The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-28

comfort. The contract Tor watering the eueee
between Carondelet street. the levee, Poydras
street and jackson Square has been awarded TO
Mr.. Thos. Mcknight, Jr., and the residents in that
portion Of the city may rest assured that they, at
least viii not suffer from the dust. es..- -.
New Orleans Normal School. %
This excellent institution has been In success.
ful operation during the past two years. There
are about so pupils now in actual attend
ance, many Of them graduates OF high schools or
private Institutions, others possessing quahcs-
tons of scholarship, "a shown BY certificates from
a committee on teachers or other examining board.
The schools divided into junior and senior classes
The latter numbers about forty. who are expected
to graduate some time In the month OF may next.
The course of instruction Is designed with refer.
ence to the teachers vocation. An intention to
teach 10 requisite for admission to the school.
The elementary studies Of the schools are re-
viewed, under experienced teachers, who are re.
qured to illustrate the most successful methods OF
communicating knowledge to the young. The
history Of education forms distinct department
of the school, and the different systems OF instruc-
ton which have marked the progress OF the
sss q seco are on saturday
morning, from A. M. to P. NJ, and on the az
ternoon of each public school day, from AZ TO 81
P. NJ. A number Of the members OF the school
are actively engaged in public or private schools,
and several come from Jefferson City. The At
tendance Is good the rules being strictly enforced
with respect TO membership. A desire to avail
themselves of all the privileges offered by the
school is characteristic OF many who attend, ana
whose zeal and intellectual ability, age and pre-
yious cultivation relieve the teachers from the ne
cessities of discipline, which 80 often make the
drudgery Of the schoolroom.
I There are eight professors aud lady teachers
connected with the school, all of them OF skill and
proficiency in their calling, and occupying promi-
nent positions in connection with the public
schools. There are also two additional teachers
OF the modern languages, who are not included In
the corps of instructors, but whose classes are
formed In the school.
Before the late war the Normal School was
aided by annual appropriations from the State,
with occasional assistance from the city Common
Council. Since then the Legislature has extended
no aid. The city school board has never nsd SUI.
icient funds at command to employ teachers ct
stated salaries, or assume such pecuniary obliga-
tions as would place the institution npen the same
basis with the city schools. Every encourage
ment, however, has been extended to the enter
prise. The fine building on Burgundy street,
when not required for the Central High School
the furniture and apparatus necessary for the use
of the teachers, have been placed at their dis
posal. There 10 o standing committee OF the
board of which Z. Bermudez, ESQ.,, has recently
been unanimously reelected chairman, charged
with the general administration Of the school, and
the reports of the committee from time to time
have exhibited the efficient and successful work
ing of the school.
1 ttINltts
been given grstuitously-s fact which speaks
| much in their praise. An appropriation OF two
| Thousand dollars for the encouragement OF the
| school was made last year, by the general agent
| of the Peabody educational fund, mainly through
| the exertions of r. NJ. Lusher, Esq, local agen
of the fund.- whose interest and labors IN the cause
| of public education are too well known to need
| comment here. This amount (s2000) has beer
lately reduced, but all the pecuniary assistance
given TO the school has been thus far derived from
Il fha Dec nd
has been paid to the professors and teachers
/ The superintendent of the city schools, w. .
Rogers, Esq, is charged with the supervision, al
20. of the Normal School, under the general ruiei
The importance and influence of the Norma
4 School in connection with our general system
| of public education can be easily shown. Teach
ing like any other calling and profession, require
q knowledge Of the facts contained In the tex
/ books but an ability to render their application
of the greatest benefit both In the instruction AM
| education of the young. Voluntary association
| for these ends, are always more efficient thai
formal and compulsory institutes, where certai
| precise essays and carefully prepared debates sr
the chief agencies for eiciting information o
awakening professional skill. school OF younl
and jealous teachers, directed by experienced so
| capable professors, is destined TO exercise an i'm
| portant influence, whepver preference Is given i
the selection of teachers, to those who are mos
competent, and display both preparation and apt
| tude for their calling. E
We think there should be q primary depart
ment. or "school of practice" connected wit
the Normal School and placed under charge Q
one Of its teachers. In this primary school, man
of the difficulties encountered by those wh
often gain experience at the expense OF thei
pupils would be avoided. Under more liberi
financial encouragement than is now given, "
should expect to see the Normal School taking
foremost rank in all our public efforts to diifus
TO all classes the benefits of sound, practici
education. .+-. ....-r,
Lost Pocketbook.
N. vivas, residing at No. Sol Rampant stree
| reports that about O'Clock yesterday morning
| lost on Rshpart street, between Barracks ar
Hospital, his pocketbook containing 1855 in ca
rency, q few pieces Of coin, and notes and val
able papers valued at nine or ten thousand dollar
| Robbery.
About III O'Clock yesterday morning the hou
of Mrs. sullivan, corner of Willow and EnPhrosil