New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-22
THE CHILDREN OF THE POOh
CAN THEY ENTER THE PUBLIC SCHoOLs'
EAST SIDE WORKERS SUGGEST THAT niE CITY
SHOULD DIVORCE EDUCATION FROM CHARITY

EAST SIDE WORKERS SUGGEST THAI 'iiH va
SHOULD DIVORCE EDUCATION FROM CHARITY
A DAY IN POOR SCHOOL"
The Federation OF East side Workers. al It's meet
ing yesterday afternoon, at No 500 East fouI MS
listened to papers by John Jasper, CITY super
tendent of Schools Miss Flora l.. Northrop. repre-
senting the American Female Guardian Society ana
Home for the Friendess; w. L. Grosvenor. assistant
superintendent OF the Childrens Aid Society Schools
and Mrs Lillian w. Belts, of THE outlook repre-
senting the Federation. and addresses by Mrs.
w s Ransford and Samuel ID. Levy, school
trustees The Rev John b. Devns presided. IN
dus;rial Schools was the topic discussed. Rob
ert Maclay president OF the Board Of Education
sen, a letter heartily commenting the work OF
the Industrial schools He said that the money
given by the Board OF Education to the American
Female Guardian Society and the Chdren's Aid
Society could not have been well employed. II
used directly in public schools. superintendent
JASPER spoke In the highest terms of the work
done by the teachers in the Industrial schools
Miss Northrop and Mr.. Grosvenor described the
work done in their schools and the benefits de-
rived by the children. who. they said, could not
attend the public schools
Mrs Belts told what she had in indus
trial schoo. Yesterday she praised the teaching
bu; deprecated the overcoming ana the lack OF
teachers The air in the schoolrooms was sitting
|JfG oE re- Hcner, heio, tb sfret ,e
c sfre LAY was AID ugon the mea FINISHED to
the children at MONA single slice OF bread with
mo,asses on it-over which the liiue ones ask a
blessing.
The sentiment of the meeting general that
the industrial schools were doing excellent work,
and that when they started forty or nfty
years ago they may have been a necessary part
Of the public-schoo system, but Mrs: Bets was
heartily applaUded Wnen she sad: Education am
charity should be divorced. The children OF our
city should be educated by the city, ana not 10y
charity" Mrs. Rainsford approved the position
taken by Mrs. Betts and said that in one ward
which she named. children leave the public schools
and crowd the Industrial school. because they re-
ceive charity from the latter. Mr. Levy the secre-
tary of the Board OF Trustees I'm the Eleventh
Ward expressed the hope that some step could be
Hoard OF lucat on's taking full charge of the 700"
chl laren now taught IN the Industrial schools: New
York he said, was able TO educate all OF the chill
dren OF school age and the money needed for new
buildings and additional teachers would be cheer
fi,l,v r.veu II the facts made public.
Attention was called TO the fact that the Board
Of Education pays now more than $4,000 annually
toward the education of the Children who attend
the Industrial schools under considerations Alter
further discussion the following resolution was
adopted unanimously; - GU,
Workers having listened to statements from repre-
sentatives OF the Board Of Education the ChIdre :
Aid Society the American Female Guardian society
and Home for the FriendlesS and the federaNo'.
rcgar ljrg nc value of the industrial schools OF
lem of Ncw-York expresses it, conviction mat the
Ioa ri of Education and the two societies me ntloned
sho1ld consider the ACCESSIBILITY of conveying the
schOolhoses and sites occupied by these schoos TO
the Corporation Of the City OF New 0rk ana trans
farring theaa schools 10 the Board OF Education ac
co~5ng "a the provision Of Section 1867 OF the Man
mi Of the Board Of Education, based upon the laws
Of 1871 and 1853.