New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-23
600 Get Titles at Board
of Education Meeting
Only One Objection.
p. ). 100 TO BE CALLED
"BARREN ISLAND
ISritors Cut in Wages AsSailed
by Commissioner in Warm
Discussion.

No longer Will tho schools OF New
York be known, for example. IS No. I
or 70. 81. for the Board Of Educa.
t'or Yesterday took action 70 replace
.tc numbers with names. Nearly 500
Elementary schools received their
t.'i~- ~ yesterday meeting. only
p gle member Of the board raised
-a objection 20 tho project. which was
H'e1 M N answer % 4 request from
.f~ Board OF Supcrin,cndeuts on De-
comoer IS. 1915.
ra was Frederick Bruckbsuer. and
10 as served only month. The sub
lection Of names Tor numbers. be
.r. red. would merely mean the ca
.e ture Of a large sum for bronze
.-p..ts containing tho now titles, and
..r people. he con.-rdcd. would con
'rt 20 call the schools as they have
called them by numbers. 4
number Of the names. he suspected.
bad been gathered from a perusal Of
ire telephone directory or the tomb
stones in Greenwood.
One Will Be Barren Island.'
Commissioner Bruekbauer may b.
right in one respect, for in the future
Public School 100. in Brooklyn. will
bc blessed with the enduring title Of
Barren Island School.
Names were not ass gned 70 all the
,Gools, and until the designations are
comoleted the buildings will be known
B.. leir numbers.
Nrother objection 70 the new plan
canc from the New York Peace Soci-
etv. which thought u would be nice ~
tte names OF soldiers and sailors be
stripped of their military titles in the
interest Of peace and the development
OF proper Ideals m a mon military
Ronublic"
OG!y three persons still living have
been honored M the scheme. They are
Thomas A. Edison, whose name viii
adorn Public School ~, m torty-hrst
Street: Guglielmo Marconi and Cen
cra George W. Wingate. well known
member Of the board, for whom Public
School 40 will be named.
Seventeen Chose Lincoln.
There was a deal OF strife in tho
election Of names. and seventeen
chose Abraham Lincoln. Bat in this
instance Brooklyn won over 10 Man
haitian rivals, and the martyred Pres
dents name will adorn one Of that
borough's structures.
Many Of the names chosen are or
literary significance, such as tho
Dante. for Public School III. or 81 his-
torical trend. as the Patrick Henry,
Public School III. Some are taken
from the situation or the buildings, as
tho Aston. Public School So, or arc
ramed in Difference 70 former teachers.
The new list contains names for lib
Manhattan schools. az In The BronI,
50 In Queens. % in Richmond and l6l
20 Brooklyn.
AsssiI Janitors' Pay Cut.
This Board Of Education is running
ID .wcatshop system IN connection with
.ts care Of school building" SAID
Commissioner Thomas VI. Carroll.
ION vas violating the eight-hour law,
tho prevailing rates OF compensation
and the Civil Service regulations.
Thomas ". Churchill, ex-president or
tho board objected 70 tho proposed
CHANGES on the grounds that few, "
any. II the members understood Them.
IS the present mode Of janitorial
c9muensation, tho janltor either re-
,siree a lump sum and pays his help.
.. o- is paid an annual salary and
ts.r his helpers from tho Civil Ser
tICc 81. but does not pay them. One
lig lily with this method OF payment
h. cen tha, there was no fixed sum.
r. vas mentioned that former ianitor
-ecei, ID $4,000 a year Under the ne~
c1n1 lions. If they are adopted, none
r.l 20 paid much more than sl,59s an
ruaUr. IN most cases the salary vii
30 aatly reduced
suggested system is somewhat
,.. ok Commissioner Leo Arnstein,
... as been on the committee which
.. ad charge OF the matter, said 'hs'
I-to. it man received A definite rate
.I uayment for definite WORK
,r,-missioner Arthur s. SOmers de-
Glazed that By reducing the psy % the
.a~'tcrs cheaper grade Of worsnen
,,r..J be obtained and the lives Of tho
,.-.'.on endangered. After more than
ego ours Of discussion IL vas voted IN
... -.e matter over until the next
l..g.
Pensions Considered.
Wrethor the board should ADOPT a
ion approving Of the reorgsn-
tr. eschers' pension fund was an
Olga question Of the afternoon. Most
.f .-- members wanted % approve the
rcv mango, which provides for the
..t..e nent Of teacher after thirty
&c sars o.. service or IN case Of dis
40 81 after twenty years, and tha, the
hall ..Lo ova> ,he eYfs finO 70