The evening world., 1911-12-16

|~0w W. ~ stk~ m. ovsr tho
6nmA ehAnS q wAo had no knowledge u
=. 0omo q the questions asked IN the
Wh1te0ooWn 0ohool were proposed - Gle
~ 0euSsr - ne eighth grade.
81 was usslses. 70 svsrysAaAg
$3.50 sone the reply u auAne. We
alaFt AeA SAat PEI"
A ooant halt mile away the famous
RsvU1ue1onasy hattie Of Orjskany was
eDuGoA Thsfe y Q monument co0men-
ln<iAn0 and yAhe Ensnah under 81. Ledger
~ ~ fprt star us This battle aYcd
New York for the Americans. II took
place right ~ their door and the ohii-
drm diln't know . solitary thing sbsut
Il.
Outsids Il was raining. but the air vas
fresh. Rolling hills stretched away On
either side. This was the Mohawk VAL
Icy famed in story. Here wa the kind
Of country school advocated by Mayo
0aynor. In fsot here was the very school
he had hinsebf attended.
1as WY sub II ~ 10, LEI ne
02sSterbePe district school resi- IN
peaoe = continue ~ 10 has dono
Ter nearly . hundred ysexs. FOR
] Du1Dooeo Of eenpaSioon 10 aval1el
aetA1A6. 0etWssn - aaa Ne 4eW
Yest 0esy ssAeoi there 10 No con.
pex4ooo. You oaanot co1paso tWo
sDA1Ro1v Ai9ess1t thin6S.
Down 90 the east side II Q school
where nearly 5000 boys OF twenty Nf-
fefsnt races are learning TO be good
American c1tisens. To this school wset
the reporter. asking for a representative
pupil OF the eighth grade.
ENTER NATHAN. A DISTRICT A..
roRNev, AGED THIRTEEN.
The principal sent for th~irteen-year.
old Nathan Aronofsky. Nathan holds
the once Of District Attorney In ne
school s~elf.Governing system. While
Nathan was on his way down stairs
the principal. although he did not fear
the test OF the country school. thought
II. well to impress some facts on the ~.
porter's mind.
We labor under Q disadvantage n
this school, he said. we have the
care and instruction Of these boys 0ve
hours q day. The rest Of the time they
are subject to all sorts OF vile outssds
Influences. II IL remarkable that they
are able to learn anything good with
the surroundings.
ITO the right of us - the Cherry
HNl district. to the left II Chinatown
and in front OF Ms Is the Bowery.
Study that combination and write your
article WITH that. fact In view"
n there was any need OF apology for
the result OF the test whit the princi-
pal sa!d might be taken into account ~
an excuse. Probably from listening b
the o~ft-repeated cialm OF country
superiority he had come TO believe his
school was not as far advanced as those
upstate. But what was the actual
re~ilt7 The city school. despfte lie
| disadvantages. proved Itself the eQusi
he not the superior OF its couutry .
brother.
Young Nathan A.onofsky came ints
the principals ofrcc for the examinA-
ton. His case was no different from,
thousands Of others In New Yofk's
public schools. He had come TO this
country at the age Of four. when ne
entered school at six years. he could
not speak . word Of the English IAN
guass. Now he was thirteen and IN
the graduating GLASS.
AFTER siancing at the questions be
was asked to answer he smiled Up At
his principal. II Wish I could have
that for . graduation sxaminatton." he
said. Honest. teacher. ia come Down
late and 20 rome early"
ANsWgRep ALL ouEsrioNo TX.
cgP.T TWO.
WIN seesoAav aAy hsatatieA ~ -.
swerod Ell q eA0 Q~0e01ons oue tWo.
He dtd not asmep0eS that M was the
date when s1Avesv was INTRODUCED into
America. and ne 49, slipped On the
landing Of the PACssnfs in 1850.
1sV Ses ne gsass1a result q ~
tsst. W1a4 ~ Il new
n ne Asst place u DsovsA ~ a
city eeAool % lsaot ne eaNAl % ',
ne eeu1ASy seAeol. n peevoA ~
eaty odhool vastly Superior - ~
"dssetSiok skuie;" In Saot beyoo4
n compas1soa that eoulA ~
drswn from maserial % hasa.
There ere Just - many "faAs -
fyoths" IN the country. ne 0gaaoe
Of ne pwpils are not being "ovsg.
crowded." neither In the oatv ass d
The eountry. Things have eAaAgo0
since the Mayor was . boy. A1oo
the change 10 for the b0eeog, e
0ksstsSboso school II . type q ~
olasa Aays.
To b sure. there are hose who III
stili bark back fondiy 10 ~ '11Das
Red SCHOOL House on the fuo." 0Asy
will praise II on every occsssoo- TAoy
will tell how much better tAey ID
things IN my boyhood days" 1Asy
may wen write . o about Il. Tut
and here's the point:
We very romantic. Sus n as.S