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Show . oo NEW YORK'S LARGEST SCHOOL. The Eaat Houston-street bchool. the Essex-street school principal informed inform-ed the strangers, had the largest number num-ber of girls under ono principal of any she knew of, "In this school," said she, "girls and boys of tho higher giades are aliko undor the Jurisdiction of the male prlnclpaL Consequently, despjto Its great size, thero are here only about 1200 girls under the caro of the worn-' an principal." "Only!" repeated tho Jersey woman, wom-an, who was getting somo idoa of tho elze of downtown Now York schools. "Comparatively," continued tho principal, "1200 Is a large number. It takos toacheis and principals who aro new ooiners to this part of tho city some time to adjust themselves to tho Increased number of pupils in one building, and fow New Yorkers living uptown or in less populous districts know anything at all, I imagine, about tho increased responsibility of school principals. "When I attended the Tw'elfth- |