New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-14
PUBLIC SCHOOL CENSUS
Children Bet7Ceen -Four and Eighteen
Years Number 953 49,.

The third biennial school census. the first
taken since the formation OF The greater city OF
New York, which has occupied the attention Of the
whole police force FOR several months. was made
public yesterday az a meeting Of the Board Of
Education. The report shows that there are .i09
children between the ages Of FIVE and eighteen
tending school, and s5S. As between four and cish-
teen.
The report on the census submitted to the board
Gays:
Il is Of much interest 10 note that there in
the city Of New York. according to this enuneIa-
lands. This number is over IS per cent of the en-
tire registration of the schools.
There are esI6s pupils attending parochia schoois
and 6ls attending private schools other than pa
Iochlal BY The number in private institutions Is
other institutions that not receiving any sup
WHOM sci5 are boys and EOS ,l' are girls
The number Of those reported as truants is com
paTafively small. This may be accounted for by
KNOWLEDGE ia an OFFICER tbat their children are
frilanfs The records ~ iTI1sncV IN onr compul1
sorry education bureau do not verify the police re-
ants in the greater civ is al Reports on COZ of
those cases investigated far by the truant or
incorrectly reported. $50: total. 207.
The police reported as working Illegally 1853 boys
ana Z436 girls. total OF 1884, Up 10 the pres
snt, Of the 1851 cases Of children who were re-
ported 10y the enunerators. either truants. work
ing Illegally kept home illegally, 9.l45 have
eeen investigated BY our attendance officers. More
lating the Compulsory Education law. and have
Deen placed IN school The work OF investigating
but the reports not Vet at hand. When all re-
ports OF these Investigations in. II is fair TO
assume that nearly twenty-five hundred children
illegally absent from school viii have been found
s snd placed in school as direct result of the cen
On the ground that mill added 10 the state
educational which Is three mills. would be
a burden TO the taxpayer. the Board OF Education
decided oppose the passage Of the bill pend
Eng before the Legislature. providing for the ap-
preparation for the general school fund or an
amount equivalent to less than four mills for
every dollar Of assessed valuation OF the real and
personal estate Of the city Of New York The
stated thar while the present rate OF three mills
was somewhat short of The amount now needed
Of The actual needs OF the board The board there
gore decided 10 use every means IN It's power -
After an investigation Of the charges AGAINST
Brooklyn. the committee elementary schools
reported that he was not guilty OF the charges OF
neglect of duty and gross misconduct on ne
charge Of INJECTING corporal punishment on Pupils
having been punished. On the recommendation OF
the committee the board voted TO prolonG the pres
ent suspension Of the principal, without pay, Tor
After warm discussion and a long explanation
from City Superintendent Maxwell the board de-
simple food for pupils in lie elementary schools
were too great II voted 10 take no action
nual report. The board also decided that enough
country without going to England. France and
Germany. and refused to send associate super
that form Of education there.
ON the subject of furnishing eyeglasses for the
poor children IN the schools. the report Of the
elementary school committeewas referred back to it
10 be amended TO include rich and poor
children alike.
DR. Maxwell said he had long been concerned
about the defective vision and malnutTiton Of a
large number Of pupils il, the public schools. He
had long felt he said that there were many more
cases of defective vision than any Of the members
the board We're aware Of. In many cases it had
been found. he said that children who were
thought be stupid. almost mentally defective.
had been found suffering from defective eyesght.
cannot
ciay the poor people, for If the afflicted one is a
hoy. the answer is that glasses Will hurt his
chances OF getting a Job. and If il is girl. they
say that the glasses will prevent her getting a
sweetheart said DR.. Maxwell.
Commissioner Macdonald said that in school.
the Washington Irving High School. which he had
inspected recent he found tWenty-three pupils in
class suffering from bad eyesght. and that
this condition Of affairs caused by poor ven
tilation, Initiated atmosphere, insufficient light
and the general poor condition OF the building.