New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05

visit the school every Friday. The greater part OF
the letter Is not Of general interest but In closing
It Colonel Culyer said:
THE morale and general discipline OF the school
have been to a commendable degree improved ana
this is clearly TO your credit For those very salts
factory results the committee and l. who may
claim to be able measure more accurately their
Significance thank you"
Naturally the principal Is gratihed by these
tokens Of the wel-belng OF the school since he as
sumed charge Of IT, lie likes his work and is happy
in IT, though the rnultfarious duties devolvng on
the head OF such an institution keep his time thor
oughiy occupied during school hours and FOR con-
siderable period both before and after. Dr Mckie-
borough is a methodical man. and is therefore apie
to turn of a good deal OF work in a given time
He makes IL a rule to be at the school IN the
morning before the arrival of any OF the teachers OF
scholars His usual hour for getting there ~ haIi-
mast and by the time school opens he OFTEN gets Oh
his hands a good share Of the correspondence winch
the morning mail has made necessary
What does he do during the rest OF the uas
Well there are a thousand-and-one details "h'ch
he has TO look after He visits the ciassrooms "e-
oueniIy getting into each one. perhaps twice
week spendlng ten or fifteen minutes thcre. ODD
serving the teachers work, ana occasionally "'""s
a few questions himself. always having c"'' '''
10 interfere with the work that IL behs dohe' ou'
iudiciously helping II on. There are numerous '
ere TO be received and a variety OF questions asNeu
hy hovs I'm the school must be answered. occa-
s,onally n case for discipline Is sent before hn anu
as there are scarcely two cases a Ike 'ne p'"'P"
,c.ourcef,lpess and ingenuity are constantly ura"n
,non All the reausit.ons for books ana other sup
,i,es must he made through him. AMI ne even mas
N ,ook infer the trimming Of the trees surrounding
IN. scbooI proporty and that the grass po's are
kept In good order
THE SCHOOL MORE THAN FULL.
A. evervbody IN brooklyn knows. the Boys h'sn
school with the aposrophe) fronts on Mar's-"'e
o,d occunIes the block between Pu'nam-aVe. ana
NodIson-st As TO It's exterior II ~ one VI '''
handsomast echoo buildings In the country pu. the
interior arrangements might. perhaps nave pee"
,r,nroved The seating capacity or the pu''u''s 10
, oIos and IL IL now more than iu. Inc o"ii' NJ
,.rdance is about iO2 and the highest NUMBER reg
,,ered during the present term was lo''. NUM-
hor of the boys therefore. have no des"s' ona's
tn. n,ac-d I'm the rooms to accommodate 'ne"'
h,s IN some OF the rooms. which were ihtehnea TOT
,an,v-egbt pupils, additional desks nave zee"
n,aced so that thrty-seven can DE sea.e'' ~" "'e
49,. eoor rooms have been fitted up 'mmeo'a'ey
' tho roof in order TO meet the demand. ,
unuei mdi,orium OF the school occupies .nc 49,
,d ~ the building on the second nn1 ooo h,,, the
SIDE OF a seaiing capacity OF about l.Wf p.o a enT
mas ,ow go full that one class IS unap.c " III"
Senoo ~ he weekly assemblies on Friday moi id ,He
room u. ssvera vacant lots on the west s.ue u
There aJ which the Board Of Education ~ ,n'h1
the sc"y Spying in order to erect an ea.eh h
EG ,.n is carried out DR.. MckisoSp ssn,,,d.d "a
THIS p ha, large study room should DC p'o''ueo