The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-31
HOBOKEN SCHOOL ROWS.
Senator Days Spirited Let
ter-Funny Examination
Papers.

The members Of the Hoboken Board OF
Education had the pleasure last nigh5 OF
listening to the citizens petition ~ the
matter OF the recant High School appoint
ment. The petition was accompanied oy
the following communication from
Senator Daly:-
ton signed by a large number of the most repu-
table taxpaying aud other citizens OF hoooken
asking for o reconsideration OF your recent ac-
ton in the appointment OF Miss Julia a. OIoole
as High School teacher.
The position sought after was open TO COM
petitive examination as appears by resolution by
Your Board and when Miss Sarah Booth and
others entered, they expected and had a right TO
assume, that an honest and just declSioa Wouta
be rendered and the one having received the
highest average would be rendered the appoint
ment.
This communication is addressed to you In the
belief and hope that you will right the wrong
that you have done through your mistaken zeaI
in allowing personal friendship TO controi your
action in the appointment of Miss OToole.
Miss Booth, as l understand, did receive the
highest percentage in the competitive exanina-
ton, and under your resolution, no other person
could honestly and in all fairness be appointed.
Your body has q right, possibly, to accept
candidates and make appointments as a matter
of choice; but / submit that when you are deai-
ing with such a vital question as education,
mer it not personal feelings should control your
conduct, Miss Booths ability as u teacher IS
uQQueSL1OQdDle. DIG has scffOu ScFObtOoh Soi
in our public schools and has always performed
her duties faithfully and with marked credit.
After the reading of the names, which
included many OF he leading cltlzans.
the matter was referred TO the Committee
of the Whole vino will consider the petit
tion February ID.
ANOTHER ROW.
Trustee Michael j. Cannon of the
Hoboken Board of Education took &C.
casion last night to make d serious charge
against Superintending Principal Rue
and Principal Kelly of No. 3 school. Two
bills were presented for services rendered
in preparing questions and printing them
for the Normal School examinations.
Trustee Cannon, who is a member of the
| COMMITTEES on Normal School. said he had
DO objection to the Daymsnt of the
bills, aud he signed them, but he
took the occasion to say q few words on
the manner in which the members OF the
committee were treated in preparing
these questions. In reading up the
manual, he found that the Committee on
Normal School Examinations should
nave something to do in the matter. They
were notified -of the night of meeting,
and attended, but were not consulted ID
the preparation of the questions: They
were forced to sit there like two
Indians, without being consulted. The
questions were locked up i'll the safe ana
no Ou6 CUulu Sob al ouSL. IA
Of the committee should be trusted and
it should not be suggested that they
would give information TO outsiders.
The result OF the examination was a
surprise to him. There were eighteen
applicants, and iu the subjects they had
| studied from childhood they passed any
thing but a creditable examination, yet
on questions taken up in the Normal
School, and which they were taught but
| a year or a little more, they received very
| good averages. A blind man could see
the effect of this. IL struck him as an
| effort to contrast the schooling received
in the High School and in the Normal
School.
This charge against the two principals
created some surprise, as it was entirely
unexpected.
When the report OF the examiners is
handed in, Trustee Cannon says he Will
| speak further on the matter.
CHANGES.
The recent death of Dr.. Pior, Principal
of the Grammar Departments in the
schools, made necessary some changes.
| Miss Henrietta Goss, first assistant, was
made principal, Miss E. Gertz, second as
sistaut, made first assistant; and Miss
| Emma Erik, appointed second assistant.
Miss II. Lockwood and Miss Alice
O'Rafferty were appointed teachers In
| Schools Nos. 4 and 5 respectively. Miss
Alice j. Benson resigned US teacher.
Miss Katie Booington, teacher, who was
| Injured in a fire in New York. n who
is at st. Vincert's Hospital was granted
full salary for January.