The New York herald., 1869-01-18

Making the grand total OF average attendance 1925
The actual attendance Is about two and one-half
per cent more than the average and on this reckon
ad,en e 10 aSis the everara wSa,u DC IN
ing high school Is about 500, which viii make the
actual number taught fully 10000. For imparting
there are employed Ill teachers In the male schools
and liz In the female schools besides thirteen In the
High school These figures show pretty clearly that
trary, wise and Judcious method OF extending the
advantages OF education to those whose ages avo-
the day schools Reading, spelling, definitions
and penmanship are taught IN all the classes.
Geography Is taught by means OF outline maps and
oral explanations. Arithmetic Is taught In part by
mentai exercises In calculation and analysis, with
practical applications Of the principles and rules
weeks, commencing on the first Monday m October
ana In that comparatively short time the advance
es,n nace py .me pupils ~ IN tne en- MAIN really mar
the fact that those who attend the schools go Of their
own free viii and with q determination to advance
themselves. and fully one-third Of the whole num-
ber In attendance are persons who have passed
twenty-one years OF age. IL must be said, however,
m .e 40 mot ana
though special agent has undertaken to impress on
them the advantages to he derived from attending
reports which come from the reconstructed States
OF the colored mans yearning for the blessings OF
have e o. ne nose o. o
servants who are disposed may attend the schools
ana by this means better and more faithful, be-
cause more intelligent class Of attendants Is OBJ
tanned.
In different portions Of the city where certain
races predominant the schools have been 80 ar
ranged a. TO meet and administer TO the more Inn
mediate wants OF the residents Of the neghborhood.
This subject Is clearly treated OF In the following
lection rom the last report OF Assistant Supern-
tendcnt Jones:--
In the Tenth Seventeenth wards whore large German
population found have large attendance Of that class
IN the schools those wards who under the OF
teachers capable Of nstrctng them In the English language
II for this purpose that they enter school They have
and their mako themselves familiar with the
giage or the country These mainly men, and
almost 70 state that they are usually
ta In their and bestow attention 70 their
sdes than do the younger pupils of The school, VERY
who entering could scarcely English word
fore The close Of the term capable OF reading IN the
While Visiting these schools since their opening IN October
found In Alien street, -four and Houston street
eight classes all c0mposed Of Gernans mainly twenty
years With the exception Of reading, and writing
gusge, they engage 70 other studss 7, s gratifying 10
know facilities for acquiring knpwisdgs OF the
language OF the people whom they expect 10 spend
their live. is appreciated ~ them. ! would mol be
schools named there any gerap classes for The
there 10 scarcely male school In section
Of the city In which there found ~ least class
The advantages are gratitousy bestowed. competent
their fitness for their positions and is pleasant TO
record appreciation OF the kindness and iberay
OF citizens In Of the schools there class
posed o. vrenchuen and Italians who are also punctua IN
under the care ~ gentleman ACCOMPLISHED nngus
who for u. past hfteen has taught foreigners IN
evening schools
A visit 10 the evening schools. when in full opera.