New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-28
FREE PUBLIC LECTURES.
GOOD WORK BEING DONE FOR The
ADULT POPULATION.
,,,,nrxcps OF THE POPULARITY OF THE COURSES
MORE MONEY NEEDED TO cAi'hf
THEM on PROPERLY.

THEM on PROPERLY
<.,-o NJ the nublic school system in this
,,,y which has escaped the severe criticisfhs u
which the Board of Education has recently oeen
subiected is the course OF free lectures ""'O" SO
been arranged for the public in the last IL" Se" "
This department Of the educauohai System
deservedly praised because IT, perhaps more una"
env other brings education and enlightenment WIFI
IN the reach Of the adult population. ana CAUSES
II 10 feel that education is In truth 1fee' Inc vas
number OF people who have attended 'hese eo'ui''
are by no means the illiterate and ignorant '"e"
and women who have been attracted by the pro-
pects of a comfortable seat at Tree SNOW ~
are those whose opportunities for education !"
early life were neglected and are now "'ae
themselves of every means to inform tneinSe'
on general topics of interest u,
With a view Of meeting the desire or TINS lh'ei-
gent class Of people the subjects OF the Tree
have been carefully selected by DR.. Henr! W.
I,eipziger who has charge of the course, 50 '"',
as wide a field of knowledge as possible Il ope"'.
10 the people The second course FOR the Seaso" VI
1S94-95 which has just opened, shows se"eio"S
reach of subjects The lectures are generaily gwen
in the grammar school buildings In different parts
of the CITY, according to their convenience ms
keason they are held in Grammar Schooi NO o. !"
Grove and Hudson SIS; Assembly han OF 'he
Hebrew Institute. East Broadway and Jefferson-st
Grammar School No. 2 in Mulberry ana bayaru
Ats Grammar School No. Is, at No l2S Fifth-st.,
between Avenues c and d; Cooper Union Grammar
School No 49, at No. AIS West Twenty-eishth-st;
Grammar School No. q. at No COG East Forty
second-st; Grammar School No 81 at No 52S
West -fourth-st.. between Tenth and Eleventh
aves: Grammar School No. 50. in Seventieth-st
and Ffrst-ave.; Grammar School No. 81, In seventy
seventh-st. and Amserdam-ave.; Grammar Schooi
No. S. In Nnety-sxth-st. and Lexngton-aVe''
Madison Hail. in Observation-Disclosures y-fifth-st
and Madison-ave: Melrose Lyceum, One-hundred-
and hftieth-st. and Thrd-ave. and Grammar schooi
No. "a. at No 2.436 Webster-ave.
The doors of these places opened at 7:SO p. m
and closed at p. IN. Announcements OF the
time and place of these lectures are made through
bulletins advertisements and by placards. The rae!
that the lecture-rooms frequently filed to over
flowing within quarter of an hour after Inc doors
were opened is evidence of the popularity or these
lectures. 1t has been remarked that the same per-
sons are frequently observed attending the same
lecture the second time and almost always brought
friends to the second one. Another nouce-
able feature is that the audience generally
follows course of lectures to the end
The total attendance at these lectures last year
was l7036S, and the average attendance in an
evening at all the lecture places was about 5000
BY far the greatest attendance has been in the
Hebrew Institute in East Broadway. and in Mad-
Hail. in Observation-Disclosures hfth-st ana
Madison-ave. in the former the attendance being
25,347 and in the latter 26.064 The third largest
attendance in Merose Lyceum. where the total
attendance 1856. The attendance at the
grammar schools has been conside rably short Of
these figures 1t is believed that the public will
not enter public school building for an evening
entertainment readily as they will public hall
For this reason effort is being made to have
the lectures given much possible in public
halls and Cooper Union was added to the list this
season.
The engaging Of public halls. however. is at
tended with greater outlay of money: These lee,
lures have been given with surprisingly small
expenditure. not more than $1,000 having been used
in the entire season, The lecturers get so lee
md shn fact hat a 10 non
secured for this series shows that the courses have
been Illustrated with stereoptcon Views which have
been furnished at the expense Of the Board OF Ed
That much larger than $1,000 could be
1udiciously expended has been Demonstrated The
for this highly important work Of enightening The
as HAVE BEEN Mh aeeed i for SO
is true that many have refused to lecture for this
lecture. " Dr. Lepziger is making every effort to
secure an increased appropriation for this work
Grant Grammar School No g. Grove and Hudson-sts.
Tines, by Professor II. P. Johnston January 81
oq and he Struggle for
Independence. Professor H p Johnston; February
airy Il. Popular Government in Our National Pc
Guns. Armor and Torpedoes" by Henry w Ray
mond , - oS .o,.uo,, u, NJ
Tsbs January 81 The Expire state r5 5am esb,
O.
the Arctic Regions" by DR., F. A. Cook; February
II. "Shermans March TO the Sea" by Joseph A.
Gouden: February H. Japan by II. b. Lewis.
Assembly Hall Mulberry and Bsyard sisIJan So
Tropics" by DR.. E. Murray-Aaron; January 81.
.'sherman's March to the Sea; February T. Tour
den: February Z. From Feudalism to Federal
Union" by s NJ. Fuerst: February II. The DAYS
of TO BY s. NJ. Fuerst: February IA, Giant sun
and HIS Family. by Miss Mary Proctor -
Grammar School No. Is. No 72s Fifth-st:-January
Is Thomas Jefferson" by William G: McGuckin;
January 81 The. Trolley" by F. n Petersen:
February 7."our Sun and other Suns" BY Garrett
p Serviss; February II. "Gir.s Wanted" by Mrs
H. A. Common: February IA. Napoleon" by H. A.
Monroe.
Cooper Union-February 2, Colds, Their Preyen-
ton and Treatment" by DR.. W. G. Phillips; FEB,
ruary 9 THE Life and Times of Abraham LINCOLN
nv Dr. Henry NJ Leipziger: February &c. Burns
and Scotland: by Charles II Goyan; ruon,v.
= Grammar School No 80, No. AS West twenty
eighth-st-January 2S. Historic hooks OF Old Eng
land" by Thomas p. Hughes: January 81, Eiec-
triclty and Magnetism" by Max Osterberg.
TIL EEPPYRO4T HASN'T THERE AT all.