The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-15
OLD GROVE STREET SCHOOL.
IN THE PICTURESQUE OLD NINTH
WARD ON THE WEST SIDE.

| so old as a number Of other wards. havinQ
been established in 1903. twelve years after
the original division OF wards by the local
authorities. II 1t may DO said Of ward. as OF
q woman that It is no older than It looks. then
the Ninth ward ia certainly remarkable. be-
cause It has preserved intact many OF the old
fashioned ways and customs. which, at this
season OF tho year. are supplemented and
made picturesque by trees in blossom. flowers
In bloom. the music Of birds. and the cooling
sight Of tho old alleyways, clean brick walls.
wooden gables. well-trimmed grass plots. and.
In some rare instances, tho primitive snake
fences that divide the rear OF one city lot from
another. In the very heart OF the ward. in
Hudson street at the corner OF Grove. and Just
across the way from the protty old greensward
about st. Luke's Church. has stood for three
SCORE and ten years. the Grove Street School.
The Grove Street School. designated OH the
records Of the Department of Education as No.
3. is the oldest schoolhouse and oldest school
in New York. Established originally In tenn
porary quarters in the watch house at Hudson
street and Amos street NOV West Tenth) in
May. 1918. with roll OF fifty boys. tho per-
manent building on the present site was ready
for occupancy and for the 800 pupils. on Oct
Is. 1921. School No. /. in Bancker street tnow
MndisonA. near Pearl, went tho way OF oil
things human long ago School No. >. tho land
for which was presented by Col. Rutgers. and
the building erected by private subscription.
hns passed entirely out OF remembrance. but
school No. 3. built through a land grant from
the Trinity Corporation. and with $1,000 APP
prorriEted by the Legislature. Is. after an &C.
tive existence OF great usefulness. ono Of the
enduring landmarks Of the most interesting
localities OF New York-Greenwich village-a
substantial and conservative region OF rie and
est inhabitants
Te,ho , Grove street School belongs the great
E,eui' VI having mn ii.s' rs III instructor the
illustrons PhiIadelrhan. Sheppard johnson.
marks notch in tho educational history OF
pubIc enirit but Of Monte Christie nations ,' ~
nn.rce ostohli.hsd m , avail so.ln ,ha DIST
normal school for tea u He V secured 1 ,he
appointment Of three promising: lads. orc for
arh ~ .cIn,,s that he, ""a ono ,o'
iege Of seventy years AGO. Tbcy were boardoI
ana clothed Mt tho citys EXPENSE. and tho
majority Of them" says an old report. q. two.
lived with tboir rrincirnls. At tho end Of tho
promising lads, il si,ccessful at lis examina
tion. received diploma and 500 in cms., Tor
three yrnrs' II hr c"uiInt nnss or Iimt ' he,
received nothing. Iunu'. exp"nIturs '" On th,t
pIne Of lint rality was not. h"w ;. very very
nerin.l. Tbrv n,ot os.cI and se,m,,I VIZ
adontion Of The report ~, special committee
the encarements. and mon tors .rnnc,,I wnre
sppEsl is TI..c . at li,y cSntsn wesE.
man"d Of lis fame ws sc IS s and snasi
wnv ,b aornf md ,npi,,,,,n, -, ~ ~ H., S.',i
mancs Of the day. Il" was * ClarIa "' ii.htnn.
who hc"usht a ..Enotly supply Of States and
pointed to take nharr. Of SrE"n, ~ H. I,s nav nT
ono, receiving Tor lis Services $500 rer annum.
vice principal. In testinnmS o! the con!d"oee
"oncurnins His superior jaarning
drcer 'S Kim me c"n th hr 6" 'h1 @y
way he thought ut until further notice. form
Of approval not to met with in " fh"sc days at
Among o,her things cra,iitn,ie to it's present
fame ana tr4di;ions the drove street School
town to maintain sep ,ratr dem rtmnrt for
female puuil-. it hcrnn with the ,uenLership
Of 80. school history is nut" about the
phialelphin is entitled ~ In. ~" ere III ~ iret
a separate female dnpartrent
ripn which lasted in Grove street until March
HART ls Who hT was snGresd ,sI BY nam
,ecded hy Ur. David rntiers"r Who continual
as princir,nl for thrtv-two vo ,r. mr. until Saw
Frmhnr. ISIjT. when ky Vote az tne lizard Of |
+ dmcntion he WAS s,icce"Ied hy The ures.ot
principal. Eenia,nin j., /. southerlapL, a Kind.
or Who's ,,vnncn,nnn{f tn IA noet wh;nh |
he has held for more thnn AZ oi,artnr "" Of :,
century was in the orderly line q, school rrD.
oart,nent OF In" Grow" "p' Street EScn"oi. Mr
southeriand WORK ed biS way I'm mill h.. wa:
graduated in tho old N"rn,uI Snhno ,' rs iunior
monitor. Then h, hecnms assistnnt tr.chor.
During its snvontvnn reors xitm'
,trct"hins from t the adj aJministration Of James
,choni nttendant" in New Yorl; alnount. TO
81. 900 this school has had only i"ur princi.
,njs. n met TINT ia .t~nnr rviJ"nr. in f,vnr nf
he he's saIubrty Of The nashrarooG the EGO good
.ense nnI GOOD behs yinr Of the many tbou.euni
oupiis. the wisdom shown I'y Iii" nuihorifins
n their choice of PRINCIPALS. and tho iong lie
'ewaris good men and true ,. il public or pri.
In sentember, 1871. &c Gen. Taiayattc. who
HIT Tie nitcd thS S,nte wns o TO tb"
irovS street School MS ono Of tie points Of
'ho Mnrnr of In. civ ami ~ ,n"nv JIun's and
timer f,;nrt ionnrias and istir.,ni ed Us tors
n M ~ i, l, :. n H., ~, ~ ,,onf.