New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-18
WHERE SCHOOLS ABOUND.
THE ROYAL ROADS TO LEARNING OF
THE UPPER WEST SIDE

EXCEPTIONAL ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO YOUTH
BY SOME OF IT'S PRIVATE EDUcA-
TIoNAL INSTITUTIONS.
The people Of the upper West Side DO not
agree with c. p Huntington, who said the other
day in an interview that far too many Of the
rising generation OF America are going In for the
higher courses of education for schools abound
in that part Of the city, both large and small
private and public. And what schools they are.
compared to those Of thirty years ago: what
enthusiasm they awaken in the pupils what
improved methods they employ for stimulating
and appealing to the reasoning powers of even
the youngest. Shakespeare's immortal verse
about "the whining schoolboy, with his satche
and shining morning face. creeping like snail
unwngy to school," Is altogether out Of date
on the West Side. except the part about the
shining morning face; most children seem thor
oughy TO enjoy their studies nowadays
There are probably forty fourishing private
schools in this city between Fifty-ninth-st and
Harlem, lying west Of Central Park. and they
cover a wide field. from the kindergarten for the
babies up to the academies whose graduates
admitted to some Of the first colleges in the
land without having to pass metriculatIon ex-
aminations. There are schools where attention
is given not only to scholarly requirements. but
where the curriculum at the esta blishment
of the Misses Ely. includes attendance, accom-
panied by chaperons, at the best plays in the city
theatres: the best operas. and tours OF the art
galleries; schools like Nine. Van Norman's where
only French Is allowed to be spoken: schools
like Miss Aliens. where the teacher addresses
her pupils In German and the pupils answer only
in German; schools like Trinity. where athletics
receive almost much attention from the
faculty as from the boys and schools like the
Hamilton Institute. where the boys uni
forms all the time and imbibe military tactics
and terms at tender age
ROYAL ROAD TO LEARNING
AS an example OF the almost royal road TO
learning which is afforded to boys In general
nowadays but to West Side boys in particular.
Trinity School, No. 139 TO 14I West Ninety
first-st is shining one. For one thing, 1t is
said to be the largest private school for boys In
the city, having about four hundred pupils,
ranging in age from six to nineteen years This
school was founded in 1909 adjunct to
Trinity parish but is now incorporated as a
separate body. Its graduates do not have TO
pass the Regents examination for admission TO
the University OF the City of New-York That
1t takes good care OF the bodies as we'll as the
minds Of its pupils Is evident to any one who
visits it's large gymnasium and notes the marks
Of hard wear and tear all over the apparatus.
On the walls Of the stone stairway between
floor ard floor. where all the boys see them az
they pass from classroom TO classroom hang
banners and trophies won by the schools cham
pions in the Interschoastc Athletic Association
games. Conspicuous among these is one show
ing that the school captured the football cham
pionship in 1898; another proclaims It's nine the
baseball champion OF 1898, and a third will soon
hang beside them to commemorate the capture
OF the baseball championship OF 1899 which has
already been decided. Several large silver cups
are also displayed. and give added proof of the
prowess Of the athletes which this school turns
out.
The pupils get out a paper OF their own. which
they edit and write for. 1t appears once =
month, and is called "Acta Diurna" The latest
acquisition 10 this schools collection of portraits
Is lifelike one OF President Mckinley, which
was presented by Mr. Mckinley to his nephew,
Harold Taylor Mckinley Knowles. now pupil
at Trinity and by Knowles presented TO the
school.
Turning from this splendid educational insttu-
ton for boys, and looking around for advantages
provided on similar scale for girls. the school
OF the Misses Ely, at Elghty-sixth-st. and River
aide Drive, is one OF the most conspicuous 1t
occupies a commanding site facing the HUDSON