The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
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tn Aaapciriipn fof improving tho Ton.
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e8mfisint ~ tho npnri ~ Education alTrit
en- lbeaefunres ~ itr reports and gpt no
aa1Nfts Nv rctnft 1n what W. MAXWELL
fh0uid have said William " Allen ~ The
aame aasuciation puiii4hoJ aeyerHi articles
6Fitlolsiug Mr.. MAXWELL ile wae found IN
81 Office yesterday with tho hew report an
~ deak and rcpurie from u dorm other
placea. Mr., Allen made this assertion
sYou will hnd moro Information on one
neee Of tho ~. louis auperintondonts
report than In all tho i5n taFpa ~ Mr Max
welle, Ie had = great opportunity to
strengthen himself In THE community
Even hts friends must fool chagrin that he
passed II by. No other large city In tho
country has received 80 weak and untn'
e0fmlnR a document regarding its schools.
sThe right theory In such n report IL that
Il should show the cVtHut Of work and the
efficiency Of the superintendent and his
aasLstabts. This report does not do that.
For example. nowhere can you find the
Mt enrolment in the elementary schools
Neither IN there any net enrolment In the
high schools presented. The report tells OF
many added sittings. hut II doesn't tell
where these occurred, nor In what grade
An attempt IL made to show that the de-
crease In the attendance at high schools IA
duo 20 the fact that the City College has
taken away these pupils. DR.. Finley, presl-
dant of the City College, has said publicly
chat there are nc facts TO show this.
Elm speaking Of the number Of pupils to
Q teacher, the report doesn't say whether
che figures are estimated Dol the number
registered, those who attend or those who
arc enrolled. In talking of promotion,
Supt. Maxwell speaks Of certain n ingenious
methods, which some. principals have De
yised to obviate the lock-step promotion.
He doesn't say what they are, or whether
he Ia going to have them adopted gen
Nowhere does Supt. Maxwell explain
that the evening schools and the evening
lecture systems are standing stu prac-
tically and that the vacation schools have
fallen of from 81 to ~ in number. He
speaks of the vast hordes' who attend
the vacation schools, The attendance last
summer was 5000. There are also no
"details on the part-time system. .,
Apparently the number of
pupils has decreased from $1,000 TO $1,000.
This decrease could easily be explained
n so, 600 were simply dropped from the
rolls. How much of it was obtained in
that way il not explained. Neither Is
there any explanation of the fact that
while there are 81, 600 children in the third
grade, there are only q, 900 in the eighth
grade, and that of these only $1,000 grad
uate.
Neither are there any suggestions as
to what might he called the problems of
direction. as to how the money should be
spent, what new schools should be erected,
low much should be provided for this or
that necessity. About all these things the
public and the board must remain in the
dark.
@Supt. Maxwell reports as usual, not
ct length on the educational side of the
schools, but upon business problems CON
nected with the board, the information
for which he must first obtain from other
AlnDloyees."