The Jersey City news., 1892-05-13
POLITICS In SCHOOL.
President Reid's Committee
List Shows Up Hollow
Republican Pretence.
MARTIN FINCK PULLS WIRES
And Mayor Wanser's Appointees
Do the Rest-April School
Report.

Report.
That the Democratic members of the
Board of Education should find them
selves at the tail end of President John
Reid's new committees did not surprise
them, when the list was read at last
nights meeting of the Board. But the
partisan jugglery with the old School
Committees certainly was surprise.
Martin Fin ok, ex-clerk of the Board OF
Education, ex-clerk Of the old indicted
Board of Works, and factotum OF Post
master Sam Dickinson, figured con-
spiciously at the meeting. During a
recess of half an hour he hob-nobbed
with President Reid on the rostrum
and when the Board reconvened ne was
invited on motion OF Mr.. Jones (at the
quiet suggestion of the PresidenD inside
the rail and was seated at the left hand
of the President. This seat he soon
relinQuished for an inprovised seat at
the desk OF DIR. Shaiu. He drew up
resolution which the doctor offered and
the Board adopted directing the clerk to
advertise In The JERSEY CITY NEWS and
The EUe7iflg Journal a notice to all per-
sons having unpaid claims against the
Board to communicate with the commit
tee to whom such claims were referred.
TWO NEW RULES.
The Board met promptly at half past
seven O'Clock. President Reid appointed
Directors Shain, Mehl and Garrison a
committee TO draft rules for the govern
ment of the Board during the ensuing
year. The committee. after half an hours
recess, reported the same rules which
governed the old Board, with two excep-
rions. Rule No. Is last year required the
Superintendent to report to the Board all
promotions, suspensions or temporary
transfers of both teachers and monitors
at the next regular meeting following
such changes. The new rule requires
him to report such to the Committee on
Teachers and Salaries. Under the speci-
tication of the duties of the Teachers and
Salary Committee an old rule read:--
Appointments of teachers below the grade of
principals shall be made only when certificate Of
merit, signed by applicants last principal and
countersigned by the Superintendent shall be
furnished
The ne " rnle requires only the recon-
mendation of the Committee. AS amend
ed the old rules were adopted.
1t is understood that the two Repub-
lican members of the Committee on
Rules wanted to amend the old rules re-
quiring that no person should be appoint
ed teacher below the grade of principal
who was not graduate of the High and
Training School, unless he held certi-
ficate from the Committee on Teachers
and Salaries, by inserting the words ''or
State Normal School, after High and
Training School,"
STANDING COMMITTEES
President Reid announced his standing
committees as follows:-
Finance-Jones Reid and Moran.
Teachers and Salaries-Jones, Mehl and Mul-
doom.
Text Books and Course of Study-Mehl, Reid
and Garrison.
Books and Stationery-Shain, Jones and Mul-
doom.
Fuel-Mehl Reid and Moran
Janitors and Janitors' Supplies-Reid, Shain
and Garrison.
Printing -Shain Mehl and Muldoon.
Inventory, Appraisement and Annual Report
Jones. Reid and Moran.
Committees on Schools
High and Training -Shain, Mehl and Jones.
Nos. !, 3, 8 annex aud 2-Shain,
Nos 6, II and 21-Moran.'
Nos 10, 4 and 16--Garrison.
Nos. /, and 10-Mehl
Nos 70, II. II annex and 12-Jon19,
Nos IA and 24-Reid.
Nos. 13, 20 and 22-Muldoon.
POLITICS IN IT.
The two Republican members under
President Voorhees, We're assigned to
chairmanshlps of committees Mr..
Pfipgsten was Chairman of the Commit
tee on Text Books and Course of Study,
and Mr.. Reid of the Committee on Books
and Stationery. It Is safe to say Mr..
Reid will run the Board on strictly par
tisan principles. The school committees
of last year were as folows:-
High and Training School-Muldoon, Moran
and Voorhees,.
Schools Nos. 8, 8, is. II and 21-Moran.
Schools Nos. and 4-Garrison
Schools Nos 2, and 10-P6ngsten.
Schools Nos. II, II Annex, II and 16-Voor-
hees.
Schools Nos. IA and 22-Reid
Schools Nos 13, 1S and 20-Muldoou.
Mr., Garrison was more or less indig-
nant at the manner in which he was
served. II have been in charge" he said,
'of Nos. 2 and 4 Schools. and have put
them in good shape. No. 2 especially /
brought up TO its present high standing.
/ cannot help taking exceptions to having
No. taken off my hands,"
Mr.. Reid said he had been in that boat
himself.
Mr.. Moran appeared to be tolerably
1t will be noticed that Mr.. Reid has ap-
pointed himself Chairman of one of the
This is said to be without
precedent.
With reference to the resolution drawn
by Mr.. Finck for DIR. Shain, MIR. Moran
Sdlu Ht Wdutcu ~ ulSbIuCLIY uuQerSLOOQ
there was no outstanding bill against any
school he had been in charge of, and he
did not believe there were any against
any of the schools. President Reid re-
piled:
Il have heard of one outstanding bill
to-day. We only want facts, that the
may know where they stand"
The salary of Clerk Graft was fixed at
81. $50 a year, the amount paid his prede-
cessor.
Application for principalship was re-
ceiyed from Frank L. Hedden. of Milton,
N. j.. and for a japitorship from Charles
Bucken and w. $. Rodda.
APRIL'S WORK.
The Superintendent in his report for
April called especial attention TO the de
crease In the number of hours lost by alb
sence of teachers. Last year they foote :
nv 2, I'll. against /. 422 this year, decreasd
Of 1,347. The number of children refuse
admission in April was 100, increase owed
same of last year, 80; number of seats i T
primary department.. IL, ,394. increase, 768n
grammar department $500, increase, $40;
all departments, 17.774, increase 1,l3S;
number OF pupils registered last;
day of the month In prim
airy department, 1884, increase, 46l.