Report of Committee on School Inquiry Volume 1; Board of Estimate and Apportionment, City of New York (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...children are able to bring in. In another school remnants have sometimes been begged of John Wanamaker with which they could do some of their needlework. In other schools some of the mats and rugs which they had made were, when made, unraveled and torn to pieces in order that the material could be used again Much of the material furnished is poor or not adapted to the defective child. Many of the things needed are not on the list supplied by the Department. Not only is this true of the material, but oftentimes the equipment is so exceedingly slow in coming as to materially handicap the work. In some schools classes have been established for nearly two years, and yet no equipment has arrived. The following letter is typical of a number of cases: New York, March 20, 1912. My Dear Dr.: In regard to the need of equipment in our ungraded class, about which you asked me, I find that: The class was established in November, 1910, and I supposed that the installing of an equipment would be automatic. When it did not come, allowing for the slowness of things in general, I wrote that we needed it, and waited. I wrote also to on Dec. 1, 1911, and to the Board of Superintend-ents on Feb. 12, 1912. To none of these letters have I ever received a direct reply, so that officially I do not know that they were ever received. I have written Miss Farrell at least four times on the mat-ter, and have called her and the District Superintendent on the telephone several times. Last October I called on Miss Far-rell at the office and mentioned the subject. Once she called me up and told me she had heard that there were three sets of apparatus on hand and that I had better speak for them. I did so immediately, but have heard nothing as yet concern-ing it. Very truly yours. The regul...