New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-09
100000 IN SCHOOL ARMY
Father KniCkerbOCker Faces
Biggest Educational Task.
100000 PART TIME PUPILS
One Lone Little Boy Denies
Mother and Is. Escorted to
A B C's by Police.

When the doors Of the public schools
opened YESTERDAY rnorning the biggest
army of children that ever confronted the
school authorities was ready for busi-
ness Like the old woman who lived In
tho shoe. Father Knickerbocker saw 80
many children no didn't know what 10 do.
At least an eighth Of the great thronS
could be taken care OF only partially.
There were supposed % be about 1900
ready for enrolment when IN" sch'o'S
started. AZ O'Clock az that number D.
tween ooo and 10000 verc estimated as
part-time pupils. The parochial ana cor
porate schools took care Of an additional
5000
For a period 81 twelve wears the part
time problem has been one OF Inc KNOT
test In the schools. and now special
committee on part time. composed OF
John Il Haaren. william l.. Ettinger ana
Nr.s Grace g Strachau. has evolved q
plau which Il is con,eudod vii reduce
the eva more than one-half
-Four new elementary schools were
opened yesterday. one IN Manhattan. an
other On Tho Bronx and two n brook-
Ivn \ new addition in The Bronx ana
ON. I'm Manhattan also Ucrc ready Tor
rsc Resides these there were two high
schools organized-thc Julia Richmond. IN
Manhattan. and the Evand"r 'hllds' IN
Tn. Bronx. Fourteen additional sruct-
uros are now in course OF construction
and are expected TO be opened before the
end OF tho year.
There were loo new elementary schoo'
teachers and loo high school teachers VINO
hogan the year. aEi between now ana
D.coubcr 1 there viii be COO or iop addl-
tIonal ones IN the system.
Not all the schools I'm operation we're
~, Land nor we're they all for the normal
child Glasses for the tubercuous were
resumed on three ferryboats. tied up 10
piers on the East River, and on" IN
Rrooklvn waters Additional places OF
instruction for children thus affected
were resumed at the Vanderbilt clinic az
schools lss and &c. in BROOKLYN. ana az
the Sea Breeze Home.
when the Board Of Education meets
tomorrow. after IT'S summer recess II
is expected that IL will take up az once
tho plan devised for the reduction OF
mart time. In brief. this calls Tor the
cutting short By one hour Of the class
day OF the FIRST year children. and oy
adopting a double session plan OF h'e
/ hours instruction for each session
The congestion is greatest In Inc
Rronx. where 5000 children have beer
J On part time. while in Brooklyn. "hicr
has a much larger registration than Inc
Bronx. there have been 1000 on par
| time.
! The special committee contends ina
conditions can be- remedied permanently
only through the construction of an ade
/ ouate number OF school buildings. al
other devices being only temporary *
periments
/ Every school district i'm The Bronx u
said to have pupils on part time. as wei
as in Queens. and I'm Manhattan twelve
. out of twenty-five districts are so anect
cd and in Brooklyn ten OF the fourteen
report badly crowded conditions.
I'm nt least one instance Yesterday I'M
strong arm OF the law helped to lana
refractory youngstcr In school captain
Sullivan, of the East 9th street station
hclped mother drag her six-year- OLE
son 10 Public School &C. Kind words
Mus parental warnings. did the trick at
ter the youngster halted on car track