New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-27
CITY FED" 4GITATED.
RemSen Bill the Storm Centre
Public Schools Raped.

After giving the public school systems OF New
York and Chicago . black eye getting itself snarled
Up IN several battling parliamentary tangles, tearing
IN pieces the city beautiful child labor the proven
ton Of cruelty to animals. the creation OF more
recreation centres. municipal boys clubs and al
most every other subject known 10 man. the third
convention Of the City Federation Of Women's
clubs. which met in Brooklyn yesterday, ended IN
an uproa- over q resolution asking the Governor 10
veto the R-mscn Gas bill And under the surface
Of papers. addresses and business. which together
made I'd the most useful and successful convention
the federation has held swept the never rest
ing current Of club politics, swirlng now around
the coming biennial. next around the State Fedora
convention then around the proposed pur-
chase Of the kaickerbocker clubhouse, TO begin
al over again in sUrmises as 10 whether Mrs. Dore
Lyon and Mrs Philip Carpenter would both run for
the Office Of president % the State FEDERATION, and
whether Mrs. John +. Tr0w would accept the nom
ination FOR corresponding secretary, vice Mrs.
Harry Hastings. il il were offered her.
II good convention. Every said
NO literary nonsense about the programme-an
plain practical work. and people telling what they
had done were going TO DO" bright
woman expressed il.
PERNICTOUs PLAY CENTRES.
Joseph Haniphy. who is a principal in the day
and evening schools set the bail rolling with
vigorou. attack on prevailing educational systems
and tendencies IN this city.
II could have the educational fools killed OF
should be further ahead. at least financially"
s one a ~ Rs o1e6ed m, pai 10 % mood Of sub
3ects. We have gradually substituted for educa-
but shallow. We have come to measure education
by quantity rather than quality. Because our
numbers Of persons we forget how superficial and
disconnected the instruction they AFFORD Is, and
lose sight Of the fact that only what work FOR
does Us much good"
Turning 10 the recreation centres. Mr.. Haniphy
asked: What effect have they had on the young
SeiSo.s "ny its9usit mem I'm SlIs +,
centres most numerous II is growing fastest
for them. Frequenters Of these found
acquire disrespect for public property The athletic
taste FOR the discipline and application enforced by
1t is a TACT that these play centres have hurt
4 would strengthen the evening schools by add
Ing trade and technical eatures Let US have even
Ing colleges where real work shall be done. and
rolled pupils in the public schools. Really worthy
them. We should stop supervising play. What We
need IS more places equipped Tor rugged games Ike
spent play centres 10 the accomplishment OF
sucA work Cooper Union is doing"
40 ORIGINALITY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
What Mr. Hanphy had left intact IL the educa-
tional system Of New-YOrk. Miss Margaret Haley.
O. Chicago. president ot The National Federation
OF Teachers quickly vivisected. After relating the
.Ir,,o-. t;c,g u-brce
knavery made il impossible for them TO get the
Ton 70 Nex-Yorl
Here IN this city you nave one-man power" she
declared You have the mind that manages
and plans everything, and all the rest OF you are
only fingers. It's just question which you pre-
Ter, the benevolent despot the other kind.
prefer the other Kind because when things get too
bad there is 10 be a revolt
i have visited the NeW-York schools. There is
no progress iu them. no idealsm originality,
no democracy. The NeW-YorE teachers couldn't
make the fght We Chicago teachers are making
She asserted VehementV. WHY. / never heard
ptiful tale IA life than from little school
TEACHER last night ] wish she could be freed from
the schOolrOOm 10 tell tho mothers Of NewHork
ten he feaer ecomes otning b,., martinet
crushing the life OF the children
Why. what part do the teachers have in drawing