New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS.
REOPENING IF THE PUBLIC sChooh''
A STRONG PLEA FOR HIGH scHooLs-Hf'|''''
MENpATIoNs OBJ THE REV. DR.
HENRY A. sTIMsoN.

HENRY A. STIMfON.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. No event in the year Is more Important aio
none ought to attract more attention than INC
,, ., +ho rub,ic schools for another year Of
instruction. which IS now at hand. 1t VIII De INC
first under the new organization. whatever "upe
iendent Jasper has been In the past ne - ~" "
the head OF the system, ana MS own '"
as well as the prophecies OF the SITUATION p''oo
,,u 70 do his best to make it successful lie mas
also at his side at least few men from "i'ho".
who have had large experience ana Gre .,a
educators He and they ought to be assured Oh LIE
fullest and most generous public support
We have passed out OF an old system anu c'''''
upon new. The change IS already a'.'""
certain results Of great Importance n c'as' "
citizens who have hitherto cared htte aoou' .,'
public schools because they do not SEND ther c",'
aro, - ,be,n have come to feel a new Interest In
them They realize their importance TO the we'i'"e
Of the State They awakening 10 the o'Seos.''
that the function OF the public schooI Is " 0''
"a well as 10 Instruct the children VINO a'e ~
the citizens Of the future Every citizen
g., IN, ,hercfore IS vital. We may rejoice that ds
n rasult of re cent discussion the gap oe'"e'n ~
public schools and the higher classes IN Ne" 'o,'.
,s oloatng For the first time general support may
no counted upon IN tho effort 10 supply the sc"o'7
with the necessary appliances 10Y "'" WI ~ f'
school. buildings. cleanly capaclous' WI" ~
thing Of adornment with decent sanitary co"''"
Ienccs and with some htt-inpt NJ
These things are as essential, II the schoois a'e ~
,u,.o =, hooks are II they to instruct
no,, interest in the public schools mas also
arison on the part OF our Catholic ana Hu'"e,,''
fellow-ctizens. For period aiter '"e "''' No.,
between the years 1870 and lsS0 those Vi o"'
vb, prefer church schools made strenuous ei'
70 nrov,de schools Of their own and secure the ~
tendance Of their children exclusively III '"e'
IN, u,,tb,n ten wears a notable change mas oc
,rrod The genera. excellence OF the pup"'
schools and the Inevitable limitations Vi 800
sch ools have opened their eyes. ana no" 'o ~
sch ,ols have no warmer friends thaH n''' w..
orce sharnlv opposed them. Ncw-iorK mas gu
fered sadly from this antagonisn III INC p"'"
may rejoice now In the new conditions -.u.
A. an outcome OF this new interest an lmpoi 'a"'
development Of our system ought 10 'aNe
Hitherto II has been a torso without io''' ,h
kindergartens and without head' " e. - -
school The kindergarten has won many ma. yaccondarv
Il ie Time now for special attention to the secou
schoolsthat is. to the need OF sc" ride between
ehe ni,hlic schools and the higher institutions -.
learning. NcW-YOrk Is awakcnlhs 70 , &C. onlv 10
that such schools are by means OF use on
the elect whom they may press on ,b no dvtv Of
That were we'll worth the whiie IT. + III, Ind 'e,ri
,he Stato TO m AXE that every BOY an" 81, III
CAPABLE Of prodting by advanced edneation sli
have IT, The chief function OF ,hese ones They
.Ynply The necessary test Of efficiency ani iurnSi
the inspiration without wnch pom are s,r@ to fail
Of their best work For the sake OF ne eAhI6
have the only schooling they will ever receive ~
weiI as for the sake OF the relatively smaller put
none the less more important. number 9l , en-
dren who are capable of advancing much iurr ie
and whose parents would gladly make the sacTnfe
involved in having them 20 further II tne o.sd1e
nrovded the vav New-York should now perlect
her public school system by the addition OF u.s
high school and oy making II an integral part Vi
One has only to go outside of New-York to see
hov, large a part the high school plays IN tle
educational systems of the country Indeed shs h
Is nowhere an educational system worthy OF w
anne i'm which Il f. not made the Keystone anu INC
crown In many OF our towns and cities. gradua-
ton day the high school IS cneI civic eSemt:
Ali classes share in 1t. and the whole community
is proud Of it. our new public school oihcialS can
do nothing that will more distinguish their admin
isfration or moro powerfully affect both the schoos
ana the estimation In which the community hoidS
them than pr .mpty TO plan this ENLARGEMENT
New-York will not be able TO lift up her mead edu,
cationaly until she can point 10 such high schooi
InudingS ~ exist IN nearly every city around us:
'"''"''7' " HENRY A. STIMSON.