New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-29
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION-OFF1CIAL CHANGES
REELECTION OE eAIARIFa.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATON-OFFICIAL CHANGES AND
REDUCTION OF SALARIES.
The Board of Education held its regular
fOrtnightly meeting Grand and Elmsts, yesterday,
at p. There present President Nelson and
10 Commssioners while Commissioners Brown, Halsted
Kelly and Lewis absent The monthly report Of
the City Superintendent read and placed on file.
The whole number Of schools and departments visited in
April OF 9Os classes examined the instruction in
I2s was excellent in Isl good in q fair and in in
different The Superintendent called attention 10 the
condition OF the school buildings most Of which very
much out repair and their sanitary condition and want
Of cleanliness demand immediate action The registered
number Of pupils in the schools IN April $685. and
the average attendance s92 being Seas in excess of
the number in April OF last year. The days lost by abb
Venoe of teachers 1881 being 1873 less than IN the
corresponding month Of 1871 communication from
Controller Green requesting estimate of the amount
required for the expenses Of the department was re-
ferred TO the Committee Finance. resolution Of
tered by Farr ordering the closing Of the
schools on Friday that day has been declared
legal holiday was adopted. The Committee on Teach
srs reported that, the unanimous request Of the
Bchool Trustees of the Eighth Ward they had made
thorough investigation OF the charges Of unbecoming
conduct brought against G. b. Hendrickson, 3
ice-prncipal in Grammar school No. s, and
recommended his removal. The report laid
over under the rule. The Committee on Sites and
New Schools reported in reference 70 the establish
Inent Of primary school in the Nineteenth Ward
which had been the subject of repeated applications
from the Board Of Trustees Of that Ward The report
stated that additional accommodations for children Of
primary grade are indispensable In that Ward There
are now 1900 people in the Nineteenth Ward. Its
primary schools crowded to excess and 1t has been
accessory to refuse admission TO many applicants The
Committees resolution ordering the Trustees Of the
Nineteenth Ward to report on the location Of suitable
building which may be rented for prmary-school pur-
cd he Committee recommended
that applications for additional school accommodations
In Wards TO- H. 49, H. 20, and 70, which had been made
20 the old Board Of Education be returned to the new
Boards Of Trustees in the several Wards for revision 1t
stated that the expenditures contemplated Dy hese
applications would reach 100000
The designations Of Wright Glies, Trustee Of Common
from the Seventh Ward, and Of Walter W Adams-the
recently appointed Commissioner Of Public Buildings
Trustees appointed George GIHalock for the Seventh
Ward Austin Abbott for the Twentieth Ward and
William Cleary for the eighth Ward. The report of the
Committee Teachers relative 70 dividing the Gram
mar, Primary and Colored Schools into twentyone
groups for visitation by Commissioners, presented at
previous meeting and fully explained heretofore In The
the several sections of the report of Special Com
mittee on Salaries were then taken up and voted on
eeparately. In accordance with ITS recommendations
tbe office Of Counselor TO the Board abolished The
services Of f. Tweed Recording Clerk. OF stephen
0Brien as Engineer and Of the Assistant Weigher of
Col we're dispensed with. When the question OF the
Amendment Of Vim. GLAND Bourne as Recording Clerk,
o. Mace of r. Tweed removed, recommended by the
snapctsI Commitee came up Commissioner Cushing OPP
sea The appointment OF any officers till the Spe
SaI Committee on Salaries had reported whether the
REDUCTION of the headquarters was practicable.
The section was recommtted by vote OF 10 O.
John Durham was then appointed Engineer IN
Mace of stephen OBrien, motion 70 recOmmit being
Loaf The report recommended that the salary OF lhe
chief elerK or secretary 20 the Board be bxed AtS5
CommissiOner Dowd thought that too much money was
maid az HEADQUARTERS for salaries and moVeO 10 amend
by n,aldng the salary 800. Commissioner Man moved
70 amend by making 10 g., 600 The lattet auehumeht
was adopted. The Special Committee was discharged
from the further consideration cf the salaries OF the CITY
BuperintsndeLt and Assistant CITY superintendent Tue
report Of the Committee Teachers presented ~ lns
last meeting declining the gift OF 7O ms extra pach
pay a. a member OF the XLIId Congress- by the hoD'
Robert b. Roosevelt, was unanimously adopted.
TESTS OF SCHOLARSHIP.
The Rotations of the various classes OF the
College of the City Of NewYork will close tomorrow
and the examinations fog advancement will begin on
Friday, June G. The examinations Of the collegiate
classes this year will be OF interest than usual In
asmuch by their will be tested the benefits or
disadvantages Of the system OF review examinations
adopted last February On June IS the examination
turns viii be presented by the President 70 the faculty
the result Of whose action win be made public the
folloxing Friday. The examination of the candidates
for admission 10 the Introductory Department
Of the College Will be held next Monday and
Tnesday az the College buildings. The subjects
of examination will be spelling, arithmetic. grammar,
reading history, writing geography and algebra The
caodIdafDs will assemble ia the College Chapel June
~ NJ O'clock A. 10 tire results OF the examina-
ZION The prize speaking and commencement OF the
College will take place the evenings OF June "a and 2
respectively CompeutoIs i0r ths HKgs Prize f0S