New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-15

fact that their parents although born IN IN fi''e4
land are equally anxious - have their chire' W. =.
vsised IN the English language anu customs
l., r,,snc 10 hear some Of these children endeavor-
ing 10 get off smart" American sang eNpreSS'oh''
lust As If they came boy them naturally. Eu' ire
,eo.,v The smart effect Of * is spoiled by an an
mist kable accen; or popularity. Nheh lIi"""e
,,o,,r visited this schoo, re asked bright haNen-
hair child if he was rea' German The youth re-
Mid. ooh no. was born here. Me German? l
d,,,, rink" These children are highly spoken OF
nv the teachers ot the school. They say 'hA' 'ne
German American pupils are INDUSTRIOUS pamS'dk-
inn, and easily controlled. They are not as quick
IN their work as the IRISH o. some of the i'ai'ahs'
but are more thorough. while in some OF me
branches of manual training they are superior TO
their classmates
Grammar school No. p originally was Public
school no. Il. founded by the New-Iork Pubic
School Society in 1874 When the society turned
over its schools {, the Board o; Education the school
became Grammar School No l5 and the frst pnld-
ing was torn down in lSj6. and the present school
house was erected The school trustees or that
ward the Seventeenth. were we,knOwn citizens at
that time They were Nathan {. Ely. William II.
Vanderhoof John 9. Chamberlain. William II. KID
let Joseph G. Pinckney John L. Lloyd Nl'ham Md
bard and John Raynor. Frederic G Wagner was
q, one time a trustee The schoo commissioners
~ the ward We're BENJAMIN r. Winthrop and James
7 Henry The school until within the last Few
years had three departments. male fema'e ana
urinary Henry c. LiiChieii was at the head Oh
he male department when il was ren, I'VE" 10 Nrah-
mar SChoo! NO. a. in First-st. rms cnaAse wa
ma 10 as No Is became greatly oV.rcrowl,d. ana IL
y-as necessary have more room Tor the l'ildie
and urinary departments. which now are the ohIE
Gepartments in no f.. Leonard HaHeltnr' WHO
diei in 1874 was tn principal OF mat school lor
+hrfv-nine wears. and tablet IN MS WeHl'l! ,fa
laen place1 on the wall OF the assembly room. l ne
average attendance in he iema.e departments =
"a and that Of tho primary l.2N But even WIN
the removal Of the male department. 70 ,aootler
scnool No. u Is OVcrcrpWdel. ana snoud nave III
c~eIse6 acconrnO Ia tons. Children nave p'el
armed away, and many more WOull seek dIHliSSlol'
# the school were enlarged 80 80
Mammal training has been introduced on an tN-
tensve scale into ;his school 1t has been IN oNrd-
ti9n a. No - five six years. ana the Woik OF te
nllni,s : remarkable. Some IF the pest specimen
have been designs for wall paper. sta:ned-gass win
cjows carpets borders and in!aid WORK some OF
NE work done 10y the pupils Of this school was eN
h,bi;ed at the Worlds Far ana ~aS hGhN com
1nended The specimens Of the work in rec manu-
drawing are also notable. ,-,.....
Grammar school ~. 70 is in a fairy good sanitary
conditjon Tn light and ventilation are good, but
,bn r,laygrouniS are NOT adequate. The purchase
az the building each side OF the scho0l Wpuid nm
I,rore .hc .cht and ventilation Of the 'rhcpI anu
give the children a nuch-neeiei h,li ~ re- -, on
Tbe trustees of the school are lr. Henry krC,I-
nfsiner Hiram Merritt. Henry Allen, Henry ~.
Gaight and Philip T. Leyendecker. Miss Anna vi
princlpal OF the fenal" departure, am
her first three assistants are Miss Anna NJ foW",,'
Miss Phebe \. Kendall and Miss Emma VI. sun.
Mrs Mary l.. Haggerty is principal OF me p'iiidI!
department.