fourteenth street, near First avenue.
19-N0. 18 Ffty-frst street, near Lexington ayenue
21-No. 49, Twentyeighth street, near Ninth avenue
21-No. H. Twentyseventh street, near Second ay.
22-No. 2s, Fortieth street, near Eighth avenue.
The coored schools are at, No. In Laurens street.
near Br00me; No. In Seventeenth street. between
sixth and Seventh avenues, and at 1855 Stanton
house No. 49, on West Thirteenth street. near SIKH
avenue.
The average attendance Of pupils at these schools
In the two weeks ending December 81, 1868, which
may justly be taken as . specimen OF the average
during the entire session. was as foll0ws:-