The sun., 1906-01-26
MANY URGE SCHOOL CENSUS,
.,rrz ,\D NGOH An HEAR FROM
THIRITl WORkERS.

,.,,, Committee FINAL, Named TO Cone
''" ,,der tbr Matter Further Main Point
Seams 10 Bc How soon Can the re.
an. NJ a Canvass lie Made Public.
r.o oa,cc of Comptroller Metz was
dad Yesterday afternoon when Mr
,,u ,.,, and Presiclent MCGOWAN Of the Board
Me'. ,,',ar,ron as a committee from the
o' 81. of Estimate. gave a hearing on the
p',, pV" of IN. school census. Nearly
Ian rersons spoke. ard the outcome was
w. election Of a committee to confer
..,hor with Messrs. Metz ard McGowan.
'"i prof :. r. pevine of the Charity Organl-
49,, society led tho forces of those who
"od ".'v the school census, Prof. Devine
,, that il was utterly impossible to en-
,'roo \, compulsory education law without
.osrsl. He added:
r,.rsis r.gson to believe that the number
.,.~bo., children not enrolled in any pubic
v. ,rIyatn school exceeds 10000. 1t is re-
OF " ,bat ); .ooo who are registered attend
p,,y IN part aud that another 10000 VINO
"I"' .nr,led do not attend at all Whether
arc s',r,la- We are not reaching is 900 or
non Wv If ,s impossible to discover without
!V1'S.,,Ists and accurate census. Until the
har and location of all the children OF
hoo, age is known 1t is impossible to plan
-" ,hs locat,ou and size of school buildings.
y, ,be assignment of work OF attendance
.s,ar. for the proper distribution OF special
.iassas for truauts and for backward children.
Us sometimes said in defence Of the nom
,,torrsrpnt Of the compulsory education
,,r that until We hnv" sittIngs Sufficient Tor
law 'ln' ,, ia absurd to ATTEMPT to force
al 'n' p"4,,,ca p'4l. of those not in school 1t
the a'teh"'", W. .,,.i,',, 60 so,.,b,, untu
would D. ih"'" "'.. "'"', iI,,.',, tha,y ara bn,y
We know now many .' ,i,a.' ,na ionoiit,
they are d'-i f'p"''u as !" "s,a n''' Ipo ,,o
We shall not nav" slttIhES enough, me peo-
| pl4 have right to Know no" 'ha"'u"a'e our
.cbool facilities are and in lust what parts
5ithe city the? are .nlieuuatr
c..,,,r,IIer Metz interrupted Prof. De-
saw maj all agreed that a school
vine ~ o,r9S,,ldLoa a good thing If il was prac-
"nIu1 "lI =, ,ot nre and IL its resu lts could be
@ wa, Y" a. oncr, Mr.. McGowan also as
KNOW a. q" hi. and asserted that he was
ens senteu ~ n,vthinq that would result in
N IS,o' obildren WHO were out OF school
pac.ns
mSstto, I'm 1orirg Rraoa secretary Of the
,.S,iI; ita'H ,ii S,ri,ty smoke ~ "many
,,tunMsa,ds ~ children who escape the
velanue d, That the STAFF Of these officers
be increase lou i"lr "ta he nnen .,'nr u ssected
pai' Va 1T n'';o, ra1,,lot;ons but for
hol us CIV rtbsorio worL
thslr h15rs9 p ~ ~! n I oNahon sSnarvisor
,Eet ne tei, ob,riiies Dt. sa;i tbat wSt ho,,t a
OF |dIh1rc ,"" a., ,ln'ronb;al sohoois could
sonoos e.'Iui u ~ lira,ions as thev shou,d
G1' W1 nv, lr,;onoI e,I fo,r stricts two on the
ne. ne hieLt,o, Siia ard too on The West wbn re- a
issno ias 1C.v cer.ms u," vas esneciallv needed
seacN r ceiINTs wsrlnrs %JS nrenanted he Roard
.,tFI tslA W; wa Gnt ,'iow ue aid that
o. q hHue"i oeI ~ psa,,nd that tbe censuses Of
.ae ood ae't ad hnap nf M nra or icaI use
!osS aI,u .o', ,oI,a i,. rDorn,, fnr naw censms
slu .S va, =" ct, f,nds would rne.n to dwarf
!Io,a Wv .,,, i,,,t;one ae niah. scbools
..li.'l ,,,oot;on oantras eyaning
pax ou,,,'I W ha iit,a Ua was not opnosed
fc.uie? anu tie 'iht NJ eomss ma, ny h,t ha 10
le l[ea o., soao%i ;dae ee.SHS nS naLinn an e rpa
80 .., VIZ - liz, q ya,r furr;sh he in
esa.e GM',Gas wi .m,te t tbs a,,t horitias
r,n,. 'V.' S,ra,Ibann,,Iler Associate Sill
..;u,oa,,,r, uu,oa' az Sohnnis denlarpd that a
tetI ol,,l,,s a,, usalass unless lie ra
sno0' III oo,,IJ ,,' ha made known at once, He
sai,s iI So Sou'u ra,h,e .;tb The former en,,me
90 o'. VIZ ~ tba cor,n;lation was 50 do
uo.h "as - VIC. !. 80, Wv ,.eials aftar II vas Oh
S;eu ,a;ya '''a' ~ was "7''
III, :; .ba poirt nreciselv said Conn.,
,,,,o. NJ. lI-nless Won get the results
a, 80 - i ,,.slas
NJ n,iap d Wald of the Henry Street
y,,rses' Sa,,lsment urged the census. and
said that a boTsa 70 house canvass was the
oniv r'n, ,'racticable ono, She said that only
rarentlv nme ono n her nurses found a family
of fvs chidrn who had never been TO
school one of whom. l5 wears old, could
hardy read
Mis- K p Davis superintendent OF the
Bedford Reformator.y for Women, told of
The illjteranv If girls committed to her
charge who we're Under school age when
cent 10 her She said that ont of les sent
from New York ciry she had at present o
who had never Laen in school a day of their
lives There y.re 20 who could barely