The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

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The teachers Of the United States,
Joined In a great organization known
IA the National Education Associa-
ton, with members In remote Philip
pine Islands and the most northern
point OF Alaska. In the sod house
schools Of the Western prairies and In
the big universities Of the East, are
coming here early in July. The ".
T.. A. Bulletin. the official organ OF
the association. published at Ann Ar
bor. Mich, is preparing the way:
Everybody wants TO know New York.
From the time when mother used to let
us have the picture paper to keep us
quiet. up 10 yesterday when n%eighbor
BROWN, just back. told us Of the new
automobile fire engine he saw on Four
teenth street. we have wanted 20 see
these things ourselves. Popular songs
have dinned Broadway and the Bowery
nto our ears. Newspaper. book and
magazine have made the names Of
Gotham all familiar"
Even II she Is as lacking In "civic
pride" rs the citizen Of %Squedunk,
Wichita or Oklahoma City declares
she Is. little old New York appreciates
! this desire to be better acquainted
with her. The bulletin continues:
I'VE teach New York to our children
every ear. The country expects IT
. for New York is America in
all its aspects: social. industrial, liter
airy, artistic and religious"
And many whom she has welcomed
and entertained have gone away call
ing her the most un-.Americnn city
In the United States!
II Is II real pleasure to find u how
much New York offers to the student.
| No port in the world 'surpasses" her
hnrbor. East River il an american
Rosporus." The Hudson with its g X
tension forms "a waterway richer in
commerce than the Mississippi or tn,
Honng Ho." Even an old citizen does
not know how many educational edi
fces." skyscrupers. churches and club:
there are until he ees n list OF
them. In John street n "the Battle
Of Golden Hill that shed the frs
American blood In the war OF the
Revolution: In Battle Pass, Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, 'the hardest tightins
OF the battle Of Long Island was
DONE" Continuing with the memories
that link New York to the past If
OK the nation, We see every street
up or across this famous old city
paths Of patriotism and glory" New
York has always known this hut sh'
Is delighted when some n from tn
outside tells II.
New York in the past has had man.
overzealous press agents. To then
New York arose at sunset and wa
busiest at midnight. 1t was Away
a marvel to their country readers HOY
the work OF the metropolis was eve
done. The Michigan man calls nj
tention to these writer's, who depicte'
In "lurid color the vice and crime o
this great wicked city" and then II,
tiers this assurance:
|, This fantastic fog fingers in IN
minds of some who do not know Ne
, York. Forget tho myth. You arc az SAT
from wickedneM and danger as you ar
at homo. The New Yorker works In tn
2 day time and sleeps at night. The III
Is cleaner, steadier and more respect
: able than In most cities anywhere o
u. earth. Twenty thousand public scho'
teachers, several thousand more in otht
schools. Astounding churches. countle.
: societies for social welfare. an hone'
and efficient city government. and a
: industrious population. mean and mai
a home town. clean. safe n sane. TIL
2 Is the real New York.
Yes, the teachers will be safe
New York. They will be hearth
welcomed too, and moreover, the
will find that the explorer who pr
g pared the way for them has faithful
q performed his mission and truthful
J. reported.
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