MR. BURLINGHAM'S LECTURE

Mr. C. C. Burlingham '79, recently president of the New York Board of Education, gave a lecture on "Administration of a City Department," last evening in the Fogg Lecture Room, under the auspices of the Political Club.

A position on the New York School Board, Mr. Burlingham said, is no longer the first step in a political career, as it was formerly. For many years appointments have been made by the mayor, and the office of commissioner has been without remuneration. A standard of efficiency higher than that maintained in other departments has been the result, although the present board, with forty-six members, is far too large. Its size is due to one of those compromises which seem to be prerequisite to any forward legislation.

The process of wresting reform laws from unwilling legislatures is slow, three years being the usual period required, while eleven years were necessary in the recent reorganization of the Board of Regents.

Work on a school board has a fascination because one is working for children, who can be helped more than men and women, under hard conditions of life. In such work there are great opportunities for men of education who have ideas, ideals, and sympathy, and are not easily discouraged.

Mr. Burlingham will be at Apthorp House 2, from 10 to 12 o'clock today, to talk with men who intend to go to New York next year to enter politics, or with any others who wish to discuss city politics with him.