New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
ROOM FOR MORE PUPILS.
SEVEN THOUSAND NEW sITTlNGs FOR
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THESE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE AVAiLASL"
FOR THE FIRST TIME NEXT WEEK
PRESIDENT MACLAY BELIEVES

When the public schools reopen week from
Tuesday several structures VIII be USED ZOE
the first time and there Will be accommodations
for thousands Of pupils which were not available
las. spring There has sprung up new interest,"
in the educational system OF the city WITHIN the
last year. and the result must be an Improvements
in the schools and their surroundings
Robert Maclay, the new president OF the Soaru Oh
Education, in speaking to Tribune reporter sa'o'
II am heartily in favor Of the suggestion OF having
our best schoolhouses in the poorest section OF the
city The reason for this is obvious. a me speci-
men Of architecture is constant object lesson 10
these people who have little opportunity OF seeing
an attractive building and OF knowing what good
sanitary arrangements and ventilation are. am
strongly in favor OF having not only vacant LOT
on each side OF a schoolhouse for light and Venu-
lation. but would have small park, especially
around those in the crowded districts. wouid
even go far as to erect schoolhouse IN the
centre OF Tompkns Square All experience goes
to show that q park public square Is imprsved
in looks by having a building in the centre OF It,
Tompkins Square is one Of the largest open air
plots of ground below Fourteenth-st., and 1t IS In
the heart OF a dense population The public schools
in this part of the city are overcrowded. and the
buildings themselves are not what they should De-
A handsome. modern schoolhouse in the centre OK
this SQUARE would be a decided ornament to IT. and
at the same time II would be the finest possible site
for a school
IL would also be in favor OF erecting school
house Manhattan square, at flSnNy -ntSt-Sl' anu
Columbus-ave. There is plenty OF room there
which the Museum OF Natural History Will never
need. The museum buildings to certain extent
already are used for school purposes that is. lect-
ures are given there stated topics to the public
Now a handsome new schoolhouse on the north
side OF this square, designed so 10 harmonic with
the architecture OF the museum buildings. would be
a substantial Improvement to Manhattan Square,
and at the same time 1t would form an unsurpassed
site for school, our greatest work however,
and one that will demand our immediate attention
is 10 see that the schools the East Side are
placed in frst-cass condition. The people living
in this mart OF the city have been long neglected
We will devote our immediate energies 10 supplying
the want here first We need number Of first
class schoolhouses in this part Of the city right on
Joseph Fettretch. for many years school trustee
in the Nineteenth Ward in his law Office
in The Times Building by Tribune reporter.
and said: I'VE begin tie school year under the
most favorable auspices our schools, as rule,
are in good working order We need however. ono
or two more primary schools over on the East
Side where the population is rapidly increasing.
We could hll schools over there very easily"
NEW SCHOOLS TO BE OPENED
The new school year opens with a number Of fine
new schOolhouses ready for occupancy. Grammar
school No So. at Kngsbridge, is one Of these. II
has taken the place OF old unsaniiary building
which had been used for school purposes many
years The new building is handsome brick struct-
ure with terra trimmings. four stories high.
| 1t has twenty-one large and well-lighted class
rooms having a seating capacity for $50 Another
handsome new school has been erected I'm One-hun-
dred- "A nd xty-seventh, Fox and Simpson SITS. In
the eastern part OF the Twenty third Ward. II is
a thoroughly modern schoolhouse. and has eight
classrooms. 1t built for the relief OF children
| who have been compelled 10 walk TWO miles every
| day to attend school.
A school building Of which NewYorkers have
| reason for being proud is Grammar School No 10.
at One-hundred-and -seventeenth-st and 81 Nicho-
as-ave. This built from designs OF c. b. j.
Snyder the superintendent of pubic school build
f. ngs 1t is a handsome hve-story structure OF RED
brick with brownstone trimmings. The fifth story
| will be devoted calishencs and manual train
| ing The building contains forty-hve classrooms
| which will accommodate 200 pupils. This school
is in the centre of of the strictly American
parts OF the town. many OF the famous old Ninth
| Warders" having moved to this part OF Harlem in
recent years The opening of Grammar school
No. 10 will make Primary school NO, no; - IN one
hundred-and twenty -fourth-st. and Eghth-aVe, un.
necessary This now has seventeen classes and
about one thousand pupils. The old building Is no
Another magnificent new schoohouse to be opened
next week Is Grammar school NO; .; ms peau.
tiful structure occupies the entire DocK on .S eass
side of Edgecombe between One-nuhdreH-atli,
fortieth and one hundred and-forty-hrst SITS, and
IL is probably fine a specimen or pubic scnool-
house as there is in existence II Is a hreproot
az gray BRICK front with limestone trimmings.
The building contains forty eight cassrooms which
are in each room Besides these ciassrooms. all OF
which are spenddly lighted and yentilate si mere
devoted exclusively to manual training ana gym
| nastics Provision also Is made for teaching COOK"
| erv carnentry and CLAY modelling The clay
modelling is feature that has only recently oeen
as an arr course but it has been found be useful
in teaching form and making children skiltui with
| their fingers The gymnasium is under inc control
] OF regular instructor o. physical culture Inc
children who viii be most benefited oy me opening
| of this splendid schoolhouse are those VINO nave
been attending Primary School No; 49, In one nun
ser satns r NEAR Primary School So
10 has been using TINS Wretcheu puiiohs hed''s tea
'sa'' VARIOUS ALTERATIONS.
| A great school building will be opened in First-
ave and Nnth-st september 9. which will be
known as Primary School No. %. Additional school
room greatly needed in this part OF the city, ana
| the new structure promises meet all demands
| for some time to 1t is four-story brick
| structure. with brownstone trimmings, is nre.
proof and has all the modern conXeniences IL
daons for $50 pupils For many years nis SynG9,
| Presbyterian Church. in Eleventhst.. just east OF
| Third-ave. The church people occupied the cnurch
| on Sundays and on certain evenings in the week.
| while the school children took possession on i've
| days in the week. The church was in no way
fitted for school purposes and is another monument
| Of Tammany's mismanagement OF the schools. 1t
was condemned four years ago oy MI snyder
| additions have been made IN number OF the
schools SboS N 80 n ShcS
will accommodate 100 more pupils In Grammar
| School NO 49, Observation-Disclosures -HltltH-st.
| and Amsterdam ave the second half OF the build
| ing has been finished This is now one OF the most
| imposing school structures in the city. The school
| now has eighteen classrooms available In
| Grammar School No. 81. in Seventy seventh-st and
| Amsterdam-ave.. twelve new classrooms have been
| added
| All these new school buildings and additions
| give accommodation ZOO childen. A
| humber Of other school buildings are in course OF
construction, while steps have just been taken 10
secure sites for seven new in the parts OF the
| CITY where the demand for additional accommoda-
ton is most pressing
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