New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-15
MORE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF OUR BEST EDUcA-
TIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

GTeNlOuS VI pdibithlaiS ~ ts"i'
ing prominent schools in this city have called out many
INQUIRIES which have been addressed THE TRIBUNE by
parents and others Interested Many of these letters
which gave thanks for the information. brief as II
necessarily had be- contained inquiries winch 1t Is. OF
course impossible to except by the means now
employed. 1t intention to describe all schools in
the vicinity Of which information can DO had In the
absence any good directory OF schools reporters are
compelled to taxe addresses found IN THE TRIBUNE
advertisements TO which inquirers referred for ad
ditional informati H. AS soon the articles be
prepared-and the labor is much greater than readers
will imagine-they will be published.
Below will be found particulars of the design. situa
tou and terms OF number of schools in the city and
vicinity:
Madame c. Mears' English French, and German
Boarding and Day School for young ladies at No. 90
Madisonave. near Thirty -sixth-st, is conveniently
reached from all parts OF the city, This Institution offers
excellent advantages for obtaining complete education
In all those branches which combine TO form practical
and accomplished English education, with thorough
knowledge OF French, German. Spanish, ana Italian as
well. During the season lectures VIII be delivered by
eminent professors subjects connected with the yar
departments French Is the language OF the nstltu
sation meet three times a week. Charges for boarding
pupils Senior department. including board and instruc
ton in French and English per year. $500 for girls I'M
der years of age s65O for day boarders $780, Terms
for tuition Day scholars over IA, s2O between II ana
and for those who cannot read SIS Young ladies
ing 10 pursue the study Of French only will be received
with the family. If desired at $50 for the term. In
sruction will be given in Italian spanish, and German,
per season. The rates for lessons IN drawing from
nature. OIL painting, harp, piano, guitar &c. VIII he
regulated by the teachers employed.
The International Academy OF Natural Science, New
York and Berlin for the diffusion of science and the
assistance of Teachers under Adrian j. Ebel Director,
will open Nov. at No 18 Cooper Union The term com
prises three courses LIST An Ececuc course emorafg
private class lessons, together wth use OF model
specimens books apparatus ana d 20 aa
OF the city. Terms, $780, I'd Ieachers Course con-
ssting of daily lectures from 10 D. M e0nprisng
the aid of teachers in acquiring methods OF instruction
in the several departments OF natural science Terms
with models specimens, drawings aud the screen micro
scope and stereoptcon Terms, so In April OF eacn
year Prot. Eben takes class Of ladies' to Berlin Tor
study and travel
Mrs d. A. Dunning will contlnue her Boarding and Day
School for young ladies and children, now in its fifth
year, at her residence, No. 2l2 Carrost., opposite
Carroll Park Brooklyn reopening Sept IS. The school
ia in fashionable quarter OF the city. overlooking an
attractive little park and convenient 10 several lines OF
borse cars running 20 the ferries, Prospect Park,
Greenwood, Fort Hamilton, &c. Last year the
school numbered so day scholars aud eight
S STaoar to all the ordinary and higher English
branches instruction is given in Latin. French and
other modern languages, music, drawing, and such
special studies as may be desired. In the younger
classes oral exercises held IN French composition,
aritImetic geography, and American history, while
exercises IN reading spelling and dictaton required
az ain sDecia attention is paid 10 teaching the primary
classes he terms for board and tuition $500 per
Snnum To day scholars the are, per quarter OF
10 weeks SIS IN tho first class 80 in tho second 10 ia
the third and s5 and so in the two divisions oil the
primary class.
Hillside Seminary Is a school for young ladies'
yeniently situated at Kingston the Hudson, where
are ample grounds The design to furnish pupils with
a home rather than large boarding school, Latin.
school wear extends from Sept to June 20, and IL d.
vded into terms. Terms to boarders are 500 per
term: day pupils SIS per term, with music s2, drawing
slO and German, French Spanish 8 per term add
tional. The Rev. W. H. Kngsbury Is the Principal and
Miss s. Nj. Kingsbury, .Vice-PrincipaL
Trinity Collegiate and Preparatory School for boys
at Sing Sing is institution, under the director
ship Of A. II. Austin. 1t established in connec-
ton with the Episcopal Church at Sing Sing, but
children Of other denominations are received Ihe
rector takes part in the religious training and classical
studies. The curriculum embraces reading writing,
spelling, composition, grammar geography' history
bookkeeping natural philosophy, arithmetic algebra,
geometry mensuration, LATIN and Greek vocal theoret-
zeal. and instrumental music French and German map
The school three in number beginning Sept /,
Dec l. and April l. Terms: boarders, $3.50 to S75. and
day pupils $40 to $50. according to age. Instrumental
music, French, German, and reehand ana geometrlcai
drawing extra but tue whole cost OF tuition and
board is only about $500 for a year of ten months
Alexander Institute, a military boarding-schoo at
White Plains. established % years ago. was the first
school in the vicinity Of NewYork where military dis
cipne was made part of the pupils education. The
City by the Harlem Railroad. The yearly attendance
has from 40 So The faculty consists Of Oliver r.
Willis Phi, d.. Principal; Isaac Wright, LII. b. Asso-
ciate Principal assisted by Prof j. E. a. Alfonce, b. L.,
Major John II. Rutherford, and Chas; W. Needing. The
bows for college, and tho other designed especially 10
prepare boys for business pursuits Expenses for board
and tuition, $500 year. The next school year COM
mences the nth day OF September
The Irving Institute is at Tarrytown which "a trans
and four steamboats, daily connect with NewYork. The
Institute is less than mile from the depot, the
vicinity Of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving, after
the Institute named, Tor several
the OF its board of trustees The Institute IS under
the management of A. Armagnac. A. NJ. graduate Of
Princeton College, and David A. Rowe A. M graduate
Of Columbia College. The design Of the school Is to
prepare boys college At them for business The
Charge for board and tuition, including Greek LatIn
and the Modern Languages, Is s5o0 per annum. The
school was established IN 1888. The average attendance
500 all who have attended since its foundation.
Hiram III. Post has a boys school at Sing Sing which
he conducted for years. having prepared
young men various colleges. which s the design
the school. The studies embrace arithmetic, reading.
French, Latin. Greek, German, grammar, geography,
penmanship, history, geometry bookkeeping, algebra
during the Winter months. The termsare 800 year.
without extra charges Of any sort.
DR.. Van Normans Classical English, French and Ger
man Family and Day School for Young ladies' estab-
nshed in 1851 at Nos II, 70, and rs East sxty-rstst
will reopen on Sept 25 1879 1t has now about rs
pupils while it has graduated, since the first class in
1852 l2 young ladies' The school affords large and
pleasant accommodations. In three connected brown.
stone houses for both family and day scholars, beside
offering the double advantage OF being only few steps
from the Ffhave. entrance TO Central Park and the
Museum OF Natural History. The OF instruction
has for its aims st practical knowledge OF the laws
OF physical health second tboroughness In Intellectual
development third the education OF the moral senti-
ments and powers Ali sectaran influences guarded
against but the Bible Is taught with and attention
The corps Of assistants, twenythree In number,
braces Dr. J.W Corson Prof James Hyatt, ana DR.. A. j.
Ebe lectures respectively upon physiology, botany and
chemistry and natural history. Social conversation Is
carried on In French and German. Ladies who have
graduated at the institution have the privilege of
tending all exercises OF the institution free Of oil
charges.
The Classical, English and German School for Boys
situated at No 53t West Thrtysecondst and conducted
by DE- Julius sach, Is about 70 enter It's second