New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-13
HIGH SCHOOL MOVEMENT.
scHooL COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUS in
ITS FAVOR.
THEY SAT IT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO 1NThH-
vuRu WITH PLANS FOR GIVING TO EVERY
CHILD AMPLE FACILITIES FOR AN
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.

..,,s q, the Board OF Education. held
- xr.ar..dav December 2. at No. H6 Graho-s'" II
as resolved that the Committee OH iie' ,
~ authorized to make arrangements ior '"o
cation Of three high schools, one loI oo' 49,
for girls and the other undetermined u DC op =,
N September. 1897. and that they DC " ".. .ha
&hree departments-namely. the CLASSICAL 'ou''
scientific or English cou'So "'N
course. ,,o- Among a
~reat MANY well-educated people IN 'his wy.
among those who have the best interest,", ~ 49,,
schools deeply at heart-a disfaVor 'ou"u.N .h
go unon tho belief that IN some way the eS'ao-
So. 80. - =, h,ch schools will interfere with the
...dv furnishing OF ample accommodations io' e"-'-
hr.n now deprived OF the benefits OF e'e,hen.'..
inNtruction In the primary ana s'a'''"
which they are entitled. 49, p.rd n, Edu-
II was TO learn the attitude or tie io -. a.
cation az a whole and OF IT'S indviduai 'he"De.
eau" q" s.a. question that a Tribune reporter
called upon many OF the Commissioners !" 80" Sor
49, ~ tw, The Board seems 10 DC UNANIMOUS
49, h,,, schools and no Commissioner cou'u 70
so,ra "a onpose their establishment All % 49,
d.cIar,ng tina. tho primary ana s'a"''''-'
vould IN nowse be interfered Win. ...,-rn.,
Of the Committee on High ochooS . o
for this declaration as follows: ,,xo,. q,
..r,nse who favor tho immediate es'aohs'
s,ch schools do not propose 10 ehcroaC" -" ,n,,;
upon the funds applicable lot eA'elu.e 80 nronosed
,,Ss for primary instruction. nor car, w ,b,-
-, 4, any way retard or lessen the eiio'' 80
80 r, rr,aa 10 provide sitngs for the p'i"ai'
80, osrdren Tho use OF any OF the scnoo'
s,cs nroposed for high school purposes =, ,ho,-
urinary work exclusively wouio, ~ na afford no
location and the absence OF local oc"""u ~ cher
-, "a ,bo congested districts In remote VI o ~.
so"eA ~ 49, ,.v Exneriencs has demonstrates '""'
,,,,, school children IN this city cah.o' " 100,
800 - on more than four or five o!ochS ~ $500,
,nat,ended. especially when lines u
are to be crossed rrD
r,,r s1rI-ATION EXAGGERATED
.r,. anou, the 5000 school children for WHOM ~
q. sa,a no provision has yet been r'a'e 40 Wv
.rd Grammar schools?" was asKeo' :. obool
anu s'",'' ., ,r New-York with reference TO schoo
,.,,ops while deplorable enough mas uee
49, ,,ch exaggerated. The census tha' was 90
.hou, a wear ago under police super is' ,oo, 100
80. ,h.re were about $1,000 children OF 'ne
40 that time give 10 twenty one years '. who
-. ,sor "a Ave 10 eighteen years--n the cry wa.
'a 80. ro1ed IN the public or private schoos ~
"..,,r.. M extended argument 10 sho" 'ia' Va 49,
Number a very large proportion oi 'mo'e ,rrnr tho
go wera engaged IN business pursuits a. -, !. =,
,.w thew had right to he. In THIS co''eo ., ,w
,,su IA recall tina, the Compulsory Eu",". .'',..
recuIres that children between eishl anu io 49,,
'H :, 90 shall b. enrolled in some pubic OF pr
80. .ohool The most careful estimate tha' can "
m.ae of those properly ncluded within ,'n,o IN
shows that there are not more imam --Vv0 ao,iors
This Great city who have not schooi o,D, T.,
.,,,hin convenient distances OF ther hoh -.
49, ,ongh hut il is confidently believed oy
..,. .r,orn,endent and those who are GNine '0
closest attention these matters tnal VIZ. ,r
wears school accommodations WIKI 10 A.. ,,u
al those who are entitled 10 them ui'ue' '
80 ,or most Of that number in much sho''''
time" ..or, NJ narents
oh,aren ara not In the schools. was sus
gested. oo,s
e, nonh, very much whether the time VIII ever
como when there will not be some VINO VII" eo-p ,
that there are not sufficient school
because their children are unable to secure aui'' o
IN some popular school where perhaps the ia'e' -
mother attended because the schooi that Is %. VIC
ome b,ock with the residence o. the parents REFUSES
au,ss,on "a then But la addition to thar the boa0
=, rdrc,ton has to take into consideration the IN
crease in school population In this great CITY, WIN"
Is now from ten 10 twelve thousdho yea.
There is a school In this city to-day that enjoys
the reputation that came to 1t twenty !eSIs aso
through the service OF famous ana gooo "oiid'
who was its principal at that Time Ninety per Gem
of the children in attendance at this scnoo '1
beyond the old ward lines which were recoshizeo
vhen the Twelfth-st school was made famous by
the prncpalship Of Miss Wadlegh The same thids
may be said OF the school in Thirteenth st. maze nT
Hunter. now president Of the Normal College T who
in and h 1b OF the Original pupils
studying under these TWO educators now co'ue uo
many from a SSeTe the h paren and in
some instances grandparents, studieo oeiofe '"e''
WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ROOM.
Tho furnishing of the accommodations Tor pri-
mary school children will In nowise be hasteh'o
by delay In the establishment OF the secondary
grades as they will be carried on in the proposed
h,ph schools There are nearly 5000 children In
The FIRST grammar grades who would be ready on
February Tangferrea to high s ,hS, n
The removal Of these 500 children from tho gram,
schools would make even 'arsef The Urinary
schools by reason of tho promotions that wo va
be made all 0pE e the se as Of the M FIRST rank the
country regards high schools dn era al 1
Sas thirteen high schools established o BosoG' Win
high Schools in successful opeIati9n On. sister
city Brooklyn has four high schools ana h Is aSons
the matter Of school accommodstions, a. Is the
sss. in sTsIH has the High H
timore four. under successful operation. within n
s scS tas' have sSa' been me established
Tho fact however. that there are insufficient len
at least in the opinion Of the Beard OF snnea
progress and reform necessary to make our school
sysfem most efficient from the bottom TO the top;
VIVA. buildings are to be used for high schoolsF"
next September includes taking the two schoohouses
IN twelfth and Thirteenth SITS, where the attendance
indicates that most of the pupils live In localities
remote fire. m the school. and every one or wnom
can he we'll cared for in schools nearer their
residences. and using these schoolhouses Tor high-
."The progress that 10 being made In furnishing
sehooi Accommodations may be better understood
when II is stated that the completion OF nine
.choolhouees under contract. but not yet oc-
cupied will furnish over 1900 sittings, that IN
sehooihouses for which contracts nave been award
Cd but not signed nearly 200 sitnss viii be fur.
Second-st on the West Side OF the city, and one
IN Eighty-eg hth-st, on the East Side OF the city
over 3o sittings In addition to this. temporary &C
ccmmodatons have recently been acquired which
Surnish 400 sittinga. and buildings for temporary
Ssse are now under consideration which will furnish
SccoYnnod ations for 600 more children The Board