Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-19
NO FOREIGNERS
Psreais Who 0bjeci Shsald Pay
 Tuiilon in Private Schools.

Tho aldermen may have another Hug of war tonight. although 1t would appear from what was said Monday that all there was left over To far % tho appropriations were con- earned was to lay tho tax. Since that time 1t has occurred to tho minds of many. including his honor. Mayor Thoms. that 1t would be wise to change the wording of the item appropriating $40.000 for an addi- ! tion to the Driggs school SO as to mako it advisable for school in any part of that district instead of holding tho board down to putting up the structure as part of the present one. Good reasons are advanced for this. the strongest. perhaps being that tho north end of the district b growing rapidly and that in few years there will be enough children in 1t to i'll a school and that 1t would be hardship to ask them to walk all the way to the site of the present Driggx school.
 The lot bought at the Driggs school few years ago with the un- derstanding that the buildings would be added Is needed as a play ground. they say. and In time 1t may come in handy for an addition.
 The trouble In that district, 1t seems, is not due so much to over crowding as to a disinclination on the part of parents to have their children attend school with foreign CTS. One of the city onicials has &s,munication in his pocket written to hiia by one of the most prominent men in the community in which he states that while some advantage might be gained by changing the school lines 1t would be so unsatis-
 factory that he does not think 1t
 would pay to do 1t. Take the Bishop
 street school, for example. he states, and you will find that 1t js composed almost entirely of foreigners. We don't object to them on that account. but we do protest against sending our children to the same school and SO long as this feeling exists 1t seems to be that it would not be for the best interests os the children. to tg-
 nore 1t. Another official told Q rep resentative of this paper that parents in that district make no secret of
 stating that the trouble in the schools
 in that part of the town is due en-
 tirely to the fact that some object to
 having their children in the same
 room with foreigners. For my own
 part" he added, If l had my way
 I should say to those people if you
 think your children too good to as-
 sociate with the rest of the pupils
 in the schools of that district see
 nothing for you to do but provide
 school accommodation for them at
 your own expense the same as others
 are doing who think that our schools
 don't All the bill. Ne can't main-
 tain class schools at public expense,
 bu. see disposition to take the
 that that is what will be done. There
 is no need of that school now; such
 a suggestion wouldn't be tolerated in
 any other district, but the merits of
 the question Is being lost sight of
 Tn an effort to cater to the wishes
 of those who want select school for
 their children"
 Of course the school question 30
 far as the appropriation goes is
 settled. but the mayor has decided
 to ask the board to leave the matter
 of site at the discretion of the
 board. To add to the woes of the
 aldermen the department of safety
 has plans under way to petition for
 an addition to their appropriation
 so that they can give the flremen the
 raise in salaries asked for. The
 commissioners believe that the hre-
 men from the chi4f engineer down
 should have an increase. but they
 cannot give 1t to them unless an ap-
 propriation Is made to meet it. Just
 what view the aldermen will take of
 1t nobody appears to know at this
 time, but the board of safety deems that this is proper place to settle
 it and they are right. The safety
 board also feels that a great injustice
 was done in not making some pro-
 vision for addition to the force. but whether that matter will be tried again or not is something that has
 not been given out.