The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
MACLAY AGAINST SANGER.
CONSERVATISM AGAINyT pROGREss IN
public EDUCA TON.

dent o. tho tOnru-HcIntlyc Importance
Of Higher ana Common school Education
aud the Fitness OF Superintendent Jasper.
new President OF the Board OF Education
will lie elected on the first Wednesday in Jan.
uary, John J.. n. Hunt, tho present President.
is not a candidate for reelection. There are
two candidates in the field One is Rob
crt Maclay. who Is understood to be
running in tho interest Of those mem
bers OF tho Board who elected Mr.. Hunt
two and n half years ago and have stood by
him since. The other candidate is Adolph T..
Sanger. who says lie has no faction behind
him. but who will undoubtedly receive the
Import OF the progressive clement Of tho Board
which has been for several years bitterly op-
posed to Superintendent John Jasper Com
missioner Charles b. Hubbell is also DESTROYS
OF Presidential honors. and has so announced
TO his friends. He is. however. among tho
supporters OF Mr.. >Nlaclay. an will allow his
name to be presented only In the event Of Mr..
Marlay's withdrawal
There lisa great deal OF interest evinced In tho
contest. Mr. Maclay expresses the utmost con-
!dcnce. and Tor several days has been smi linvly
telling his friends that lo Is already assured
Of votes enough to elect him. Mr.. Sanger says
nothing at all. but his friends laugh at Mr..
Mac!ay's claims. and say that at last tho party
Of progress Is on tho fair road to victory. The
vote will undoubtedly be close
The present contest is much on the lines OF
that OF several years ago. when n distinct eff
fort WIS mnde to unseat Superintendent jas.
Ter on the ground that he was not n practical
educator and did not manage the public school
system In the progressive spirit which was to
be expected in the first city of the country.
The faction which then successfully rallied
around she Superintendent is the same upon
which Mr.. Maclay now depends for election.
President Hunt has long been the moving
spirit OF this faction. and 1t was supposed that
he would again stand for the Presidency in its
int 1.-THE. The noltics Of the Board OF Educu-
a s9n tangled AMI netona lines
controls al his former support and it il as
serted by those who pretend to know that his
the apparent fact TINT he stood little change
sss sS o NJ s f has h ss the n
port which Mr.. Hunt could not hope to control:
ne therefore becomes the candidate OF all
81 the city is now conducted as 1t should be.
Hr. Maclay has served two terms in the Eoard.
and has done effective work in the building
Committee Of which h. has been Chairman
anu IN lie If ae kms
erbocker leo Company. His opponents. while
they declare that he is most estimable and
fes ts M HaSe I'll. sHo IS
Maclay's wlthdrawa!. is II y"unE lawyer lie
is serving his second term as Com missioner.
o. SaS tGs the
verv active, mem' erot the Board ri Education.
missioner he has c"nn lender in every move-
mcnt Of Progressive nature He strongly
lectures. both OF which additions To III.
public school system were opposed hv most
& &acR %en Mo bS sHS Oh wS SHp'I' .vs
since proved decided successes and effective
means OF ed Location. For two years Mr.. Sanger
Com mittee Of, the Board. tho Committee on
Teachers. and he is se-lonsihe Tor worry. great
forms have many ~ them been omp!lshed
hi, tss zee ot Snnsideras'e His
h nm o Tns his or
tie faH ;a Of TIE ie;.,rrs Of TammIny
brisk may he ,he r"'i:ics u the Board. dit il does
politics hnvS an. consid. able Influence there.
It is noin,cd ont IN proof That Nh Hunt. who
have retained his Office ii it had not been i0r
tho support OF C"mmissi"nrr~ nnrointed by
has always i'ecn divided. IN issues entirely
apart from the issues which sway municipal
Az arEu"ri, Which is being a-ons'y urged
by W SINGERS friends is that i. & IA product
81 h' thu, sss ssa,g sy'% nj ns f' mo4s
deeply in sympathy with it.. ann letter in
tfarlled as to its practical needs thar, on. wAo:
cane cam r IN coStact With Wh t 2 late lie mere ana
It is ). singal fact that the Beard Of Edu-
schools; Mr.. Nelson. who was the first tresi.
n stst 10
succeeded iu 1873 by Mr.. Wood. an elderly |
=" who a. got all his Is etucation
A. Walker became President. and held the |
Place pn, Mr. Cleveland app9Intea him
never received q days instruction in the pub.
liz schools Of this city: and neither did J.
Mr. IL 9Se
s,shools: Mr.; Sanger: on ne contrary. entered
lnd went through the g! tire system. gradual.
Ing from the City College. 1t /, urged that
his fact alone gives him great claims for the
Tho real issa. Of Mr. sanger's candidacy.
however ts reform TIC o., independ9!nt move
he last year and half than ever before. and
s,f n and n IN Votes Of That ths wa. rea
ked by the Hunt faction long ago. Mr.. SanGer's
IIr Jasper made to induce the last LegisIa.
lure to secure him u flve.year tenancy OF his
There is the strongest kind Of a, reform
!apportsrs yesterday We are re going to urge
'lr. Sangers election vigorously because lieis
strong and independent. because he is clear
lighted and unintuenced. because he under
lands the true value of public school .eauea-
ion and tho best means to ACCOMPLISH the
dyoested education for the masses as
sSoney for the higher education q tbs few.
10 does not believe in u system merely be-
ause 1t is old He Is able to see defects and
le is courageous enough to work for their
emcdy
Now. \ Board OF Education consisting OF
it!lcns who have individual business inter-
rts outside OF educational affairs, and who
iva their time and attention to educational
hairs AS patriotic duty. can never become
conversant with school matters.
m ,eIs apply thelnsely-s The Commissionsrs
,rsctical managers of the. system. and their
judgments must necessarily lie affected for
,etier or for worse by the character Of these
iL.5 managers The greatest need. then.
, ,Iiat any school system can have Ia O
eoSt1,ddo oa comretent superintendent. man
VI Wh laea, aud action practical educator. whose
Nhole tl'nv will b, uAypfaI Tn tho |