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HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 OF 
 
 RAMMAR School J)o. 3 
 
 GROVE AND HUDSON STREETS 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
 BY 
 
 CHARLES A. HALE. Historian 
 
 (Class of '82) 
 Organized Vlay 25^h, 1818 
 
 COMPLIMENTS OF 
 
 THE B. D L. SOUTHERLAMD ASSOCIATION 
 
 (Alumni of Public School No. 3) 
 A. D. 1918 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 ONE of the products of our free institutions is the Public School. It 
 was a necessary institution, designed to complete the true spirit 
 of a free and enlightened people, for it not only qualifies them for 
 self-government by instilling into the minds of the pupils such in- 
 formation and knowledge as will enable them to properly perform those 
 civic duties which the obligations of American citizenship will later im- 
 pose upon them, and which are somewhat exacting if a man be patriotic 
 enough not to shirk them, but it also makes them competent to provide 
 for themselves and maintain their families with some degree of comfort, 
 if not in a luxurious manner. 
 
 Aside from this important matter of education, the Public School is 
 one of the greatest instrumentalities for the promotion of democracy that 
 exists, for it permits no class distinctions, and in the classroom and 
 playground every pupil is placed on the same level, in the former gradually 
 becoming accustomed to speak in public without feeling embarrassed, and 
 in the latter the physical side of his nature is developed and he becomes 
 able to assert his rights when the necessity for it arises. 
 
 At present we not only utilize the school building for the instruction 
 of the youth, but for civic purposes also, and the public forum has been 
 established therein where public questions are considered and discussed, 
 
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lectures delivered, and even dancing and other social diversions indulged 
 in, so that, all in all, the taxpayers now receive the largest possible returns 
 from their investment. This new departure in the use of our school 
 properties tends to emphasize the social, ethical and political sides of 
 man's nature and, by bringing him into closer contact with his neighbors, 
 promotes fraternity and patriotism. 
 
 The first school on Manhattan Island was established by the Dut 'h 
 at New Amsterdam in 1637 and Ad"m Rcelantsen was appointed School- 
 master. The house where he taught school, erected in 1642, stood on 
 Stone Street on what is now the Produce Exchange, a'ld its site was 
 marked by a tablet in 1910 by the Schoolmasters' Club of New York. 
 
 One of the le.-iders in the moveme'it for genuine public education in 
 this country was the great statesman. Thomas Jefferson, who first intro- 
 duced into the Virginia Legislature in 1779 a bill jirovidirg for a very 
 comprehensive plan for universal education which mot the most discourag- 
 ing opposition ; and, although he did not live to see his ideas carried out, 
 yet in 1818, the year in which our own school was established, some of 
 his suggestions were adopted and an impetus given to universal educa- 
 tion, and as a result of this agitation the University of Virginia was 
 founded in 1820. 
 
 In the beginning of the 19th century there were three ways ojieii 
 
to the children of New York City by which they could procure an educa- 
 tion — by means of schools maintained by the different religious denomina- 
 tions, by private schools and by charity schools — but as all combined 
 were inadequate to meet the demands imposed upon them, certain promi- 
 nent citizens in 1805 organized The Free School Society of New York, 
 with De Witt Clinton, then 3Iayor of the City and afterwards Governor 
 of the State, as its President, and in May, 1806, it established Free School 
 No. 1 in the lower part of the City, and on November 18th, 1811, it opened 
 Free School No. 2 in Henry Street. 
 
 In 1812 the State of New York started the first system of public 
 education adjusted to the political and social conditions of the new 
 nation, and probably had the most effective schools of that period, but 
 it was not until between 1835 and 1860 that the people were fully willing 
 to contribute towards a general public school system, making it entirely 
 free, or to develop it consistently in all directions. 
 
 In 1842 the New York Legislature created the Board of Education 
 of New York City, but it was not until the year 1853 that it acquired 
 general supervision over all the free schools of the future metropolis, 
 during which year The Free School Society transferred its schools to 
 the Board of Education of the city. 
 
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL No. 3 
 
 Early in 1818 the Trustees of The Free School Society saw the 
 importance of establishing a school in the northwestern section of the 
 city and having received information that a room on the second floor 
 of the old Watch House or Police Station, corner of Christopher and 
 Hudson Streets, could be procured from the corporation of the city for 
 school purposes, appointed a committee consisting of Thomas C. Taylor, 
 Najah Taylor and John R. Murray, to make application for the premises, 
 and if found suitable, to prepare them for the reception of pupils. It 
 reported on May 1st that the arrangements had been made and Shepherd 
 .Johnston, who had been trained in Free School No. 1, was appointed 
 teacher at five hundred dollars per year. He was the pioneer of a large 
 number of teachers who were trained under the direction of the Society. 
 
 Grammar School No. 3 was opened on May 25, 1818, with 51 pupils, 
 the number being increased to 190 before June 5th. It increased in 
 numbers so rapidly that at the meeting of the Board, held on June 23d, 
 it was reported that 216 scholars had been admitted, with a regular 
 attendance of over two hundred, and the room not being large enough, 
 the upper floor was then taken for school purposes. 
 
On December 4th the Board of Trustees took the following action : 
 
 ''Resolved, that, on account ol' the increased size of Shepherd Johnston's School, 
 and the satisfactory discharge of duty on his part, liis salary be increased to $800 
 to date from the first of November last." 
 
 The great increase in the number of pupils at No. 3 rendered addi- 
 tional space necessary. A committee was therefore appointed and in 
 December a report was submitted recommending that a new building be 
 erected on the lots granted by Trinity Church at the corner of Grove 
 and Hudson Streets and at the same time plans and estimates were sub- 
 mitted for it, the estimated cost being $8,500. The recommendations 
 were adopted. 
 
 The tenure of the ground, as granted by the Corporation of Trinity 
 Church, did not secure it absolutely to The Free School Society, and at 
 the following meeting the matter was reconsidered and a committee con- 
 sisting of John fi. Murray. William Torrey and Benjamin Clark was 
 appointed to consult with the Vestry of Trinity Church to ascertain if 
 the privileges desired could not be obtained. This conference resulted 
 in a proposition that if the Society would release a certain portion of 
 the property on Hudson Street, the Vestry would convey the title to the 
 remainder in fee simple to the Society. These terms were deemed favor- 
 able and the committee was directed to consumm.ate the arrangement. 
 
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The negotiations were terminated, however, by the payment of $1,250.00 
 on the part of the Society as purchase money for the whole of the lots. 
 
 The first school building of old No. 3 was a wooden structure, 45 
 feet by 80 feet, erected in 1820 on Grove Street near Hudson Street, and 
 was opened for boys on October 15th of that year, and for girls the 
 following Monday, October 22d, and after having been altered and re- 
 paired many times, it was finally replaced in 1860 by the handsome brick 
 and stone structure which was the school-home we boys loved so much 
 and which now, sad to say, exists only in fond memory's recollection. In 
 1888 an annex was built on the old schoolhouse which served its purpo.^e 
 for a time but by the time the next decade rolled around had become 
 cramped for room. While the school authorities were contemplating.:- 
 another change in old No. 8, it was swept away by a disastrous fiie on 
 February 14th, 1905, its library containing many valuable books, oil paint- 
 ings (the gifts of former graduating classes) and its celebrated electrical 
 apparatus being consumed by the confiagration. in 1905-06 the present 
 school No. 3 was erected, to which the auditorium was added in 1916. 
 and in the same year The B. D L. Southerland Association of drove 
 Street Grammar School No. 3 was instrumental in having it nanicd the 
 R. D L. Southerland School in honor of its former beloved Principal. 
 
 Tn the early days of our school it was famous for its "sand system" 
 
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL No. 3 
 Curner Grove and Hudson Slreets. This Building Erected 1S6() 
 Destroyed by Fire on February I 'lth, 1905 
 
which was a table provided I'or the youngest scholars; it was hl'teen feet 
 long and six inches wide and was divided longitudinally into two parts, 
 one-half being set off so as to form a shallow tray, with an enclosing 
 rail or ledge about one inch high. The bottom of the tray was stained 
 or painted black and over it was spread a thin coating of sand. The 
 table was provided with a "sand-smoother" made of sole leather into 
 the edge of which three notches were cut so that, when used, it left three 
 ridges or rules the entire length of the table. In the sand thus ruled the 
 beginners were taught to form letters, using a stick about as thick as 
 a quill and four inches long. 
 
 In its day this sand system was considered a great iiuprt)venK'ii( 
 and so remarkable that when General LaFayette was invited to inspect 
 the work accomplished by the schools of The Free School Society, he was 
 escorted, on September 10th. 1824, to School No. 8. where a certificate 
 of membership in the Society was presented to him by Vice-President 
 Bleecker in the girls' room in the presence of "many of the Trustees, 
 the Mayor, several Aldermen and a large assemblage of Ladies and 
 Gentlemen. A pretty little poetic address to the General was then 
 spoken in concert by a number of the girls." In the boys' room "an 
 address written for the occasion was delivered by a small lad on behalf 
 of his fellows." About 500 boys and :-)00 girls were in attendance. 
 
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This important event has now been marked in enduring bronze by 
 one of old No. 3's former pupils, a member of a celebrated family of 
 boys who attended the school in the late seventies and early eighties, 
 Charles Rollinson Lamb, who also designed the tablet whose inscription 
 reads as follows : 
 
 "On September 10th. 1824, MAHQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, Major-General in the 
 American Army during the War of the Revolution, visited Public School .No. 3, 
 which was selected as the Best example of the Public School System established 
 by the Free School Society of the City of New York. In Memory of that 
 event this Tablet is erected by a former pupil of the school under the direction 
 of the Board of Education, A. 1). 1911." 
 
 The following excerpts from the minutes of the Board of Trustees 
 are of interest to us : 
 
 Noveiiiber ."», LS24: 
 
 Crackers and cheese for children and carriage hire attending LaFayette, 
 
 $10.60 and $27.43— $38.03 
 
 >'oveiiiber 2, \S'2'>: 
 
 A handsome specimen of needlework, executed and presented to the Trustees 
 by Elizabeth Onderdonk, a pupil in Xo. 3. was ordered to be framed under the 
 direction of the Committee of Supplies and hung in the Session Room (which was 
 located in Public School .\o. 1). 
 
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.liiimaiy «. 1>*2<!: 
 
 The Trustees directed the Committee of Supplies to present Elizabeth 
 Oiulerdonk, wlio worked the LaFayrtte sampler, with a Plaid Cloak or other suit- 
 able reward. 
 
 As the future metropolis continued to grow, the old Village became 
 what is now known as the Ninth Ward, and it was within its confines 
 where, up to the beginning of this century, a large proportion of the 
 American-born population had congregated. In 1896 nearly every one of 
 the three thousand pupils of old No. 3 had been born of American parent- 
 age within a mile of the schoolhouse, and at that time it was said that it 
 piided itself upon being a distinctively American school. 
 
 Old No. 3 was long regarded as one of the best conducted and equipped 
 .schools in the citv. Prior to 1880 and before electricity had reached its 
 present high possibilities, it possessed quite an electrical outfit, which at 
 that time was considered remarkable, and sometimes Mr. Southerland used 
 the apparatus to the delight and edification of the boys. In the examina- 
 tions for entrance to the College of the City of New York it always stood 
 very high in the number of its successful applicants, and the student 
 receiving the highest percentage became a distinctive individual among 
 his fellows. We were perhaps more fortunate than any other school when 
 the following list of rewards and prizes distributed at the June rec-eptions 
 
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are considered : Gold Watch, by John Wilson, for highest percentage in 
 the college examination ; gold medal, by Andrew J. Whiteside, for second 
 highest percentage in the college examination ; gold medal, by Mr. Cooley, 
 for scholarship during entire year; gold medal, by Miss Mary E. Forsythe, 
 for excellency in music; the "Sobel Prizes" (books), by Isidor Sobel, for 
 highest percentage in June examinations; book, "Senior Class of No. 3 
 Prize," for highest percentage in examination for diplomas ; the "Quatt- 
 lander Prizes," for the highest percentage in each study in the College 
 examinations; and the presentation of gold and silver medals for "Class 
 Prizes" for record during the school term. 
 
 On special occasions exercises were always held and these were "Red 
 Letter" days in the history of the school. Much originality was developed 
 and shown in the programs. Among the most notable were the Christmas 
 celebrations held during Mr. Southerland's administration, which were cer- 
 tainly original when judged by the combined noise of tooting horns, 
 whistles and every conceivable contrivance intended to produce sound. 
 The general pandemonium was conducted by ]\Ir. Southerland, assisted by 
 the Trustees, each of whom was provided with six-foot fog horns, but the 
 noise suddenly ceased at a given signal from the Principal, showing his 
 wonderful discipline. IMention should also be made of the Commencement 
 exercises held in June, which were exceptionally tine. During the Wash- 
 
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ington Centennial in 1889 a bust of the Father of his Country by Mr. 
 ^McDonald was presented to the school and on that occasion the sculptor, 
 himself, was present, thus lending interest to the affair. 
 
 At this same Centennial the school was represented in one of the 
 parades which took place during the celebration, the boys being drilled 
 by Messrs. Whiteside, Kidd and Carey, teachers in the school at that time. 
 As a prize, the 71st Regiment, N. G., N. Y., presented a beautiful silk flag 
 to the school that marched and made the best appearance. The award 
 was made to School No. 3, and was one of its treasured possessions. 
 
 Then when Mr. Southerland retired as Principal on June ;')Oth, 1902, 
 the school took special note of same, one of the teachers writing a piece 
 of poetry to mark the passing of a long and successful career. For (juite 
 some time the school was fortunate in having the services of Miss Mary 
 E. Forsythe as teacher of music and her skill along the lines of her pro- 
 fession was so successful that No. 3's boys had the reputation of being 
 very good singers and this fact was often commented upon by visitors 
 attending our school functions and this was more remarkable when the 
 character of her music was taken into consideration for she generally 
 selected pieces of merit and dillicult of execution. 
 
 At the time of the Paris Exposition, a copy book. rei)resentative of 
 the penmanship of the boys of No. 3, which was considered of the finest, 
 
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was sent to France, and although each column of the book was written 
 by a difterent boy, yet the pages had the appearance of having been 
 penned by one hand. The writing in this book was considered by the 
 judges to be the best penmanship at the exhibition. 
 
 Teachers have served longer in this school, and with fewer changes, 
 than in any other in New York City. Mr. Benjamin De Lamater Souther- 
 land, who was born on April 10th, 1829, was connected with it during the 
 greater part of his life, first as a pupil in 1838, then as a teacher until 
 twenty-four years of age, when he resigned to become Principal of a 
 school in Flushing, L. I. In 1856 he returned to No. 3 and became Vice- 
 Principal and teacher of its highest class. In 1867 he succeeded the cele- 
 brated Dr. David Patterson as Principal, a position he held throughout 
 a long and honored career, relinquishing it only when failing health com- 
 pelled him to do so on June 30th, 1902. He passed away on December 1st, 
 1905. ]\Ir. Southerland was a Christian gentleman possessed of those 
 qualifications which are essential to the successful instructor ; he loved his 
 boys and worked indefatigably for their interests — often far into the 
 night — and although the strictest of disciplinarians, his efl'orts on behalf 
 of his boys were finally appreciated by them and his affection reciprocated, 
 for they knew that he had done what he thought best for their good. It 
 can be truthfully said that no one ever heard a No. 3 boy speak disre- 
 
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spectfuUy ol" his Principal or refer to him in any other terms than those 
 of the highest esteem and respect. While he, like others, might have used 
 his great mental powers and abilities to advance his own interests, he 
 chose rather to place them at the disposal of the rising generation, and so 
 well did he perform his task that to-day some of his boys occupy high 
 positions in the financial world as well as having pushed themselves well 
 to the front in other lines of business and in the professions. 
 
 His talented assistant for a long period was Mr. Andrew J. Whiteside, 
 "Dear Old Andy," who succeeded George H. Moore. He was born on 
 - May 4th, 1843, and was appointed a teacher in No. 3 on September 1st, 
 1873, remaining with the school until September 12th, 1892, when he was 
 appointed Principal of School No. 8 in King Street. At the time of his 
 death on October 24th, 1906, he was Principal of P. S. No. 69 in West 
 54th Street. 
 
 Teaching is undoubtedly the greatest of tHe professions, whether 
 reckoned by the results on others or the teacher himself. He strives day 
 by day to instruct the youth committed to his care while at the same time 
 there unconsciously emanates from his personality certain influences which, 
 acting upon the plastic mind of the pupil in its formative period, create 
 impressions that can never be effaced, and the result is that the latter's 
 character is strengthened and his productive powers increased. To the 
 
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everlasting credit of both Mr. Southerland and Mr. Whiteside be it re- 
 corded that the influence of their lives and example upon the youth 
 fortunate enough to have passed under their tutelage and to have shared 
 in their friendship, left such an impress as to have changed the course of 
 their lives and later years have testified to the value of their instruction 
 as well as that of their co-laborers, the teachers of other grades. 
 
 The morning Mr. John Wilson first visited the school was one long 
 to be remembered because he was so well pleased with what he beheld 
 that he offered to present to the boy and girl passing the college examina- 
 tions with the highest percentage a gold watch, which practice he con- 
 tinued for a few years and until he was financially unable to do so. The 
 following bovs won the coveted prize: John P. Laird, 1878; Thomas P. 
 Fowler, 1879; Henry R. Carse, 1880; Arthur N. Decker, 1881 ; Charles E. 
 Nylander, 1882, and although Frederick H. Knubel obtained the highest 
 percentage in 1883, he only received a medal, the gold watch having been 
 withdrawn. When the "John Wilson Prize" was first presented there was 
 so much sympathy expressed for the boy who just missed it that Mr. 
 Whiteside off'ered a gold medal for the applicant receiving the second 
 highest percentage in the college examinations, the successful bovs being 
 Alexander Hartfield, 1880; Edgar C. Hebbard, 1881, and Charles A. 
 Hale, 1882. 
 
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In an editorial of the New York Times some years ago appeared 
 the following : 
 
 "Probably more New Yorkers of botli local and National importance were born 
 and bred in Greenwich Village than in any other neighborhood of Manhattan." 
 
 Among the school's well-known graduates and former pupils so far 
 as we have been able to ascertain are : 
 
 Hon. Schuyler Colfax, ex-Speaker of House of llepresentatlves, and elected in 1868 
 
 Vice-President of the United States with Gen. V. S. Grant as President. 
 Hon. David C. Broderick. United States Senator from California. 
 Rear-Admiral George W. Melville (of .Arctic fame). 
 Uear-Admiral James H. Chasmer. 
 
 Hon. Kdward M. Morgan, until recently Postmaster of Xew York City. 
 Hon. William F. Schneider, County (^lerk of New York County. 3 terms. 
 Hon. Everett P. Wheeler, distinguished New York lawyer, 
 Hon. William .T. A. Caffrey, State Senator from 9th Ward. 
 
 Major George W. Debevoise (Class of '49, of Hawkins' Regiment), still living. 
 
 Henry R. Orse. Vice-President Hanover National Bank. 
 
 Edgar C. Hebbard, Vice-President Guaranty Trust Co. 
 
 .Augustus V. Heely, Vice-President Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. 
 
 William IT. Rose. Secretary Broadway Savings Institution. 
 
 .\lfr«>d C. .Andrews, Cashier Chase .National Bank 
 
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Arthur T. Billings, Assistant Secretary No. British & .Mercantile Insurance Co. 
 
 Miss Stanleyetta Titus, first woman lawyer of New York. 
 
 .Miss Mary F. Magulre. Principal P. S. No. 3. 
 
 John E Wade, Principal P. S. No. 3 and P. S. No. 9.5 . 
 
 Hon. Isidor Sobel, President Postmasters' Assn. of 1st Class Cities of I . S. 
 James R. McAfee, President George Hayes Co. 
 Hon. Charles W. Culkin, prominent politician. 
 Artists- Charles R. Lamb and William S. Eddy. 
 
 Merchants- William J. Dixon and David D. Acker (Acker. .Merrall Co.). 
 Physicians: Dr. Alvah H. Newman, Dr. Walter S. Brouner. Dr. Harry J. Spaldin. 
 
 " Dr Clifford B. Maclntyre, Dr. Charles A. Neafie. 
 Ministers- Rev. Frederick H. Knubel, Rev. George W. Grinton, Rev. Charles H. Cool 
 
 man. Rev. Jacob Probst, Rev. William J. Lockhart, Rev. Albert G. Lawson. 
 Hon. George W. Olvany. Deputy Fire Commissioner, under Mayor Gaynor. 
 William V. Hudson, Secretary-Treasurer West Side Savings Bank. 
 Daniel H. Rogers. Mechanics & Metals Bank. 
 
 Hankers: John S. Scully, Charles D. Lithgow, William \V. Cohen. 
 
 Clifford P. Hunt. Assistant Cashier, Bank of New York. 
 
 John J. Broderick. Treasurer, Hudson Trust Co. 
 
 Irving S. Gregory, Assistant Cashier. Merchants National Bank. 
 
 .Moses Tanenbaum, Insurance. 
 
 .lohn P. Laird, Assistant Cashier. Atlantic Rank. 
 I'olice Captains: William H. Scoble, Ed. J. Bourke. 
 
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HEAD MASTERS OK PRIN( IPALS OF G. S. No. 3 SINCE ITS 
 ORGANIZATION, MAY 25, 1818 
 
 KOYS' DKI'AKTMENT. 
 
 Shepherd Johnston, until March 22, 1825. 
 
 Benjamin F. Hart, until October 18, 1835. 
 
 Dr. David Patterson, until 1867. 
 
 Benjamin D. L. Southerland, until .lune oO. 19iJ2. 
 
 Henry E. .Jenkins, until February 14, 1905. 
 
 Bernard Cronson, until March, 1911. 
 
 .lohn E. Wade, until February, 1912. 
 
 (JIKL!S' I)i;r.\l{T.ME.\T. 
 
 .Miss Sarah F. Field, until May 15, 1821. 
 
 Miss Maria Field (sister), until 1825 
 
 Miss Catherine R. Dean, until 1827. 
 
 .Miss Frances M. Hart, until 1831. 
 
 .Miss Isabella F. McCormack, until 1x71. 
 
 .Miss Elizabeth A. Pope, until 190:;. 
 
 (For a time the men principals were in charge ) 
 
 .Miss Mary Frances Maguire, until October 19. 1916. 
 
 .Miss Loretto M. Rochester (at present). 
 
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B. D L, SOUTHERLAND SCHOOL. P. S. No 3 
 Erected 1905 06 
 
Among the many persons, more or less distinguished, who have been 
 connected with old No. 3 at one time or another, either as teacher, Prin- 
 cipal or Trustee, are the following: Trustees — Hon. James W. Booth, 
 William J. Van Arsdale, Colonel Edward M. L. Ehlers, John P. Faure, 
 Charles S. Wright, Arthur Kennedy, and James W. Farr. A former Prin- 
 cipal, Henry E. Jenkins, and a former teacher of Class A, Cecil A. Kidd, 
 are now District School Superintendents; James T. Carey, a former 
 teacher of Class A, is now Principal of P. S. 110, Brooklyn; Edward 
 C. Zabriskie, former teacher, is now Principal of the Washington Irvine 
 High School; and John E. Wade, former pupil, was Principal of No. 3 
 and is at present Principal of P. S. No. 95 in Clarkson Street. 
 
 One of the activities started at the Southerland School within the 
 last few months is an experimental centre established by the Mayor's 
 Committee of Women on National Defense. The main idea is to keep the 
 children off the narrow streets where they are in danger from automobiles, 
 etc., and to gather them into the old school where they are given lessons 
 in sewing, cooking, knitting, dancing and dramatics. Once a week the 
 children attend the Hudson Park Library for a story hour. The centre 
 is opened for five days each week from three o'clock until six o'clock in 
 the afternoon and on Saturdays from nine o'clock until six o'clock and is 
 under the direction of the Board of Education, assisted by volunteers who 
 
are interested in making better citizens of New York's youth. If this 
 experiment proves to be a success other industrial and educational centres 
 will be established in those parts of the city where hundreds of small 
 children must either play in the streets or not play at all. 
 
 There has also been organized the B. D L. Southerland Community 
 Centre, under the direction of a former graduate (who is also a mem- 
 ber of the Local School Board), whose activities include: Red Cross 
 Auxiliary No. 228 with 94 members and Unit No. 271 of the Comforts 
 Committee of the Navy League with 135 members. On Wednesday eve- 
 nings a concert in conjunction with a Community Chorus is given free. 
 A playground for boys is in operation four nights a week. At stated 
 intervals talks are given on current events such as P^ood Conservation, 
 etc. A class in military instruction for drafted men will be in operation 
 tor drills on the roof of the auditorium two evenings a week. 
 
 It is a pleasure to note that old No. 3 still keeps up to its reputation 
 as a pioneer in all kinds of good work. 
 
 On the evening of Wednesday, November 1 !th. 1917. the B. D L. 
 Southerland Association of Grove Street Grammar School No. 3 com- 
 memorated the distinguished services of Mr. Southerland by presenting 
 a beautiful bronze tablet in his honor. It was placed in the new audi- 
 torium. An attractive program had Ix'cn arranged, the in-esiMitation ad- 
 
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dress having been delivered by the President of the Association, Mr. 
 Charles C. Springhorn, and the acceptance for the Board of Education by 
 the Honorable Ernest F. Eilert, one of the Commissioners, and for the 
 B. D L. Southerland School, by its Principal, Miss Loretto M. Rochester. 
 
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HONOR ROLL 
 
 MEMBERS OF THE B. D L. SOUTHERLAND ASSOQATION 
 
 IN WAR SERVICE 
 
 G. A. BURKE, '04 Private, Army 
 
 AUSTIN C. BAMFORI), '95 1st Lieutenant, 165th Infantry, U. S. N. G 
 
 EDWIX F. COPELAND, '05 Navy, Hospital Corps 
 
 FRANK ('. COLLINS, '92 1st Lvieut., Navy 
 
 \VILLLA.1M J. GRAHAM. '92 Ensign, Navy, U. S. S. Pocahontas 
 
 ANDREW J. HUDSON, '96 Captain, Army 
 
 MILTON F. HARRIS. '01 1st Lieut.. Army, Sanitary Corps. U. S. R 
 
 AUGUSTUS MacCOLLOM, '88 1st Lieut., Navy, U. S. S. Indiana 
 
 WILLIAM W. NEILSON. '02 2nd Lieutenant. Army 
 
 EDMUND O'RRIEX, '02 Private, Army. P. M. Corps 
 
 CHARLES H. SCOTT. '88 1st Lieut., Army. 105th Infantry 
 
 GEORGE E. STEEL. 'SO Medical Examiner, Aviation Corps 
 
 EUGENE A, VAN NEST. '90 Captain. Army 
 
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Priss or 
 WtiilAM H. Rich 
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