New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20
TEACHERS HEAR
GARY PLAN PLEA
r,;ends Meet Opposition
., Greenwich School
League Meeting.
sysTEM EDUCATIONAL
ANARCHY. SAYS FOE
Encourages Creative Work
without Supervision Is Fear
Of Vocational Instructor.

ne Gary plan Of work study and
49,, the public schools was discussed
p. do 81 meeting Of the Green
~, s.,ool League in the Hudson Set
-. ss Leroy Street Despite the
cts and eXpositions Of Mrs
80. Barrows Fernandez, director OF
=. vo,atonal Educational Survey and
-. y " Nudd. director Of the Pub
r3,.ation Association, the majority
.s,hs many school teachers and prin-
-. Who we're present refused to be
I-~,-,ed Fear seems TO rest in the
..,,s,s' hearts that the Gary plan
80. a reduction in their force. Mr.
y.5s spoke on this, saying
q, IS being said all over New York
M Wit. author Of the Gary plan,
-. 70 have the force OF teachers re-
800 10 per cent never heard him
:. hat Il you take an average class
IT, q, q scventy-two class school
"A work on the Cary plan you will
.,,s 10 per cent less teachers. That 49,
. vou keep the classes at forty. But If
-. enlarge them or decrease them the
,,-eertage changes.
Faf an not interested particularly in
=. economy Of the Gary plan, which
-. bsen advertised as one Of its feat
-.,s . continued Mr. Nudd, mot be-
80. $50 II makes a cheaper school, but be
.us, look on 10 as means 70 de-
.'r.S end and because Il can be got IN
80 our c.ty's financial ability. Also 1t
90 great educational value. There has
s.,r ar increasing demand FOR play
,,og,6s. shops. swimming pools and so
:, Y YOU believe these are good things
q, children. then you must take into
,.-s6erstion the financial situation
Calls Plan Panacea-
An opponent 10 the Gary system was
JotpE Z. Wade, principal Of School 95. at
gsus,on and Clarkson streets. Although
N, Wade svowed he was not IN favor
n any particular system-Ettlnger,
Vir, or what not-he named certain
directions" to the Gary plan, prefacing
hs remarks with:
The speakers for the Gary plan
would have you believe something is
,,sIeally wrong with the New York City
gbools and that the Gary plan is a
,srseea FOR all ills
He said New York had had the Hahness
sYperts a few years ago, and now the
,ty was asked 10 take over q scheme
10, Investigated by experts and not un-
cuaihedly indorsed by the superin-
,,ndsnt Of schools in any large city.
h said Investigators had pronounced
rood In spirit. but they had not en-
,sssized It's academic work. The Gary
.Ipsriment now in progress in twelve
grorx schools would cost $1,000. 900,
rd he thought that was sufficient ex-
yrment. and 20 put the "untried'
Cary scheme into operation universally
would be Calamity"
Mrs. Fernandez characterized Mr.:
Wsies speech as "a fair example Of
he misrepresentation of the Gary
pin.7 and referred 20 his statement
Ia, It was supposed TO be a cure-all
as an unworthy attack
Are we going 20 stand here and say
vsvont Try anything new ," she asked.
last summer we put $4,000 into
schools for a new plan, but II wasn't
he Writ plan. The Writ plan was de
tered and deferred until June. At last,
through force Of public opinion, the
Htsme was tried out in The Bronx.
w. Wrt had been here since August,
1914 Is that a fair trial ," continued