The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-23
ALL CITY'S PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TO BEAR
NAMES HEREAFTER
Board Of Education Decides to
Abandon System Of
Numbering.
TO INSPIRE SCHOLARS
Is OBJECT or THE MOVE

The public schools Of Greater New
York will not he designated by numbers
IN the future. for by the action OF the
Board OF Education at it's meeting yes
terday a name was attached to each
grammar school in the city. The prime
object Of these names. certain members
Of the board said yesterday. was to
inspire the children Of the schools TO
greater scholastic efforts by the teacher
merely pointing out to the delinquent
pupils the great name or place by which
eheir school is known.
Therefore when a child IN Public
School 100 In Brooklyn fails In his les
son the teacher will simply whisper in
that child's ear. Barren island" for
from now OH =. =. 100 will be known
officially as the Barren Island school.
More Inspiration TO be gained from the
names OF localities in which the schools
are located will he gained by those at
tending p. $. 172. BROOKLYN. which will
be the Gowanus School. and Public
School 1872. Brooklyn, which will be the
Canarsic School.
n Belvfdere School has IN the pas.
been known by the prosaic sobriuuet Of
+. :. ~. Brooklyn. and \. s. 10. Rich
mond. has acquired caste by it's name
being changed to the Egbcrt school.
One OF the largest schools in Manhattan.
=. =. -. had quite u time getting a fixed
name. for the members Of the local
school board In that vicinity and the
Board OF city Superintendcnts went
through a category of journalists be-
fore a name was finally decided. Horace
Greeley was first thought of. but that
appellation had already been used in
Brooklyn. The Herman Ridder School
was the name chosen.
One Manhattan school not yet named
IL old No. |. at Henry. Catharine and
Olive streets.
School No. -. Norman avenue and
Eekford street. Brooklyn. was named
the Olive II. Perry. for the hero of
Lake Erie.
Number ~. Lafayette avenue. neal
C1asson avenue, Erooklyn. has been
named the Baron 10 kalb. Number a.,
at Evergreen avenue and Ralph street.
Brooklyn, at first was named the Thomas
Goodwfn nut because Of objections the
title was changed to tn. Evergreen
Grove.
Seventeen Of the schools picked out
Abraham Lincoln for a hitting name, hut
brooklyn again got i'm first and tn. Abra-
nam Lincoln School H. also IN Brooklyn.
There were only ten schools that origi-
nally wanted to lie called after George
Washington. hut Queens finally manag.
TO win the name. Darwin is forever
linked with Public School I in Queens
and Public School 80 Is digniiied by the
name OF the Poppenhussn School Daniel
Boone will also join the historical group
on Long Island. and among the other
names adopted for the Borough ~ Queens
are the Lake School and sunny side
School.
Dante WAS selected AZ the guiding star
for the pupils In Public School IL. Man
haitian. Among those who will join the
Brooklyn colony of celebrities are Paola,
Toscanclli Isaac Newton. Kosciusko,
Rider and numont. New Lots. Monitor,
Conselyea, Rugby. Arlington. the Nep-
tune and Christopher schools will also
necessitatc a ride across the bridge L.
visit.
h only living persons for whom a
Greater New York school has been
named arc Gen. George Wingate Of tho
Board Of Education. Thomas \. Edison
n William Marcoui.
Other names bestowed or Manhattan
schools arr. No. T.. Williln Pint No. 6
iAllie Devereux Blake. No. -, Herman
Ridder; No. 81. Nittoria Colonna, No
~. Benjamin Altman: No. 81. Salon.
Purroy No. ~, Henry clay No. -
Carl Schurz No. >i. Nathan Hale No
~. William r.. Sherman No. 10. Julia
Ward Howe; No. INs. Nexander Hamil,
ton: No. 1870. Paul Revere: No. III
Patrick Henry No. 10. Florence Night.
ingale No. 40. Henry George No. 81
the Aston. and No. aN. at 32. Delaney
street, the Bridge School.
In The Bronx the names OF CHARLES
James Fox. Gen. Philip Sheridan, Edga,
Allan Poe. Clara Barton and JOSEPH
Rodman Drake have been used.
In Brooklyn there have also been So,
iected the names of Walt Whitman
Father sylvester Malone. Nathanie
Hawthorne. Horace ';reeley. Lew Wa,
lace. kosciuszko. William Penn. Patrick
ears1eld Gilmore. Jean Paul Richter
Max Mueller and William Cowper.
Frederick ~Bruckhauer OF Brooklyn OR.
yected strongly to tho naming of the Goo
schools in Greater New York and told
the Board of Education that IL was un.
necessary foolishn"ss and OF no more
use than II each one Of the cross stVets
in New York We're christened by the
Godparents taking IA telephone director,
and going down the pages, giving each
street the corresponding name from the
telephone book.
DR.. Ira :. Vile. chairman OF the com.
mittee on elementary schools. from which
the resolution came. urged the passage
OF the measure and said that the loca'
school boards Of the different borough.
had spent many hours in consultation
with the Board of City Superintendent
in getting names that would suitably
inspire the younger generation, The
roll call resulted in a victory for DR.
Vile.