The evening world., 1894-06-02

The people Of this land. II not the most
Aibhly educated. are the most generally
e4ueated in the world. American meth
= ana results have been carefully con
et1Ssed. Commended and copied IN dis
satisfaction that our arrangements FOR
popular education are improving year by
Xear by reason O" better training schools
3 fsteAchers, better supervision and more
lt4efAl p~ecuniary support.
sin; the rapid. expaision and, develop
gnSpe OF one department, at lenst, the
s sssss,. seh Tsls 'y's r., Il e ' sasI s,.y q stands s1ss
i2SfSESa; to the people. Nowhere Else
SHss a. sHsh z ncs utSpi an scheme exist e.
tory Of education this method. of popular
Instruction, as Garfield on here, may
fFaiy be claimed as purely American.
ass Increased Attendance.
nngihos the course was begun In Janu-
ny tSee, the attendance has been over n
half million Two-thirds of this number
AK a Il is ST. s1 wonk 1 ncw lat 4 s ,wp = ss vsry
ISss senator. Edward F. Reilly intro.
4ueed into the Assembly a bill whose
t6bnistion instrnetioh to be given I at
mint IN the school. buildings of this
Sity. or. In such other places as the
me me Credit 81 Maq fss tSe i mtsns sslest. ., mi.
~ tbS u tulb
vi T. really due to The Evening
World" In It's continuous efforts to up
UT b masses. It made the subject Of
many suggestions. WHICH h have See be es n,s
I S.I 81, . was ,ss. approved by the Governor
act read as follows:
ne People Of the State Of New York. represented
2 s:n.'s 1 an, 4s..%e,y' DO s1.s, as follows:
Z 1Pfoyids. for the employment Of competent lee.
Sfsrs TO deliver lectures, on the natural sciences
~ h,n e. .r .asIsss' ,1 10 q, The S pSSiis schools :, 2, said
seeiion ] The s.id Board of Education shall
SsArts and other things necessary and s~xpedient
= .susesssfully eonduet said lectures. which 1t
III nave power to direct. '
nnl Commissioner Mics N. O'Brlen led
the snorts to secure from The Board OF
&~pp0rppnment the necessary funds for
me proper copduct Of the lectures. The
EAs b lectures were TO be held In the
Stening, the Board of Education referred
{ne eun5ect to the Committee on Evening
1enoois. Il was then composed Of De
4. WEIGH. Miles y. o Brlen n RAN
oolph .O~uggenheimer. The PREPARATION
Of z plan OF lectures and the selection
sommittse composer Of M. GSgs ep
heimer. Miss Dodge and MIR. O'Brien,
In this connection II is but proper TO
stete that while all the members OF the
interest in the lecture course Miles NJ
OBnen n Randolph Guggenhelmer
ave especially espoused the cause OF
Since the Hrst course opened I'm 10 IN.
present time. with a brief interval. they
nave both been on the Evening Schoo
Committee as Chairman. O'Brien Is now
chairman q che Evening School Com
mittee for h third time.
First Series of Lectures.
In December. 1855. the subcommittee.
n which Mr.. -G~usEenhflner was Chair
man. after a consultation with many
OF the trustees. arranged a course OF
LECTURES on natural sciences and history.
During the first season. which lasted
bred and eIshty-tix lectures were given
~ school-hQuaes. In those parts OF tbs
cry where the population was th.ckes;
we're selected as lecture centres. Two
Gay evenings. were given at each centre.
Ihe total attendance at these lectures
mas H.t9S ~hnaye-aBe Of lib at eac. lee,
rlhe gcemmittee on Evening sshool,
during the year 1883 consisted OF Messrs
E9ligman, Gu%ggenheimer. O'Brien and
MIS-. B. II. Powell. AT their suggestion
an to the original act was
The object OF this amendment was &c
authorize the Committee 10 advcrtlze In
40 many newspapers as might be al
vtsable. The Committee added an add.
tt4naJ lecture centre, making seven II
~ and the second season opened II
ieetlfss were held three times weekly
VA On Monday, Thursday and Satur
0ey. eyennngs. The topics and lecturer,
were about the same as In the first sea
een. The course lasted Until April
liza and 1f1 lectures were delivered. TIL,
tee Sndan during. the second sea
afpr January. 1850. the Committee OF
HlepinE Schools was Teorganized witt
tt!lse M o.Brien Is Chairman, ant
Ape4fg. lquggenheimeB j. r. Moshel
end {rs, PQNsl - associates.
The new COMMITTEES set TO work, max
Ing radical changes. The attendant.
during the second season did not reaci
tne dGures anticipat ted. AS a result
2H<h p~nfevVE4bie comment was mad,