New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-15
NIGHT PUPILS WILL PAY.
Offer to Grout-Thinks Having
NesU Truant Officers a Waste.
MAYOR THINKS FIGHT ABOUT OVER

A delegation OF young men representing the
students OF the East Side Evening High School
for Men visited Controller Grout and President
Ahearu OF the Borough of Manhattan yesterday and
protested against any reduction In the number of
nights OF school sessions. The dispute between
the Controller and the Board of Education over
the 1904 school appropriation resulted in threat
TO reduce the time for this evening school from
12o TO 30 nights. The young men said yesterday
that rather than have this done they would pay
tuition.
Mr.. Grout and Mr.. Ahearn expressed sympathy
with the young men. The Controller declared the
make economies which he thinks be effected,
had decided to arouse public resentment by closing
the evening schools
The protest the delegation handed to the Con-
troller recites that the Regents will rscog
nize less than 40 nights IN their examinations:
that the students trying to obtain education
which is otherwise unobtainabe: that for thirty
eight years the minimum has been 10 nights for
evening high schools: that the prescribed course
especially for entrance to universities cannot be
complshed in less time
IF the Board Of Education carries out its threat
to close the evening schools February 1 some
body ought to bring charges against them before
Mayor Mcclellan and remove them from office,
declared Mr. Grout. TT is threat, hold-up, and
no other words describe it, he said IL they
want close the evening schools. why do they
talk doing 1t February II Why don't they
wait until next fail. when the school term oesinA
and In the mean time what be done2
IF they want 10 appoint committee TO confer
with willing to drop all personalities and
so into the thing strictly its merits Any bust
finding his business growing beyond his
capacity would spend his capital sending
out more statesmen to drum up new business. Yet
the board recently spent $4,000 for additional at
tendance officers to drive in truants when the
schools OVERLOOKING That is ons OF the items
OF waste that have spoken Of"
Mayor Mcclellan made the statement not long
after Mr.. Grout was seen that he believed the con-
troversy was practically over. He had held a con-
ference in the afternoon with President Rogers.
whose attitude had been most conciliatory
AT my request" said the Mayor, President
Rogers agreed TO have a resolution introduced into
the meeting OF the board resembling the former
resolution declaring IT would close the recreation
centres, evening schools and vacation schools. He
thought they could keep the schools open for about
six weeks, and II at the end OF that time DIR.
Grout finds that the economies cannot be effected
he Will agree the issuing of the revenue bonds
The Mayor thought six weeks would be sufficient
time for the Controller to make his investigation
Asked II the bill to stop the royalties Of Superin-
tendent Maxwell and others employed BY the Board
OF Education were city bill and had his
ton. the Mayor replied:
The bill was sent to Albany by the Controller
he said. with the express understanding that 10
would come before me IL passed and be considered
strictly on It's merits 1t is the Controllers bill.
not mine"