The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-10
ASK MAYOR TO SAVE
FREE LECTURES
Well Known Men Tell Of Reno
fits to People and Crit.
else Aldermen.
KISSES ENLIVEN HEARING

1ISSCS ENIlN EN- IIEAtlNi
Mayor Mitchell found ont directly ,.,
terday just what the public school 80.
lecture courses mean to the people ~ Oh.
city. At the end of public hearing .e
| asked how many OF the 800 MON ..,
women wedged into the Old Council Ch..r-
Der wanted him to veto the $4,000 ejt
which the Aldermen made in TIE ai,.ro
priatlon. The only right hand not waved
aloft was that of Stewart Browne. p-es..
dent OF the United Real Estate Owner.
Association.
Mr.. Browne in defending TIE Aldermen
| argued that many of the lecture. d,,.
with poetry and culture" whun ..
deemed OF little value in the WAY o,
practical education. His remarks wee
greeted with noises which sounded uk,
groans and Kisses.
The Mayor heard also an ardent plea
from Comptroller PrenderEast Tor the res.
toration OF the $1,000 salary Increases
voted to George l.. Tirrell and Tidcn
| Adamson. bureau directors hv 'h. Board
OF Estimate and expuuged from tae huIre,
by the Aldermen Mr.. Mitchell probably
will veto the lecture cut As 10 Tr.i
and Adamson, he has not made no la.
mind, although personally he tanks ,h,,
deserve raises from $4,000 10 $500
year.
Well Known Men Appear.
Fifteen speakers, with o,hors ready p.
talk, besought the Mayor u restors n,
| free lecture appropriation TO the origin.
1 figure. Sl4S,000. Among them were Lob
Hedges, the Rev. Thomas \ Thornton
OF the Church Of ST COLUMBIA. Robert
! Erskine Ely Thomas W ChurcnnI d., IN.
Board OF Education. Boroulh Pres teu,.
Marks and McCormick and Dr II,r-4 "
/ Leipziger, supervisor OF Ito lectur.
courses. Only four took the other sdo
Mr.. Hedges said that outside OF tie
Police and Health departments no c'ty
agency Is doing so much good .ov A
little money as the free lectures.
Better TO Increase the appropriation nv
100000 than to decrease il by one dollar
/ ne said There is no lecture course f-
the world. free or paid, that has SO CON
prehensive grasp on subjects reaches ~
many people or appeals g. peculiarly o.
! the uneducated mind This reduction
| jeopardizes our social growth
The lectures enable parents to keen
| pace with their children ana increase the
| circle OF human intoroS,. Tbe best exhibit
! could show a visitor To this city is ~
Leipziger himself, who directs them Tho
| lecturers are authorities In their ine.
| some of them couldn't boa hired c's,w4,rs
/ for ten times what the city paws them
| No greater harm could he done 20 the CIV
| than to set back this remarkable
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| afscienc,., mural anu M h'a'
| Ar E;l,. -, 49,. o,i,,i, -. --,.,-,.-,
| tho A,dor,,.ric ,,-,,,,',t ,' 49,, - ...l's.i
! lectura fnr rntbi,. r." -, 80 ~
persons who AN irs, - har ',.s n,'.p
/ talk are no, tho LInd ,,Eo -, 80,
| things TO say.
! A determined adyoca,, ~ s.,t.,,, io,,,,.,.
was II Artus OF DrooLi,r c.ba s'ia
I'VE sometimes .Iect an t'dcrr,,,, ha.
| cause he's a good fellow ar1 thny'ro 40,
| supposed TO have a great d,,l of rcrns
ment or Intelligence"
:" ''"'" H"""' '"s'n'
| Il suggest to some Aldermen VINO wan,
I TO know who lhscn Is 10 go to one of q
lectures and find OUT shouted sol Lth.r
VINO introduced h.msrE as "a foreigner
for the other SIDE stewart Browne was
inclined to be sarcastic lie said;
we've heard lot about poetry ere
uoh know mucA about poetry and 'h.'f
wou!dh dement, me at all 20 learn
Nha' wan To- hrtr ar" lectures "u
/ 'SpHo'H! ina VIII ht'p man % earn a