New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

Improvement and development, has been for
years steady one. At first a slow growth Il
has in recent years evidenced mushroom like
tendency. To-day the number Of such schools In
New York City alone is nothing short of aston
ishing. and the number Of enrolled pupils reaches
in this one city alone close to six figures.
The night school serves two great classes Of
seekers Of knowledge. First. the young man or
young woman whose circumstances have been
such as TO limit his her education to a few
years at the grammar or high school and sec
ond, the man or woman with general college
education who desires professional education
Or 10 specialize along certain line.
. Every summer thousands Of coFlegians leave
their alma matters, degree in hand with Iiv-
ing to make. their LIES work 10 do II l.
only natural that hundreds of them flock TO the
largest city in the nation, to New York, rightly
or wrongly called the city of opportunity" They
come here with jobs already waiting for them
or to hunt work. If they stay few months
often teaches them the need of more thorough
training than they possess If they are to sue
ceed in Ire kind of work they doing. or
perhaps a short term in that grand old school
Of experience inspires them with desire 20
anter one of the professions-to practise medi-
cine or law, for example To men such as these
sSbe night school is a godsend.
They have not the money to go back TO coll
lege and take b. L. or a NJ. d. degree and il
they had they generally feel that they do not
want TO give three four more years of their
jife TO college work. The night school offers the
desired alternative. Any ambitious. industrious
man can do his work in the day and still find
time to take professional or technical course at
some night school To do so requires sacrifices
theatres and the opera must be forgotten 10 a
great extent.
IL is hard 20 imagine a subject that is not
taught at one Of the many night schools If you
want 20 be blacksmith you can study for that
trade at one of several schools. II you want TO
study for the ministry you will find a night
school where theology is taught There are
night schools for sailors for stenographers for
lawyers. for doctors. for engineers. and so on
through the whole category OF trades and pro-
fessions.
OF the professions the study of law at night
schools is perhaps the most popular from the
point Of numbers. This last year twenty college
men, most of whom had the Bachelor of Arts de-
gree, employed in one large company doing title
searching and a general banking business took
law degrees at a night law university OF these
twenty, nineteen got their degrees and passed
the state bar examinations and are now eligible
TO practise. This is simply one specific case
Illustrating the part the night school is now
playing In the educational field.
with the increase In number night schools
have recognized the necessity for the employ
ment of teachers of greater ability and expert
ence. Scan the list of names in the faculties Of
some Of the most prominent and this fact is
strikingly brought out. The names of some of
the best known educators Of the day are given
as lecturers. With their large attendances these
schools can pay their teachers large salaries and
experience has taught them the financial wis
oom OF employing the best instructors obtain
able.