The New York herald., 1921-10-12
Open SCHOOL WEEK
IS CURRAN'S THEME
Republican Candidate for
Mayor Tells of Hylan's Fail
ure to Keep Pledge.
URGES PARENTS TO ACT
Tells Them to Inspect Class
Rooms and Observe the
Crowding.

Henry II. Curran. Republican coali-
ton candidate for Mayor. dealt with
the school situation in speeches del.v-
cred last night before the Kings Coun-
ty Republican Committee in the Ma
sonic Temple in Brooklyn and before
an audience in the Kings Highway
Congregational Church at Avenue p
and East Eighteenth street. Brooklyn
Senator Charles c. Lockwood. Repub-
Ecan coalition candidate for Comp
troller also dealt with the schools In
speech before the county committee,
exposing the deception perpetrated by
the Women's Civic Committee, in CO.
operation with the headquarters of
Comptroller Charles L. Craig, in send
ing out pamphlets telling about Mayor
Hylan's veto OF the Mullan teachers
salary bill.
Mr.. Curran declared that no matter
what Mayor Hylan does or how often he
induces the parents Of school children to
visit selected schools and shows them
spick and span classrooms he cannot
dodge the fact that he has not played
fair with the school children of New
York The Mayor may think he IS fool
ing the children, Mr.. Curran declared.
but he Is not fooling the parents Of the
children or the teachers.
open school week began yesterday"
said Mr.. Curran. THE parents Of the
school children of New York are asked
to come in and look over the schools.
hope that no citizen will neglect this
opportunity to get first hand information
of just what our school children have
been up against during the administra-
ton Of Mayor Hyian.
II hope that those wf,o visit each
classroom will notice the number of chill
dren In the class and also how many
different classes occupy the same class
room during the day. I hope that a
careful inspection Is made of the sani-
tary facilities and of the general up
keep.
1T will be observed that no matter
how much work, painting and scrubbing,
has been done In the last few weeks
a very strict enforcement Of govern
to make the schools spick and span for
this visit, there is whole lot Of
things which our school children need
and which they are entitled to but
which they have not got. And it is
a fact from which Mayor Hylan can
not escape that they would have had
most. II not all Of these necessities had
the Mayor given even ordinary heed to
his plain duty In regard to the schools.
I'm some locations the parents will
find good school buildings, and this Is
sure to evoke the wonder that all the
schools are not like them. But. one
swallow does not make summer. The
fine equipment in few splendid schools
cannot camoufiage conditions in the
city's total of 695 school buildings. The
Mayor must accept responsibility for
all OF them.
IL understand that somebody has
been inquiring very carefully II all OF
the teachers are working hard to show
the parents the best points about the
schools. and am told that there has
even been a rivalry started to see who
can induce the most parents to come
directly to the class room. am glad
to hear of this because while Mayor
Hylan may try. to fool the children, in
fact. may think he Is fooling the chill