New-York tribune., 1922-11-24
gy Nj. Jay Racusin

uor soar Is the city to be doomed
!. re part-fiTne and double session
ID its public schools, and how is
soged to check the havoc being
.,scs upon the education of large
..sioa OF Ks school children under
i esniitions described in The Trib-
Is series Of articles?
ne writer does not pretend to offer
i, solution to these questions. He
ii however, obtained the views of
,,as vho through official position or
,ea expert knowledge are qualified
als With authority upon the subject
q New Schools Needed Yearly
liz the opinion OF these that since
!. prime cause Of the congestion is
edag Of adequate schoolroom the
8sf need is more schools at the
rlisst possible moment. Many re&-
S hsye been assigned for the failure
geyide sufficient teaching space in
past, some holding that wartime
SECTIONS on building had much to do
IA the interruption in school con-
.nttian, and others ass-rt that the
,4of progressive building program
.he part of the school authorities
srevious administrations played
age part.
Taere are those who point to the
gsnlty OF the ordinary task of sup
Tisg the twenty elementary schools
4 Eve new high schools required to
,st the yearly needs of the growing
ssulation, and add that the correction
he delays and mistakes of the past
,esents problem of stupendous mag
.sgde. a financial problem resting
,rgsIy upon the Board of Education
ii the city authorities.
There is no doubt, is appears, that
.sye should be immediate provision of
aging facilities that viii give every
saa not only a school seat in q
as9sr sized class for the full five-hour
;,sool day, but also such other special
l.slities as school libraries, auditori-
szs fairgrounds and property equipped
Yssms for music, art, literature, science,
p,tare study and household and indus
i,sl arts as are necessary to give
v,lrcunded education to children of
gysat variety of abilities and apti-
paes
Move Toward New Procedure
II IS further pointed out that the
tesiggatej methods of procedure now
lfegaliag in the bodies that have
oger over all school construction
sast be eliminited if any headway Is
5bs made in meeting the emergency.
aogement toward this end has al
asdJ been started, and it Is under
F0a that recommendations are about
4 BE- submitted to the Board of Edu-
.stsn which, if adopted, are calcu-
aed greatly to accelerate school con-
sIurtion
IN the meantime, it is said, the pro-
asional staff will be relied upon to
rrent or adopt such measures in
school organization as will afford
sFery child his full day of instruction
md opportunity for complete educa-
ton. This involves, of course, not
enly the scientific grading of children
according to intellectual and physical
ability, hut the formulation Of differ
eEtiated courses of study, the adapta-
ton of methods of instruction to meet
the needs Of pupil groups of various
grades Of ability and the adoption of
daily schedules which will give every
child well-balanced educational pro-
gram OF study, work and play.
Hope is held out that these problems
ultimately will be solved, but no one
wal venture a prediction as to how
soon that will be. A certain measure
OF satisfaction is taken from the fact
mat congestion has been officially es-
taablshed and admitted, and that the
shortcomings Of the present procedure
~ building construction have at last
been recognized.
Money to Be Made Available
Money and sites are now available or
aee 70 De made available, it is said. It
! argued that the Board of Education
saoaid adopt such immediate measures
= VII prove most efficient in assisting
sae bureau of Construction and Main
.ehance to meet the abnormal demands
made upon it,
among the, proposals for taking care
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