New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19

,prDERICK w. DENOE
.s - o,sb, and fourteen occupied MS oi nc.
,ho schoolroom from day 10 oay VII"
yarted from so doing by sickness vi ' ,ha
.,mc,ent excuse The result mas wv n.o, ot
,,rhsr Of truants among the sc"oo' ... no,h
EXITS city has greatly diminished as - 81. na NV
nv Superintendent jasper "
the last school census -. n State law
s sayeral months ago. which says that Wv
ohool authorities Of any city OF s''oo' .aou,c
n,ov establish schools. or set apart af ,.,.on
g. nubuc school buildings. FOR cii'o'' ,ot,,uoI
,,b, and sixteen years OF age VIM " low.
,ruants from instruction upon ~''0 ' ,,oro;nat =
eli, reou,red 10 attend. or VINO are '' h
iu"s s.orsar,y during their attendance upon s"'"
" o.,o, or irregular in such attendance ~
ohoo, or room shall be known az Z" " rs
~, M ncrson convicted OF crimes VI ' .,.,o
,her than truancy. shall be co"i''''" ,.,,
such authorities may provide ioi Wv hndran IN
,,arorce and instruction or suc" '"
'hai'i'e , a ,hsv may order such child 10 ne
aoa o,a maintained IN any private schoo', "
h,s. homo or similar institution con'
arsons OF the same religious lai'h "' ',ah 4,
=. noren,al relation to such chio' AN" ,.,
,u,rg and able TO receive cohi'''' an" .,io,
w., hua unon such terms as 10 comp ''
such 0'',o' -, uron between such authorizes
srd such private school. orphans ho''' "
institution. 49,. 90 tho rarents Of
Th ,aw nroyides further that II the p"'e
.roh child DO not consent 20 such an o,ue.,
orduct OF the child shall be oee"eu A.,
o,d the child may be proceeded aeai''S' ,.u Iva
orderly person. and upon co"N''"o'' ,ooI for
o''e.' 90 confinement in such truant schooi io'
seh'e'oeu :, - the current school year. The law
the ie'' ',a Gov industrial training in the pro-
also provides TOT ihouo''"
nosed truant school
,,rropr TO FOUND A TRUANT sChOoA
,,ror the authority given to the Board OF
,.9on nv the massage Of this law inc poa -
.oox stems 10 establish truant schooi ia 90 =.
,or,,srlv occupied by Grammar Schooi ~
. orabundred- and fifty -eghth-st anu i
,,,ca,ion was made TO the SINKING "" 49,
"esns 90 have the building which Is now occ"-
,oa hv the commissioner OF street mp
,rn,ortv-third and Twenty-fourth ""ius %
~ I,,,. -, AZ n regular meeting OF the hoaiu u
49,, q renlv was received from the H''A'"s
Fund commissioners. saying 'n"t nv h,ua
Aa.r, 4, expedient to assign 10 lhe Po"'" ,.,,,
,no until the completion of the 'ro'o''a a'N ,,
49,. os n would be impossible to Vaca'e "'
hrildine without interfering Win INC WIN
engineering force Of the department .u,Sa
, :, ha., nossible to secure this OLD pulu'"e'
,,h b.h been given up some time ago d. ~
otted for school purposes ana 10 'o">'' a,,, =
truant school it would have acoo' - .ar IN
yell mar, of the truants committed every 49,
~. vsw-york Juvenile Asylum ana various o'..a
itnt
most desirable. a, commissioners
49,. been opposed to the establishments VI 49,
.r,,art schools under the direct coh'o'
raoard OF Education. both because VI ~, ,
ira expense TO which the CIT! "0 :. ,a.
a. tho scheme was carried out ana ~ e,a
,bousht that the children wouid Ho' U .hl LA
~ ~ ohonge hut that the reverse would ra'"'' "
$40 This conviction became the stronger oo,'.
oar,a,n members Of the Boaro ""e" w.. u,as
,asr.d that the law relating 10 Uuaii' . -
eiuo' ,sorv hut made their establishment en-"
not co"'p ,,h IN. BOARD Thus It was tha'
,s,onsr Joseph j. Little. who GOES MOI "
49,. ,h.t the necessity exists Tor the spe0'"
.1t schools offered resolution d 'io ,,r
to of the Board at when 'he 0o g
,ou the Sinking Fund Commissioners 10
IN I'm, asr,ng That the City superintendent DO
r.,ues,ed 70 ascertain from the presi'e" ,h,a
New-York Juvenile Asylum ana iepV' o,,,
80 .ou. MANY tr,lants can probably De pioP'i'
cared for in that institution during une opP
,,s school wear Of 1895 81. ana also ''"' " .,s
cuss,ed 10 report 10 this Board no" i'".' 49,.
49, committed 10 public institutions curing wv
or ,rs, closing through his bureau or
Department of Truancy" THIS reS''''''"
adopted.
vIs1rs OF THE TRUANT OFFICERS.
ru,,.,,e -s,orter called upon City superinteno-
-. IN, Iasnsr III The ha Of the Board OF huuO"
.io, No Jag era nd st, day or two ago. an" .
that in the year 1895 the ruant orcers 'au ma"
90 as visits 10 homes. schools stores isctore7'
ona ma, as result Of their efforts 10 enforce ,"c
compulsory Education law 1888 cases coming NM
the provisions of the law had Deeh INV
,o.sd They returned 20 school $500 truahts anu
49,, ,r school 172s non-sttendants. Nine truahts
sna non-attendarts committed to reforma, To-.
INSTITUTIONS by parents through these oficers' inc
ors, truant fw was passed in 1874 and for the hve
wears preceding the enactment OF that Jaw 'V' o"-
Qf
Sc "A while in the last five years, notwith-
,,na ,he enormous increase In the populaioh'
orlv ? i4s children between the same ages less man
SaV the former number. were arrested MI spa
well for the earnest efforts Hiaue pS ''e 'O" "
,borities 70 enforce the law 49,, -. c,,nar,n.and
The following statement obtained D up panar
I.sD.r from The records OF the 1once prpdIt-
usni gives in detail the facts embodied III ''e 'o''
going: