New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
NETWORKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CXIX.
FINE SITE OF PRIMARY NO. 35.
A BUILDING WELL VENTILATED AND LIGHTED
TEACHERS AND THE TRUSTEES

A BUILDING WELL VENTILATED AND LIGHTED
TEACHERS AND THE TRUSTEES.
One OF the best schools in New-YorX City IS
Primary School No. s.. First-ave. and Fifty
g. The school building has little about II that could
be improved and tho corps OF teachers Is az good.
on the whole. as any In the city. The building
itself is a one. and has most OF the recent I'M
provements In sanitary construction. II occupies
a commanding site on the northwest corner Oh
First-ave and Fifty-frst-st.. having frontage OF
100 feet In the former. and l25 feet in the latter
nv this means good light and ventilation are In
sured for all time 10 come on at least two sides
O, the school, while the building has been so de-
signed that the north and west sides also are Ia
vored I'm this most important matter. The result
IL that nearly every classroom In the building mas
exceptionally good light and ventilation
But one Of the best features about Primary Scnooi
No 81 is the fact that II is on high knoll FIRST
ave to the north and south OF Ftfty-hrst-st'. Is
a steep hill the top being formed by fifty-nrs'-s'
The drainage Of this part OF the city Is perfect ana
there ts a commanding view from the windows OF
the schoolhouse. The school was organized few
vaars ago and had It's first home In tenement
houses on the side Of First-ave, between
EY,ty- fourth and Fifty-hfth SITS This was In pur-
suance OF the old-time policy OF neg!ectihg 'he
schools and hiring any kind OF place Tor Inc
classes to meet In Fortunately, In THIS instance
these bindings had never been occupied as iene-
thoritie, before they were completed and three dou
no tenement houses were thrown into one school,
hous. the rooms being altered so as 10 be used lot
cassroou1s The buildings were ll-adapted Tor
school purposes and soon there were more pupiis
than there sittngs.
In 1892 the present site OF the school was pur-
chased al a cos, Of $1,000. and the schoo.house
erected The building has a frontage OF 70 feet ana
, den,h NJ 40 feet Il IS four stories high, ana u
hull, with A pressed brick front and light stone
trimmings There are TWO wings. one -ox55 ieeI
and one 36x2s feet They are SO arranged tha' ,hey
do not interfere with the light or the other Class
rooms The building was put up at cost VI
yl34.9i7 81, .s, .a,.o, g. toni
cal ~ the uptown schools on the East sde intt'
are 100 pupils altogether. ana the American, i. Ill
German and Hebrew elements are ABOUT eqIaIf
divind whle there "a a small attendance or ltaI-
,ans ,nd Swedes The teachers speak In the nigh-
as, terms Of the pupils and say that the parents
- ,na rh,ldren earnestly second the teachers. as
far as possible This IS one OF the schooIs OF VIZ
Nineteenth Ward. which j. known TOT tne esIie "a
exc, Hence OF ts schools This Is due largely 10 ,he
GOOD management Of its Board OF trustees. WHICH
nov consists Joseph Fetretcn l.; VI tio' 't t,
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick. James q. Wallace ana hleh-
~ The princpa! Of this school Is Mrs Emma H. !.
,iiirg and her assistants are Mrs. Josephine -
cananSs: Miss Agnes NJ Hayes, Miss Lucie cam
uiSs Emil, scott Miss Hattie Ordensteln MISS
bertha Davidson. Miss Ida g. kuhe.e Ms is''ilf
= R"lman Miss Amanda Wartz. Miss Viola II
a. Miss NAV A. Bell. Miss Mary !. Bishop
NE riarissa Mannheim. Miss Anastasia Bell. Mss
IiIi,s fauterbach. Miss Nellie Dalton, MISS Lucy
c,f.onneu Miss Bessie Stern. Miss Anna l.
Vache and Charles IL. Hauschel tm'isic)