New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

ORG AVIATION FOR TIE YEAR-No CHANGE IN
TIE CLERKsHIP-THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
The Board of Education met for Organiza-
ton for the year 1862 at o'clock last evening The fo
lowing is a list OF the members Of the Boaru'
First DistrIct-Owen Healy, James i. Dupg
nae Timothy Brennan. Second DlstrlcE
Henry p West. Wilson Small, Otto H. Coop
Third District-Benamn b. Merrill william H. Gray
Samuel A. Lewis Fourth Dlstrict-Samuel T. Patterson
Francis v Euring John Kaiser. ir. Fifth DistTict[Wm
r Dnryea Richard Warren William II. Nelson. Sixth
Distct-Peter H. Jackson Thomas >; hail, near9 Iohp
Buck Seventh Disrltt-Rlehard l.. LarIeihore' 'ohn
Jasper, Thomas J.. B. Hawks
For tho purpose Of efectng an organization MT j. IS,
Dnpgnac was chosen President pro tenn. On motion the
Board then proceeded to elect permanent Presldent'
and Mr. Richard l.. Larremore was reelected 70 tat pS
dressed the Board as follows;
~ GTSTIEMES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION; thank
Won for the you have again conferred upon me,
That Won should have bestowed second time lar more
than doubles my sense OF obligation Inc past assuI@S 10
me that may rely upon your counsel and assstance ~
my dnties tie steady growth Of the system OF education
committed to our charge involves continuous i.1
increase OF the weight OF responsibility attaching gUs H
10 our individual and united official action. Inc
addition TO the number Of pupils during the past year
alone, 1l,l30 in the whole number taught ah Ioh{
1900 in the average attendance These numbers are eg
valent one-sixth of the combined Schools OF the fhD
School Society and the Board oi Ed1ca9. III ec & ne
their consolidation by such annual additions, ana tue
continuance Of the high character OF the lhsI1o, NC
ion the system Will maintain its position as Tue
most comprehensive and efficient 10 DC lounu
on the face Of the globe Few. even OF our 9wn T,l
citizens have adequate idea OF us lnhshuue, lno
sworn average attendance Of pupils for the year lCs was
IO2 sl3 OF whom 9292s attended The public ana 6Sso ne
corporate schools the Board Even these numbers give
no adequate idea Of the extent OF the influence eAeeu
From certain well known causes large 6e UI 6
school population attend irregulary Ihe Whole huue
tancht last year 1920, Of whom 2S lil were IN a
pubic aud is 1886 at the Corporate schools Making az
due aowances for unavoidable Implications, the actual
number under Instruction must De cohsldtraDI hoIo
than one.hfth OF million To furnlsh schOol-hOuses,
Teachers books fuel supervision, and other essentials
for sucb a multitude requires u large Onilay Ihe esii-
mated amount required for l569 s3l5OOOO Inc haRhl
tude of this sum has ELECTED from some quarters hsly
and unjust comparisons with past years; unjust because
allowance Is not made for the causes wch year ny
year have unaVoldhbly Increased tle amount icIvIiu &
Tho year 1850 has been generally selected asa OASIS ior
these unfayOrable, because unexplained comparisons L.
therefore, propose briefly 10 ahal sc ls & IA
connection with those OF 1868 and 1862 IL IL proper mere
To attention to the fact that the Board Is Dy law
entitled TO large sum beyond the Sss,inaae . M
for the yeartO SS92yl Tor leb5, ana s2-5as lor lo
tnrcs of the Board S2OO the estimate for
1869 is $3IJ0OOOeXcess OF 1869 over 1862 ssi2UO IL
must rccOectcd that the expenses for educating Is not
as great as the amount Of the estimate rs largo sums are
expended IN sites and buildings, which remain the prop
ery Of the city, ANA worth to-day. without the idThl
turc apparatus, &c, not less than JOOJOO I'm many
other cities il is usual In calculating the cost OF stuc
tion 10 leave out this very large item altogether But
what the causes that In eight years nave more tah
doubled the total eXpcnsesf one cmct cause 10 ll-
teigcnt mind fail instantly 90 suggest 1t already
apprehendcd when We know why tIe lood We ea', inc
clothing wear, the rent we pay the cy lois we may
much higher money value than in the years before the
war. Another chief cause nbundantly sufficient
he fonnd in the growth Of the system itself
The total average attendance u az the gay ana ana
IO2I3 Excess OF 1865 over 1860. 4i,3.S, or iG per
cent Had the expenses Of the Board merely been ad
vaIced I'm that proportion, the S,28t0O OF ls6J would
have become s22g2sO in 1865 This Il at the prices O
lsCa year that has several things which reduce It's total
expenditure, among others, that not single site for
new school purchased. Should We apply % this
increased amount the average general re OF prices, we
shall find the total FOR 1868 largely To exceed
100000 Let now estimate merely on tho Whole
number taught. In 1850 there lJO IN ls6a there
was 52G Increase within the interval. 6oS, or very
nearly So per cent 1t may be remarked that the ncreas
Ing efficiency Of the schools is plainly shown IN the great
difference between the percentage or increase
In the average attendance and tie whole mum
Der taught-7G per cent. ana % per cent
Adding IS per 10 the expenses OF 1870. we have
g. $50 600 Allowing little as 20 per cent Tor
advance in prices. which every one must cohcedo " lar
below the average and VIC have S2g73i5 the prOp0r
tlouate amount for 1868 The actual expended WAS
gOOOOO These results yiudcac tho Board from the
charge OF prodigaty in expenditure. The following
table Of the average annual attendance % the day schools
the several wards for tne two years under comparison
shows that tho OF pupils has crowded the schools
departments and classes that were already al least fu
enough class teachers and principals being thus Dur
deHed by excessive numbers