New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
per.ils in School
Conditions Stir
City's Mothers
.ex:e.;ng Of Children From
"a One Building to Another
rxuoses Them to Traffic
and Manv Other Dangers
uome Work Is Upset
parents Worry Continuous
ly Until Little Ones Ar
rive: Much Time Wasted

us.hers ali over the greater city are
..a,rs school conditions even worse
,han they were in the early fall.
n-.-.rewaed buildings have necessi-
....s shiftine children from one school
.sether. often compelling child
!. Asd been attending school safely
- comfortably near home to travel
,.rr distance to ssme oher building.
.x,ossd TO traffic dangers ard other
,srils which confront children in city
... II the mother accompanies her
.sudr,a to school Il wastes her time.
= ~ is unable to leave her home she
a-.rSs long, anxious hours worrying
sSsmt them until they return. Ether
~ II is hard on the mother. and the
s.shsr Is beginning 70 resent it.
srverv morning, when my little boy
-. 70 school" said Mrs. Sadie Krigs-
s.r s of 334 East Fifteenth Street, she
..rs .., 20 me, Mamma, don't worry about
s'-I will be all right But do worry
e. ean help it? He is only ten IF
!. ..uid 90 to school at the school near
10 he would be all right, but he has to
:. seven blocks away, and through
s.,ezded streets and past one of the
most dangerous crossings n the city.
NJ coarse. I worry Every time any
,.inc unusual happens | think first, 1T
L nv boy-a car has struck hini!'
rtsh he could 90 to school near by. SO
sould know that he is safe. asked
ss,u al the school where he should go,
int they said there we're so many boys
,olne TO that school that he could not
70 there. think they ought to have
s,sools enough for the children, so that
- mothers would not need to worry
al the time
No Room for Little Girl
Then my little girl cannot go to
..hool at all In September she had q
ulace. She WAS on part time, but that
rss better than nothing. Then | was
.;ck for a week, and | had to go to the
country, and she was too little to leave,
90 ! took her with me-. When we came
bsek ard ! took her back to school
.hsy told me there was no place for
hr-that some other little girl had
her place. Now she does not go at
sll ! cannot find any place where they
xil take her. Everywhere they tell me
they have so many little girls that
there is no room even for one more. so
she is at home all day long, and that
Is very bad, for she ought to be learn
ing, as she does at school. l wish they
would fix 1t up SO that children could
70 to school when they are little.
DO not think that they know how much
mothers worry or they would do that.
Maybe they do not think of the moth
er."
Mrs. N. Epstein, of 174 Eldr;dge
Street. has three children in school
and three separate home problems to
adjust TO meet the mixed schedules
which these children are on. Mrs. Ep-
stein has been obliged to give up work
ing in order to keep the children in
school, but if they all had the same
time and regular hours she could take
psrt-time work.
Mothers Home Work Upset
"My oldest boy goes at 8-they have
double session in his school, and so he
has to go and get through his lesson
early But the other boy does not need
70 90 until 1880. He must have his
lunch before he goes, while the oldest
.
20 you see there are two lunch times
for me.
But the worst time of al is for my
issle girl-she does not go in the
morning at all. And she is so un-
happy. She learns fast, and likes to
20 to school. and over and over she
ASKS me. Mother, why can't ] go to
school In the morning, too ?" for she is
only eight, and she does not under
stand.
But that is not right. Children
.usht TO 60 to school for at least five
hours each day. # they do not learn
when they are little they do not get
s,iong so we'll. Soon all of these chill
dren who go for only three hours will
os year two years behind, and when
hey must stop TO go to work it will
De hard for them to get work. And
Every year counts, too, if they are TO go
on and graduate. It is not right for
The city to make them graduate one.
or maybe. two years late"