New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-01
IMPROVING THE SCHOOLS.
BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT TO ELE-
vATE AND REFINE THE PUPILS.
THE woMAN's CLUB ACTIVE IN THE WORK
SCHOOLS IN THE POORER PARTS OF THE CITY
TO RECEIVE ATTENTIoN-AN INTEREST
ING PROGRAMME AT NO. 30 to
DAY-PICTURES TO ILLUS
TRA.rE STUDIES.

TRArE STUDIES.
A now movement in the direction Of Improving
the schools of Brooklyn and bringing 'he'i, "'1 10,
70 the ideal conditions will be inaugura'eu
at School No. 90. on Wolcott-st near an
II is a movement which originated VIII" INV
Brooklyn Woman's Club and unoer '"e"
the start will be made to-day .,,-
II has long been the idea of some OF the p"'i,N
spirited women of Brooklyn that the schoois III '"'
poorer districts Of the city should receive nv
tention instead of less, than the schoo'S "
he,tar localities The idea of bringing refining anu
elevatins influences into the lives OF tho '
IN these schools by gradual ana almost .,.a
HE inculcation Of love for the beautifui RESUME.
a short time ago i'm the determination Vi a
the members of the Woman's Clup 10 ih'iou -,
element OF beauty into these schoois' d'. " 80,
by .deyoting their enerSies to one Par'o" - 60
rbe Ar, Committee of the CLUB reporleu III "
81 selecting some school for the experiment on, CIV
proceeding 10 beautiy it with pictures oil 'he pes
class Nothing cheap or tawdry was 10 DC P'aoeN
IN the school, but only really oeaut'Iui i'p' =. :.
lions of the best pictures obtainaoe' -'o ~
Jacobs who was second vice-presldeh' "a "a.
,s ono ~ the members Of the Board OF hou0"to'i'
and as such is chairman of the Local Comih'''e zee
- cohool No 20 she is also on the local CUM
,,,,,.es NJ q number OF other schools, Out hei
knowledge of the different schools lea he' 10
ommend No 50 as the best place IN "h'c' ~ ''7'
the trial of the experiment III
No 30 was accordingly agreed upon. anu '"e ~ ~,
set m work Money was contributed win "hoi,
,trna b,rdsor,e etchings. engravinSs ana
monographs were purchased. during lhe la''ei
part of last week the school was scene OF piv's
urable excitement, and the teachers say tid' nv
have never known the children 10 be so deeply IN
terested The pictures are All hu's' anu ~ '
will be presented 10 the school go
The graduating exercises of the school VIII De
held to-day. and Principal Thomas ID. Murphy ana
his teachers have been busily engaged IN alrans-
ing the most attractive programme posSpe II
will be "A noteworthy day in the schoo' 80
for a number of visitors from the woman LUZ
the Board of Education. and other ois"'i'A"'O''
will be present to inspect the pictures ,s
In addition to the twenty-three pictures oo'ai"eu
nv the Woman's Club. Henry W. Maxwell WIN
has become interested in the experiment. mas i"'
scented a number and others have peeh receiNeu
from other sources. bringing the to'a' uP 10
forty In some OF the schoolrooms the pictures
have a hearing upon the subjects of study IN one
class where Scott's Lady of the Lake ls oei"e
studied in the course on literature there II "
etching Of Loeb Katrine." The pictures outdiheu
so far are only beginning. and others VIII speeu
tly he added II is intended to have pictures rep
resentng events in American history placed III 'iie
Glasses where history is being studied.
Mrs lace BIS has arranged with the music-teacher
of the school, Mrs. Thompson. to nave une cfnuien
taught songs which will illustrate the pictures ana
the course of study. at least have some relauoh
them.
fish ballads will be introduced in the class where
Scotch literature is being studied, and where scot
fish pictures or will he placed Ill !.
Among those who will be at the schooI VIII De
Mrs Truman j. Backus, Mrs. Jacobs, Mrs. Hari-
anna w. Chapman. president Of TIE W @ pIh
lie Instruction; Colonel John Y. Cuyler, Or. John
Harrigan, Superintendent of Construction Naugh-
ION Chief Clerk Pitts. OF the Department OF run
lie Construction. and number OF others, among
whom will be many prominent members OF the
WonIan's Club. So, -. T.. =
of the ''sstine Madonna" and of RaphaeIs M
donna of the Chair. Murillo's st John The
Parthenon." The Pantheon" The Roman Fo o.,
rum" 1.-THE Church at Amiens, reproductions or
some of the works of C0rot and Grenze; me ne
Paris" an inda-proof engraving of the Parting
of Hector and Andromeda." photograph OF
Goethe a photograph Of Queen Louisa, an engraV
ing of Elton; Rosa Bonheur's Change Of Pasture.
an engraving Of BOughton's Return OF the May
hover and many others. There are about twenty
pictures for the Primary Department. In both
departments fine pictures of Washington ana
in the Grammar Department a picture OF Lincoln.
Mrs Jacobs. whose ambition Il is to make this
and other schools In the poorer districts among the
best in the city. that Superintendent or con-
struction Naughton has been OF the greatest as
sisance improving the condition OF the building
and has co-operated with those interested in the
work in most obliging and efficient manner.