New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

saventh-st. The pupils In these schools can Dc
transferred 20 other schools in their respective
neighborhoods without serious overcro"oiiis
No extensive changes are contemplated III tho
buildings but new furniture Will Dc heeueo
,n~oprhout 10 1T them for the use Of high school
,,unus. These buildings. II should be unoer-
r-ood. will be used high schools only tenn
norariy The Board Of Education secured tio
rassaee by the Legislature at the recent session
Of a bill making an appropriation OF S-''ooo0o
sar .ha purchase Of sites and the erection OF
buildings for high schools. ana II was sisHeo oS
governor Black few days ago. Already the
Committee on Sites is hard at WORK looking fof
,ba hest places 10 erect the four structures pro-
osod The fourth high school Will make q
snac,a1t,y of manual training, and viii probably
"a rloced on the East Side not far from twenty
.h,rd.et In preparing for the new educauohai
der.rtnre IN New-York. two most Important
,.ors have been taken, IN addition to those al
readv mentioned In the first place, the piino!
nails of the high schools have been seIecteu' "u'
IN IRE second. the course OF study mas peei oo
.arroinod on Perhaps these statements shouio
have been made IN the reverse order.
THE HIGHER COMMERCIAL COURSE.
rba higher commercial course as decided on
90 az follows: First year-English. 0erii'an'
bookkeeping and business forms. cornHerciS"
arithmetic stenography. commercial geosrap"''
c,v,cs and history geology chrst term)' oo'ahy
<1s.ord .ern,l Second year-English. German.
1,rercb or Spanish bookkeeping ana pusiheSS
-os,so,dence commercial arithmetic, stenos-
". commercial geography, civlcs Olrst terni),
IaPiiiy, history Second term. physics. Ihlrd
English Including oratoryl, German.
iTrarch or Spanish. bookkeeping anu ,S,
rie..as commercial arithmetic, card-inoexlhs
- 20 -. practice, Latin or American literature
a,1L history chemistry. Fourth year-Ens
iieh Including oratory), German rIe".. Va
c9antsh banking and hnahce ec'io,I.n. .I.,.,aoI
St@'i4al, atjn or Shakespeare. constitutional
Pts+or,, commercial Legislation ana -" ms So,
nS commerce The committee duue1. .a INIT
o. niocttves might be introduced; typeWrlt-
per % eneciaI course after hours during Irst
.nonH or third year. suggestive coui So "a
|eedinr might be made; some 4 ~ Course
49, nv textbook and lecture. WHI.e nc .,.,a;as
to'a Dv,oc is entirely new. certain OF the stuu.o'
vii attract special attention, such a. ~ INA
tatlon. banking and finance, ca,o .inu ia law
ann nractice commercial legislation anu INV
ISnoI,sb and German, 1t will be hotced' a. III
etu6jed throughout the course, whlie III tl' o,io
nnd fourth years the pupli Is 10 ""'0 w.
OF French or Spanish
FIVE OTHER COURSES
Res,des the higher commercial courses i'e
o.ber courses are provided for the ne" MS"
- They are as follows: /. A modern Ian
euaee course designed to prepare studehts 'V'
g. ec,entiac departments OF the Boys College,
q a classical couise' uo'4s'''u ~ pr -,
Non,a for the classical department or the Boys
College. and which. with the addition OF one
,~"depn LANGUAGE viii prepare students FOR inc
academic Departments Of any other college u
a classical scientific course. designed TO pre-
nare students for admission to the Norma COL
e. o,d ~ the scientific schools connected WIFI
- ,,niversities and 10 the leading colleges Tor
women. 4 A business course. .. A consolidated
course or schedule OF secondary stuGle3 IN WhiGn
90 irclnded nearly ali the subjects usually
stuhie1 IN high schools Each or these courses
covers four years, but the first ana second are
SO arranged that the students may enter tne
BOYS College after three years, and the thlrd
rrenares students for entrance TO Normal Col
lege In three years. Students desiring 10 enter
other colleges or not wishing 20 go 70 coHege
and receive special diploma at graduatloh;
The consolidated course (No % Is not lntenoeu
a course to be followed in full by any STUDENT