The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-22
QUEER DISCIPLINE.
Principle Brensinger Probes
a Hornets Nest in Stop
ping SnoWballing.
SMALL BOYS SENT TO CHIEF MURPHY
Only Those Who Tell The Truth
Are Punished By the New
System at No. 9.

Principal Joseph Brensinger of Public
School No. 8 has adapted what is re-
garded by some people as questionable
method to put a stop to SNOWFALL throw
1ng by boys Of the school. The scheme
is to have the teachers ask boys who
have thrown snowballs TO stand up.
SWhen the honest ones do so they are
sent home and told to remain there I'M
til sent for or until Chief of Police Muir
ply will give them a letter to return to
school.
One complaint is that the scheme puts
premium on lying; second that those
suspended for such an innocent offense
lose certain percentages, and again that
it is an outrage to practically throw the
little offenders into the clutches of the
police.
Public School No. is on Brunswick
street and extends from Mercer to Wayne
street The locality is thickly popu-
lated one and the children of poor par
ents spend greater part of their time
IN the streets. When the school build
and in some Instances malicious boys
smased many panes of glass by throw
ing stones through them. Policemen
We're kept busy chasing the boys away.
ing OF windows continued until police
men had to be stationed all around the
Last week, when the snow FELL the
wrecking of windows began. Investiga-
ton showed that some were broken while
the {ne pupnc ,1 school boys T. had q SNOWFALL
Genial School. which is just across the
street Instances were found where boys
dows and pelted them until they broke
them.
Girls complained to Principal Brensing-
sr that the boys snow-balled them and
Ife0uHnflV 4 -u1c has
things that prompted Mr. Brensinger to
pursue the course he has.
Last Friday the punishment of the
honest enough to confess that they had
{hroWns snowballs were promptly sent
home Before they. could re-enter school
they had to get Chief Murphy's consent
Three boys waited on the Chief first and
aIter iecturing them he gave them the
NECESSARY letters. One. Of the little Of
BY the Chief If he had thrown snow
balls he said he had. He admitted that
he had snow-ballsd girls, but looking
Il didn throw soakers at them''
when the boys left the Chief remark
ed that Mr.. Brensinger should not forget
that he vas boy himself once
festercN there was a steady stream
OF ofIenuers in Police Headquarters
Ghief Murphy finally lost patience with
boys over to Sergeant Archibald That
gentleman is lover of boys, and says
II ne could get out in the street he
would t.ilosss as many snowbalIs as the
boys. The Sergeant called the bows IN
pc after another, took letters, Stamped
tc. Chiefs name on them and told the
poys Is2'gs 70 get back to school in hurry.
lal instances are known where boys have
been sent home who threw snowballs
after school hours, and when they We're
IaTs from the schcolhouse.
2 This morning Chief Murphy received a
letter from Mr. Brensinger, thanking
him for the service he had rendered in
suppressing the SNOWFALL nuisance The
Chief pigeon -holed the document. He is
> not layorably impressed with the Prin-1
clpaIs scheme and win keep his hands
Parents of some of the boys are in
censedf at the Principals action and
Snyder, 5sa IS ss &
There seems to be. some misconceptlon
as e why some Of my boys went down
TO the Chief of Police" said Principal
Brenslnger this morning to a .tNeWs''
reporter. The snowballing is only an
ancident in series of annoyanees from
which we have been suffering for some
months The boys in the rubber fac
tory and of the Dixon works were in the
haDlt OF throwing stones at my bows
and In doing so broke so many windows
that complained to the Chief of Police.
any way. Boys, however, VIII be boys.
and when a few of them We're reported to
ne as throwing snowballs, I told them
20 see the Chief. He gave them a sound
p3ssc.ure ana wrote me letter telling me
lnat they were sorry and would offend no
ter" N--'-s
superintendent Snyder when seen said
l2at ne knew nothing of the matter at
aH. q do know, however. that Major
Brensinger is an excellent discipltnarian
ana Whatever he has done must be for
cement OF the school and his Scholars