New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29

and plumbers, 500. Total average a.11s; $3.50 more
than the average high school salary
carrier in 1902 Averaged so SIS more than ne
teachers receive the average wages. Of 7hod csp
riers. one-haIf the increase would cost the stat.
plumbers, one-haIf the Increase would be ssi7o7s
the three APPROPRIATIONS would be s2S5i7S2 o.
s.o50o00 less than the State now annually appro-
a maximum system which. from appropris-
tions for teachers would not be in full OPERATION
conservative estimate or the maximum average
not exceed s5so This would Be the inS TSut
NAL tax Of eleven-thouSandthS Of per cent the
tenths OF per cent of the s4si 75s $50 which
the State might annually add to Its productions by
a high school education of all its citizens y
ENORMOUS WEALTH OF NEw-YoRE
The wealth OF New-York Is inconceivable. II 10
several billion dollars greater than the wealth OF
greater than the wealth Of all rG p II
5 R grgaS onn fnan ne weah Of an Pacific Cease
the wealth Of all states bordering on the AtIantic
stretching to the Gulf Many Of our COUNTIES aRd
Y york. Sont Ina Tor s9ysrggR New
the States and territories. Kings twentyfour Erie
Queens one or more each. The States exDenditTrss
for material purposes are all proportouate to its
500 100000 for enlarged sO0OaO0 for eooS
made for purely material Improvement os can be
And yet, why take S5OO0O.0oO from the billion. a,
s24ss51. or two thousandths Of per cent anava
Tor the hlSher education OF the minds and morals
and ample appropriations for cur high schoois-ous
ury OF the commonwealth
High sch99i educators Of the Empire State. Noble
dred strong bow before your lofty devotion to the
eTvces EndoW W with p SgRgte s g paos
anr service 6y careful training intrusted with re-
Poorly p aald-you have done more for the common
other public servants Of the state T , t1a1 any
mt toIlnIgnt VIII advantage you and suprerneiy
servatve and expanding high school system CON
table opportunities! ''O '' HIM
NO HIGH SCHOOLS IN sgs7 DISTRICTS
In the State there are s.s55 common school 4,
1ba and 81 union free school districts IN
in the union school districts 3 l and n t6 SnGss
c conon schoo dstrcts only IS How many other
s2Ie nigh school facilities by contiguous or nearby
hoWe1er Will assume ahs an 10 a %
Reb sSbo OF Sst may eventually be provided with
5000 .cbns s T Ti9,r stu Iesvs the appang total Of
Mith high schools or high school facites In The
snd 15af6ipa districts there 1000 sub-distrcts
common school districts would require / 800 SigS
schools for s5 studen tSs g 99S d I pc taken rs
e9uTed ror ~ per cent of the present non-attsnd
are ar 4 5hs P0ssbitiss Of nigh school expansion
educaors wschen on the to V o eign sfh2S
S oU hGt oeh9ld the dawn of more respIendeat
viii be thousands instead OF tens Of thousands az
S'~uents' hundreds OF thousands more!
TRUE EXPANSION OF THE EMPIRE STATE
The true expansion Of the Empire State, v-bo
hath appointed its bounds that n cannot rss.s
VINO nath said. thus far and farther? AIresTv
the sceptre or Anglo-Saxon Civilization Ia r1ovt~,-
westward rom the Thames to the Hudson ana
on us banks, IN population. finance Commerce ar
hterature-sl that constitutes the highest and
pest clVIIlZatlonyou Will soon behold the rnetrono
lis OF the world And the State methinIs 7 Ia
hoId II even now realizing the vision NJ NTiltoo.
monte and puissant sovereign ''rousine herself Ifa
a strong man after sleep and shaking her ID~
Vtnciole locks; our imperial commonwealth rous-
ING herselt 70 the vast opportunities and trernen-
cous responsibilities of a era OF eIucationaI
expansion her ctttzen-sOveregns and citfzen-Srb-
tects enthused with spiritual Vigor: her srsnds~s
or nlg her educa ton leading the van and her high
SCHOOLS, colleges and universities directing All "a
forces of her advancing cviliza tior-NeU-yC--
70 become not alone the centre OF finance and corn,
merce, not alone a benehcent intellectual nrfmarv
among her sister states but the most pufssanr ara
dominating. the most lofty and Inspiring elura.
tonal force throughout the world.
Mr. Milne spoke OF the qualifications for +.acb-
ing not determined by examination" Chief a-non~
these he placed culture That some teachers Ia.ta5
the power to bring culture to their pupils bs d.
clared. presented one OF the problems OF the Adr
cationsl situation While asserting that he rs4 N
special solution for the problem. he expressed +b
opinion that proper compensation for teacharz
would bring in more cultured class OF tAsrbsrs
and that when this compensation care .,..
would be fewer teachers working without s7v a.
probation OF beauty than al present