The evening world., 1889-09-28
LECTURES AGAIN.
Another Series Of Free Evening Talks In
the Public Schools.
The Scope of The Evening World
Bill to Be Extended This Fall.
Eminent Professors Volunteer Their
Services to the Board OF Edu-
cation Committee.

The Evening School Committee of the Board
Of Education has decided to give another series
OF free lectures 10 working people in the public
schools this Winter. in accordance with the
provisions OF The EVENING WORLD bill passed
last year.
The members of the Committee realize the
great amount OF good that was accomplished by
the lectures last season, when il was tried az an
experiment, and have decided to give another
conrEe. which viii be much longer, will include a
greater number Of the public schools and, II
possible, be more interesting than those given
last spring.
The Committee has consulted the lecturers
who took part in last seasons course and has
heard suggestions as to improvements in this
| years series.
Many of the old lecturers will be retained
and there will be some new ones. among whom
will be several well-known college professors.
The idea OF giving to the W )rkingmen OF this
CITY instructive lectures, illustrated and made
attractive in other ways, was original with TIL
EVENING World.
Tue EVENING WORLD prepared 4 bill which
was sent to the Assembly and Senate at Albany
and 1t was passed by both bodies. On the 9TH
day OF June, 1888, it was approved by Gov.
Hill and became a law. The fall text Of the bill
IL as follows:
Ar act 10 proUrds for lectures Jor Workinymsn and rork-
TGs people OF the State of New York, represented in
sf sIsfi SS1 4 H'fii r." b.. 90 IL ' u fd 4: ,StiSH' o. tho city Of
New YORK 2 hereby authorized and Empowered TO pro.
liver jssta5,s on ySs %DssUT"i .%'iaSSss: and I,ndrSd : SUB /:
i leT n. N ba the ES Of Sor iIhS SmcS Of .S ss'S xs ely IN ~ t the evenings
sEC. 9 The said Board Of LduoA,ion shall have power
!hisFs nssssss1y and eIlgsSSsnt 70 ssiass.s;ttnIIIyS conduct
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iin,cacH wess, iiStssen the lSt day OF 0st"'s SH' and the
as, day u March, q each yea, ~s4Sspt,nE the two
yys9a!ry IN ets yss,I vSSiShH shat, ts ''.ayertt.eS IN =
nsily newspEper published n SAID city, at least one week
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the provisions OF this act,
The Board Of EDUCATION took the matter In
hand. and soon laid out a plan tor giving the
lectures.
Lecturers were engaged. among whom we're
well-known men. and oil the evening of Jan. IA
last the, doors OF seven schools were thrown
open and the series OF lectures began.
The schools where these entertainment were
given were Grammar School No. s3, gle East
School No. ~, 30 Allen street; drsmmar School
No. -, 2l0East Fortv-secopd street; Grammar
S SSe: ANNA No; ss; sss SSaot S6. s strof ga sp %I F,rf rn ave:
t9uith street; Grammar School No. 81. .23
We't FoIty;tiHF rto street; and m School
The lectures were. continued on each Monday
a'd Thursday evening until the latter part OF
During this period Of thlrty-one nights al7
lectures were de iveied. There were embraced
well they were appreciated IL shown by the
audiences which attended them.
AmonS the most inteT.eeTtipg Lectures given
Duties Of CIt2enship.n By Prot. Leipziger;
Goal and Petroleum. Prot. Bickmore: THE
Solar System and the World We Live H., F. G..
Caldwell: Feeding and Running the Human
Legal flasHl,T PriSI;cipldS, G n . Cie@c;pt; HHI Elsctrfcit11:!
Its Theory. Sparks and shocks. - and Flee
tricity at Work; Dynamos and Motors, Edward
II. Boyer.
The new series will begin "a soon as q definite
plan can he agreed upo q meeting of the Com
mittee being called Tor next Monday evening.
School Commissioner Miles NJ. O'Brien. who
is one Of the most active members of the Even
ing School Committee. in speaking of the
matter this morHInR. raid:
-" We have decided to continue the lectures
this year. Last year was mei ely exper mer tai,
but we were RatterCd at the glorious uccess
achieved. To take away the lectures would be
a great wrong, and the.c little entertainment
will b. given more vim than ever.
The lecturers who worked 10 hard last year
to make the lectures q success have given us
meutS can be inaugurated, and We will profit by
their experience.
THE people appreciate the thing. as was
shown by the glorious support VIC received from
I've have had many offers Of services by we'll
known business men, among whom were three
protectors connected with PRIV ceton COLLEGE.
assist in q tertainlnR many thousand people
/ during the coming Winter