New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
Quotations FUTURE.
Decision Necessary Between ciNs
Present System and Gary Plar.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The New York Board Of Edu1as,
has before Il for speedy settlement vhI
Professor John Dewey has recently ehaae
terized as the most momentous question re
garding the future Of New York City thr
has occupied the attention Of It's cities
for a long time. The question concerns D.
introduction of the Gary or Writ plan lns
the public schools Of The Bronx OF u
$4,000 public school children in The Br'r
only $4,000 can be accommodated In u
present schools. In order TO meet the str
alton the Board of Education has asked ~
100000 TO build two new schools. Thss
schools will accommodate not more than 81"
additional children.
By the time these schools are eomplehl
however, the rapid growth Of population W.
have made the problem of congestion
pressing as before. Even after these eo'''
schools are built there will be as NAE
children on a part time schedule as nsn
are now. TIE present methods OF msenH'
these problems are, therefore, like ming
bottomless pit. The capacity Of the 'en'''
will never catch up to the population =
very large percentage Of the children OF rs
Bronx, as we'll as Of the other boroughs OF "
city. will have permanently to suffer ~
tilated and hurried schooling.
The work planned now before the b'''.
on the other hand involves the spendins !"
$500 900 in the remodelling Of twelve en.'
buildings along the lines OF increased y
ciIities IN recreation and vocational ana "
cnti6c training 50 successfully carried 80
AZ present In the schools Of Gary, NOISE
This scheme. with its ingenious utiliiauS.
Of the extended school plant, VIII prO''~
accommodations al once for $4,000 ehl'0''I
or a greater number than may be e1pee'''
to require schooling in the district 10, =,
era, years to come. In other "oras' 81,
BOARD adopts the Gary plan it Will DC 49, w.,
al a saving Of 100000, TO aeeommOS U.s..
* ooo more children, for whom, aeeO''iI'
to the present methods, st less' 81
schoolhouses would have to be Du"'
cost of nearly sS,OOO,OOO The Gary !. pc, -
therefore. saves for the city over sz'OOO, -
on The Bronx schools alone, "nile 'n'
aror have the advantages Of a muen mV''
varied and stimulating education 'HAA
present schools are able to proViue, .,o,,
The decision Of the Board is' tne at. q.
ino hec.use il will designate the -
nv - nrbIi, school education Is "
take in this city for many yeSiS .os;ly,
The issue is a clear one between nuHs
ineffective and archaic seheme oc,,ss
edrcation and an economical, GEM. 4.
ond biohlv efficient scheme wnleH 80 IRE,
I'D soIyed the vexing problem ~ ..,is,
20 Tbs New York Board OF Eal'S c.,
S 800, o,,sadv shown its approval OF tn "oa ', ,.r
n To- Nv recently appropriating SiOO IS AZ /,
additional facilities in PUBIC 80 Of shs
The Bronx, where many ieS'siS .,r..sssfsl
Carv scheme have already been IN s.sryisics
oneTation all winter, under the wI Apgels
~ Mr.. Writ and the principal "''
Patri. .a,cs,ors should
a. poard see in no unni q.
terms that the public realizes tne " Tbsy
terms .;nn;scanee Of this decision ..,ss.
'ue demand. at once, that IN tns s,,,,en.
s.o us.;ert modern education. gooo .eOn.
shin. as we'll as the plainest nmaarirt,ndsui
omv this money for which SUPP .sn rerOd'
wiz, asks shall be granted loi ~. Broni
Hing Of these twelve schools o o. pouRNE.
Nov York June II, 1915.