New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
In.ef Stand of HaroSsed Nan
threatened on Every Side He Seeks 70 o'"'
: : Good School Positions. Say Teachers.

- ..,s rrernher of the Association
OF Women Principals. And THAT'S aui'e
right. for boys are harder TO teach IMAM
girls But If a school, say. OF twenty-five
classes in the boys department AND TWEEN
ty-five in the girls is consolidated 'hat Is
pretty sure to involve bonuses TO eishteeh
or more teachers Eighteen times soo Is
81 .oso. One OF the two principals being dis
pensed with, a principals assistant must
be engaged Sometimes there are '"o
assistants An assistants salary is $3.50,
il a woman: they are putting IN lew
men NOW at $500 Put these increased
expenses against the $500 which Is the
salary of the woman principal removed
granting ,ba- We got the highest pay
q woman Dri. receives-and is there
,n,,cb o- q SAW: Nothing that counts
against the disadvantages of consolidation
I forgot TO say that under the new ar
rangement there must be also clerk al
g day. or about $500 year
AS to the disadvantages OF consolida-
tions-for one thing, our elementary
schools are already too large. A principal
with fifty classes-and some Of our schools
have sixty and seventy, and L know one
that has eighty-that principal cannot
possibly come into the personal contact
with the teachers that is necessary for
good school. The principals time is taken
up with details of administration, and the
personal things, the model lessons the
talks with teachers and with parents, the
dealing with incorrible or defective or tru-
ant children-these things must go under.
Too much has TO be delegated to subordi-
mates
Last. but hy means least of the OBJ
jections. the influence of men on girls and
young children isn't desirable. Women
have the mother heart-they understand
children best And you'll find that in
every case where one of two principals is
dispensed with the woman is the one 10
go. For instance, in Public School So, con-
solidated, Miss Julia NJ. Elliott, head OF
the girls department. retired. and Andrew
J. Whiteside. Of the boys department.
took control of the whole. In Public
School 1855, consolidated. Miss Mary A.
Magovern. principal Of the primary. was
transferred to Public School IS and
Thomas Moore became sole head at No.
l66 In Public School So. where formerly
Miss C Augusta Sanger shared the respon-
stbility. Edward r. MCGUIRE reigns alone
In Public School I William A. hoffman is
TOW the only head, Miss Catherine V.
Davis principal of the girls department,
having been transferred. When MISS
Sarah Buckelew, principal in Public School
A, died, no other woman principal was
put in her place; the whole thing was put
under William F ku-z. of the boys de-
partment. But when Wilbur F. Hudson
principal OF the boys side IN Public School
s, died Miss Katherine D. Blake, principal
of the girls side wasn't put over the
whole: man was installed in Mr.. Hud-
sons place.
The report Of the Board Of Education
for 1905 stated that since 1902 forty-nine
schools had been consolidated, in each in
stance departments under two or three
principals in one building being put under
! enc. But TO the sex feature of the
! change the report is dumb, and so are the
heads of the school system.