The New York herald., 1876-03-20

total absent, 43 The average daily attendance in
February was-Boys, 100; primary, 800; total SIG
The teachers report that owing the proximity OF the
parcchal schools that In tbs ward, there little
or no OvcrcrowdIng. There has been some sickness,
but the children generally healthy. There IL
no female grammar department, the girls some six
teen months ago were transferred TO Marion street
school The building is heated by wood stoves In the
male department nearly every thermometer in the class
rooms broken. Mr.. Birlngham has 1--WE assist
ants. and Miss N. f. McGi, OF the primary branch,
has seven and music teacher The classes are mixed
with both sexes. In this school found condition
OF things that IS Simply indecent and immoral. The
closets just inside the front doors by the entrance
ana Under the class rooms instead Ul the rear yard
They not protected By doors accessible tho
buminers OF the ward and 1t is notorious that the
children have no privacy. No wonder the morals of
little girls corrupted with such condition of things
that rs burning shame to the Board IF Education aud
the local trustees who II they apply the janitor will
hear stories too disgusting TO be put in print
The closets sadly require umigating to prevent the
foul air being carried into the class rooms above.
Grammar School No. 80, Barter Street.-Consder-
ing the neighborhood and the fact that the children
are the offspring OF the poor the school is credit to
the ward Miss Connolly, the principal OF the girls
branch, has three assistants aud Miss Ahern OF the
primary branch, seven assistants In the girls rooms
there were present Monday, l34 and absent Is The
average daily attendance is about 1877 In the primary
there present l97 boys and "a absent, and las
girls present and 20 absent Tho daily average in
February 323 Tho teachers report the health OF
the children good, and room for 100 more The ani-
tor Bernard Doran, is l02 years of age and on Mon
day performed nearly all the ab0rs OF beating and
cleaning The same complaint is made here at the
Mott street school The closets beside tho front
entrances, without doors, open the indecent
acts OF the bummers from the streets; and although
the janor is assisted by ableboded son, i'm
possible TO prevent scenes destructive Of morals aud
an outrage upon dccency.
FIFTEENTH WARD
Grammar School No 10 This school Is located In
one of the most depraved neghb0rh Gods the city,
and many efforts have been made by citizens break
up two places OF i'll fame which open and flag
rant insult TO the pupils OF the building The school
Is in a poor condition During the past winter the
school has been times cold because the heaters
were not properly attended to by the Board OF Educa
ton, that the children have suffered rather from cold
than over ventilation. The attendance on Monday
was:-Boys grammar department 335, average $40;
girls grammar department 2oO average $50; primary
department 500 average go. Many promotions have
occurred during the past week. The teachers do not
consider that the school is ovcrcrowded so much as
they believe that there not sufficient class
They also say that the impertection in the ventilation
is tho cause OF Group anu colds Teachers also state
that the boys department is full but not overcrowded.
Grammar School No. 35.-ln this school, which has
very large number of scholars (a boysl the vent-
ation is fair but not good might be, the building
being quite old, although II has undergone altera
tons, of which have been for the better, while
others are OF no benefit The principal, Mr. Fisher,
pays special attention to the ventilation OF his school,
every day making inspection personally and Is thus
of the bu'if In the grammar department the at
tendance Monday OlO and the average is about
1000. The primary department had an attendance or
41S, with an average OF 1856 pupils In the primary de-
partment the ceiling was quite low, the air ietid and
the Glass rooms are crowded Three classes con-
stany taught the large OF the primary depart
ment green screens being used as temporary part
tons, and more class rooms needed at once as the
chidrens health is not what should be by anv means
The boys grammar department has 200 or 800 more
pupils than any other department OF like kind in the
city.
SEVENTEENTH WARD
Grammar School No. IL, East Houston Street.-The
attendance Monday in the boys school was $40 4;
absent, 20 There ten class rooms, in seven
OF which there Is overcrowdng OF from six to twenty
No refusals OF admission are made. This week there
Will be an increase of seventy 1--WE pupils promotions
IRON the primary department The attendance for the
past two months averaged daily 465, ninety iour
cent OF the whole register In the girls school tho at
tendance on Monday 490 which Is the average.
Fifteen pupils were absent The class rooms not
overcrowded. la the primary department. tho
| attendance was s5s only Ave pupils being
were made TO the grammar school The aver
! age attendance last month was l,o2o Within the
past few weeks the local Board OF Trustees ordered the
closing Of tho class the ground floor, which
sent away TO other schools fifty children. These rooms
were considered to be unhealthy. There are now
school accommodations for 900 children in the depart
ment There Is al present serious overcoming in the
class rooms The names ot sou children waiting Tor
admission arc the books The principal OF the
male department oi the grammar school Is Nr. Ltch
field; OF the female department. Miss Anna Hazard
and OF the primary department, Mrs Haggerty.
Grammar School No 25, Fifh Street, oetoeen First
and Second AreaueS.-In the boys department, on
Monday there 426 names the roll thirty three
pupils being absent The average attendance has been
AL Sickness has prevailed considerably during tho
! winter months especially in February The class
malo department can accommodate 300 children easily.
Ventilation is very imperfect it being found difficult 10
free the OF foul air without going to the other
extremity or cooling them too much. thermometers
suspended In all the rooms and the temperature Is
carefully attended to possible, average OF 20
degrees being sought for Patent ventilators in
use; but the principal pronounces them to be made
quate afford the desired degree OF temperature The
class also badly arranged IL being difficult
for the teacher ito full control over each VI
the pupils the seats. In the girls department the
number OF pupils present ACT, twenty children
being absent The average attendance in February
459, and in January 479 The regular daily attend
ance good There ten class rooms, none oi them
oyercrowded. This week the register will be increased
by sixty tho primary department and about thirty
from other schools in the d. 1t is complained that
on warm days the temperature of the is
siye the thermometer marking 78 degrees.