New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-02
Mothers Feel
School Neglect
Cheats Pupils
Oyercrowded Glasses. Dirty
and Dangerous Buildings,
Part Time, Double Shift
Denounced by Parents
Education Is Suffering
" -
Failure to Provide for In.
crease Of Students in CITY
Anglers Anxious Women

New YORK City think CT the over
crowded classrooms, Of the dirty anc
dangerous school buildings? What re
lation has 2art-t me ard double shift
TO reading, writing aad arithmetic?
The children who are the victims Of
the Hylan school system. and the moth
e-s wao are worrying about them. have
very little opportunity to explain Il
the public Just what al this means L
them IN terms Of wasted time. disor.
ocred households and urstudied les.
sons. Trey can only tell their troubles
TO one another, an lodge their protest ii
the ballot box on Election Day. !
4 rioune Investigator. however. has
+ - Ked 20 few OF them. and VII tel
Their stories in these columns from
tine 70 time.
Dorothy goes 20 Public School So
! near Broadway. in the Dyckman Stree.
sectlcn. She is ROT quite eign. years
oio with blue eyes and faxen hal-,
and 2 name famous II American as
tory for two hundred years.
Forced Out of Classroom
IN the morning. when school begins.
We go for walk, because the IA Class
IS N our room, she explained. When
We are walking on. we Just 90 am
where. up Sherman Avenue and around
the streets-We tall and tell about our
creams. hen we come IN, we 20 TO
the auditorium and wait until or room
IS READY On. We just sit around and
tell stories while we wat Then We
have spelling and arithmetic ana o.her
classes Until II IS time TO 90 home at
. haif-past twelve. You see the children
'"'o so TO school at half-past eight. 60
nome at eleven, 50 We do not have any
body = our room after qua, rlnae.
In the afternoon we 80 down n the
yard and play games, for another els S.
s in our room. What do we play? On.
las. year We played Ring around the
rosy, and the other dag We PLAYED al
umbrella game. and i began rain. 50
tnat those who had umbrellas didr :
get vet. OF course, when i rams much
We can 90 inside somewhere rhoa
after we play games VIC have DINER
classes. and We come home al halfpas St
three
Dorotby's mother was distressed
abou: the waste q TING in this
schedule
"Dorothy's teacher said % ne .he
. ether day that Dorothy vas behind in
( arithmetic. and get shc nas 10 sre1d
all Of that tilne doing nothing when
she might be stu9yingH she pointed
out "Of course ii is al right . play
ganes. but these are not educational
eaTes- They arc simply to FL in the
tine. because the children haze 70
place to SIT and study. OF course the
teacner IS with them that IS. she looks
OF while trey play, but apparently that
is al.
PUPILS Marking Tire
How absurd Il IS to take children
tor walk the frs. thing n the morn
ing, might IS well keen DOROTHY =.
nome fer TIA. first hour. bat SIZE Is ex-
pected TO be e schoo: and 5 markea
tardy i sic is nor there for the va.
I he children have 20 carry al th4i-
books and wraps with them o. these
walks. .oo, for mere IS no place in the
school . leave t:,en.
now % the notaers feel abor. Z. =?
They feel hat i is not fai- Schoo.
must give child something more than
JUST what s N & textbook; j. rlue- be
Ia bits . mental orderliress cstab-
lishad. How can child concentrate
under such system
Il Know the difference. fo- have q.
oloer boy who went through the graces
before -hls awful crowdiny began. IL
"e-t % schcol III the god Ole
fashioned wav. There WIS scrt =
restfulness abou. i. L discipline. 700.
Re always knew what . expec- nexl.
Dorothy never does. Ana thu. IS 10
way for child % think ahou. schoo..
You car juss say fer r7c thai ne no-h-
ers are Disguised WITH ne whole
si.uation.'
Double Session Assaulted
The difficulties e the double session.
which Is just Is bad IS part ,irne. were
explained II al interview via lie
principal e Public School Is, q. =.
Nicholas Avenue and l56th Stree
Suppose there were four apart7r el-s
l-d sc families 10 80 IN lne,a." Ire
aid Now then. the Browns ma 20
away 20 the weekend, % the Smi-as
car Iva IL tne.- apartment for tre.
tine and. q course, tncY rsy not b
quite ready 10 move Wncr M Brow,
come back, Dur tne Robinsonz aiws-rs
60 TO The country fcr q izy or .wo trs
--st o. ne week, 50 the 2row-e ca
90 INTO YER partrent vtcr hey re-
turn. I'd b. ne -lne ,he Roo-slsors
ars Dscs again the Joreses ara gong
away for 3 Gay o. Two. AID 50 By tn
.rs. al Inc week tre Browns may r.
BACK IN -nelr own apart er-. you see
'Now. What Kind o. atmosphere car
on have ia rome Hs- hat Anc
school is Just .iae home. Haif d rs
education j. glvea b. atmosphere.
Nnlel has - e.Tec- or he child's c1a--
acieT lor- ate me set1a4 oo5k ie4ri-
NJ max oe torgorte.
re trouble Q: I mother whose chi
dren are obliged u 2 tsar distances
- schoo. were revealed ey Mrs Y
Lang. mother Ct Farny I'd France.
shif. Made il Hou9s
u Ave Z, SCI Wes, f60ta ~.~ees. a.a
!, IS 2 long walk dop - public Scnosi
&c" sre saia. - children 20 -
school a. 1890. are ont for lanch :.
l2;3C and are tack from l:20 70 3 \
.ittie lGter -ney nay rave = 70 or 10
5 80 tine, and that r,ezns sar.in.r -
cren up pretty ea-.y G. dark x..-sar
II rings.
i have 70 take them 10 scAo~., e~e-..
morning my Elf, ca, tos tho~, = 49,
a ternoon and Garry ter lurca =, 80
a. room. II IS Ike goir- - so1oos ~
SCI and i. doesa'. leave M ~ -,
l.: home '- ''-''e
We reed another zchoo, y, sors -,
nc nelgnts, and we need i baslv :.
lsnt rlghr 70 have the cai,dre- -.
70 scn@ol TINS Way. and an, rno.hs- I'll
'ei. 10Y SO. Inc mothers KNOW wra. :.