The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-06
SCHOOLBOYS hug THE GIRLS,
AND KREISCHERVILLE, s. T.,
WANTS TO HAVE 1T STOPPED.

the Hug sing Is Done in = stage Ride Of
Overflow Pupils, and the Public Moral.
lily Down There Is In Danger-COm-
nittee to SIT on . Formal Protest.
Complaint was formally received by the
Board Of Education yesterday that some
Of the grown schoolboys Of the southern
end OF Staten Island have taken 10 hugging
the schoolgirls 80 that the parents Of the
girls have become scandalized and demand
that something DO done about It,
j. B. Drake and others who signed the
complaint said that as Taxpayers they
protested against the school conditions
prevailing in the southern part Of Rich-
mond borough. Something must be done
speedily II the girls are TO remain at school,
without submitting 20 the Kreisoherville
boys fondness for embracing the girls
Of that village.
The boys and girls in question are from
~ TO IL years old. The girls have been
strictly brought up and (the parents say
showed their disfavor when the youths
first began the hugging business. But the
kreischerville schoolboy is not easily dis
couraged. The tax paying petitioners to
the Board Of Education declared that the
matter was menace TO the morality Of the
boys as we'll as to the girls.
It IL all due 10 the fact that the boys and
the girls have to ride In a closed stage for
several miles through the country without a
teacher or other person in authority present
TO check the amorous disposition Of the boys.
The stage il necessary on account of the
overcrowded condition Of Public School
No, In Kreischerville. This school was
built by the local authorities before con-
solidation with New York. There are only
four rooms in 1t, and the fifth year pupils
are now sent by stage from School TO the
school at Pleasant Plains. The driver Is 90
busy looking ahead for ruts and obstruo-
lions that he has no time to see what Ia
going on in the stage.
1T Il morally wrong the petition TO
the board said, 'as boys are boys and cap
able OF misbehavior under those conditions.
Only recently they msbehaved so badly
that the girls had 10 get out Of the stage
and threaten 20 walk TO school rather than
have the boys continue their abuse. This
does seem from a moral standpoint to be
unjust and can lead to no good II con-
tinued.S
The petitioners asked that the Kreischer-
vile school be made large enough to 40
commodate all Of the pupils. The build
ing committee Of the board will consider
the matter.
Reporters were asked to step out In the
hallway while a proposal TO increase the
salaries OF several employees In the de-
partment was discussed. The discussion
lasted about an hour. The increase was
made, and the proposal to appoint married
women teachers was also discussed. This
was finally referred to the committee on
bylaws for report
The committee ON elementary schools
had found Principal Martin II. Ray OF
Public School 81 in West Forty-fourth
street guilty Of abusing a medical ex-
aminer and recommended that he be allowed
10 retire. A motion was made that he be
retired without the report Of the trial going
on record
For the sake OF discipline In the public
schools the whole Of the report should 60
on record. said Gen. Wingate.
What's the use Of throwing water on q
drowning Tat?" asked Mr.. MCGOWAN.
This man has been in the department for
many years and 1t Is said that he is not
right mentally"
The motion was lost.
A proposal to take out a fire insurance
policy for 81 100000 for three years on all
contracts TO be let for new schools was
laid over.