The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-12

Charles MeClellhnd OF Weetchester, who had
before my arrnment WAS completed voted
tavorably on the report and thu bills passed,
WINS met with the same opposition before
Gov David b. Hill, but the bills finally be-
Plans were Immediately drawn and the
buildings were soon In course OF construction,
but my opponents continued their opposition,
asserting that they were drawn on too large q
scale and never would DO nlled in twenty years;
Three months utter the buildings were opened
oven tho assembly rooms had TO be fitted for
classrooms. thus proving that had not oyer
OF Long Island City when once they were given
n opportunity to attend school.
The State superintendent OF Public In
buildings that he had cuts OF them printed in
his annual report, TO the Legislature, some
In another year the population OF Long ISL
and CITY had 50 increase that desnite the new
buildings there vas a lack OF school room and
OF renting quarters in other buildings.
a { the opening 81 the ncyt school year the
300 children iu the Fifth ward could not be 1c-
commodated. renlied to hold them until |
my aid, aud, together with the PRINCIPAL and
school children, took possession of a church.
This Immediately caused trouble and | WAS
only answer | made was that II it was n good
enough place 10 instruct pupils on, SUNDAY, 1t
Weel;' The school occupied the building for
years. This. together with taking possession
81 TWO other churches, GaVe us Temporary re-
applied to the Legislature for an appropriate
tiQn to build six more schools. l was met
fsated for several years. / became desperate
to think our city was to retroGrade. At the
closing of the schools / was called upon to adj
dress the pupils and their parents. / was. very
we'll known 10 both children and parents in all
parts OF the city, rs L sighted mono of the
neaessl;;y Of edacatiSn that they might become
good citizens In the future. The ministers
p me sen s Gttt 1ssS toof tsi s1f fse BOWS to than my tb rev
school. in order to work Off their SURPLUS cir
and MAY with their dolls, and come back to
school with renewed vtGor 70, climb the ladder
OF SnowledGe. This net w, With The the approval OF
Al. this time we had no high school,. l started
one, for the purpose OF training the graduates
had home teachers educated In our own
schools: who were employees IN preference to
4Sef Ionr 1sI sns s city H iaReF seheo as one nep Of the
best under his jurisdiction.
i started night schools for the Young men
at an early age in. order to seek employment to
maintain themselves. and In many cases help
'nf In yt the i've nigh te Schools oo sn Witch ahn1 weTe in ses-
sion from October until April we had an at
tendance OF from 1000 to 200, many of
der my city Government.
started a commercial and bookkeepinG
e odore x Koehl era as Teacher teacher. Rfte2Ward n made
him State Senator. OF the thirty.fve pupils
who took the course 1 found employment for
With Mr.. Koehler In the Senate 1 renewed
my efforts to obtain more schools. | had a
100000 to build FIX s~ehoolhouses. 1t slept
by, the wayside In committee.
/ was drawn as a Grand Juror. The first
resolution offered In the Grand Jury room
was one TO investigate our public schools and
make a report on the game. was met with
ordered him from the Grand Jury room. Civ
ing my authority for doing so. told him he
had no business to be in the room without be.
ing called upon. He applied to Supreme Court
Justice Cullen. who was holding court. for an
order to have me put under arrest. SO l could
not take the Grand Jury to visit the public
Court House Tor several days awaiting tho
charge Of a deputy sheriff. who was instructed
the schools. We drove through the city to the
High School, with thousands OF people follow
ing us in the greatest state OF excitement.
knew the object of our visit. When we ar
rived We visited a classroom occupied by
They were each teaching a different study and
some OF the pupils were Obliged to stand for
visit Visit was w Ss q ere aatI surprise to them Go'sWSE We looked
on for several minutes IN silence When we
were about to leave l called upon the foreman
VI VIC q u u ~ 2 III oSIo uLb u
pills who we were and what was the object Of
our visit. He said he had never made a speech
in his life and could not do It. / requested
him to ask some other member Of the jury. all
OF whom declined for the same reason. l then
reauested the foreman to give me permission.
contempt of court II I attempted 1t. In reply
I asked them to give me permission and |
would take my chances on contempt proceed
They did so. I told the pupils who we
were and that our object was to inspect the
seh9Ol; to c, see the sanitary san ass g conditions ,baH ms, and nIo the
buildings In which to educate the, present gen.
Grafton to take our places In the future. |
spoke for about twenty minutes. and SO. well
pleased were the jurymen with my address
that they not only gave me permission to
speak in the other schools but compelled me to
We .madea general inspection OF every
school in the city. The Grand Jurymep de-
GlS5sdt 6 5eRt the Re P TSy cent f6 U. f s5I ths seh dSv f fhey
made. a report to the court condemninR all Of
the old schools as being unfit to be occupied
Jury placed me in a position 70 advocate six
iature the last year q NIX administration 70,
by that body. but had to be approved by the
Common Council, OF this city. They disap;
R FST . Stl IF Of t sS, 5 sIbl .d tS5 f G%F tS Hw e,, city oi B Bqs GGisd
thus proving what a highly intelligent body
they were, To-day there are more than 1000
children who can't 40 to school for lack OF ac-
commodations.
1 always tried to do as much as possible for
the benefit of the school children In the wear
1899 / erected a grand stand on Union Square
for five or six thousand children and their pa.
rents to witness the Washington Centennial
tSr% 60 r anetRf he t{ Goiu ! BBTi9Hi psfad Z place for
Two different. summers gave an excursion
for the school children and their parents. We
sailed around Greater New York. The ex-
penso for all was borne by myself alone.
WOMEN YIN An ELECTION.