New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-01
CITY MAY SUE SCHOOL
EXPERT; REJECTS REPORT
Estimate Boards Committee
Saws Professor Moore'S Work
Is Not Worth Printing.
HIS CRITICISMS SEVERE
.Wil Welcome Suit" He Re-
torts, and Charges Commit
tee with Seeking to Re-
write His Findings.

tee with Seeking 10 ne
write His Findings.
The investigation and report of the or
sanitation and methods Of the Board OF
EDUCATION and functions OF local boards
made under the auspices Of the committee
an school inquiry Of the Board Of EST
mate and Apportlonment by Professor En-
nest c. Moore, of Yale, education eX-
merit. in which the schools and the Board
of Education are submitted to severe
criticism, have been rejected by the COM
.ruittee as valueless.
The committee on school inquiry, con-
dstlng Of John Purroy Mitchell, chairman
president Of the Board of Aldermen;
william A. Prendergast, Controller and
cyrus c. Miller. president Of the Borough
~ the Bronx. submitted Professor
Noore's report to the Board Of Estimate
YESTERDAY, accompanied by long IePoi'
Of its own In which It gives its reasons
FOR characterizing the investigation as
worthless, and saying it contains gross
mifstatements Of facts.
The Board Of Estimate received the re-
mort OF the committee, and adopted a
Recommendation made by it that the Cor
,,oration Counsel be instructed to invesu-
.e.ts the law and facts in the matter and
IsAs II the amount paid Mr.. Moore for his
work. amounting TO approximately $780,
can be recovered.
Estimate Board Fought Facts.
$780,, Nyoors's rAport is one Of sew
sral authorized by the city government by
resolution introduced October Is, 1910 The
resolution calls for the employment OF
experts 10 study the operation OF the
New York school system, with the object
of estimating the proper amount OF ap-
propriatons TO be granted the Depart
ment OF Education.
II appropriated $4,000 in the budget OF
is11 for this purpose. calling for reports
on the organization, equipment ana
methods, both financial and educational
Of the Department Of Education. Inc
work was placed in charge OF PROFESSOR
paul n. Hanus, Of Harvard, and Protes-
,sor Moore's report was 70 deal solely
with "the organization and methods OF
IN. BOARD OF Education and functions OF
ZIG ONoAN -
local boards
According TO the special report Of the
committee, Professor Moore's report rs
pregnant with unsupported conclusions,
unsupported generalities and unsupported
charges, and at the same time aoounds
in rnisstatements and error, for wnich
reasons II has rejected the entire docu-
ment as wholly unworthy OF serious con-
sideration."
II mas submitted the report TO the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment in PROOF
form, considering the printing Of 1t
waste Of municipal funds"
Wholesale Condemnation.
Mr. Moore in his report, which Is on
file, open to the public, in the Offices OF
the Board of Estimate and Apport!on-
ment declares that the school system
OF New York is an inbreeding system
there is a fence about it." He further
declares that the many headed system
made UP Of the various branches OF the
city government, is in constant struggle
with ;he Board Of Education as TO What
the law is. and what must or must not be
done and is thoroughly incompetent 10
administer the schools Of the leading city
OF the nation, is all too evident
THE method by which New YORK Guy
administers its schools is that OF the
paralyzed arm" he continues. AT another
point he declares: The fiscal authorizes
OF the city seem to hold that the schooi
system is in all respects a suoorulha'o
department Of the city government ana
sin fact, the schools have been almost
as completely annexed TO the City nan
as they would have been II the proposed
new charter had become the organic law
Of the city,"
These and other statements the speciai
committee considers in detail In its report
Of yesterday, declaring them valueless be-
cause unsupported by facts and specihc
instances The committee also declares
that errors Of fact have been found IN
the report where 1t bears on other de-
partments, and that even certain quoted
tables OF budget appropriations and the
like are entirely incorrect.
1t, therefore. considers the report ootn
inaccurate and lacking in the proofs Oh
facts for the accumulation Of which FRO
lessor Moore was employed hence Con
siders that TO publish the report WIFI
others OF the series would be to cast dis-
credit on the entire investigation.
IL considers Professor MOores fallugs
20 do the work for which he was specin-
eAlly employed justification Tor an elloFI
70 secure the money already PAID hlTn'
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.l
New Haven, Conn, Oct a.-According
to Professor Ernest c. Moore, head OF
the Department Of Pedagogy. Yale, the
work OF annexing the schools OF the city
OF New York 10 tbs City Hall, goes mer-
lily on. The professor, who fought the
civ government Of Los Angeles for sew
sral wears in a combat similar to the
one in which he is engaged with New
York's Board Of Estimate, says he well
comes the threat to bring the matter OF
his report into court He also refuses to
allow the Board Of Estimate to rewrite
his report for. him. He says his report.
which the Board of Estimate has tried
10 suppress, will be printed and circulated
In New York City. He dictated the tol-
lowing statement this evening:
This is a favorite method Of disposing
OF an unwelcome report II has never
yet succeeded In suppresslng the truth
Ny investigation was made under DEFINITE
Instructions from Professor Hanus. My
report has been examined and accepted
BY him. II was very carefully made, and
IS correct as the questions Of the Board
Of Estimate themselves show.
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