New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-16
Educational inequalities Great Under Present ochoc
System-Wnt Plan Gives Equal Opportunity
to Children of Rich and Poor.

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This is mart Of letter from Mr. Fox commenting upon
previous As the printing Of our correspondents @
full would practically fill this column and as large part OF II Is n
or the Gary plan we shall ourselves In this issue to
answering the points as stated above
Capital Expenditure of a School Not Greater -
about the Gary plan is u"S
school building call for larger capital expenditure %
ordinary building If Gary school were ou' upon 'e %
having reserved seat for every and then adding all the othe
Notwithstanding pools Fairgrounds gymnaums shophe gary
school building expensive than the ordinary co
As matter of fact however plan calls Tor only nan % many
90 tho ordinary school Consequently the money which under
the old plan put half the assrOom is released for othe &
.aI facilities and none Of facilities much as an Ordinary
We trust that our correspondent will develop his point in an
other letter as he says intends DO because we nave some very
terestng figures relative capital expenditure Oh gary
ordinary schools have been wanting Tor some e " nave
for publishing them
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Question ; which we said on February would elaborate
upon greater length in "a later issue We are eau " ~
Educational Inequalities Inder he Present system ,
All Of us are with the social and economic
present day. apparently few people realize now great are G
tonal inequalities this country and how insidiouSy n" SUN
eouaites are development Of true democacy -
In the o
education Practically all children attended the little red scoooue aN
because of existing conditions practically all chioTeh mao
do either in the shop around the farm and an
tho viloqe commons Now the fine thing about a' %
~ sbon and field and that gave all chiuie"
Ground of physical vgOr developed in them 'e % "
things and to think for themselves and 1t maze 'n"
liable - arr,od children Of these activi
ties which made healthy and strong and ntengen al" M
| % oy from them the playground and the small shop ana e
them only little red schOohOuse and 'ne @ Nv nS children
develop health strength, intelligence and INDUSTRY Os @ @ the
school seats hours day and then turning ' o So ~ con-,
CITY streets that is exactly what happening S; because
Of the children country is not haPpent ~ send
aco Of parents have the financial means never S
their children to public schools at all but pay lsrge sums u % [
waite schools keep their children all DAY! anu CIV 49,,
lion that will develop and strength and nisec -, %
Tbev do not send these schools to SIT IN schoo %
leS ~ ,v occunied in healthy activities all day long You
" rrate school advertisement with picture oil scoo 9eN
and small child it and the statement u ~ M trrv
90 this school he can this school seat al uaS' W 81 I
10 S 80 chose schools offer their patrons the use Of play
o,rds swimming pools, gymnasum shops science a -
~ and music studios ETC.; and they offer these opPO % 1t
ing d the educational background which all parents WIS"
their children to have -
CHILDREN OF THE MAJORITY NOT RECEIVING FAIR CHANCE
m tho parents of the majority Of children cannot AFFORD " sna
% t scboo and up present time our public schools
- grod children merely school seat education WIN nl'ee
for recess few minute week " T p I i that We have
after children are fourteen years Old Inc esui' y % W. n
tas, in educational opportunities which does not ausur well
for the future democracy Of this country
WRIT PLAN DEMOCRATIC
m ,, .tis about the Gary schools those who believe
- - v that the Writ plan founded first upon the belief 'ha
all the children the republic should receive inc h
reserved for the favored second upon the AFFINITY " get '"
advantages children. The Cary SCHOOLS are ' q" experiment
they are an achievement In democracy 800 -
The Gary actually do give all chhdreh pOOs gym
rasis and Fairgrounds and child uses them iorry' MY OF @
minutes a day. the evening adults can use 'er inc gay
Laboratories ana SHOPS ana every
child can fifty sixty minutes uay' ana W.
evening adults The Gary schools actually DO give
children drawing well equipped As I'D any private
school and the them for forty fifty or W minutes Gay
and in the evening adults them lhee us e
~ in Gary and City has appropriated enough money 70
% them accomplished takes time to make these changes
and it takes patience, but their ultimate Accomplishment " IN
in New York.