The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08
CHILDREN MADE HAPPIER.
SPREAD or kINDER0ARTrN WORK
~ NEW YORK IiY.
A Great aud Successful Work Carried ON
by Private dissertations Rapid Growth
nj tho Public school kindrrgartens-
The Chiid's WAY of Locking ut Things

mo shilus Nav OF LOOMING AT IhinRs
4 wave Of kindergarten enthusiasm Is passing
over the country, and will break In vocal spray
at The International kindergarten Unions confer
encc, 10 b. held in brooklyn. the week after next
There IN good cause for enthusiasm among New
York friends Of froeb'l, Within the last few
years klndcrgartcns have sprung up like mush
rooms, from the battery TO the iNr,hest limit Of
The Bronx, and a score more are promised in the
near future
The New York kindergarten Association.
whose purpose Is philAnthrOpic as we'll as educa-
tional, has confined its efforts carefully 10 the
neediest and most densely populated districts
Of the city, and. in consideration Of the fact that Il
Is supported entirely by voluntary contribution.
the success and scope of It's work are almost phs-
nomennl There are now seventeen of these
kindergartens In the city, each under the direction
Of two capable and literally paid teachers. Many
Of the schools are supported by individual members
81 the association, others have memorial endow-
ment funds, and some are the special charges
Of various religious and secular societies. one Of
the most interesting Of the Association's kinder
gartens, that In the Italian quarter, IL supported
by New York lawyers, and New York merchants
furnish the sinews Of war for another branch on
Avenue A,
The public schools are extending their kinder
garcn system A. rapidly as possible, and since
1898, when the first seven public school kinder
gartens were established, the seven have svelled
10 seventy three. Many causes initiated against
the growth II the movement at first, the greatest
stumbling block being the mpossib.lity II making
room In the school buildings for the kindergarten
work Where schools were already so over
crowded that Accommodation for all applicants
could not be provided, and halliday classes were
the rule, the idea Of giving up even one room TO
an entirely new department seemed absurd, SO
the number Of increased vcry slowly,
until about four years ago. Then the resident
janitor discussion Arose, and It's result opened the
way for the kindergarten. lthad been customary
for the iHn'tor to occupy rooms on the ground floor
OF the school building, bu: after n number Of
schools had been closed on account o! contagious
diseases among the innitors' IA miles The aUthnri
ties Weakened TO the disadvantage Of the system
Janiturs were made non resident, and in most
cases the i%anitors' apartments were remodrled
and converted into kindergarten rooms. \ great
many new school buildings have been built re.
Gently, and in all Of them adequate provision
for kindergartens has been made. Various
philanthropic societies have offered quarters for
public school annex kindrrgnrtens. All u these
circumstances have accelerated the growth Of the
system, and, within the las, three years, forty.
three public school Lindergartens have been os
tablished
In all cases the demand has exceeded the supply,
though it has not been go excessive in public
school hiIdergartsns as in those Of the New York
Association The EXPLANATION Of this lies in The
fact that the public school admit, no children Un.
der > years O.! age, while the Association admitS
cbulrp 81 . v,,,s ,cc,,i,py +, ,ba rb,rto,
80" "7 ""' ""
VI" luoii' school hihd"rShrt"h should De open Ia
children from 1 to q years II age. but scarcity Of
room las nec,ss,tn,ed having the line al five wear
Ihli' IA 'H' poorer "''liirlS ~ lhe cay lilS lrci
prrjuIicns parents. The association and charity
knderport,n. in ,l,sn districts ,nk, Tho cbiIJr,r
w 49,
al years Al Lacy may 60 mo NE primary
school, ard The PARENTS, who want tie matter Il
education lisro,,d Of ms quickly as possible.
" 1870
prefer putting ul''''i"''i 'n,o Va. ''su'n' s""''
Al once. IN" free charity kinderg lrtrns cannot
by any means accommodate all who apply To- tto,n,
bu, even when children have had no k'nd"rgar
ten training thy are often, by preference, started
in the school rrades. Increased srcumm. ii MS
IN llon' I.hn'lS, 'haoling me flnu"tEarl'A' 10
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we III l,nrF 81 ulnN' G'naiImrn'N, lri even B"
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an 'qulyalehl hcadenlc 'Narllha.l ION nai Is
why l'a'n'tr are "'ht'r, ana one year Yen "lldct
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"n ne r"Hluir hT' MANIFESTATIONS arc uilidch
up'n w., sln,,L SOM c"nI'hHlhe Int t.r'r
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'uu'Su"hn "'i'fN ihslsuhE upon 2 hlEn rdH'h
ti"nnl standard and II ncccSSory' shorter kinder
Sailru uaHlnE' III N'tNl S'ahuS upon tr
'"'!Tr Eri"Hu n,,. ,i.
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nnd men ,hrce years I' RinH"rEnr'cn study. put
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W wv G"pdIaimE ruuin,nm, hihucrEarl'n
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