The New York herald., 1870-12-29
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Meeting Of the Board Yesrerday-Thc TX
penditurcs During the Pas, Year.
the Board OF Education held an adjourned meet
Ing yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Bernard Smyth in tho
chair. Owing to the inccmency OF the weather one
or two OF The members who do not care TO acc snow
storms when they cannot carry red hot along
with them were not on hand. Their seats were
present however, but they were turned with their
backs toward the benevolent looking Smyth In
token OF the sorrow felt by the Board at their alb
sence. AT least the few school teachers who lolled
about on the lobby benches, and who aid not dis
cover the wag who turned the chairs to gratuy his
own curiosity US to how they would look reversed,
thought so.
STANDING or CLASSES.
superintendent Riddles monthly report was tho
first thng that locmcd np for the consideration or
the members According 10 lr the schools IN the
Seventh, Eleventh. Fourteenth, Fifteenth Eighteenth
and Twentieth wards had been officially visited.
Sixty-two classes were examined during the visits,
thirty Of which were grammar classes. OF the SO.
classes that were examined altogether, 23l wero
found excellent. 2f2 good, IS fair Indifferent aud
81 defective The general management and discl-
pine OF The schools found to be good In 30 and
and fair IN 8. There werc on the lst Of ths
present month, on the register OF the several schools
!oi 1857 pupils. with an average attendance, during
the previous months, OF S8.16l. or 2746 In
excess OF the average for the month OF October.
THE NORMAL COLLEGE.
Normal College, when covered u sufficient number
OF pages to have scared the most ambitious type
setter on O daily paper and which Mr.. Herman,
fortunately for his breathing apparatus, didn't have
to read, WAS the next document disposed OF.
TWENTY-FIVE hundred copies OF the report were or
dered to he printed. The President III the report,
stated that on the 18th Of February there had been
admitted to the college, l,oss pnplisall by compet-
tive written examination Since then thirty seven
had been admitted, having been privately examined
on recommendation Of the committee OF the Board
NInety.se:en graduated last july leaving zoos on
the rolls The registered number now Is S54 thus
showing that only l54 left during ten months
THE wHEREwiTHAL.
The financial statement OF the year 1870 shove Il
the total receipts to have been S27S4 049 The total
payments had been 81 1891, leaving a balance on
hand with The City Chamberlain Of s6o,4o7. The
amount paid ont for salaries to teachers or ward
schools was 81 GT9,629; 10 jantors. including com
pensation Tor cleaning the buildings, Sle3 399; for
support or coiored scho0Is-salarfes &c, S42 7Ol:
Tor snppor; OF evening sch0Ols-salares &c. SOL pol
Iorsupporf OF normal schools-salares, &c, sos 49,
The Board then adjourned after transactlng the
regular routine business, forgetting In their hurry
TO plunge into the storm 10 pass the usual compll
mentary resolutions TO themselves and everybody
else OF whom they had an Official right to feel
kindly aoont at the close Of the year. Nobody need
suppose, however, that 4 special meeting VIII lie
called l0r the purpose