The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-20
BOARD OF

MARTIN FINCK,,
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
y Official Proceedings.)
Regular meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation, held in the meeting room, Bay
street, on Thursday evening, June IL,
1895.
The Clerk called the meeting to or
der and on motion of Mr.. Beach, Mr..
Cowles was elected temporary Chair
man.
Present-Messrs. DAILY, Obergfell, Hoos,
CoWles, Degnan, Koonz, Stowe, Beach
Absent-President Allen and Mr.. Walk
READING AND APPROVAL OF MIN
On motion of MI IrE obergfell the read
ing of the minutes was dispensed with
fqd INK Wsre oaNppr90g eve a GoR Rr M44NirA-
Hon. Board of Education
Gentlemen-I am directed to notify
your honorable Board to forward to the
Board of Finance on or before the 18th
ed by your Board for the fiscal year,
beginning December /, 1895, giving same
in detail, together with schedule of sal
aries to be paid.
MARTIN FINcK,
From Edward Kelly, Principal of No.
4, inviting the Board to attend the clos
ing exercises of that school on u %,
Received and invitation accepted.
From the Pierian Society, inviting the
Board to attend their open meeting,
Wednesday, June IS. at a P. M, in the
Received and invitation accepted.
From Miss Addie E. Packer, apply
ing Tor a position as teacher.
Received and referred to the Teachers
Committee.
From Miss Imogene colvin, requesting
an extension of her leave of absence.
Committee.
PROPOSALS AND BIDS.
From Gin s Co., offering Frye's com
Received and referred to the Text
Book Committee.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Books. stationery, &c.-American Book
8 Gaogm al NY No; 3 School, $50; No. 8,
Har.ng. NJ: 4 &; No. 20, s.; Potter &
L, soc. Allyn & Bacon, High, SILL
II, $3.50, $1.65. H. w. Ellsworth, No. 3,
$685.. Milton Bradley Company, No. 6,
$a44; No. II, s1.54: No. Is, SIS; No. 81,
p. g. Heath & Co., No. 3, $4.96; No. Y,
shsTell s ssnSorn, NJ. Il, $5.ii; Greer.
No. q, 1925: No. %, SIT; No. %, sf6.M;;
NJ No. "a, g 70; Maynard, Merrill s CO.,
Peckham. Little & Co, No. Z, S3.25, S.;
No Ne. s :; g. 81 & T.. Ne i Il 4 81 s1s,@ &, N g i S, g:
25, $3.50; superintendent Office, So. rs;
Nc; l6, 81 so; No. q, s5,9S; No. g, sri 400;
6, $40; No. II, $S.46: Sheldon & Co, No.
y, sos; Silver Burdett & Co. No. u,
81 81; NJ No e; sis-52; No. Is, s1-5O; CHM &
81 sss eus 5. Sss4ass, .sss55s;ss;; So Sfh0 5. ST. 81 j ! e sa'sa ::
s sGs.s1: No. No. Il szsssis; 81 s7'ao: : S st-s g, S sl52.5 j;
No. IA, $3.50. 90; No. Is, $4S1. II; No. %,
$685.. sS; No. a. s1S4.9.
April naI- sto.Sss. May Gas $40 a@s 81 Co.
s2ss; \. i. Net. SIS. j. c. frhansFi co,..
Repairs-Savage- & GALAXY, No 2, SIS rs;
John II. Cogan, No. 4, 1927; il Lynch,
No. 4, SIS: A. J. Jardine, No. 8, 81; John
a, S.. si4.65. -" Nv
Referred to the appropriate committees
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
To the President and Members of the
Board of Education
Ge~ntlemen-Your Committee on Rules
would recommend that the rules in force
last year be ~re-adopted with the follow,
ing changes
Change Rule Il so that it will read
xI,mHe shall see that the clocks Of
ta eban maY Ru BE x SfnXlf0f tn tx f fdfiow fte;
XIX.-In the absence of the Principal
of a school, his duties and responsible
ties. as far as they concern the grammar
Principal Of the grammar department,
and upon the Principal of the primary
depapt IN 5t;,, as as far as they concern the
exceed one-half day, the Vice Principal
of the grammar department shall
pr9obm apnlys b n9tdifg the her, seRerint of hnhar+-
ments'' to the Observation-Disclosures of
Primary Departments"
Change Rule XXxII to read as fol-
XXXII. Teachers Certificates and
Qualifications
A-Hereafter all candidates for APP
pointiment as Principals of primary de-
partments, or Assistant Teachers in
grammar or primary departments, must
a certificate granted by the Board of
Examiners herein provided for; provided,
however, that all assistant teachers now
eligible to appointment as Principals of
primary departments without examina-
B-The Board of Examiners shall be
composed Of one member of the Board
of Education, the Superintendent and
three Of the principals of schools;
Training School shall be entitled to GER
t~.icates from the Board of Examiners
without examination.
Determinations shall be granted to
all applicants who are not graduates of
the High and Training Schools for GER
tiicates to teach in the public schools
of this city, sad examinations to be
conducted by the Board of Examiners
in September and January of each year
and at such other times as the Board
of Examiners may appoint.
E-All applicants for certificates
shall be- not less tina twenty
years of age and shall be graduates
of a college or of a normal chic
or a city training school, or shall
have at least two years experience in
teaching. The subjects for examination
shall be reading, spelling, penmanship,
and business forms, grammar and COM
position, English and American litera-
ture, geography, general history, civil
government, arithmetic, elementary
algebra, plane geometry, physiology and
hygiene, botany, zoology, physics, moral
and mental philosophy, methods of in
struction, principles of education, school
government, drawing, experience, refer
ences.
F-No such applicant shall receive a
teachers certificate without having first
earned an average marking of seventy
five (75) per centum in the above sub
jects.
CA certificate fins granted shall