The Lancasterian system of instruction in the schools of New York city . an newbuildings with an assembly hall in the basement. Public School No. 17The building is 80 by 42 feet front. The buildings erected since this,have some slight deviation from these plans, principally by introducing addi-tional and larger class rooms. From Manual of the Public School Society, New York, 1850, p. 123 The school room on the monitorial plan was in the form of a par-allelogram, the length being about twice the width. At one end wasa platform with a teachers desk, flanked on each side by a smalldesk for the pr
The Lancasterian system of instruction in the schools of New York city . an newbuildings with an assembly hall in the basement. Public School No. 17The building is 80 by 42 feet front. The buildings erected since this,have some slight deviation from these plans, principally by introducing addi-tional and larger class rooms. From Manual of the Public School Society, New York, 1850, p. 123 The school room on the monitorial plan was in the form of a par-allelogram, the length being about twice the width. At one end wasa platform with a teachers desk, flanked on each side by a smalldesk for the principal monitors. The middle of theroom was occupied with the forms, a passage being The S^°^left between the ends of the forms and the walls atleast six feet broad, where the children formed half circles for reading. 26 Lancasterian System in the Schools of New York City Each form seated from ten to twenty. The forms nearest the teach-ers desk were intended for the beginners forming the sand desks had ledges in order to retain sand, and a hole at the end. Plan of Grammar DepartmentFrom Manual of the Public School Society, New York, 1850 of each desk to permit the excess of sand to fall into a drawer. The Forms remaining desks were slightly inclined planes, from six to seven inches in width. Only the desks of the eighth class were supplied with inkstands made of lead and firmly fixed into the Organization of New York Lancasterian Schools 27lancasteriansyst01reig
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