New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-01
rJr PUBLIC SCHOOL ROOM.
,rpopT en- IT BY PRESIDENT HUME
cu,, DrrN HAVE HAD ADMISSION
prrrsrp TIIEM-THE NUMBER OF
VACANT SEATS.


VACANT SEATS.
,,,o-cstinc and valuable report which ir"s"leh'
~ the I:oaId Of Education. ana super ''''""' ~
LIVER have been preparing during '"' i'>' 81, ,
'~Po. % MAYOR Grants questions rcIa'u''R inc
IN ans -. ,,o ,,hools was ,cnt to the Mayor yes
eV"u arornoon. The report is fun and ''mpcv'
te'.'. ,ors more than twenty type written pages II
wv -. crcs, credit upon the compil'i'. IL f''oN III
w.. as follows Referring dc'tN !" INC ''''''''"
- contained In YOUR communication;
s"'v Tho number Of school buildings is 49, Inc
..,. contained IN the school bindings ar cl'>S'h'h
.r,nuor departments. or schools. numbering I"3'
"t,,',rv drD,r,mcnis or schools numbering III.
wv 40 a, Recommendations for the instruction OF pupH>
t,,Ious /. grammar departments. 1850 III
-marv departments. 1889 Inc '"'' '''e
r.anac,,v is Ird.lt TIL" limit Of III" sa''nS cals "N
~. NOT been reached in I-"o hy :-.''4
asrnnd-Thc LEGAL school age i from five 90 twenty
- -nars The limit Of ne for compulsory a''No
% .choo, IS fourteen. The tlma'cd population
. IN. ayes of five ard fourteen wears i a fol
49, c-,,nmor 100 900: primary 1GS.oo': total.
-, ooo The estimated sohonl pnlulit"n between
A.. as.s o, f,recn and twenty one wears Is ""-.o'o'
y, te pula'i,n lrtvcrn III" ac"> ct f'nit' ZEN ana
.rentv one there taught In The pihh' Schools
,s 900. +, the nautical crrr"ri" and evening -h"'>
,aoco. IN tie p,r,chll and pricat" ho"l- :""""
~ ,,c . lcce, and ACADEMIES. 1000. These max" a
ttal Of GO 900.
THRIFT every one Of the schr.l population he
,.or ,ho eccs ~ five and fourteen wears should
,nnIy fr adrii,eou to the public schools and every
las rin and main should lc filled t" IL legal
inn, ,l.r, woHt! rmau 1000 un>ullh" WIN
-, accommodations, Accommodation would al~>
. ,o,,ci e., ~. oon prrliS over fourteen years
old WHO have actually been tr-ht III The p'lii'
s,h, D. U,.n,. ,hc upp'ic:t deficiency IN school
Commodities would am,uHt {" 100000 Sit'inc>.
Taking atn go, -icra' th" estimated a'icadanr' IN
o,hcr schools 81. The dci"iercy amounts tn about
100000.
Pupils are refused slmlttaHce - a department
Whenever The ,.1;iu- capacity IF ia" room %: th'
grad. for which '' pupil j. Gu"d i fnll Accord
N IN. hv aw- rl.> Arr,n"'> T.: IN" fact t''I
prril, ar, sometimes refused ADMISSION :" depart
ncrt although tn entire attendance d"'> not equal
The SEATING capacity. IN" school luH'-> d." III
course If ere, tii. viii aeon Y"'aic "l"' grammar
pupils and 80" primary purl--a t'a! "i li"'i
The rev schools NCt To- l built VIII af'!d r'ill'"it
uon for 47i, grammar a:d 49, primary pupils
From ,ie report Of ;hc cit, superintendent appears
,l, The it ii nuul.c! 81 children rrp"it"d - beng :"
fused a'.n i>,ipn . til pTh" ~h""l> ~ rAS"n "t u
lick Of accommodation. l'r H." w""h cnIin- september
u. wa, 3.7-3. The >a'ne I"r'i =. however. r.
oueu;!y c";uied ~ Long I'h.~"d adnll>>i'I two
three oI l. til -.
In the twelfth Ward. for example. l.o7l were
reported a, la,rc l. refused alr'!>~'n. during TIE
f,, sch.,l Nee. nf - pi",,r: Nile a. ~" ,"" 'i'
900 add Iol,l pupll> could lie. u'!cr Ia"
bylaws accommodated in th~ Wa'd. TIA of "'!
returns for IL" period ian"d how there ""!'
~ refusal, OF pupil, aplym- f"r school s'-"l'-
notation, IN fourteen va't> Il ihc ety. Fr"h!
the ia /, q. ,'a'i,c,. Winch follows. din1rs thA'
e. total >rdIiu. capacity 90 IA" l""> ~ tho" NhN~
Wi, -. 80. and MAJ l:;t,i 81 'r""ai pupils 'ouhi
be- fnr:,l>,iss. accom-. media Io!i> th"r' n.
In ,h~ T.r-, WtI ia" t"al >ci'luE capacity Of ne
primary AID GRAMMAR schools j. 10. nd ~" Inrh"i