New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-04
CLOSING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS AND PUPILS AWAY FOR yAcA'
rIONS
EXCURSIONS TO SARATOGA AND ST PAoA-rhh'
NEW PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD a.
woRK-SEw COMMISSIONERS TO
RE APPOINTED

Iii, .,ools have been getting reahy ior
inV Ar location which begins with the four'h
y. ~, Tor two weeks closing exercises nave oo,n
- q, ,,o dserent schools and yesterday Ine oooh'
,rcre mt away and the classes ois"' M 3d..
,nnmsr The attendance for the schooi so'' No. =,
sssn the largest on record reaching an sNcraeo
- an 600 children Nearly 10000 OF these Pupii.
neariy ioo,o 90 The schools again. large part OF
-, 1900 N the higher classes, which were graz
-. p.rt ~ these enter the colleges, but d iarso
m,her Of the older pupils always discontinue s.mV
a., tho fall ard begin work. Their places afo ~
Nth the children from the primary graocs
On 900 nrmary children have been promotcd 10 "io
r-amnar grades during the week ana VIII ocsn ''0"
st,res on the second Monday In SEPTEMBER
srnsdntendent OF Buildings George W. DepeVo'so
,ahes charge OF the buildings during the summer, a
for the next two months large force Oh "o'hno'i
will he busy repairing and cleaning the sciooiS' Ia
the fall three or four new buildings VIII po io"'' W
open. Teachers began to leave the Guy SeS"iua' iva
their summer trips, and at the Grand Oen'ra
and the steamboat lines yesterday AFTERNOON eooo
the New.York teachers could be seen with thelr grip
~ Drr,no the week the Controller has been pay
ING teachers their salaries for the months OF JUNO
and Juy the total OF which for the aooo 'es0he''
OF the city is about 100000. Nearly every te"'N
had 800 in her pocket for the two months pay al"
some Of them had much more.
One Of the largest parties Of teachers for many
Association Convention will leave this city on Mon
day for St. Paul, where the association meets this
year. The party will be under the direction OF A.
Lunaust Another party Of more than 1000 teachers
expect to sail by one Of the Iron steamboats, on
Monday up the Hudson for Saratoga and Lake George
TO attend the State Teachers Association which VIII
meet next week at Saratoga This party is
under the direction Of II. S. Johnson. Walter
S. Gunnison, Brooklyn principal, IS presi-
dent of the State Teachers Association,
and Brooklyn and New-York teachers will turn out
in large delegations to escort him. Many Of the
teachers after remaining In Saratoga day will join
the Lunqust party for ST Paul Both parties complete
their Arguments at the Office OF School No. TO- East
Fourteenth ST., on Saturday. Quite number of
teachers will also sail saturday fC trip in Europe
The Board of Education will not complete It's labOrs
for another week but the final meeting for the summer
will be held Wednesday next Dr. Hunt. who has
Just been elected president Of the Board, at his
work. He expected to spend much of the summer in
the city and will give great desl Of his personal at
tention 10 school affairs. Dr. Hunt is held In high
esteem in the Board for his interest In school affairs
and technical knowledge of them. Commissioner
O'Bren and some of the other members were in favor
the ablest presiding oincer Commissioner Lummis
and several others thought that F. ". Devoe
should succeed Mr.. Simmons, owing to his practical
knowledge Of school work. but 1t said yesterday
viii be several vacancies in the Board which Mayor
Grant will have to I'LL, and It is said that the names Of
stephen A. Walker, Gilbert H. Crawford and William
Dovd, who have been commissioners, and James ;.
NcCreery and others interested in the schools. will be
presented to the Mayor and selection urged from them