The evening world., 1893-12-28
NOW A NIGHT SCHOOL.
The Board of Education at Last Ac
CedcS TO The Worlds Demand.
A NEW NIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE
UPPER WEST SIDE.
OTHER MATTERS ARE POSTPONED

At last. after weeks of persistent urg-
ing by The World. the people OF that
part OF West Harlem known as Manhat-
tanville, will have the boon they craved
granted them by the Board of Educa-
tion.
All they wanted was the establish
ment OF an evening night school for boys
In Grammar School No. 49, one Hundred
and Twenty street and Amsterdam
avenue. The board held its last meeting
for this year yesterday. and the follow
ing report was read and the appended
resolution unanimously adopted:
To the Board Of Education.
Tho Committee or Evening Schools, 10 which
waa referred the Application from the trustees
Of tho Twelfth Ward to establish senior ina. e
evening school In Grammar School No ~,
situated at one Hundred and Twenty ninth street
and Amsterdam avenue. respectfully report: Tha,
In conjunction with the apple alton there was
received petition signed by 100 residents OF the
reighborhood In which 1t Is desired to Iocste the
new school. In view Of the request thus made the
fact that the n-arest Senior Male Evening School
Ii at one Hundred and Tenth street and Third
avenue. and what appears to be the needs Of the
citizens who apply your committee recommend
that the application he granted.
The following resolution Is submttted for adop'
tion:
Resolvcd, That. provided that funds for tht
putposr are at thN dihp0foi of the board. the
Application OF the Board OF School Trustees Of the
Twelfth Ward. to establish a senior male even,
the same Ia hereby granted. and tn board o
trustees are hereby authorized to nominate
principal and as many assistant teachers as are
net exsary for the establishment OF said school.
MILES NJ oBRIEN,
JAMES W. NJ. BARRON.
II. A. ROGERS.
GEORGE LIVINGSTON.
Commit % on Evening Schools
Mr.. ]. w. Lane. who was one of the
most active workers to have the schoo
the action Of the board.
while we labored hard" he said
ITO obtain this concession from the
board doubt success = r%t %1ua haep haot w,
the unceasing help extended us by The
World. | can honestly say that TN:
school would never be opened except
for the repeated demands OF s The Morid,
opened before the middle of next week
Much preliminary work has to be &C
compllahed and the funds at the disposa
OF the department will not be available
To give more effect to its closing de
llberations for the year the board haC
IA spasm on the question OF economy
The Committee on School Supplies, OF
Chairman. reported favorably on sev
eral resolutions appropriating money fol
contracts. but the board nullihed the
report by rejecting quite number, II
were far In excess of the rates adopted
early this year.
Eugene =; Bagen was appointed ar ar
assistant snPSerntebndesnt h enc to ., m th'
Hoffman. The salary Is fixed at $.95s 80
to take effect Jan. /. Commissioner Har
ris made strenuous effort to have th'
salary reduced to 5000. claiming that
a al N gnnprinte tenhppt 9hnnlH
receive as large. a salary as one. wh'
was old In the harness. Then followed
a lively tilt between Commissioner
Harris. Strauss. Moriarty and O'Brien
The latter was particularly emphatic IL
declaring that he would not be part!
to voting the proposed salary to MAJ
Of little or no experience. He pounded
his desk and defed any one to say tha
excessive salaries to new school ofh
cals.
The vote resulted as follows. the ulti
sS,s5s.Ss: Yeas. Messrs Sanger, Bell
!nssion. Maciay., MehSrrop, MOI Mcr!sriy
ROGERS, Strauss, Van Arsdale and Web
appointment of MIR. Bagen then followed
wi ith this result. Yeas, II; blanks, ..
A communication. was received from
scnting to the retention of Lieut.. Bar
nette Tor few months longer on tn
schoolship st. Mary's. and making tn
appointment OF Lieut.. J. II. Selfridge t.
succeed him as Executive Officer. En-
sign \. 81 Long was appointed princi
pal OF the evening school on the ship
and Ensign Henry A. Wiley was mad
First Instructor.
The appointment of a trustee for tn
Twenty second Ward. to succeed Henr.
A. Rogers was postponed until the mex
meeting of the board.
The resignation of COMMISSIONS
Crosby was entered on the records. bu
the communication which accompanie
It, and which reflected on the presen
school system, was relegated to oh
livion. mo man dares to criticise on
school system in my presence. shoute
Commissioner Moriarty, land the re
fiections which accompany this resiGna
tion come with exceedingly bad tast
from n Commissioner who since hi
appointment has attended very fey
meetings OF this board
After putting over the appointment
OF trustee for the Fifth Ward unit
the next meeting the members eN
changed complimentary remarks an
the board adjourned sine die for 1898. Th
next meeting will be held the secon
Wednesday In January.