The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-25
PEEFIIlNEGSYEN'S REVENGE.
The Fourth District School
Site Hung Up--Vari-
Gus School Mat
tiers.

President Voorhees, last evening made
his first appearance at a meeting OF the
Board of Education since he met with his
accident. He came from his home in a
carriage and walked with the aid OF
crutches.
Previous to the meeting of the Board
the Directors held q long conference in
the clerks room. When the usual routine
business had been disposed of Director
Phngsten called up the resolutions re-
Gently passed by the Fourth District
Property Owners Association asking the
Board not to accept the site for the new
school which the COMMITTEES had selected.
In doing SO Mr.. Phngsten made u long
speech, which stripped OF it's rhetorical
adornments was as follows;-
Mr.. President, inasmuch a theses resO-
lutions concern me in my capacity both
as director of the Board n a private
citizen, | consider myself entitled TO a
hearing IN them. The Importance which
this matter has attained by its publica-
ton in a press of this city and New YORK
also entities me to a hearing. l was go
ing to write a letter and answer these in
si-nuations-not charges. l wish they
would make charges, so that | could have
g. remedy, but 1 have thought best TO re-
~ - lON3 -
colleagues OF this board.
CRITICS o SUGGEsTERS.
"ln October last this Board ordered
two new schools in the Fourth and Fifth
DISTRICTS. A committee was appointed II
each case to select a site. This commit
tee did select the sites, which were con
Srrtrred in by the Board. In my district
considerable time and labor
~ given to the selection OF
site, and while that was
one the Fourth District Property
kners' Association did not see tit to
kme together and recommend the site
mich would be the most desirable until
fuch a site had been recommended to the
BOARD.
4 s'Then a meeting was held not to
recommend a site but to protest against
the site chosen. l was not invited to the
meeting, but / went there and told them
that l had been unfairly treated, and that
the press, which Dretends to act fairly,
had acted unfairly toWard me, because
it took the statement Of y people
~unfriendly to me without hearing me. 4
ran as a malicious lie the statement
that / am directly or indirectly Interested
in the site and there is no more truth in
it than there is to say that | stole Sl00
from a man's pocket.
II am not finding fault that the judg-
ment of the committee is questioned. But
4 do feel aggrieved when my integrity,
iuduuOOu anu Official feCtltuuG dF6 CAlleu
into question We lave nc interest what
ever in the selection of the site, except to
do our duty. The delay in selecting the
site in the Fourth district has been the
lack of sewerage facilities on some Of the
eligible sites.
tIwould prefer to be relieved from act
ing further upon the Committee. shall
use all the influence ] possess upon the
Board of Street and Water Commission
ers and Finance not to have the site
selected confirmed. In nat way | will
show how much | am interested in that
site.
II move that the action OF the Board
accepting the report be reconsidered."
MR.. REID SECONDS.
M MMr. Reid, who was Gil the committee
with Mr.. Pfngsten, said that he thought
the site selected was the best one in the
district. He seconded Mr.. Pfngsten's
motion. 1t /transpired that the
Street Il Water Commissioners and the
question arose whether it could be
brought back. The motion was never
theless carried, as well as another that
the recommendation be indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. Reed moved that the money appro-
priated for the new house in the Fourth
district be turned over to the Sixth dis
trict, where a site could be selected with
out any pickering upon the part of the
people.
No one seconded the motion and the
matter was dropped.
NEW TEACHERS.
Miss Emma Lewis was appointed a
teacher in School No. 10; Miss Emma A.
Baldwin in School No. 10; Miss f.. +.
ODonnel in b primary department of
school No. 81; Miss Emma K~ennedyin the
Annex No. II and Miss E. Julia Meehan
in School No. IL. Miss Sarah Mcbride
lVqq fr0 1efarran frnr1a socnpd oeoscfarf
grammer department School No. 4 to first
assistant in the same department. in
School No. 81 to take the place of Miss
Chichester; Miss Lizzie /. Griswold, of
School No. 2, to Miss McBride's place in
NO. 4, and Miss Louise M. Seeley, of No.
z, took Miss Griswoid's place in the same
school.
Catherine Corcoran was appointed JAM
tress of Annex No. 3, to succeed her hus-
band, Thomas, who died on Sunday even
ing.
FLOODED WITH SEWERAGE.
Mr.. Kelly complained of the condition
OF School No. l. A sewer has broken and
the cellar Of the building is flooded with
sewerage. The Board was appointed q
committee of the whole to try to get
money enough from the Board Of Finance
TO repair the break.
Mr.. Ried brought to the attention Of
The Board the case of Katie Knoop, a
pupil of School No. is, who, he said, has
been deprived Of school privileges for two
weeks for some infraction of the rules.
He said the girl was willing to apologize
TO Mrs. Foote, the principal, but
she was not willing TO do so before the
whole school. Mr.. Reid knew no reason
why any child be denied school privileges
SO long, or by what authority Mrs. Foote
suspended her, and he moved for an In
v~estigating Committee. The matter was
left with the superintendent.