The sun., 1918-10-26
HYLAN PICKS FLAWS
IN CITY LECTURES
Educational Platform to Be
Open to All Municipal
Employees.

cj,v institution. NJ LEARNING whosa cor.
.,. =, -.
'1'e"'eS INFORM 'ne'n tnat 'heE are 'aA-
ing the city's wage and giving made
quate return for IL. and to those rnunic.-
-, ,,. ,-,.. $500 .,
o
plumbers ana scow tenders whose dissat-
isfaction with their walks in life springs
from their realization that their true
place rs on the lecture platform. came
the opportunity of their harried lives
Yesterday when the Mayor indited ,
certain letter to the Commissioners OF
Education
II 10 the Mavors hal,ef tha, tho adul,
AZ we'll ma tho adolsscent n,,blic neahs
educating and IA this end he considers
no, tho nrassrt sv.,an, ., i.,o,,rns T.,
,ho r,,h,ic school., should ho ahotis,a1
ara .unn,an ,od iv Iac,,,rs comrsas =,
S.,ic, r,r,ad nd sxrar, o,,,. on'rio,.o :.
should lecture on their specialties 10 the
Tho Limitations ~ r.,rs,,r.r s,o,s
deny 10 students NJ lIterature tho corn.
,,,pnjco,io, 4, 10 on,ir.,y Ia. .ha 90
lowing iaueIs fro,, Tho cins,sr surpi,o a.
hest tbev NAV mar, ;c,,,ariv a, tho noiDt
uher his IIonor ,rd,ca ho,, ~ orn.
fessIonal force has n.,srad IN, lie time
IN WORT. snited bet,or IN o,dinary cIsrk..
For wears tho cj,y ba. ,nant thou.
sands NJ do,,,ra unon n lec,nro syste,,
in the emnloyment q, some good bmt
NAM ,r,ore dnuhtf,, Isc,urars u,hjIs ,he
CITY had in its emnIov a host Of educa-
tionsI experts In alnos, ovar,. snhere
OF human and intelIectusI activity Here
was n clear wa ste Of money and talent
The salaries raid such educational OK
ner.s no the nres,dents Of our colleges
professors. associate and district superin-
tendents examiners. auditors nrlncipals
Of training. OF high and OF grammar
schools are far in excess OF salaries paid
by the great universities OF Harvard.
Yale, Princeton. Columbia and other in
stitut!ons, even TO men of the highest in
tellectusi distinction. This splendid
force in our system has been allowed 10
work that any ordinary clerk might do
nero arc ne"' 'h""e
There should be n more vital CO.
cperation on the part OF our highly paid
educators Let them make more di-
rect contribution TO civic betterTent
than mere school work with imma-
ture minds or routine administrative
labor. Their teaching power should he
more widely serNiceable. and II so
would lead 10 more constant and In
telligent public service on the part of
the citizens generally In this way, TOO,
the people would get n more direct idea
of what the city IL doing. not only In
education but from experts In every de-
partment They would have an inside
view into the workings OF the city gov
eminent through the Law Department
the Armory Board, the Art Commission,
the Board OF Assessors, Commissioner
OF Jurors, the Civil Engineering Depart
ment, the Health Department, the Aqua
rum, the Botanical, geological and
other departments.
This would omen the way for series
OF highly Instructive talks that would do
zenship. and at the same time tend 10
force higher degree OF ef1ctcncy from
the c,ty's employees
EXT introducti""s'
I, lacking over the field the MAYORS
l,4an eve has not failed 10 light upon
tho ,attener M the public hin. who re-
caives an honorarlum OF 81 an intro
d,,c. for tnn unnecessary office ~ intro
llncjno their lecturers 10 the sovereign
nosn,T ne continues.
,.,,,ho ,,ndor ,e,char In tho biyb scbool
,,.bosn snnera ~ ineuance "a iipl,ad bv
49, 60 nail. n, IN. cIassroor, would
49, a,,,,o.,urt,,, % do hiogc, ,h;,,s
',,r,,ns ,,,hI,c racogr,tion In bro,Ior
mIi,,''S 49, i,,t,,o, 60. ~ w. -, n,
le'u ., al ,,,ot 10 ',rd
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