New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
Girls Fashion Exquisite
Articles at East Side
School.
PRESENT GRADING
SYSTEM CENSURED
u. s. Bureau of Education Points
Out Flaws and Offers
Remedy.
BY HENRIETTA RODMAN.

Thousands Of pink rosebuds. hun
dreds of yards Of lace and ribbon, and
slender, pale girls fashioning exqui-
site things WITH delicate, flying fin
gers.
stood at the door Of the work
room Of the East Side Sch DOL for
Crippled Children and watched these
girls, denied the great human beauty
of healthy bodies, but creating lowell
ness.
Between and 3 o'clock in the morn.
ing the sta 8 make their rounds OF
the East Side and bring two hundred
crippled children TO the school.
Il is fine five story fireproot
building. The cla'srooms are much
more attractive than those of the ordi-
nary public school because they are
smaller and more intimate. There
are not more than twenty children IN
any class.
The teachers OF academic work are
supplied b. the Board of Education.
The building was the gift OF Emanuel
Lehman to the crippled children OF the
city, and n committee OF women pro-
lily burdened little ones.
1--WE are trying TO improve the phy 81
cal condition of the children. to train
them TO become seif-supporting and TO
supply them with work" said Mrs. NJ.
Heineman, the vice-president OF ne
school
"Thc girls learn to do beautiful
handwork, but most Of them could not
stand the strain Of working in az or
binary workroom, so We maintain our
own.
Each girl has her own chair and
stand especially adapted to her needs.
"The girls who are strongest work
for about seven hours day, five days
a week The are paid on the average
"a dollar a day.
"They are given diet, baths and
treatment, as are all the children IN
the school In summer they spend a
month or two at Oakhurst, \. J."
The East Side School for Crippled
Children is one Of the best schools |
have ever seen. It is founded upon
recognition of the needs Of the chill
dren, and not upon theory or tradi-
tiou.
The vocational training is excellent.
The embroidery done by the girls IS
not less than marvellous. was told
that the workroom IS practically sell
supporting.
i've are a little short Of orders just
now" said Mrs. Heineman, as she
showed me delicate bits Of trousseau
that might have coTe from Paris, but
comes instead from the East side
School for Crippled Children.
Here's suggestion, and net an eN-
.,thov HaNa a lipan gov n
made at the Manhattan Trade School
and then have some bits OF embroidery
added TO il by the crippled children
dear little spinners in the sun.
Their telephone, by the way, is Or
chard GAIA.
The United States Bureau OF Educa-
tion at Washington has just issued a
report on high schools and colleges,
which says:
"As the art of grading now stands
grade conveys little meaning. 1t mas
meaning. doubtless, for the person
who gives II, and possibly for the one
who receives it, but il goes little FUR
Their
And the years we waste, and the
tears on these worthless marks. why
rot try doing without them? Some
of the best teachers do.
There are some disgusting rumors
of attempts by local politicians TO mis-
use the public schools for their private
advantage.
If there is any truth at all in such
reports II IS important that citizens
who desire the welfare Of the clty's
children should look into the matter.
We need a league for democracy in
education. with forum for tho. free
discussion Of school affairs By all IN
terested citizens. inside the schools and
cut.