| Show IN SCHOOLS the board of education last night re fused to permit the schools to jae as a collection agency for yea has been beed besieged eged for askance bof persons and aind associations engaged eng aed ift promoting projects and enterprises arf a public and semipublic semi public ch character for years it held head rigidly to the wl rule fam the schools could not be so used no wyt ter how meritorious the object la in vw once and only onice once did it recede arm this well established position Tha twe during the last school year when it we addressed by the washington memorial e association earnestly sol soliciting icilin ti aaa to the ra raising lising of funds for the if t an institution of leax learning nIng that 0 should bear the name and perpetuate perpetua t re pit memory of the first president of ns united states this request was backed by the strong aad persistent appe appease 0 local committees who were only by the highest and most 1 D patriotic motives to these the board of 64 edrica tion yielded and suspended the abito long adhered to 1 l the theme was EL a popular one olae aai awi furnished teachers with mateow mater feU 9 pretty pictures of patriotism tab old 44 story at washington was told 0 over mr fushi d oven again in many different ways and was made one of interest and tion to the children I 1 I 1 but the undertaking had another phase the amounts collected small yet in numerous dinst instance an cell t tt b L collection according to authentic depoi worked hardship and pupils sometimes camie came to their teachers but more frequently to thelt their parents with tears in their eyes the cause aa plain under stress of hard tivie tanea n ne every evely child was wais able to contribute P tn fen the small gums solicited this mae those less favored by fortune the chetto re fortunate forturn ate object during recess and hours of the thoughtless gibes of tsow dren whose parents were in better bir cum stances the consequence was youthful pride was hurt and loutfi ful friendships sundered some ment the board took cognizance 0 af theiS fe results and determined there no repetition of them recently h idelt ever the board was again this time by the commIs sifter aaker get I of the paris exposition who asked a day be designated for the coue of contributions not to exceed teh per pupil for the erection ota ment L la fayette tobe to be french capital in 1900 the me 16 hobt as 11 this instance as it was AS tn in 61 I 1 washington ang an mad ofira fl I 1 entirely erat frely an patriotic grounds the M to be iw tt IM 0 elnis P I 1 el I 1 to aut to co yoking aa but a mere youth IW came to this ghisi country and ali bia hu ability and fortune at 91 the a nd of the struggling republic but raf afi the e 11 must be drawn somewhere aati ft w was as drawn here today the hoard of education was congest congratulating elating 0 oi the position taken even the abers b ers who voted affirmatively de P they did so over their own pro nd say that the f future will wit as no more suspensions of the rule hi biting collections in the schools we e are by no mes means opposed to adv the children an opportunity of to the monument in ques it buli th they y can be reached in some omer aser way than through the public schools choals ch special gatherings of children tor the purpose of giving them such an opportunity would meet with the ap ir of many w who object to callec effim ot of money in the class room after fter idea of asking the pupils of dif the grades xevus and districts SiCh dola 46 moc money ey soliel ted from yr M N aff ehe secretary of the la fayette I 1 but the ithe gurtes atos can of coir cottrie be out wily MAY rt tere re local conditions and seV dMent jj acutt t in it its favor fa vor |
