New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28
THE NEV- YORK CITY SCHOOLS.
EXTRACTS FROM TIE REPORT OF sUrEFIN-

ryrr.crs FROM TIE REPORT OF sUrERIN-
rrNpENT JASFER
Wow, are come facts taken from the report for
1881 Of Superintendent Jasper 70 the Board Of Edu-
cation:
The whole number Of schools under the control or
~ vear fh,ra were graduated from the schools
a5j male pupils and 1911 female pupils making total
of p. Gi. Their, was an IhcItaSe OF ,I"%o' m lhe
average attendance Of all ne schools under the
jurisdiction Of the if"4rI 81 hdncaton: when com
i,crc,se in the primary departments ard primary
s.aaois il 3.iSl. aud the Increase IN the grammar
i'her. has, boon y continuous decrease OF the at
crease in the sixth, seventh. Eighth. Tenth. Eley-
cnta Twelfth. Thricenth. Fouriccn nth. Fifteenth
r'W.urv-,hirG ami Twonty-fourtE wards The num-
h'r o. pupils IN the schools north Of Forteih-~t
i. . pcr crt az the total attendance. and the mum
hor o. pupils south %. Fourteenth-st IS 36 per cent
Of the total attendance. In ne year 1894 there
cnols g.: the 3.5,7 regular teachers in III gram
mar and primary departments and schools 266 were
During the year l%i there were granted 7Gs IL
Cf tn" women 2>> were graduates who completed
The Normal college course in 1894.
vented bv ;hc same cause that prohibited the -xjen-
sion Of Tho system of manual training schools
If luDds several applications Tor the formal of
classes of tn, seventh primary grade. the one In
which kndorGart.n methods are pursued. were mai"
by Eonrt- of Trustees and were necessarily re-
fused and othcr applications were deferred because
it was known that It was useless TO apply. Early
In IN. the Committee on Course Of study will give
favorable consideration to the applications which
could not bc granted in 1884,
~ the close of the year there were l9i pupils on
register I'm the scveu kindergarten classes that had
been continued POW The preceding year.
EVENING SCHOOLS
In the wear another senior evening school for
males WIS added - the lis-No. a.. in the Twelfth
Ward. The reports Of the principals Of the evening
schools show that the whole number registered dur
ing the term ls9i-lS9i 29.oN and tn" average
nightly attendance was u.292. The number Of adj
dltona si,,nes provided during the year was ll2So
AMONG the recommendations made are these;
In the Twenty third and Twenty fourth wards
and I'm the upper part o. the Twelfth ward tH'le
are school sizes which can he obtained At rca-
sonablc price. ana which should be secured now
and held for future needs These portions OF me
city are increasing rapidly in population ,,,
In thc erection ana arranFemeni Of ne" buildings
Oh Tn. first oground) floor should be arranged
vim sanE doors 80 hGt hi ~ as, snaS s en&
other physical exercises can be given to large
body OF pupils al The same time ms arTahscngn,
mediation for tine evening lectures to workingmer
do Thr nppcr attic, story should be ltcl up
with gymnasium ana with the plant for manual
CO. ! room should be arranged for kindergarten
Cd special accommodation for the school library
1eC Wardrobe Accommodations should he ample
and they should be- near but not In, the class
d5 Each pupil should have an individual sea, and
d,>lt-tho scat AMI desk - be Adjustable. and not
more than sixty seats should be placed In any class
o. 40 rooms should be set apart for tho janitor's
family Accommodations for them should be Sc
cured in a noirhborns building.
10 applied to al additions to ana rearranEcments
and Improvements In The presen, school bn,tnGs
OF a school is intcrfercd with by adjacent build
ines sufficient land should be purchascI 70 make
school affected.