New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

70 the Board Of Health for the medical inspection
Inc lne eLl1o Is tjo Iross bir 10 be undersized-
derfed possessed or tendenc1es da,rrf4~s+a Ia,
denisd aafts 20 D'''-'' '-''0 '---'- :
had reason to know week or two ago "I9i 5. I 70
Of my girls of full age was sent o4GA as @ s-1- his
9Tg5o5s %0gk sn9 9%t Wi iho doSo feared eoT %
aa4ge d ~ she he aSse6 the mother to keep the child
out Of shop and factory for time and sne: 2eIrs
b sen5lPiS c5id has bee put on part time in school
never knew this to be done before tns preSsH~
Another phase Of this subject concerns the chill
dren who go 10 school and work out o. noulS tnesq
children observe the compulsory sducauon ieNs<
but their IS often quite as tragic As Ia ze o % I
before School rising or o'clock 70 assist mix
men and 29s pakeds, ,1cb Children Rave sostrass
done a days work before O'Clock IN the morning.
Ser one little fellow OF twelve in my school who
used to help & mkan T az ad o1ns OF in his his seat
let him sleep knew he needed sleep more tnan n7
Wei all this interests the women principals OF oe
t@ast the he federatjon Now we are going to watch
and give all the assistance In our power 70 th9ss
nee of cdren This attituds on the part OF
people in the schools is oeng G ye0 f ct sotis %
whose duty 1t is TO defend chIidren ana Dy , tns
ike the Charity Organization .
1t will be interesting to see lust what attituos S S {
school board in making mixed schools and pla1clnlg
regard the change by. no means conplacently
wouldn't be bad said one, VINO would not
allow her name to be used. IF We met with more
candid treatment at headquarters When any one
protests against this policy We have no policy
fhey say up at the Board of Education"
Aside from barrier which the present practice
fessional advance of teachers. the women
principals feel keenly the undesirabty Of placing
Young girls under the direction OF men principals.
They believe that the great barracks OF school
buildings that the citS is erecting are wrong. bur
that IL Of the cost of land they are i'm
peratiVe. each of these great buildings should os
made contain a double school. with two depart
nents unconnected, with and independent or each
other. One should comprise all grades Of boys un-
der the supervision of man principal the ether
all grades of girls under the supervision OF woman
principal Such system. they nlai1taia. would
make the principals the cOunsenOrs and synpa-
tretfc friends OF the teachers and pupils in a way
that is impossible where principal spread
himself fifty more classes 1t would also
give to the girl pupils the nestmable advantage OF
the responsible authoritative control and direction
of woman principal
1T supposed educators agreed that
the mother sex-made the best teachers for boys
up 10 the age Of adolescence and for girls OF all
ages safd a woman teacher to Tribune reporter.
After thirteen fourteen, boys need association
with their kind under the strong direction Of
a man. Up to the university girls should be
into the same families and intended them min
gle some objected True. but IL is one thing
For a girl 10 grow up with her brothers and
quite another for her to go TO school with other
girls brothers. You may depend upon II. the
fipathy which all women principals entertain for
mixed schools IS based on an acquaintance with
facts and IS not silly prejudice