The New York herald., 1879-11-06
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE OvERCROwDED sCHOOLs-TExT BOOKS FOR
THE COMING YEAR.
At the meeting Of the Board Of Education yester-
day City Superintendent Jasper reported over
crowding in certain schools. His investigations
showed he said that in the primary departments Of
nine schools 1898 pupils had been turned away dur
ing September and October; that Of this number 633
were later admitted leaving ,190 who deprived
OF the opportunity Of obtaining instruction. elm the
grammar departments of these very schools" says
the report to which 1.100 children refused
mission. accommodation for 1.lO1 children did exist
or could be made without in the slightest degree
interfering with their classification or impairng
their efficiency. The report says that by occupy
ing the six vacant classrooms of Primary School No.
o. in First street, few steps from Grammar School
No. 49, with boys transferred from the male Depart
mcnt of No. 13. but still subject to the supervision
OF their present principal there would be afforded to
the primary department of this school (No. 13) ad
ditOnal accommodation FOR about three hundred
pupils. The following are the schools wherein there
is vacant room at present:-Granmar School No. 9.
male department.. room for IS pupils; Grammar
School No. 2, female department for so; Grammar
School No. 6S, male department, for SO Gram
mar School No. SO. female department, for 100;
Grammar School No. I3. male department for 80;
Grammar School No. IL. female department for SO;
Grammar School No. 25. male department for so;
Grammar School No. 25 female department for so;
Grammar School No. 20. male department for 115;
Grammar School No. 40, male department for 60;
Grammar school No. IT. female department for 60;
Grammar School No. %. male department for So;
Grammar School No. 81 grammar department for 273.
REPORTS CoMMIrTEEs.
Commissioner Walker offered q resolution asking
the Committee on Buildings to consider the pro-
priety of connecting the colleges and all the ward
schools with the Elm street headquarters by the
telephone system. The resolution was referred to
the Building Committee.
spirited debate took place on the report Of the
Committee on Teachers. four OF whom reported in
favor OF Miss Callahan, first assistant OF Primary
School No. 49, for principal Of that school, and
in favor OF Miss Pardee vice principal of school in
another ward, for the same position 1t appears
that four of the ward trustees nominated Miss Par
dee. while the other nominated Miss Callahan. The
friends OF the respective candidates occupied over
an hour in debate. but on a vote being reached ten
were for Miss Callahan and nine for Miss Pardee. As
or the Board the matter over. For several
hours the Board had under consideration q majority
Of Studies. fixing the list of toxt books to be used
for the ensuing year. An attempt was made to have
tsrly opposed by Messrs. Walker Wood and others
Mr.. Wood said that the teaching of grammar
from text books was an absurdity. Children
cept and by example. by hearing the con-
versation of educated persons and not by
such text books as Browns Grammar. A motion
of Mr.. Walker to have all grammar text books
stricken from the list lost by vote of to TO-
An amendment to the committees report putting
Brown IS and other ON the list was carried
by the same vote. On the question Of adopting the
report as whole. the vote was-yeas TO- nays 6.
On the ruling of the chair that IL required q ma
jority vote of the whole Board to adopt the report
an appeal was taken and the chair was not sus-
tanned. The report was adopted aud the Board ad-
journed
OvERWORKED TEACHERS.
Among the female teachers in the public schools.
there is much complaint of unnecessary overwork
demanded of them by principals of some OF the
schools 1t is charged that many OF the young
ladies', after the abors in the schooroom ended,
are compelled to occupy their evening hours, when
they require rest and relaxation. in writing up
forty-five or fifty diaries. which have each to be
marked in nine or ten separate Places according to
the number of studies in the class. Many of tile
principals 1t is said, satisfied II their
serve diaries to tho deinquents In the class only.
The number Of these. it is said seldom exceed ten
fifteen in number daily.