New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-21

H., =. ,,,,o O., reference 20 these places and
IN most instances the proprlctors nave p'or's.'
n conduct their establishments III su'c' "'eo'"
ancc with morality - 49,,
The objection TO the liquor-stores IS more o"N'-
~ Tho l,u 10 that no liquor store shall he openei
ui,bin 200 feet of any public school Although ths
law is generally enforced there are some notorious
instances OF It's violation. one OF the i"osl Vonspe
uous OF these Is near Grammar SehooI NJ TO- III
East Fourteenth-st. near First-ave' Inc school,
occupies a plot Of ground lcoxl" on inc Sou1n SUI
~ Four.eenih-st.. just west Of firStaVc. oh 'ne
eou,bwcs, corner OF Fourteenth-st and Flrs'-aVe'.
which aafolns the school property. ~ typical FIRST
ave uquor-store conducted under the name oi u
Fitzgibbon An attempt was made not IONS ds'
To open liquor-store Just opposite 'he s'hoo' J"
Fourteenth-s, For time il looked as II the p'o-
nose1 store would be established. but such storm
cf opposition was raised by the Trends oil inc
school that the attempt was postponed
Grammar School No. 10 organized In build
ing on the northeast corner 81 Nnih-s' ana rlt"'-
ave now occupied primary school In 1919 u
was moved TO It's present site IN four'eeh'h-S anu
u,ha, was then regarded as a model schoolhousr
uas us home The building Is a fair specimen Of
the oll-tlme schoolhousc. which was good enough
In ,ts day bat the march % Silence IN sanitary
building has been rapid In the last hiteen years
that the old schoohouscs are as much behind the
times almost II they were built 100 years ago
To relieve the oyercrowding OF the school. an an
mex has been built foLr lots directly IN the rear
Of the school In Thlrtccnth-st THIS annex is a
modern school building. thoroughly mp - data IN al
rs appointments The windows and desks are 50 ar
ranged that the light comes over the left shoulder
of each pupil
one Of the first principals OF Grammar school No.
70 was William SmcatOn. who served from IN" 10
1876 lie was succeeded by John J. Doene. who az
terward was consplcuousy connected with the IA
nous Grammar School No 81 IN Thir;een;h-st. near
Sixth-ave. Mr. Sloane served from 1876 10 1884,. when
no was succeeded by William OBrien. who served
year only. The present principal. william {.
Hess has been In Office since 1888. lis assistants
are James Kelly. John Nog James II. y Fitch and
Joseph r Griffin. Miss Annie l.. Whyte i the head
OF the girls department and Miss Sarah h. BuckDee
has charge OF the primary department having
worked continuously in the school sine" M. The
trustees 0! the Seventeenth Ward are DR.. Henry
Krollpfeffer Hiram Merritt. Henry Allen. Henry
II. Haight and Philip T. Los endccker.
II has been estimated that eighth or the chill
dren attending this school foreign-born There
Is n decided sprinkng OF Norwcgans, Swedes.
Poles Italians and Irish Mr. Hess tells OF one 1ta.-
ian youth who has attended the school regularly
and supports himself by working In barber shop
Saturdays and Sundays He is OF tho brightest
pupils In the school and has Columbia col
lege scholarship In competitive examination Thir-
" years ago three fourths OF the pupils attending
the school were of Irish parcntage. To-day there
IS about the same percentage OF Germans