The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-30
WHAT STUDIES TO LEAVE OUT?
W tCkS INSTEAD or ~ 6GFS-
TONS FOR " HOOI BO tRD.
Herman Wet, tainl, Tries to show n
Public Meeting That Something Must
Ne Done TO Meet the slA .t<ss Budget
sut t:rrmanS Esp~ctaii, Excited

Public Meeting That Something Must
dut G-rmans Especiaii, Excited.
The assembly room Of ,h. Boa raj of
Education was packed to tn" doors last
night at the special public meeting called
to hear opinions AS tn what special studies
ought tn be cut ont Of the curriculum or
reduced IN supervision Ia meet t0e cut
OF the Board OF Education by IN. Board
Of Estimate The special branches under
consideration Were music. physical tram
INK. manual training. drawing. sewing.
cooking. shopwork and German.
John Greene. first president 81 IN.
Board nf Education. and chairman Of
The Commute. to cnn~i der the matter.
presided Tn. other members uf IN"
}. Harrison. Herman 4 Metz and Arthur
L. Som-rs. Although several dozen
speakers talked for three hour. only two
of them mad" any attempt Ia help 'h-
other spea k..'e4 -p.ni their time ln,nha-rIng
the Bnarh IL Tduration for thinking II
ting Hnv of the subjects and chair.
man Greene had 10 ~. his gIv-l CON
'mUously
Henry Ab.l.> I'll "a last Fifty second
street called down upon has head the
wrath II the assembly hv Suggesting tina,
Il anything had to b" cat nrtt ~ should b"
g poklnR and sewing Mrs Lillian B-rr>
had just Inadr' plea for the. education
Of girls III HON" economics thar they
might The better It" their SHARE IN the
hoIn" and get along with their husbands
If yea give IT. men II tn" highest ,.iu-
cation. r-tor'-d Mr. AH.le- they will b."
alb" "a get along with their wives Is they
are such "a roar went ny ~ that nat
Mr. Ah"l.- had 10 taxi" M scat
\ nigh rChouI '"hCh"r IImr.d 10 b.,
fee; and shouted ~Iuuo,. "a" In't
specs -r would have - cat down RI. ar
prnpria ion for women and CIV" the men
more physical ,rnining 20 that they can
handle 'h- women better That brought
inO ner uyruar
{ y Rowland representing the Public
Education A. sociaIion said tina, 4 any
,rI- had to l.. made h. favored reducing
NJ Appropriation Tor teaching modern
languages
Mr. llIlan f.tis said with grea,
fsrvor. Many girls don NOV IN" DIFF
ference between y straight seam and
bias on. az coUrs" that - all Greek to
yo.I men. hut beg Of Won. reg of YOU
let no spin, Of petty economy stop you
from amending the money necessary to
enable the girls IN becom. III wives for
10" men Won .duca'. IN he public schools
Form.- Comm; -1l,s- Na'. ',II Mrs
Poets hat she was not ',lNInG ~ IA" point
that III BOARD - E-rImsr" had cur The
IN" budget was passn'
and that rh"r" was No wAv to change y
Tn" point was what should be- cut n,,
81 IN" curriculum
II did no good Miss Catherine Blake
principal Of Public school A. quoted tho
United States Constitution a. - inalIen- |
alb. rIChTs Sh- SAID The children had
a right la th-s" things and IN. Board
of Education had no business ro consider
cirtInC ia "yp"nd,tur.,
II | were IN" Board ~ Education
sad Miss Blake. i would conrinu. AZ
the present rate and when rh.. funds gay.
our Id close he schools
Mr. Metz again explained the position |
~ N" board He SAID 'hrr" was no legal |
wav bv which The Board II E-rrmsr.
could reconsider '-vo'.
Couldn't IN. Legislature pass an |
aC:'- shou'.t Miss RIak.
Yea. said Mr. Metz
Then I don't think W. need consider ,
r-tor,e>I Mi-s Blak. and /
Green. had 20 pound his desk for
BRIDE
But the real fieworks did no, begin
until the subject Of cutting out German
was reached Then DR. Adolph Cohn
n Columbia sailed into IN. committee
He said that IN. principl. al stake was
ona ~ fiSIty Of educational policy. that
Z the Board Of Estimate w.r. allowed
n cut The curriculum AZ will thor" was
10 telling what they might do to- Mr.
Metz explained -osna mor. hut Dr Cohn
~oIldn'r listen 70 him. and the audience.
vas With Or Cohn
Evidently mos, 81 the audience were
Germans who had com. 70 protect their
native tongue They shouted when Her
nan Ridder said that ~ was "A scandal
o cut out the special studies tn. most
important Of which was German Pr.-i-
lent Srtro II the United German Soc,e-
ie- also mad" a plea for German IN"
Meeting nearly brok. UP IN disorder
shen som. one v-ntIr-d In suggest that
Ifter all German might no, b.. the most
important thing in 'h. world