The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-24

attendance there; others that it was on &c
count of the tax; and Nh. Ware voted will
them. These men understood perfectly
well that if they did not enlarge theil
school it would necessitate the building o.
another school in the district, and thai
Baileytown most likely would be the place
If Mr.. Ware did not recognize this fact ht
must have been in a "mesmeric Sleep
We were bitterly disappointed, but We
could only submit to the majority.
Our next move was TO alter the school
building, which we did by taking out the
stairs and building a new stairway outside,
and using the space thus cleared, with 3
part of the other room, for another room.
In doing this we feel that we nave done
| about all that should be done to this build
ing. These two rooms will accommodate
comfortably about ninety scholars, and fol-
two years they were sufficient: but last
winter they had from 100 to 125 scholars
in them and were crowded. We were ask
ed by a number of the people of the dis
triet TO provide better accommodations.
We brought the matter up at our annual
meeting, held March 10Th, and gave due
notice that this subject would be consider.
ed. At this meeting the Trustees were au
thorized to procure a lot of ground and to
ask for an appropriation to build a new
school house. The only places mentioned
at this meeting were BaileYtown and New.
town. This meeting was reported in both
the newspapers of Che borough.
Now, that we should not use undue haste,
we delayed calling another meeting until
May 9Th, that any who had any objections
or propositions to offer might be ready to
make them known. Mr.. Ware was at this
meeting. 1t was a business meeting and
all were at liberty TO propose any lot if they
did not approve of the choice of the Trus-
tees. Did Mr.. Ware propose to buy any
other lot? No.
Afr. Richardson in his speech denounced
the Trustees and found fault with the
ground which they proposed to buy, but
when asked if lie knew of any better he
said he did not. He could not name a sin
gle piece Of ground that could be bought
at any price.
We were never authorized or requested
at the annual meeting to look for ground
in Woedstewn, and we did not report that
it could not be bought there.
The people of Baileytown form a little
community by themselves. They have
their church and their store, why should
they not have q school? They are situated
further from the public schools of the dis
Eflcb THAN ally OIueT cOntHiHlltls u LIE SAINT
size, and it was in the Judgment of the
Trustees the best place to buy a lot, so long
as we could not-make room for them all in
our Woodstown school.
Mr.. Ware says he did all he could to get
the Baiieytown children into the Woods
town school, but when an opportunity was
offered. q few years ago, TO make them
comfortable, he refused to help. He took
good care not to mention Mr.. Aliens
| ground at this meeting. Il looks to as
as though he would buy no ground at all,
but still leave the school overcrowded and
force many Of the children to stay at home
CT go to a pay school. 1t is not just tt
force the taxpayers to send their children
20 private schools after paying their take:
to support the public ones
There is no wrong intention to any one
by building this school house. We believe
it to be a necessity. The trustees are only
carrying out the wishes Of the people of the
District, as the large majority vote viii
show. The people know that the ground
selected is not a frog pond, or the school
house they propose TO build a ''hovel."
We do not understand what Mr.. W
means by ~insinuating that it should be Ere.
proof. Surely no one would be wicked
enough to burn it down.
Our intention is to make so good a school
that those nearest it will be glad to seno
their children to it without our compelling
them to do so.
ssWith malice towards none and charity
for ALL we Will endeavor to finish the
| work we have begun.
GEO. NJ. ANDREWS, d. C.