New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-31
IN BEHiLF or EDTC4TTON
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED AT THE
MEETINGS or THE PUBLIC EpUcA-
TrON ASSOCIATION

The Public Education Association has decided Z,
ask no puhllc money for It's work IN the Tombs.
preterrinE tho 500 required for carrying
the work in soma other wav The details ~ tha
work. briefly sketched ~ Mrs Edward Hewitt.
most Interesting Tho dav school. which -
conducted for the boys awaiting trial can only hs
carried on in the way that seems best AZ the time
Some OF the boys scarcely read. some not -
all Mr.. Willard. the superintendent not only
works for the awakening Of interest IN the boys
while there but follows them after leaving thu
Tombs A skeleton is a source Of never-faillnS d.
light. and even the suppanting OF The trashy ye'-
low-coveref literature which their souls have been
to delight in By means or the skeleton ruth.
concerning their own bodies and the care nat shoes
be taken OF them arc brought out ana IRON ms
they to other things
The officials at the Tombs, Mrs Hewitt declares.
are most helpful and kind. and 10 not conflict N any
way with the work attempted by the association
IN addition TO money needed FOR carving on thls
work contributions OF shoes and clothing are mucn
needed. and would be well placed.
A. the annual meeting OF the Association ~ ths
Alumni and Students OF the Woman Art School.
Cooper Union. the reports for the year showed al'
branches Of work TO be in p hourishng condition.
The sketch class has greatly increased in member
ship and interest. The lunch room for the benefit
OF students which is crowded from I 70 o'clock
every day and the teachers training class have
both been sef-supporting The following are the
Miss j. Seaton. first vice-presideni, Miss w. Bao,
BIZ second yceRresStent MIS- r. MIS- RIA
Johnson: recording secretary Miss r.. Bonita: cor
responding secretary, Miss J.. kpper, AUDITOR MISS
ii. o. Michel
AT the Public Education Association rooms ths
other day a teacher was heard to say that the pen
sion law for teachers It now stands Is not
rcnson by the Government for faithful service but
is nothing more than an annuity paid mostly by ihs
younger teachers for the benefit Of those worn QUE
in the work
How is this money obtained?" she said TO her
Why by timing a teacher every time she is sics
No matter what tho occasion or h'r Slchiies. H.,
~ contracted IN the ehoOlrOOm. SID on me zee
hurrying to school cold caught by oeisctiFe ven
taton and consequent driughts-tnc must Pay I.
ine for X: the fine go for he so-caHei pension
Another grievance, the teachers CAM = ne ri
her Of years teacher must serve before pecoinll@
eligible for TINS pension IN Enya ars Is con-
sidered quite sufficient TO oniite one 10 ms leWSFp
for fathfulnes'. but here II must re, ne -
fwentv-nne years and half, there j. no fehieSs'
she loses the pension
In the curriculum OF an American school TOY
girls IN one OF the cities Of Asia Minor hygiene
and physiology play important part.
After recent lecture hy the teacher On the caro-
,nd ado-nnent Of the body from HYGIENE stand
mint the following synopsis Of is salient points
was given by young Greek girl Who had e'i'
IDENTIFY grasped the spr, not tho e'ter or the iaN'
Her paper IS copied verbatim
r'ea' " the dresses must be vast bur shapely' 80
NJ tn orgaus OF tho body may be able 20 move
fu because the female gender desires 70 max Re ,T y
belt thin. They usnten nc COTS "a 49,, ciro,,ia
ton of the blood Is IN great trouble. an tg - :,
reason very many persons nav 'o ~ rior.ss.s
come forward for this reason. Also ne sivchlh.,
and shoes mus be vast 30 tiiat me ,ii -.
g. blooJ may be free around tho bolf o. inl.'
not keep clean only our body. bat onr mnd' "'l'''
dresses, ~ rytNlh-