New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-26
TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOLS.
THE BILL REPORTED TO THE BOARD VI
EDUCATION.


,rs IMPORTANT FEATUREs-A NE" pis'''0'
ovsrpu FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR IN
s,rcr,oy AND SUPERVISION REsPoNsi-
utility Ov THE SUPERINTENDENT
AND HIS ASSISTANTS
Tho Committee on School system u wy =, n-..
rducs,Ion 10 which was referreo '"e ~, ,,s
r,ro an act 10 be introduced IN inc ' -,
iature looking to the improvement. % nnosed bul
.chooI svstem Of this city reported t''e pr ,,.o,,-
49, D.rd a. It's meeting Wednesday Dece'"-
h.r 70 The committee consists OF Co'"
c,rrss chairman and Commissioners "o'''
uoIt Hurlbut. Ketchum. Hubbell ana hum
Tso hin will come before the Board TOT u'scu''
zion and. It Is hoped. approval to-mo''o" "'
s ,,.s saen by a
r,Sno renorter at his home, No. 80 west oe'
entv6fth-st last evening. In expiaha.-o" u s,,s
nrovIsIons of the bill he saiu' O' -,
acb,oIs have existed under the Pie9e'' -,
,o tsa7 heIng organized under what was N'
as the Public School Society Inc p at,h was
tho founders OF the system had 10 ue', III,
, % nrevent the pubic schools from oe',
,.ewed az charitable institutions ana ho" ~ ~
them attractive to rich and poor a'iAe rao,
.In ,ho continental cities OF Europe, IN Loh'o',
and the other large cites OF Engiahu' - noa,
nrhtic
many wears but they we're distinclNeiS 'o -. -,
m | ron,s schools and attendance at them W
children of well-to-do people was d.scou"'e
This feeling of class distinctions Is 80 ue' ,.;
dav that It Is almost worth man so'I ,haso
-, co,fass that he was ever pupil In one OF "'e''
schools. .,, .be ,,rowth
=, orv euch feeling here that the trustee sys''
was introduced into our schools III '>e
haine believed that the Intervention VI 'a' -.
hers Of citizens officially appointed IN 'ne
wards OF the city in which the Various sI III, tho
SITUATED would keep the people IN touc" WI" Wv
schools 49, r,an,.est de-
..1he ,dea was also based upon the Hahi.es' "
srablity of preserving what may De caIeu =" ,ho
borhood influences the teachns coip' anu
schools themselves. - mara an
ct, 10 rearIv fifty years since trustees were az
=. - ,nroughout the city OF New-York. with tne
49, -, direct supervision over schools III .ne''
s,,i,,. conferred by statutes. Generally spean'"e'
,b,s system has worked so well that '"e 'o 49,,
vere unanimous in favoring the re'ei''o" " ~
system ,, ,or, ,.ss than
~ mo ,Sso 20 something like 100000 in 1895, but
49,, ord unes being fixed by statute. nave never
-, d,s,urbed The advance OF time mas '''i'
ducod many local changes. ms IL pe'' ..o.
nv the fact that, while the lhiru wal" -
| 10 have five trustees by Law, 1t mas ho' a,s,h
scboo nor any school population. whie 'he ven.
su"o. ,,h 80 same number of trustees. has more
/ a
' ror,v schools and a population OF more ina"
$1,000 ,,o, caused the
! Tho consideration of these anomalies causeu a.a
| n,,,tAe 10 recommend, as the prominent i.
! NJ the new BILL the abandonment ol 'ne $50 49,,
| ,.gotber and the division OF the entire city nv
fortv-dve school districts, each uist'''' " -,
49, ,,,stoes The bill gives to the Board Oh Hu"
: ,,o tho mower again to redistrict the CITY at '''
| end of every five years, according 10 .ie s'
! tha nonulatIon and the change or CONDITIONS
| nTbis will obllterate the incongruities "o"
rd introduce into the system TWO hu''ie' CO
,unrtv-ive officials selected from among 'he u.,'
,,izons the Board of Education being respo's'''e
for their appointment. ,,,,od
..The forty-fve school districts are " NC ~
into fifteen inspection districts Inc ihspeo'o a. =
80 he annointed by the Mayor. and certain super
''.an, rovers are to be given to them In the case
.I.. ,rus,aes and inspectors, the appointees must
he residents of the districts from which 'ne' arc
aPpnnther feature of the bill Of the greatesI
,,nortance II was especially recommemdeu Ia, anu a
urged before the committee by sem ~ dI" Tho ma
astnc, dys1en OF Of the Board b. eabhed The
new bill concentrates the riga assant superin-
ssn9or ;pto board resembling the faculty OF
university upon whom the act 9irec ,d instructon
duii spperai Conduct Of the schools HERETOFORE
everybody has taken hSna al bcI IhS responsbe Tor
she he frequently had to sAouiuer Inc
s NJ, u This biz becomes law no incompetent pTin
rai mr. other teacher get into the system, as
bnfore the candidates name can go upon the eisIoe
isl r,nsssndnnts license and be probation for
aeneray the bill simplfes the entire admins
traton of the schools, centrazes the
makes the relations between the dinereh. Doa'e 81
more direct, provides for the prompt dlscharge OF
nhIieations introduces faculty system OF super.
sien over institutions and extends public interest
in the conduct and affairs OF each schoo''