New-York tribune., 1895-06-23
cprAT SUCCESS or THE FREE LECTURE

..,,,. .r,,,,, oo,o oo PEOPLE ATTEND THEM SrG-
GrsrIoxs MADE nY pH. LEiIz''EH
The annual report soon TO be maAr "y Ut "'nrF
NJ Leipzger on the course OF free lectures "n'I
has lust been closed shows that tha' p'"n'h III
,,,l,.scboo, .ducatlon In Ncw-York CIty has been
a grcat slccess Dr Jeipzig'r has had charsr "'
,hese lectures from their inception few years ago
and the attendance has been remarkably large 'a'h
v.ar When the last annual report was inad" u
WAS thought that the highest mark Of pop"'"r'N
had been reached but the present season exceed
oven II, The season began November = io''' anu
o,t.l on March 49, Thrty-iivc lectures were de-
lvered A, each q the several halls. The ccurs"
u.as divided into three parts: From November
TO December IL from January 70 TO February ~
and February IS to March 30 The lectures were
delivered AT sixteen different places. when i iouT
more than in the last season. The -FOUR ne" places
ar. Cooper Institute. Grammar school no o. III
Webs,er-ave.; Grammar School no. %. In Washing
ton and Albany SITS. and In Primary Srhooi no
35 in Fifty-first-st and first-ave. The SATURDAY
nigh, lectures a, Cooper Institute were p'aceh py
the generosity OF the trustees OF Cooper INSTITUTE
under the management OF the Free Lecture course
The trustees of Cooper Union paid all The necessary
expenscs in connection with the lectures on these
,,ah,s Tn. president Of the American Museum OF
Natural History also placed at the disposal OF the
Free Lecture Course the great hall at the museum
for two evenings.
sneakIng OF the attendance at these lectures. Dr.
Leipziger says:
va ere1narkabie when it is Remembered the
weather during the last winter was AT t'ines ce,,
severe The fact that rarely was there vaca,
chair at any of the lecture nails proves beyond "a
doubt the popular appreciation OF hs 10TH m admit, Il ~,
and in many easss srss ap,Ic lnctires were
last season lasted nearly eighteen weeks, ana yet
on the last night 6.64 persons were reporter III ht
tendance. The interest was maintained to the
very close 49,, ,.roa ,o,d 4, n,b
lie schools FOR the season just closed was 1888.
making an average Of j7Sl each night Ine AT
the total for the sixteen lectures there being y
ys of iex' The attcndanre at tne ne
Natural History was 10 for the nrs ana s25 Tor the
second The total attendant at az 21 IN tnc e e
attendance of the season before.
As TO the course for next season Dr Leipzger
makes tho following sugge''ions to the h'"ru o'
Education:
! A .peciaI feature Of the lecture course during the
season just closed WAS the favorable reception hc-
corded to several OF the Lectures srs"ng@u
/ I'm courses from two to four lectures Mechanics
Two lectures. electricity four Lectures; Amrricn.
OF art three lectures. United states history three
lectures architecture four lectures econ1ln'cs WV ,wo
anc" at the last lecture 81 the series was larger
than a, the rS ec'nre I'M rc'u na onf
education. II IL suggested that next winter more o'
the lectures be arranged in courses OF at least four
raphies Of great Americans. TO the geography ana
history OF the United States and to topics In natural
| science. In reference to IN" lectures on natural
science | would here repeat a suggestion made two
years ago that. II possible. arrangements should be
made with the trustees Of the College Of the city OF
| Nsw-York and OF the Normal College for the dely-
cry OF a series II lectures scientific subjects In
the science lecture-rooms OF those institutions re-
| spectvcy.
| As the attendance during the last season was 20
large ! would suggest that three new lecture halls
be opened season. | recommend Grammar
School No 20. Twentieth-st. between Second and
| Third aves.: and Grammar school NO %. corner
of One hundred nd fourth st and Amsterdam ave
as suitable locations for OF these lecture halls
The trustees OF the Twelfth Ward have already ap-
| pied for the use OF Grammar School No. "a as a
lecture hall.