New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-09
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN.
CUTTINGS FOR ALL PRoMIsED-oFFIClAL
FIGURES TO-DAY

,,roa additional registration Gays |
given last week hundreds OF parents 5-,;s,
doors Of the public schools EesteIod! i'I So
- ,,,ai- children 1t had been susseS'e" nc,
49, VINO did not take advantage ol iaS'
.,,;,,- H. sent home when applying IL "a
a,,,,p hour and requested to come aHa'A a. =,
.lock so that the regular classroom WI -
- he 81 long interrupted In some OF ll.e 80,
+,ts MS done and 9l5 a. m saw every 'l'''N
to-, smoothly but where attention VS.
- -. >, was 10 O'Clock in the primary ueP@'
+s before the big sliding partitions were 'u'.,'
;,,- ,laca and the work Of the daE-fToh 'I' l'''e
folks, roilt Of view-reaiE began -,
!. viii not be possible TO give any aceuIa'f -
r H. increase in the number Of applicants
- ,,,.ag. If rart time classes. or those II
on. refused admission until after the l1o"ia'io.
4 the official reports from all schools are i''i'e"
"a tho Board OF Education TO-DAY f1s'-lli"' rs -
,r,on the reports Of one or half a dozen SC''S'
-,re,-io.s 10 this have been necessary :.
= - a,co-,7irg 10 several Of the principals Il
g common thing for one child TO be Ie@lsoIt- ~
no or three schools in the more poi'1ouS o il''
ta-e the school buildings are not a great u7'"--
-art and the pressure for entrance i-lEii, IN
-. +bi,,lina in this way - secure admission
r,ov-,,are il not in the nearest Sehooi- non,
aqain though the general trend ul''' ce'''e'
-i1l he toward Increase on the register me u -
= a. come particular school which possibly nan
- +,rn away applicants yesterday VIII ne rene "a
" .ersrs Of r,l!pils from the overcrowded grades
- similar classes in the nearest school tla' mas
UNITY strings So that bad as the SITUATION
No. are not and for long time VII --"- o
80 ecboo1z in each district to house the emil
49, 81 .l7ar di=trict-stilI it might be worse Tor
800 Of -ha small hardship Of having 20 Walk 4
Sow more blocks children might really be nhaO'e
70 secure even part time tuition as has lately oeeA
asserted in hasty estimates
No4E' TURNED AWAY.
s.,srs1 If the lower last Side schools have
.oIaraozr.. certres-Publie school 10. /, on henry
and Oliver sts still uses the old building on Van
1a,ra,ere- Il OCCUPIED three years ago. before the
rrezart building was in existence The "oTario"
in 10 IS greater this year than ever before. bat
none have been turned away.
F2rooklvn Borough i seems. IS in even more NJ
cent need than Manhattan. the deficit there in SIT
ms If any sort being reported as 2"': but Dr.
Maxwell is confident that after to-days reports
have been thoroughly gone over judle'oUs ADJUST
rnent will make II possible for every child TO nave
ct least halliday tuition. It viii perhaps require
the remainder Of the week finally distribute All
.r,,lirarfs Accommodations tor the kindergarten.
classes have been rented near many % the over
crowded schools and portions OF playrooms ana
rymnasiurns have been parttoned of Every avail
able expedeu1 VIII Ae employed. and Dr. Maxwell
confidently expects TO redeem his promise % tut
ton for all" though he admits he probably viii not
lire TO SEE the day when the supply If school ac-
cammodstians in New-York City shall adeqrately
meet the demand.
In Manhattan the primary classes are the most
short Of sittings The Girls High School there has
been forced to turn away all who applied for ac-
mission this Sep;emher-the only nofT students reg
istered being those whose names have been On
the waiting list since last June. Whom repairs on
several buildings are completed however, much OF
this pressure viii be of The part time classes-tNo
dsy-have four fun hours each by holding the
morning session 30 to 1879 and the afternoon
from n3o TO 49, The same teacher Is not required
10 attend both sessions those employed ~ the
morning assisting the regular all day teachers from
10 till go. when the days work for them Is over
The teachers for the afternoon DO not come until
$50 or 10 o'clock in the morning. and gave 'iis
intervening hours 10 assistance with such over
flow" work may come to hand During lileSe
opening days there is quite enough occupation Tor
all This management Of the part time classes o"es
require more than the schedule hours or "oik
from any Of the teachers, but it does require d
much larger corps OF workers. and so is an i'oui
dona tax upon educational resources though rear
ly cheap. compared with the exclusion OF any c,rI
from school attendance. Half day classes Ioi tii0
younger children can hardly be considered as
real disadvantage to the child, as the yum Se79i'i,
for those from six TO eight years is now coislute
by the best educational agthoTtie too cl G COM
plain but the parents are in many t faS care Of ali
NE younger members Of the family 10 Inc NS
PERSISTENT PARENTS
The demand for birth certificates usually Gre
ates moro or less havoc in the ranks OF applSiiS
parents One youngster. who did not loon ~
though his age had been stoutly maintained d" -,
by the mother. who applied repeatedly Oh "a
registration cay of last week. appeared asai
al the school Yesterday morning in the caIe VI
big sister" who advised the tetlcae'- 70 80
she can't find 70 'tifcate but she's sure He 49,
born on a WednesSa1 So persistent were some
OF the parents that refused in the Tiadt 10 go,
shelr charges belonged. they wouid ~ en-,
moor TO floor. importuning every t"aS
eountered for the privilege of admission
Ing The direction 10 come again al lZ"SV iOi " -
dismissal -.
asses were not fully organized tli' -, -, ,,nrn
Ias at midday were great as early IN tie 80.
Aag or any registration day last "teht - We
evident that hastily partaken OF dinners tlau bl
q hastily left get in lne. nan cdtSI po',
toss were sur-eptitiously drawn from pockets dtu
apples rnunched in various parts OF the mo-
leg waiting assembly. and one sflalI person IIau
evidently been the proud posseSsor OF a penny
Shen he started for the schoolhouse ioi IRON
d slip Of dusty brown Paper he slyly hck-d zee
Team not many shades Iighter. 10 the intense
i ny OF all bysianders of his sort ~, ,..,.. u,,,,
Inc preponcerafce OF gay hats Ia me girls RANK
aha Me, when the other garments worn were
shabbY, most otice3blc, and one mite APP
peared IN white Cat one timeD Kid slippers ana
Ieo stockings though the little frock above them
vas Of outing flannel 20 old and soiled that its
'e ~, was decidedly problematlc M,
ne 1argon Of tongues among The waiting crowds
mace IL hard 10 believe at times that the school
vas for American children and In an American
rs, IL suggested 10 Dr. Maxwell that the
preference should be given American children.
nut he thought any distinction that ground
~sacatioBs. The decision as 10 the acceptance