The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-22

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GEO. NJ. ANDREWS, District Clerk.
The report of the trustees was then read
as follows:
To the inhabitants OF School District No. IS. in
the county of Salem;
We have on record nine regular meet
ings held during the year for The transaction
of school business. aIsoa number of informal
meetings have been held, OF which it was
not thought necessary that minutes hould
be kept.
Our first meeting was held Friday evening,
March I'D, when the Board organized electing
VIM. VI. Weatherby, President, and George NJ.
Andrews, District Clerk. a our next meet
ing, held on the 18th day of April mt the school
| house, it was decided to build q cistern in ODE
dience to q resolution passed at the annual
meeting. The location selected was on the
south side of the school building, where it was
subsequently located. This cistern is 10 feet
deep by 10 feet in diameter, ana has a capacity
of 5000 gallons of water. \ new slate black
board has been placed in the Primary Depart
ment 90 inches high and IS feet long; also two
slate boards in the intermediate Department
s6 inches high and l31& feet long, and one A
inches high and . feet long. The other boards
of the schools were thought to be sufficient to
last another year. We had the upper walls
eHNt 1+tiitt5 " ha4 JIG NttlAi L
nlent and Secondary departnentpapered, and
all the rooms thoroughly cleaned during the
summer vacation. y board walk has been
constructed from The front gate to the Pri-
mary department, and thence around the
house to the entrance to the stairs. The bel
fry and new enclosed shed have been painted.
also the tin roofs and cutters were repaired
and painted.
The schools were opened September 18th,
which was two weeks later than The day APP
pointed by school law. We made this change
in our time of opening on account Of h Agri-
cultural Fair, which was held the second week
in September, and also 10 aecolunlodate Il
number of the pupils who were employed in
the canning houses. The schools have all
been kept open ten months.
The following teachers are employed: Prin-
cipal, n. n. Avis, salary, SO per month";; Inter
mediate Department, Ida p. Ackley, salary,
$40 per month; Secondary Department, Mary
Paul, salary, so per month; Primary Depart
ment, Annie Bradway, salary. $40 per month;
Assistant Primary, Anna a. Taylor, salary,
$40 per month; Fenwick school,, NJ. l. saddler,
salary, SIS per month. Mrs. NJ. f. Turner's
employed as ~janitor for the Woodstown school
at 500 per year.
In closing our report we would beg to urge
AiNttI J oA 0iAtg tAAyi tAAR I&&AEEtsr ~ EA 4hs
us increased facilities for educating and seat
ing the children of the Primary Department.
Both of the Primary schools ave been over
crowded this year. We have had sixty-hye
scholars in each Of them, and they are not
not sufficiently ventilated or large enough to
accommodate so many. We do recommend
and urge upon you that another school house
be built for these little children, as we are
frequently told by the people Of the District
that they would love to send their children to
school, but eonld not consent that they should
go into these rooms that are already too nill.
with this request we close our report, all Of
which is respectfully submitted. Signed
GronsE u. AspEEws, i. g. rustees.
WN. NJ WEATHERBY,
The election of a trustee was next taken
up, and John G. Nensteal being the only
candidate nominated, was unanimously
elected to succeed himself.
The meeting was then thrown open for
discussion and suggestions on the question
of enlaFging the primary accommodations.
Trustee Andrews Stated, in answer to an
INQUIRY. that the question would have 10
come up for final settlement at q special
meeting of the voters of the district, at
which time sach appropriation as would be
deemed necessary could be voted, but he
desired a free expression OF opinion on the
subject at this meeting. The idea Of the
trustees, he stated, had been that the best
location for the contemplated bnilding
would be in B%ailoytown, which place he
thought would be convenient to q large
number of primary scholars. a resident
Of Baileytown then made a few remarks in
opposition to locating the school there, and
intimated that the matter seemed to him
a n attempt to again establish the color line.
After considerable discussion over the mat
ter, 1t was ordered, on motion, that the