The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-10
NO MORE EXAMS,
The New Public School
Rule Passes Smoking
Forbidden.

All the members Of the Board Of Edu-
cation responded when the roll was called
for the regular meeting last night. The
| most important business was the adop-
tion of the resolutions proposed at the
last meeting amending rule No. 81, SO as
to do away with examinations at stated
times.
The amendment provides that any
pupil may be promoted at any time with
the written permission of the Super1n-
tendent If all the estimates of the pupil s
proficiency show an average of seven and
| half or more. The full substance OF
the rule has been given in THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS. as also an extensive discus
sion of its merits by Superintendent Sny-
der.
amendment was suggested by Super1n-
| tendent Snyder aud was concnrred in by
| strong majority OF The principals. Three
principals were opposed to the charge.
The present system of examinations
| caused nervousness among the children
| aud was not considered fair test OF their
real knowledge
President Reid said that many citizens
| had spoken to him against the system OF
| annual or seMi-annual examinations, and
| all he lad talked with favored change.
| Commissioner Jones inquired If. under
| the new rules, pupils who had been pro-
NOTED and found wanting could be reas-
| signed to inferior classes or schools arbi-
! trarIly by the Superintendent.
| Superintendent Snyder says the pupil
would he returned to the same class or
| school, unless for some good reason. A
pupil might move. and so his old school
would be incouvenient. There was no
| danger from this rule.
A communication was received from
| the School Board of Plainf1eld
| asking the Board to assist in securing
| the passage OF law taking the
| purchasing power of lands and school
property from School Boards and vesting
| it in Aldermanic Boards. AS the Street
and Water Board of Jersey City holds
that power now, the communication was
not interesting, and it was laid over.
EXTRA PAY ALLOWED.
A communication WAS received from
| Principal G. S. Haskell of School No. Ia.
| asking for extra condensation for ser
| vices as Principal of School No. A.which,
| he wrote, is not an annex school, but a
school of all grades. On the motion of
| Commissioner Allen, an extra compensa-
tion of $500 was allowed to Principal Has
kell.
! Edward f. Sutton. janitor Of the High
| School building, who has acted as mes
| senger of the School Board will receive a
| yearly salary of 500 for that service
hereafter. He has hitherto served with
out pay. Commissioner Cowles made the
motion.
SICK TEACHERS.
The Board gave one-month leave OF
| absence to Miss Mary DALEY OF School
| No. 8, and three-weeks' leave to Miss
\ Eleanor B. Buchanan of School No. Q,
| because of sickness.
| Miss Della Dawson was appointed a
\ teacher in the Primary Department of
| School No. s..
Teachers Carrie G. Phillips of School
| No. 4. and Hattie Hurlhy of School No.
23, were allowed to change places to suit
| their convenience in residence.
NO SMOKING.
Commissioner Cowles offered this reso-
lution:-
That no smoking be allowed in any school
building under the control of the Board, and it
shall be the duty of all employees Of this Board
TO report to the pr lncipal of their schools or to
this Board, any violation of this rule.
The resolution was adopted by a vote
of six to five. Commissioner Muldoon,
not forgetting that he deals in tobacco,
voted loud mo" ard laughed.
Commissioner Allen reported that the
repairs made necessary by the fire In
School No. s had not been made by the
insurance company, and he suggested
that the President ask the Street and
Water Board to hurry them along.
SUPERINTENDENT's REPORT.
Superintendent Snyder submitted re-
ports for January of the attendance of
pupils and teachers at the day and even
ing schools, The report of the day school
shows:-
Primary department, average register, 1243s;
average in January, 1892, 11,8J0 an increase OF
638; Grammar department. register, 4,4S2; last
year 4, ,246 an increase of 1856; all departments,
total register, 1880; last year, 1t,Ul6, an in
crease OF S24
Average attendance, Primary Department,
TO- 901; last year. 10 552; increase, 349; Grammar
Department, 41IO last year, 4,0aS; increase, liz;
all departments, 1904, last year, 1886 increase
461.
Number of teachers in Primary Department,
279; last year, 262; increase, II; Grammar De-
partment, 100; last ear, 1853; increase Z; all de-
partments 435; last year, 415 increase, "a.
The per cent. OF average attendance compared
with average register, ". 49, last year. $3.50; a
decline of "a.
on the last school day OF January, 1898, the
| total register in the primary. department was
12. 543; on the last school day in year 1892,
| 1l,713, an increase of $50; in the grammar de-
is9s 4.24O, an increase OF 233; all departments,
| 1888 II ole; 1882 1888, increase, 1866.
Tue total number of seats in the schools last
| month was 1890; In january, 1892, 16,721; in
The number of children refused admission in
\ January, 1898, was 81; in January, 1892, 76, a
kdecline of So.
| School No. 3. The next highest 93.4 in School
No. II.
For the evening schools the report is:--
Register males, 1,445; females, 267; total;
1,712; average register, males, 1887; females, 2B5
general average 1.942; average attendance,
males 1,195; females, 2l7; average of all, 1,412;
female teachers, 81; male, 9; total, 60; per
cent. of average attendance compared with
The highest average attendance of the Night