The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-10
POOR ATTENDANCE.
Superintendent Snyder's Re-
port on the Public
Schools Of This
City.
SCHOOL CENSUS TAKERS APPOINTED
appointment Of Teachers Director
Hoos' Resolutions on the
Death Of Mr.. Cleveland.

y, lit was eight minutes past ten o'clock
last night when the Board Of Education
convened in public session for the trans
action Of business.
Miss Lottie Weber. teacher in School
No. Is, and Miss Mary B. Anderson, of
School No. q, applied for and we're grant
ed one months leave Of absence. Resig-
nations Of Miss Susie Douglas as teacher
in School No. 6 end Miss Sarah r. Nc
Bride as vice-principal of School No. p
We're received and accepted.
Superintendent Snyder submitted the
following statistics OF the attendance
Of, pupils, teachers, etc, for the month
Of March:-Nnmber of seats, Primary
aDepaTtments 1888; Grammar Depart
ment. 6,229; total, 1887. Total last year.
1869; increase, So. An increase of 143 in
the Grammar Department and decrease
Of IS in the Primary. Number of pupils
airy Department, 12,992; Grammar Depart
ment. 6,022; total. 1904. Total last year,
1921; decrease IN Primary Department,
crease: Sl3. Average register, Primary
Department, 1886 Grammar Depart
ment. e,o4S; total, 1904. Total last year,
gs3; increase in Grammar Department,
$50: total decrease. 533; average attend
arce Primary Department. 4, 19I.szGram
ITO DSpui lCil o,otJ, IOtdit 10, NV 4Oldl
last year 1S.048; decrease in Primary De-
partment, 1881: increase in Grammar De-
partment, SO; total decrease. 1.27S. Mum
304; Grammar Department, 1874; total. 1888;
increase from last year, 3. Percent. of
average ATTENDANCE compared with aver
Cease ege eesl a5e ~; last Ias, year yea .h 8: 3; de- e
Teachers, s,o1s hours; last year. ysuass 2.iso
hours; increase, $685.; number Of children
refused admission, Is; increase of % over
iAE
In presenting this report the superin-
tendent said he was sorry to say that it
was not very satisfactory, because of the
ance OF pupils. in the Primary Depart
ment and the large absence of teachers.
The absence of teachers had not been so
and he could, not remember a time when
the attendance Of pupils was so small.
forty-six classes having less than eighty
had made rigid inquiry as to the cause
OF this and ascertainsd that it was due
TO stormy weather and measles and other
Warrants were ordered drawn for the
payment of the salaries of the o~ficers.
teachers and ~janitors for the present
olaIma When a due: ana az : large large. number nn's Of
ers:-Miss Lille De WHITE. to. School No.
ii halas Smith ana v,r Jsssie n E'iake' Hsa nsde5
from No. II school and promoted to vice.
p fransferre9 q fr No; ri r; Agnes n No Gibson p r, vas
beth Kenny and Mary Kelly were ap-
pointed teachers in School No. 6, Prim-
ary p eI aa,ns the latter to take the
"a resolutions was adopted annulling
the requirement of a contract In the
purchase Of books when there is a GER
$50. '''a' ~ amount snali not exceed
President Allen reported that the fur
nifure for the new school No. 10 is all
ready for the opening OF the school on
next Monday morning.
sc bbne follgwing persons were agpointe,i
lam H. Comstock. Gotlieb Hinnen; Sec
F yNa LE 3 Ri q aSIo Charles Dolan; Third
e. B. Kftchel; Fourth Ward-Charies
Dechsrt, James s. Paddock; Fifth Ward
Pstter T F S1saey Sixth ii i w !saEns, M, M MIa :
yondi, John F. Kirchner; Ninth Ward
s4ra Lanes a. a. Rikeman, Jr;. David Gibson
Herman 3. Krepler; Twe5lftsll VIZ WA.
T g. Luenberg, Joseph Hertel, George
director Hoos offered the following
Whereas. 1t has pleased Almighty God
To- take cut OF this life the HON. Orestes
titled with the interests of this civ he
ing the Chief Executive for several terms;
and T
Whereas, He was always interested in
the educational interests of his city:
Whereas, This Board has until now been
unable to tender its sympathy to the be-
reaved family; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we the member Of the
Board Of Education Of Jersey City do
py these presents respectfully tender our
heartfelt sympathy to the afflicted fam
lily.
Resolved. That a copy Of these resolu-
tons be suitably engrossed and presented
to the bereaved family.
Director HOGS made a few remark
eulogistfc of the late ex-Mayor, who, he
said, always was a lover of the public
schools and in many ways showed his de-
vction to the cause and advancement Of
education. The prea5sble and resolutions
were then adopted by unanimous vote
and the Board adjourned.