New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-30

the paid officers OF the Building Department OK me
Board Of Education with the latter guy: we ca. can
speedily have a school system that VIII rahh W."
the best In the world.
Mr. JAsPER'S IDEAS.
The superintendent OF Schools. John Jasper, was
seen by the reporter at his home. No. 100 West
One -hundred-and-twenty-th lrd-st last evening. he
laughed heartily when It was suggested TO MIN
that the bill might be Tammany product
why" said he. 'rammany has no more to DO
with that bill than you or have. do not tnihK
that the bill in It's present form Is an ideal ore
but I; Is certainly an improvement upon our pres.
en ludicrous system OF appointing trustees. and !,
have amy chance Of being put through ess
lature 1t e question with me whether or not Ia a
his assistants the unlimited power. not only to ap-
also to e ana scheme
the power OF the trustees, and by making tnem
of Education viii undoubtedly interest large num-
beS Of our szf h In, the sesn ramed with
care and delibera ton and in It the members OF
the committee have combined the G p PE i 1rn,
posed last winter and the laws governing the pres
ent school system"
IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. SAYS MIR. MACK
Commissioner Jacob W. Mack was seen at Ibis MS
home No 119 West Seventy -hfth-st. He said: "Ihe
bill speaks for itself. Whether 1t IS to be regarded
upon the Ish in wh.ch people individually regard
it. Many people think that the changes a in the
enough. They want reform that shall turn the
nresert school system UPSIDE down. am as arnent
a reforrner as any of these but trust that / am
not a hot-headed youth. II must not pc torgotlem
that radical reforms. however desirable they may
be cannot be accomplished at present. The school
system Is a large and sluggish machine; largely
controlled by an Old and conservative poucy, anu
II would be useless to attempt to uproot tn.s sys-
TEN all at once. ,,.,.u
There Is not q man In the Board OF tducat:on
who would not radically reform everything in me
svstem that needs reformation: but at present
va have to deal with n Legislature NKely 10 view
any new educational bill from poitcai view
point.
NOT ENOUGH OF THEM.
"rhe present school trustees certainly not
sufficient In number. In the Twelfth. Nineteenth
and Twenty-second wards J to be found about one
half the entire school population Of the city, anc
vet there ara only five trustees in control Of the
schools in each of wards II the school trustee
system IS to be continued for the present, let us
redstrict the city that board OF trustees shai
have more than five schools under its control
"Personally I do not believe thar me trustees
ought appoint the teachers ana principals OF our
schools Yet the Board knows full well that any
attempt on our part take from the trustees this
appointing power would raise such storm or oppo-
ston at Albany that would be unable 10 get
from the Legislature even the concessions we are
asking for now This Is not the best Dill for inc
good OF the schools and there Is no nnality ABOUT
IT, but we believe II Is decided step IN the right
direction and II we can its sanction ny the
Legislature shall consider that quite Victory
has been gained -, .. nc
THE matter OF appointments by tho trustees. as
provided in the bill, has not come up TOT discussion
before the Board yet, and am therefore unaDie
to say just how the Commissioners stand on TINS
question"