The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06
BOY MAYOR OF A SCHOOL CITY
Young OFFICIALS ar y. =. az
ARE ON THE JUMP.

ana Then CalIed on Blg MN 20 M
Fas Duty-The POsr Cared Voc Tee.
The man in the editorial room who
was expecting u not having received Ou
time the current issue Of the Edue0nor .
reporter was assigned To 20 20 Public
School - in Williamsburg and find oft
what delayed that highly esteemed con
temporary. The Educator. a. every snS
ought 20 know. n the magazine put
lished by the pupils OF Public School ~.
and the trouble about gctting the current
issue out to the exchange list came about
through an excess Of circulation. The
issue had not only been sold out but had
been oversold. There was the deuce ="
pay. also q premium on circulated copies
for Principal James A. O'DOnueil vas
gladly paying sin cents each Tor copies
that had gone TO satiSfyip part the public
demand at five cents q COPY.
Public School ~. which runs BeAolars
through the educational min frssn thu
kindergarten 70 . point where thsy are
graduated into the high srlse.i. E1s : .s'o0
pupils shd they have instituted . nu-
nicipal government called the School City
IN tho government 10 hid duplicate %
every oesiCial In the government Of thecity
ni view y 0FAs ann NuDU8 WIZ 1ED WIL w
ONCE are citizens and pesforrn cittzsn' .
duty.
As the prtdlts on tho sale Of the Educatc,
are the only funds available for carrying
IN the busin NO Of that school city natu-
rally the enthusiastic citizsns have been
booming the circulation Of tho B6seasov.
Tho Comptroller and City Chamberlain.
who of course have charge % tho Edae8-
lOr's finances. were congratulating thsn-
selves over the prospect OF 40 increased
,udget. especially a. the recently tnsti-
tu,ed Department Of Charities was making
emphatic demaads FOR funds.
That's a wise little inEsitufiou. tina,
School City over In williamsburg. Nine-
ty-five per cent. OF the scholars are, either
foreign born or childrsn Ot foreign par
snts: excellent raw material upcn which
% impress some dsllnite knowIs&9e ~
civil government. No thought Mr.. o'Don-
nsll. whose ambition II 10 60 turn ont az
IN any pupils a. poNsiblCS with more than a
Vague notion OF how a great big city -
governed. SO he began some ti:ns ago
oryanixing the SeiioOi isso . munici-
patty.
shan was elected Mayo; A. Green
berg, Prs~idsnt OF the Board Of Aldsrn-=;
y. Raphael. street CHeaniag Commis-
sionsts Herbert Ling. Health Commits
sioner, and lsidor Aorrbn. ssecretary
to the Mayor.
whiIo tho various departmsnts were
being further created Ansl instituted
came along a snowstorm, which put the
paved court back Of this sohoOlhouse
out Of bsIsiness a. u playground. That
was wheIe y. Raphael. Street Cleaning
Commissioner. showed up strong. n
knew his jOb. He sent his ceputies down
into the basement instructnR them -
levy on all tbs shovels and broo,ns in the
jAnitoris and the Furnaces rooms. and
before the first teacher had arrived the
morning after the snowttorm Mast~r
Commissioner. with two OF three hundred
active boys. want doing H thing 10 that
snow in the court except conveying ~
by rapid transit ouS into 3osruni streed
Before school hour the court was shovellcd.
swept and nopps,d until looking into
II you'd never have . suspicion that u
ever was showed on.
All this activity had resulted "A
the building 81 a hank ~ snow on the
street which would bother the smaller
children Tbereupon the school cttS
street Cleaning ComntsyioDer wrote .
sharp letter Co the really and truly Com
missioner. calling his attention to the
unusual amount % snow in front ~
Public school g and pointing OFT that
Y
nd the first thing that the sure enough
street Cl@a ming Commlasioner did after
he had got through Easpng AZ the letter
wss 20 hIstl an extra squad Of white wings
into the neighborhood with instructions
70 do pretty much whatever they wsr~
told to do by = certain Master =. Raphael.
Who would probab 30 found Ia ore ~
the scboolrooms studying ous Of the thr~s
Rs
This getting into oficial communica-
ton with the real thing in municipal
government nightly encouraged the
school city and the Institution 81 add
tionsi departments and commissioners
went on rapidly One Of the new depart
nientN aK has been said. IN that presided
over nv the Commissioner 81 Charities
The school H. IN the centre of = not rich
population and a good many ~ the school
citi1sus appear On duty with somewhat
,yvsrventiiated shoes and stockings. Thess
are quietly noted and report made
thereon 20 tho Commissioner of Char
lies. who in turn presents his rapport -
The Board ~ Estimate and Apportlon.
mrnt and Nv this perfectly formal az
though executive proceeding many an
"veYV en- hated pair OF Shoes u cast aside
for - iai- ~ greater integrity
Then theTy. 10 the Board Il Magistrates.
1t winch Louis Cohen ~ president. zach
lgteruoon when tchOoI has bosn dts-
missed a Magistrate sits 90 hear conn-
ulaints brought Co HE attention by the
proper members at tho polics torcs
Ittsring up clean plaoe~ with waste paper
~ Who has crossed a street a. a danger
point ~ solemnly aTraigned. his case
heard. and " found guilty be 10 sentenced
10 some punishment. Perhaps he h not
permitted to indulge ina his fayorits plav
or he gsts an extra tour on the broom
Tha sanitary officers OF tho school CITY
find " erpsdient 60 vary somewhat their
duties from those of tneir Official modsls.
The real city provides medical eHaInina-
ton and health inspection for tho schools.
~ the school city health and sanitary
authorities concern themselves - -
their citizens phyxlqu~- n relation Ia
athlstiGz. New pupils 81 lanEuid scholars
are sncouYaR god io 'Chin- themselves nth
increasing frequency. daily tn practiS,
the high and the broad jump and likewise
20 shorten the length " time II takes than
to sprint xty JAr,is. and they get prac
tel reaIIiRa fnn arhnnl CItY'a tnAniA won