Public education in the city of New York: its history, conditionAnd statistics . :, is in the centre passage, front-ing the desks. All doors open outward. R R—Gates, or scholars entrance. U U—Scholars entrance to Pri-mary Department. S—Scholars entrance. Boys De-partment. T—Scholars entrance, Girls De-partment. Q—Sliding-doors, 28 by 9i feet. P P—Stoves. Z Z—Flues, or chimneys. 11—Play-ground, or yard, 102 by26 feet; paved with brick. D D—Wood-houses, 83 by 2^ feet,and 6 feet high ; the front of which ismade of hemlock strips, 4 l)y 2 inches,set perpendicularly 2 inches apart, toallow a free c
Public education in the city of New York: its history, conditionAnd statistics . :, is in the centre passage, front-ing the desks. All doors open outward. R R—Gates, or scholars entrance. U U—Scholars entrance to Pri-mary Department. S—Scholars entrance. Boys De-partment. T—Scholars entrance, Girls De-partment. Q—Sliding-doors, 28 by 9i feet. P P—Stoves. Z Z—Flues, or chimneys. 11—Play-ground, or yard, 102 by26 feet; paved with brick. D D—Wood-houses, 83 by 2^ feet,and 6 feet high ; the front of which ismade of hemlock strips, 4 l)y 2 inches,set perpendicularly 2 inches apart, toallow a free circulation of air. E E—Roof of wood-iiouses, pro-jecting 3^ feet beyond tlie front of thehouses; forming a sliclter for thescholars in stormy weather. H II—Glitters of blue stone, to con-duct the waste water from tlie wood-houses and yards to the street. F F—Privies, 12 by 8 feet. G G—Boxes for sand, 3 by 21 feet. W—Front walk,blue-stone flagging. X—Court-yard, 8| feet wide. y Y—Stone foundation blocks, towhich iron railing in front is FIG. 2.—GROUND PLAN OF THE BOTS DEPARTMENT, OR THIRD STORY; ANDWILL ANSWER ALSO FOR THE SECOND STORY, OR GIRLS DEPARTMENT,EXCEPT SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE STAIRS. A—School-room. B B—Recitation-rooms. C—Recitation-rooms. D—Receiving-room, and scholarsentrance; this room is furnished witha suflScient number of cloak and hathooks, to accommodate all the schol-ars in each department. I—Front entrance and stairway. K—Bonk closet. L L L L—Stoves. G—Platform. H—Teachers desk, with a shelf ateach end for globes. E E—Scholars desks ; each 12 feet8 inches long—19 inches for each schol-ar. Y F—A seat at the end of the desk,with a movable shelf for the purposeof a desk. • The front of the teachers desk to-ward the scholars is formed by a black-board 3 feet wide, and extending thewhole length of the desk. scnooL-iiousES. 157 of the present number of children attending the public school
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