New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-22
CLOSING A PUBLIC SCHOOL,.
MANY PARENTS THOUGHT IT DANGEROUS.
REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED, IT IS EXPECTED

REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED, IT Is EXPECTED
nv THE FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
In .ccordauoe with the recommendation Of the
oLo, ,,siees of the Tenth Ward, J. L. N Hunt pfes
don, ~ the BOARD Of Education, yesterday issued an
oodor closing Grammar school No. 7. at Hester ana
Cbrvste SIS until the first Monday In october ms
school was found TO be in dangerous cohdluoh io
DAYS aco nv the superintendent Of school, Biui"es'
workmen were hired at to snore mp the fronU wal"
which was bulged out considerably, ana TO pnhe o'.
rocossarv repalrs since work begun on the bulu
~. .ho n.repts Of the pupils the greater number OF
h cannot sneak English. have feared that the h'eS
-, h.ir children we're endangered. They were content
nth No explanations because they could not u''ue'
s+ond them. Yesterday morning between my anu
iv,v Gathers and mothers came TO the school deter
mined 10 taJye then children from the class-rooms'
The trustees were obliged TO call upon the ponce lor
aid in lxepng the parents out of the school, lho Ga
element however. and the interference when
NTH The success of the school led the trustees 10 hnA
"a advisable to close the building. As part OF tne
,r,,t wall OF tile school Is to be removed Also AIMING
other things IL was thought that the lives OF the ch
dren under the circumstances might be ehua"se'V'
The work of repairing the school conld also NC ''
cned This action throws 1900 pupils out oil Schooi
for several weeks 1t Is believed that the repairs WI"
no finished by the first Monday in October so 'ha' '
sessions of the school can be renewed.
The trustees Of Grammar School No. were PrO9c'o
a. the meeting yesterday They protested energeheaN
through their spokesman Mr.. Spencer against V7'Iie
hold responsible for the condition OF the sch0ol OF lot
the delay in erecting A new building.
The committee decided yesterday to allow the super
,,tendent TO review the plans made for me soIv'h
II is believed that the question a. to the ne" Oue
will be decided within few weeks
The Committee on Evening schools, Win Oohl.niS
sioner Cugcenheiruer in the chair also met yes'eruy
II vas decided 10 hire several halls in TINS CITY III
addition 10 the twelve schools in use last year ~
accommodate the visitors to the free lectures gwen
under the auspices Of the Board Of Education me
lectures will begin November o. 1t was also declueu
IN omen two of the new evening high schools at ~
O'clock instead Of at O'Clock, has been the rue up
to the present time More than 100 applications were
received for the vacant prOfessorship in French Inc
applicants will be examined by the teachers OF fIelon
in the City College and the Normal College
The public schools Of this city have lost two vaap7
teachers within the last few days Stinsoh MclVor'
principal OF Grammar School No. as, buried yes
teniay lie was one OF the oldest teachers In the city,
a native OF ireland, and appointed teacher IN
Grammar School No % in 1850. sixteen years after
ward he was transferred to Grammar school NO 40 III
One hundr red and ffty sXth-st. a. it, principal
Miss Sutton. principal OF the female department oi
Grammar school No. 56, In West Eghteentl-sl sem
her resignation to Superintendent Jasper yesterday 10
take effect October |. Miss sutton, who elso mas
successful record as teacher. appointed principal
of No So in 1879. She has decided to leave New
York much to the regret Of the Board OF Educailoh,
ana win establish private school In Connecticut