The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-24
AN ADMIRABLE INSTITUTION.
The Free Evening High School on West Tbir-
teenth street.

non, Las No, tdades Nel0 Yori, Ju!y 81.
This institute, which holds its sessions in
Grammar School No. 49, In West Thirteenth
street, Is a .ithful REPRESENTA- lon II the demo.
cratic and nbefai character Of this republic. and
the generos with which the city Of New York
places within the re ch Of all a superior tnstruc-
tion. scholars of all nHtiundties attend: Amer
leans, Germans. English, French, spanish, Ital.
ians, Africans. ana even Chinese aud Jansnes-
OF all reiilio1s. Of al ages from fourteen 10
sixty years, rich and poor. of all professions and
Tades' lawyers doctots Merchants, clerks,
school IN Which were found assembled such
variety Of scholars. No one Il refused sdmis
sion; all are received without distinction and
allowed To participate eratuitOusly In the great
intellectual 60 quet which The munihcence OF
The people and thelr aul horites has provided.
Mr.. Jared ;. Babcock, re PRINCIPAL OF the
school, Is distinguished for th zeal and ability
which he dsplaVs in the discharge Of MS duties.
He Is en- iyeiy seconded ~ his general SYST
ant. Nj. Jacob T.. liONle. Allthe teachers IN their
Respective rhs. es are u EN- That are well chosen
anu well qua ed for their different charles.
but TINS il not tue urincipd cause Of the admir-
able order add progress which are observed IN
this school. The principal reason Is that m the
same manner th.t chcu citizen Of the United
states considers hiui,'li the owner and ere tor
OF his own government aud instil utions, and
consequently defends the puDc order and
takes interest Ia preserving u, so each pupil II
this school considers himself It's owner, ana
takes interest ard does II that Is IN his power
TO contribute to ITS success.
This Ia. then, an entirely liberal and demo-
cratic nstitnt and e. these principles, besides
the sunerior Instruction that IS gwen In II, are
due Its progress and IRE / popularity.
This school was opened by the II board Of Edu-
eation In October, 1888 with the object OF afford-
tnE facilities Tor a higher grade of instruction
shan what y as To be OFT med 10 the common
evening schools. Tue UNITY and aGVantHgas
are so manifest that TODAY q Is one OF the most
popular schools u New York and the necessity
" felt of establishing Others, or what would be
incomparahly more JudiclOus, u procuring a
better LOCALITY AMI more ample agcomm "a a ions
for the present school.
Last year $500 aspirants applied for admission
and only l.73T were admitted. he others we're
rejected not oniv because they were unable to
pass the ca animation. but because The building
would not nave been sufficiently large to con
tain them. The average attendance last wear
was one Thousand pupils. The course OF -tud-s
comprises the following English grammar and
com position, reauing and defamation, penman-
ship, b lokkeepinR, arithmetic, alge ora. geOme-
Try and trigOnonetry, natural philosophy, chem
htry and astronomy, American history and
political science, including knowledge OF the
Con titutOn, state and national, with the out
hines Of municlp | md International law, rch-
tectural ana mechanical drawing, practical
mechanics, navigation, physiology, anatomy aud
hygiene, Latin French, German, and spanish.
Besides the iilsttuCtiln n, the schn. ar are sup
piled gratuitnusly Win all the noCossarie,, such
~ hooks, .. y Z, pens, pencils. inatr tnents, &f.
The expense OF the rCuuui was Ia I year, IN
GLIDING salarte- and supplies tH,lb I he school
begins on the first Monday IA October. out II Is
opened two weeks previously - thc examine
ton aud admission Of candidates, SO that once
registered aud provided with ilckets Of admis-
sion, they can attend from the 0rst IA .ht their
respective classes, without any interruption.