New-York tribune., 1904-09-18

the number enrolled, Many over fourteen are n
the evening schools and about seventy thou
sand are IN private and corporate schools.
The enrolment Is divided UP as follows: Man
haitian. 266. .924. Bronx. - 40; Brooklyn. 49,
Te7; Queens Bill; Richmond. 11,245 The
total number enrolled IN the Chicago public day
schools n 1902 was 26s 1872, and in Philadelphia
lso99I. SO New-Yorl1's enrolment is undoubt-
edly equal 10 that ot these two cities together.
This year thera are - 30 ln ths high schools.
b47.547 n the elementary schools ana $50 II the
training schools. Those on part time number
e1.B1s. a net decrease from last year OF :. J.S06.
The number q teachers required 70 instruct
the pupils employed by the city Is over twelve
thousand. Besides these. there are about seven
hundred principals and thI-ty-fve superintend-
ents. II set down IN a wilderness. this working
force would make a city as large as Ithaca,
n. T, and with higher average culture than
probably could De duplicated in any city IN the
world. OF the teachers last year there were
L029 men and 1O66s women. Several hundred
are added 10 the force each year More than
two-thirds Of the principals are women Three
Of the supe-interGents are also women Chi
cago, according TO the last report OF the United
States Commissioner Of Education, employs 3O7
supervising officers. which includes principals:
552 men and BIG women teachers making
total Of o.46S; and Philadelphia has force. Of
16S supervising officers and 3.GJ0 teachers. the
latter comprising 209 men and 344I women.
Paris with its TWO millions Of people. has in its
public schools about three thousand teachers
So New-York is il advance IN public school
reaching force Of any city in the world except
possibly London.
New-York has training schools for teachers
Doth In Manhattan and IN Brooklyn Any mem
Der OF me teaching or supervising force OF the
pubic schools IN New-York after thirty years Of
Service, twenty OF which have been performed
u The city schools, may be retired on half pay II
iacapacitat=d or sixty-fve years old.
NeT-York boys or girls may obtain almost any
KING Of education they desire without the pay
meht Of tuition fees or money for textbooks
AIter being graduated from the elementary
SCHOOLS they may prepare for business a pro-
sess'onal or an academic career IN high schools
and colleges. There are more than a score Of
nigh schools. II. these are about tventy-three
thousand students Among the high schools are
some Intended 70 1T for business careers and for
ne trades Of dressmaking millinery wood turn
Ing. pattern making. moulding. forging and
sheet metal work The character OF the instruc-
ton Is such that the graduates are fitted 10 be-
come foremen and f1rewonen n. The. trades For
women the city Uaintains the Normal College OF
me City Of New-York and for men the College
CT The City OF New-York spending on the two
more than 100000 a year.
Aae city is now building two manual training
.cnooh which are practically trade schools
-Asy are the Brooklyn. which is nearly com
+.ea' and the stuyvesant. IN Manhattan. for
"lach some OF the contracts have lust been
MsFoeo- Each OF these viii cost about $500
- " this sum about 100000 is TO be spent
"a s.'-enansTy alone. In the new stuyvesant
--sA school which Is to stand on a Mot he
wen fifteenth and Sixteenth sts. near First
lhers viii be auditorium. a gymnasium
A4uhearoon a bathroom. three chemical labor-
.1'-ss' s@' nineteen shops. three physical labora-
to1les and three lecture rooms beside, ,ort,,-
.''s eiassrooms The moulding room win be
'supped with cupola OF one ton caract.,, ,o.
letting iron and a brass furnace In the forge
room VIII be a two hundred ana ef.,- ro,A
-.e@1n hammer. There viii be almost ,vr,,r,er-
,e siea'n engines and electric motors
Sor those who cannot attend dav sch0o,. -.
provides evening elementary o,N 80,
~'ols Many foreigners who desire 20 ,o.-,
se me English language. and MANY who
A % prepare for ciyil service exar,,,..,o,,.
80 use OF these schools. About s50oooo ,,.s
80. on them last year. The nuDho- 1910
'o'SSS, more than one-third oe e.. -.
states IN the United
's"-aorFs educational gyste,, ,.o..,s. -.
-oh also for children ana sd,,i,, -. -.
MOI engaged IN their regular vorlr :, 80,
roo.- Jay places on the grounds aDd =, ,b.
y many OF the schoolhous-s. :, ,s,-,,st,s.
. recreation centres IN the sebooIh,r,....
CONDUCTS vacation scbool. -. eA'