New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-10
SCHOOL STRINGS FOR ALL
DR.. MAXWELL CONFIDENT OF SET
THING THE "OVERCROWD-
ING PROBLEM"

I'm afraid to have an opinion any more. said
DR.. W. II. Maxwell yesterday, when questioned as
TO the school outlook. he glanced over the figures
OF the registration returns or to own one, II by
any chance II strays and gets traced back to me
again. For the last two weeks I've been credited
with thinking and intending twenty different things
IN many minutes. Even when L say nothing
and look out OF the window the action Is inter
preted having some bearing upon the present
school situation But this VIII say-Ive said II TO
every one with whom I've talked the subject.
and I will repeat It in the face OF these fig
ures''-and he touched the list OF those excluded
even from the part time classes-'that before
many days, If not this week. every child in the
greater city applying for admission 10 the public
schools will be provided with at least four hours
tuition daily. I have given up expecting or hoping
impossible things but l see the accomplishment of
this within my reach. and l mean to carry IL
through BY far the greater number refused add
mission under six years Of age. We arc al
ready renting rooms floors and buildings for
kindergarten use. and want TO rent few more
The full official figures covering school registra-
ton were not accessible yesterday. No high schools
were heard from and up TO a late hour a number
of ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN Manhattan, sixty-one In
Brooklyn and smaller numbers In the other bor-
oughs-had failed 10 report The returns available,
however, gave the registration IN Manhattan Tor
the 1854 schools heard from 1aS2i-an Increase
OF Il 100 over last years figures. The actual at
tendance September I64.Sl2 nearly fifteen
thousand OF the record of September.
1901 The number of children reported in part time
classes in this borough is 1135, third more than
those so restricted last season. The aggregate Of
annllcauts over six years refused admission
amounts to 72s, while those under six for whom
there are no sttings in either school or kinder8ar
ten 10 which they have applied number $50 IN Man
haitian alone While Brooklyns average Of in
crease Is about the as Manhattan's. the num-
her of children in half dine classes and those re-
fused any admission is relatively greater
The partial returns from all five boroughs as
prepared for DR. Maxwell yesterday aggregated as
follows:
increase over last 20 387
incense over on on This date % $50
Pupils part classes 800
Increase in numbers On part time rs rs
Children six years refused orr
Children six refused admissoh'-'''' iSl'
These figures cover reports from S5l out OF 4s9
elementary schools When the total returns are
tabulated high schools included an increase of be-
tween 1900 and 5000 is anticipated making the
number of pupils in the greater city something IKE
$1,000 figure greatly in excess Of all expectations
The Borough Of Richmond reports no part tiIne
classes though twenty children over and thirty
three under six years have been refused ADMISSION
One solution of the mo sfttngs" problem proposed
by President Birmingham of the bodiu Vi r1uucd-
ton is now discussed with prospect OF early
adoption. This Is proposition 10 lurfiiSh car
fare for the transportation of those III cohseSted
districts. The suggestion has heeh coiiS'ueieu !"
previous years but postponed uhu soIio 'oi'eS
sion. such the railway companies Oh oos'Un anu
other cities make to their school-gong p3P@latlon
could be obtained from local SySteHiS' ,r,ad t't
secure such concession is still belhs IiIduS' put
President Burlnghams plan may be ado gi even
sands Of vacant sittngs are reported, while mile
south Of this many apP pIT inSaatrnant
fused admission. The waste OF ax1epsve school
represented by the maintenance OF tALh tba Con-
houses with vacant classrooms out n1,tsida
sheraton Of the expenditure for -, if
of the Injustice TO the excluded or part TINE Pupil
Eventually OF course all now vacant iI;+i
be required by the children Of their own locateSii
but by that time 1t is hoped thtI n Tr ~
houses in all districts will be aVai''"'e'