The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-16
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z,733,591 So
S5O,G7 %
$lo.5s1 80
lae,oss 90
3l56.670 50
To meet which amount II has the
balance in the Chamberiain's


Observation-Disclosures. sl5s.s7o 50
To which amount II has the
Ls s3s: ol a.s, i liz fund si ISL s ,sIs
This liability is the result OF the establishment OF
the Normal College Tor Females the rental, furnish
the material required for the pupils together win
the salaries OF the faculty and teachers amounting
to little less than this sum- and which was not fully
anticipated when making the estimates 1or the
wants OF the year, in November, 1864
These statements, together with the schedules
appended exhibit the attendance OF pupils IN
aggregate and average numbers; The number and
classes OF teachers; the total amount expended Tor
all school purposes several OBJECTS to which the
money has been applied by appropriations made
directly 10 them through the Legislation OF the
Board, and the appointments made TO the COR
An estimate has been obtained OF the value OF the
real estate invested by title IN the city, and under
the immediate control O the Board Of Education
for the uses OF public instruction, TO be seen IN
schedule No 10, as part OF this report; to which
building; this amounts to the sum OF $S,977.0OO
The funds used Tor public educational purposes are
derived from direct taxation, on basis named IN
the laws of the state. comprised in four items:-
Fnst-An amount from the state, derived from
ter mil tne value OF real and personal properly,
being usually about one-nalf OF the amount paid by
the city To the state under the requirement. OF Inc
law.
iSscond-An amount equal to the State quota.
Thi1'd -One-tMenielh OF one per cent on the an
nua valued real and personal property OF the CITY;
Fo,rth-Tcn dollars per capita on The whole mum.
Der OF pupils taught during the year ending lst OF
October.
The amounts Of the school fund thus ascertaned
were Tor the year 1870, S35l2,24 49, ana Tor 1871,
$s,547, ass 76 total for the two years OF S7,O5s-
7o2 SO. BY CAREFUL estimating the probable wants
OF Education decided that for the year 1870 all that
would be required To be raised by taxation to NAM
tam II in iull vlgor and efficiency would be S..
49, 600, and for 1911, 81 10000, or total for the
two years OF $5.l7S, 800; an amount less than the
authorized expenditure by sl,ls,2o2 50. These es-
,nlu for npsi
OF the schools. 1t having been asceriained that
ample provision existed at the time In buildings
for the accommodation OF the legitimate school
population of the city, ana the policy was inaugu-
rated that for future should be purchased
OF the Legislature, by moneys to be raised upon
bonds, the proceeds so be applied to this end, thus
relieving the present generation from the main bur-
den Ot cost incurred not alone for 1t but for those
VINO are to realize TO much larger degree the good
that Is to low from these investments.
The relinqushing OF so large a sum, which by law
was SUBJECT TO the demands OF the Board of Educa-
ton, may justly be claimed as an apprecilbe act OF
economy that must be fully recognized by taose citi-
zens who take unblassedvew OF the operations OF
the Board and Justlies the wisdom OF the change
made in the method OF selecting the members OF
this Board and 1t Is believed that the correctness of
the aggregate estimates will be sustained by the
present years experience.
Another prominent Improvement made by the
board Is the establishment OIL the Female Normal
College, the beginning OF which was stated IN the
report Tor 1869, for the education ana training OF
pupils graduating from the grammar schools, with
The expected result OF being able to furnish from it
trained to supply all those required Tor our
puOllc schools, so as 10 secure the best and most
systematic results IN all branches or instruction.
The annual report OF the President OF the Normal
College, submitted to the Board OF Education by
the committee In GnarSe Is hereto Appended by
IN detail. Further Improvement mas been made In
the arrangement OF the curriculum Of the schools
by the Introduction OF an etlcent system OF teach
ing the German language as regular branch OF
structtOn In the grammar grades, which Is regarded
an important step III advancing the education Of
our pupils, and which has In some or the schools
already produced most satisfactory Results. The
instruction Ia the French ana German languages
gwen The students IN the Normal College is ex-
pected i'll the course OF two years to enable the
graduates therefrom to teach these languages i'm
tue common schools, and thus enable the Board TO
dispense with special teachers for these purposes,
al much less expenditure OF money.
The course OF study has also been modified by the
abolition OF the supplementary grades, and by
changing. IN some Respects, the requirements for
the higher gra0es III the female Schools to the
| standard Of attainnents prescribed Tor admission
to the Normal college,, and by requiring slate
III the primaries, together with other changes fa.
cilltating study ana ipressing the youngest minds
by object teaching Win materials drawn from ma
Provision has also been made for the efficient IN
struc;Ion OF the pupils or the grammar departments
IN the clements OF natural science, with the view
to the training OF the Observant faculties and TO
part taste for the study OF those sciences upon
which depends 10 so great an extent our future pro-
greSS IN civilization.
change, which it is believed By majority of the
Board Will prove beneficial, has also been made by
the abolition ot corporal punishment IN all the
schools. ana q substitute therefor now under the
consideration OF the proper Standing Committee OF
the Board.
A model primary school has been established in
connection with the Normal College, for the purpose
OF training by actual service the advanced pupils
OF the college In methods OF teaching, thus lifting
them Tor assuming at once, when appointed
Structor.
The College of the City of New York, Justly con-
sidered as the highest department In Che educa-
uonai system OF the city, though under a govern.
ment legally separated from the Board OF Educa,Ion
plete the information required and hence there is
attached TO this document, per appendix, details or
italy Under the e. government and arecon Of this
body as trustees ex OiclO subject to the duues re-
CURED Of The trustees OF colleges by the, Revised
Statutes" For the extension OF the usefulness OF the
college the trustees have IN process of erection
building intended for the accommodation OF the
Introductory classes, consisting OF. graduates adj
united annually from the common schools. Here
the students will be fully prepared for pursuing
the studies OF the college proper and by subsequent
instruction, Will be trained In the methods or i'm
parting knowledge, that such Of them may in
tend TO become teachers can be fitted for the peculiar
duties that pertain 10 that vocation, ana thus the
great want OF the common schools in this respect be
better met. Through the cordial cooperation OF
the Board OF Health with this Board systematic ar
rangements have been made and acted upon TO pre-
vent the ravages Of the smallpox from invading the
thus been almost entirely checked, the mortality
among the pupils beng comparatively much less
than among any other class OF our juvenile popula
ton.
Much attention has been given In other respects to
inc sanitary CONDITION OF the schools, by removing
classes from basement class rooms and ill-yentated
and poorly lighted apartments, with other arrange
ments, wherever practicable, intended as soon as
possible TO effect thorough reform in all the exist
ing hindrances TO the maintenance OF physical
health both OF pupils and teachers.
The arrangements for the visitation OF the
schools In groups oy each commissioner, organized
In 1869, has been continued, by which means each
school In turn Is intended 10 be brought under the
immediate supervision OF each and every commits
sloner, so that knowledge Gifts wants. Deficiencies
and progress may be acquired. independently Of
MI III
The annual report OF the CITY superintendent
which Is appended, and which, with the other docu
ments attached hereto forms part oil this report, ex
nlpits In q comprehensive manner the entire posi-
ton and progress OF the schools for the year. the
relation which he and his assistants hold to the
system, the results OF their periodical examinations
in the main branches OF study and the discipline
together with the licenses granted to teachers dur
ing the year 1870.