The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-17
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
REPORTS OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS GRADUATINd AT


REPORTS OF UPERNrESDESrs-uNsAFE AND
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS GRADUATING AT
THE NORMAL COLLEGE.
regular meeting of the Board Of Education was held
yesterday afternoon at the hall. OF Elm and
Grand streets the President, Mr. william Wood in the
chair, and all the Commissioners being present His
Honor, Mayor wickham, present and occupied a
seat the platform 10 the left OF the President In
calling the meeting to order Mr.. Wood announced the
presence Of the Mayor and then taken for
fifteen minutes to allow the Commissioners 10 pay
their respects to him.
On the return of the Board to order the report Of
the City Superintendent for the month OF January
read II stated that examinations had been held in the
schools Of the Fourth, Fifth. Seventh and Nineteenth
wards the instruction in sixty classes out Of the 12S
examined being excellent in sxty-sx good in eighteen
far and in Indifferent. The discipline in 203 of
the classes excellent and in the others fair
The overcrowding in some Of the schools
! was complained OF, and restriction as
TO the admission of pupils recommended. Tho
| average attendance for the month at the grammar
and primary schools was 1Ol, IT'S which 1853
more than in January, 1875. The total number on
register In these schools showed of 5,997
over last year. The number of pupils refused admis-
sion during the month for the want OF accommodation
2o5 chiefly in the Ninth, Tenth, Fifteenth Seven
teenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty wards
communication from Comptroller Green asking for
a complete list of all officers employees under the
Board of Education with the amount OF salary paid TO
each was read and referred to the Committee ON By
laws
UNSAFE SCHOOL HOUSES
The following communication from the attorney to
the Department of Buildings referred to the Com
mittee on Buildings
The Superintendent of the Building Department has
turned TO Tor prosecution against Board several
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The school No No loi Bsyard street lacks sufficient
nS o 0 MRS s seeSpd to the hTd story
peoares an sdditinSel iiSe Of stairs INSIDE and ve
and stationary iron ladders leading to the root and outside
The buildings Nos 90 22i Seventy fifth street
occupied school house and occupied daily by 700 chill
and @ G cae e snd anTe a
means OF sgrs and escape by the erection n the
double and stairs at each story from the upper
These are Violations which notice has several times
given 70 the Board of Education and should be promptly
1t Is not my desire to institute any proceedings calculated
eo@paHed of endanser the vss Of large number
dren many OF whom could not in an emergency protect
some arrangement Is made with Mr. Adams to place the
TRUAYcY.
The report of the superintendent of Truancy gave
the total Investigations for the past two weeks as 1877,
of which 534 not classed truants and of which
199 returned and placed In school and four
mitted to the OF the Society for the Reformation
of Juvenile Dehnquens
The report of the Committee on Buildings recon-
mending appropriation for the erection OF wings to
Grammar School No. 4 in Chryste street was adopted
Commissioner Kamroth opposed the appropriation, as
In his opinion the building as II stands Is unsound.
! NORMAL COLLEGE GRADUATES.
The following report presented by the Committee on
Normal College, reference the granting licenses
teach in the public schools TO the graduates of the
| Normal College was adopted
The questions for previously prepared by
faculty OF The Normal 0osge shall be submitted to the City
revision notifications additions be deemed requ
site by either of said oce bat such changes shall be
struction prescribed for said college shall be made
ws five sa days @ the rd shall sDs been
the City Superintendent and the President of the Normal
Within 'S by on Sorma college,
The City SUPERINTENDENT shall attend in person far as
order that may fully inform himself Of the OF
Who by law have the legal right q With him in
awarding teachers licenses shall be notified that they
The examination papers containing written answers Of
marked under the direction President shall be
At he college to s city sS nd int
formed Of the method and Of said marking but the
building from The custody g said President
All candidates who shall receive at said examination
per cent, and who shall not fall below that in Eng
per cent shall be entitled diplomas Of graduation and
the be conducted by the President
or instructors IN the college the City superintendent shall
tend and the City Superintendent may participate In said
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In Of the inability account q sickness other
the G q I 'ss s the
BY such one Of his associates as be may designate
license the occasion of the public graduation Of said
didateS
resolution proposed by Commissioner Goulding
providing for paying the salaries OF special teachers
school holidays and during the summer vacation as
the regular teachers paid unanimously adopted
After considerable discussion II was resolved 10 con-
tnuc the primary school now being conducted In
| o / nd provided
the apartments be hired at rental not exceeding
$500. Theodore Van Cott was appointed Vice Prn-
cipal of Grammar School No %, In the Twelfth ward.
The work entitled Literary Selections for the Nor
NAL College," was, on the recommendation of the Com
mitee on Normal Colleges, ordered to be excluded as
text book Miss Margaret Hebbard, Vice Principal
CT primary department, Grammar School No 9, whose
services were discontinued at the previous meeting
Of the Board owing TO the decreased attendance OF
pupils in her school, wasretained, 1t being considered
an injustice to dismiss her. The school itself Is likely
to be discontinued rs unnecessary The report on
courses OF German and French studies In the three
higher gr0des OF the grammar schools was read and
adopted resolution was adopted ordering the print
ing OF TO- 900 copies of circular, TO be distributed
among parents and children throughout the city, call
ing attention to the necessity for the vaccination and
when necessary the revaccinaton Of children attend
ing the public schools A certificate to the
vaccination from any physician In good standing,
to the effect that revaccination is not
necessary will be considered sufficient. Board Of
Health physicians will call at the school in accordance
with notice to be previously given children VIII be
yaccinaed at the Office OF the Board of Health Ex-
pulsion from the school will follow refusal OF tho
parent children to have the vaccination performed.
resolution adopted instructing City Superntend
Riddle and Professor Scout to prepare history OF
the public school system OF this city, with account
OF the schools and colleges under the Board at the
visitors TO this city during the Centennial year who
may desire to make themselves familiar with our COM
mon school system opportunity tosdo 80 by means
Of this compendium.
SCHOOL RECEPTIONS.