New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
BILL LAID TO TEACHERS
Justice Deuel. Hits Scheme to
End Chi|dren'S Court.
IoBS FOR PEDAG0GUES
charge Made Against Judges in
School Principals Brief
Branded as False.

o... oroatest little joker in the Legislat-
q. was discovered yesterday. is As
ti,nan Aaron J. Levy. who cracks
hin for Charley Murphy in the lower
IN, a., Albany. Vt the present time he
f,,bering two bills, one calling for the
,,.hr,ent Of the Children's Court. and
otber for extending the Children's
'....r, IN every hamlet. town and city in
tote In appears that every one who
,,r5iod the little ones who transgress
= 49,. iavs favors the second measure. This
Am was prepared by Justice NJ. deuel.. OF
80. court Of Special Sessions. However,
has come forward to speak for the
,.r mitch seeks 70 destroy the Children S
coor, EXCEPT school principals, who have
,hi,ions 70 wear the sable robes OF the
judiciary. ,, -, -.
.,,oacues with having done more than
- other member of the judiciary in
sr,,ging about the establishment OF the
~nu5-en's Court. said that he was sure
,ssar,hIvnan Levy had no serious inten-
lions when he introduced the bill which
.,r,s AZ wiping out the Children's Court
nd substituting in its stead so-called
o.udren's bureau. TO be made up Of school
,-,ncipsls and superintendent who have
hod az least eight years training as peda-
gogues.
THE measure is unconstitutional 10
,osin with" said Justice Deuel.. and II
will never he reported out Of the commit
Tee So far as am able 10 understand
:. was drafted by some school principals
,to want 10 lay aside the rod and rule
ard other insignia Of pedagogy and don
the sable robes of a Judge. That IS all
there is TO Il. II is too absurd TO discuss
further.
"rt Is one Of the most asinine pieces or
LEGISLATION l ever heard Of" was Ernest
y Coulter's chara cterization Of this school
n-incipals' bill II see by their brief that
these principals want 10 punish children
,or ,riNing offences. That is not the spirit
- mr. civilization. The school principals
,eu the truth in their brief when they say
that there IS no standardized system Of
enlistment (for the youthful offender
M, they are wrong when they say that
This is a serious obstacle 10 effectiveness.
The only reason that I can see for all
this fuss is 10 try TO create five fat Jobs
at $3.50 each for some over-ambitious
school teachers. These men would do far
better 70 devote themselves to improving
,belr English. rs witness this excerpt
from their brief: The bureau and the
board are each given a voice instead Of
wasting their time in politics"
Mr.. Coulter. who * the father OF the
Big Brother movement. which has regen-
Grated thousands of boys who fell afoul
of the law. branded as false that part Of
the school principals brief which attacks
the Justices Of the Children's Court as not
doing the work properly.
THE five men who are doing that work.
Justices Hoyt. Ryan. Deuel.. wilkins and
Mayo are eminently suited for their task,
and an understand the psychology OF the
little offenders arraicned before them"
At the hearing on the school principa! s
Bin before the Assembly Codes Committee,
on Wednesday it was charged by op-
poneuts Of the measure that ii was
drafted by Edward Mandel. a former law
PARTNER Of Governor Sulzer. and that
Mandel wanted one OF the $500 jobs for
himself AS ne was at one time school
teacher he would be eligible.