The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-13
EoBoKEN SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Want New Building, Stenography
aud Slow TrOlleYs.

AEAu SlOW 1GOAACybs
As usual, the Hoboken School Trustees
were half an hour late in settling to bust
ness last night.
When the trolley question was first intro
duced in Hoboken some months ago, the
board protested through a communication
to the Common Council, against granting
the petition of the roads to operate. They
thought the lives of school children, over
which they mad assumed guardianship in
some ways, were too valuable to sacrifice by
allowing trolleys to tear past schools: Now
they are afraid their former petition car
ried no weight, and last night this one was
introduced, passed and q copy ordered for
warded to the Council:
Resolved, That no trolley cars in the City Of
Hoboken be allowed to pass any school building
at q faster rate than one mile an hour. the
speed thereto to be reduced to said rate within
a block in either direction from any OF said
schools in the City Of Hoboken.
President Russ in introducing the resolu-
ton explained that he did so only for the
children, who should have cars go slower SO
they can get from under the wheels in time.
President Russ brought up two new mat
tiers in the guise Of resolutions. One was the
introduction of typewriting n stenography
into the High School, the matter to be res
ferred to the Committee on School Govern
ment.
Mr.. Russ said he introduced the resolution
only to bring the matter up. 1--WE have q good
commercial course in our school, he stated,
ssbut it lacks these branches, which are, |
consider, part Of a commercial education.
Machines are cheap and SO are teachers. !
only brought the matter before the attention
of the board 80 that at some future day we
might have a fun report on 1t from the COM
miftee. Resolution was passed.
The other resolution fathered by Mr.. Russ
provided that an architect be employed to
draft plans for a hundred foot extension
building on two lots adjoining No. II School,
the cost of plans not TO exceed 800. Mr..
Russ said he was certain the lots could be
procured cheap.
at is my idea, too,n he said, shat we
shall call upon the State for an appropriation
rather than the city. The State is willing
Hoboken shall have $4,000 for a building,
bond the city. If we build an annex to the
school, we will in time gradually absorb it
into a larger. building, and In five or six
wears from now we shall have as fine a build
ing as we could want.
Trustee Cannon said he'd rather invite
competition by advertising for plans, and
then there would be more to choose from.
Mr.. Russ said he only wanted the matter
reported on by the committee, n that was
ali he introduced the resolution for. Mr..
Cannon sat down and the matter was voted
referred to the proper committee.
The school attendance for February was
read showing the enrolment January 30 as
1881 in all the schools, and on February 20
as 5000. MISS Ida Lull, a teacher. asked
for an extension of absence of one week to
recover lost health which was granted. Miss
Katherine L. Judge asked for permission to
enter the Normal School. Referred. The
Normal School Committee reported that the
following young ladies had passed examine
lions required to graduate from the SCHOOL,
Miss Lille Greenbaum, general average.
johnson, general, rs $40, special, N 1-2.
They asked that a certificate Of graduation
be awarded them, and that their names be
placed upon the list Of monitresses. The
motion was granted.