The New York herald., 1921-06-18

report Is to crystalline these efforts into
universal demand for the public II
ultimately responsible-the schools vii
be as good as public opinion requires.
1.-THE committee Is convinced, as 4
believes every citizen will agree wher
| informed, that it would be crimina
negligence for the community to permit
our thousands of public school children
TO receive indefinitely their training fol
citizenship in dilapidated and disrepu.
table structures that are daily dcterior-
ating three times faster than they are
being repaired. This is no time for re-
ordinations: protracted discussion oi
who is or who IL not responsible for pas,
| neglect will not furnish the remedy
Now is the time to act.
"The present authorities alone can be
called upon and held responsible to de.
sist in this practice and TO provide the
solution. The appeal Is therefore direct,
ly to them, and 1t Is the earnest hope OF
the committee that it's disinterested study
OF these few buildings will serve Il
quicken the public to a full consciousness
of its obligation to insist upon the cessa-
ton Of unfuffilied promises and the adop-
tion by our elected officials OF prompt
and effective measures TO meet the emer.
gency."
Synopsis OF the Findings.
Appended to the report is the follow.
ing grouping by boroughs of synopses Of
conditions found in the various indi-
vidual schools investigated:
SUMMARY BY SCHOOLS.
MANHATTAN.
r. ). No. 10, 1i7th street and st. Nicholas
avenue: Badly In need Of repairs. Has had
| leaky roof for two years.
Erected ninety years ago. this building II
| still in service. 1t has had no repairs for
three years and Is badly In need OF them. It
ts dingy and dark. needing paint and genera!
cleaning. The sanitary equipment Is old and
IN shocking condition. Tho lighting is only
fair and the ventilation poor. The two rest
equipped and quite unfit for their purpose.
r. s. No. Is, 2a9 East Houston street :
Built eighty years ago. with an annex added
twenty-five years ago, this school serves
?,400 children. The rooms In the old build
reDsr re os ae u
fashioned but is kept In good order. Play
| space both inside and outside the school 10
the children'g wraps. nor is there decent pro-
vision for the teachers-two small locker
rooms and one couch for sixty-two people.
The school is not an ovecrowded one. how
ever, and there Is space on the top floor
where a teachers rest and lunch room
could be arranged.
p. S. No. is, aT2s Fifth street Built eighty
five years ago. with another building added
be torn down, as it is unsuitable In every
particular. Tho school is much overcrowded,
having $500 children and double session
from $3.50 to 4. In crowded and grow
ing neighborhood. the play space inside and
out is wholly insufficient. Rest rooms for
tho teachers are badly needed. Having a
fine principal and good janitor. the school
Is kept in good condition; above the average.
p. S. No. le, 2os West thirteenth street /:
Built sixty-three years ago. The school Is
not overcrowded, mainly because there are
six parochial schools in the vicinity. There
have bean only superficial repairs made for
several years, and the plumbing Is in very
bad condition. being wet and foul smelling.
Repair Of the plumbing was promised year
small. and all of them dirty and dingy.
needing repainting very much. There Is q
gymnasium. poorly equipped, inside the
school. but no space outside. Tho teachers
rest room Is dingy and has equipment.
The building needs renovation from top to
bottom.
p. 8. No. Is, 12l East Fifty-frst street /:
Built sixtysix years, and making use Of two
one story buildings in the next street. this
school accommodates 200 boys. 1t is over
crowded. too many children being crowded
Into small iish,ed TOomS ,a in Hntsastea
pair. Repairs of all kinds have been utterly
neglected for several years and the building
Il IN asploraols dep conHtton hYs az result N
lutely inadequate play space. both inside and
out. The teachers rest room has beon given
up for closet for the chidren's wraps. and
it is a poor place at best. dingy and having
no equipment.
p. 5. No. 10, 344 East Fourteenth street :
Built seventy years ago. this ancient school
serves 2,700 children. 1t is very much over
icrowded and has 10 part time classes. 1t
has inadequate and very poor sanitary equip
ment. There Is no suitable play space, in
side and out. and no street TO spread out
hood is a growing one. There arc two small
poorly lighted and ventilated rooms for the
use Of the sixty-e'ght women teachers.
p. S. No. &c, 1o4 Sheriff street: Ruilt al
most seventy years ago, this school is very
for about 5000 children and ten classes on
part time. 1t Is located In fast growing
foreign neishborhood. The building Is In
wretched sanitary equipment. There is no
indoor play space but outdoors there Is good
space. There is only one small room for the
use OF the sixty-eight women teachers.
r. S. No. 20, 2s5 East t25th street: Built
seventy-two years ago, this school serves
1000 children. There are 400 more children
than there are seats. which makes duplicate
sessions necessary. The school has sani-
dards high. There have been no repairs in
three years. II Is reported there are no
fire escapes and both the hall space and the
There is good play space inside and out.
There is no rest room and lunch room for
the teachers.
p. s. No. 81, b1s West Forty-fourth street:
Built sixty-three years ago.. the school
serves about 1000 boys and girls. Fire pro-
lection is good. Plumbing poor. out of re-
pair and dirty. Is really beyond repair and
a modern system should be installed. The
neghborhood is poor and there are no play
spaces. inside and out of school. nor any
closed street for the children. There are no
rest rooms of any kind for the teachers.
p. s. No. 81. 176 East 115th street: This
school. In an uptown, growing neighborhood.
has a registration OF $500 The building Is
about twenty-five years old. with an annex
built fifteen years later. IL In very much
overcrowded. Three sessions are necessary
crowded, as many as seventy pupils being put
in one room. The kindergarten. supposedly
to accommodate twenty-seven, has a class
of sixty. While the physical construction of
this school In fair. II Is badly In need OF re-
pairs, and there are no provisions for phys
ical education and recreation. What play
yard there is cannot be used az there are
four classrooms In the yard, and II Is con-
Is only one small room for the use OF teacli-
crs.
T.. 3. No. 10s, Lafayette street: Built
eighty years ago on loaned land. this school
is In rs bad condition as any in the city.
Rooms are small, badly lighted and ven
tiated, opening on courts, many OF them.
and all artlfcially lighted. There In n large
percentage OF defective eyesight among the
children. Condition OF walls is fearful, in
spite OF efforts of teachers 10 cover up dirt
and dilapidati,n. Fire escapes arc made
ouatc. The plumbing is OF the oldest va
riety and IL poor and evil smelling. The
play space Is insufficient. both inside and
out.
p. 3. No. Is7. bis West Thirty-seventh
street Accommodating ooO chfidr,n ,htr