NO SHOW FOR THE POOR.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 48, 28 March 1884, Page 5

NO SHOW FOR THE POOR.

Mr John McNamara, of Water street, near Cherry street, has made a complaint against the management of the College of the City of New York. He says that his son was admitted to the college last June and that recently be was dismissed. »My boy," said Sir McNamara, " was loaded down with studies and he became dis^ couraged. Instead of being encouraged to study up he was persecuted by the professors and tutors. To his deficient marks were added demerits for being late and absent through sickness. The total number of deficient and demerit marks made him liable to dismissal, and his name was taken off the roll. The boy says that a poor boy who is not dressed well is not treated the same as boys whose parents are wealthy, and that there is a class distinction among the pupils." v " Did you try to get your boy re-admitted ? " "Yes, but I got no satisfaction, and I was compelled to send him to a parochial school." " Have you anything else to complain of ? " " Yes. My son says that a number of his fellow-students live in New Jersey and Connecticut. They board here with relatives or friends, and are being educated at the expense of the city."— New j-orfi world.