New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-07
Peak Load Education Unpractical-Schools Must De
Changed to Meet Needs OF Children Today
Cary Plan Unloads Peak Load.

, Madame There has been great IateI, the
% hI and forth some serious What has all this TO 40
with the Gary giving better education TO '"" p ~ Of
rs want 70 know uha, the education OF the hdre" j"
this ,,i,,, = rR,\tIs"
This department inclination for discussion
the political the New York Board OF Education III o
niion such discussion merely serves with the
public blinded and rather choked by the dust OF
yersy likely forget the real question at stake ana ur" away
disgust from he who subject
The Real ISSUE
The real issue to-day this Are the schools
the past needs the children of to-day
people this city realize that such changes for the goc the
only through the cooperation OF all mem
hers of the community? political fights will find their proper Level
way clear for real accomplishment If not New YORK VIII
bring about educational charges which
place all the the next ten years
Education Impractical
The trouble present system that ignores the
conditions of modern city life.
ignores that the modern has deprived children
important their ducationhat is wholesome work
play Second refuses recognize that can never return to
children the these opportunities Of wholesome work and play we
their education peakod basisthat IS by making them
all study at the same time from a. M to p M and t"en turning 'e
play,
public Libraries churches Such distribution of the children
library and playground loaded beyond
hours Of the day and running at total loss at other
public utility the city is this peak-Oad basis. We
had built cities that could afford
public lighting and waewoks and telephones and
parks and hotels and theatres them the principle OF the
multiple facilities that let other people these
facilities did them Imagine city trying
transportation system by people subway be-
9 they should elevated
every the while
subway and surface cars stand vacant again.
every the buses but the subway
course those circumstances could
have transportation system at ALL because the peaoad would be made
great possible each Of these facilities time,
stead of being distributed as it is at present
The public school system, the other hand. basis that
put a transportation system Of business week.
the Peak-I o Fit Place Children
adults subways and lighting and telephones be-
the of them
our development
only way getting by permitting multiple
of each facility that is by letting other people ride
when didn't
things which necessary make the place for adults live
have spent little time and thought how
which would make the place children
The best proof Of this Is that NE hare not made the city ut place for
children get
ting for wholesome work and play and did the
imperative need Of these activities for children until the police courts
juvenile delinquency made realize that
something with the which children being brought
the city Whereupon children opportunities
play so we spent $5OOOOOO Fairgrounds thought had
duty Then realized that they needed opportunities
healthy put few shops into the schools and also
spent S1OO00OO0 audtoriums.
kept adding facilities for children,
ignored the fact that Dder the they couId
possibly them ercep small fraction of the day.
they usch them all at at aH
Gary Facilities Distributing
the Gary people
New York City have Fairgrounds workshops
that already have opportunities for study
play children. That perfectly But the point
except a very day for limited
number of children.
The distinguishing plan is that it makes work
study and play for all children practicable because it distributes the
all of them applies schools principle that
adults applied long ago to our adult institutions.
people the time has come when the
community must for its sake child world the city
healthy joyous manhood and woman
hood? Second believe getting job
done effectively have done the job of creating adult wcrd
for ourselves in the city?