The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-14
COWARDLY ATTACK
Board Of Education Accused
by the Writer Of a Scan
da1ous Anonymous
Letter.
CHARGES FULLY ANSWERED
No Truth That Teachers Salaries
Arc in Arrears Benefits Of
The Teachers Institute.
CHARGES FULLY ANSWERED


of TeacheFs and school Funds
To the Editor of the .Sun"-Sir: What
right has the Superintendent of Public
schools IN Jersey City to compel teach
that they have no money to pay
them, and for them not to enfio it to
anybody? Is the blIlldozing scheme to be
Hsao@aa m Ssgasay foog into # tn eSe B9 salarse es
Of some of the teachers they win see that
= have misapproprlated the money,
resort to. to compel teachers to teach
TOR nothing. or wait an extra year be-
fore they receive their right salary.
aslae aDe ~ ang bapp papers fbsv q hes Jersey CITY been
person II authority, that they never men
TON q thing about the injustice done to
the teacher by these so-called "education-
money enough to import out-of-town
people to give lectures to the teachers.
ana ror which the people of the county of
VIII have to stay home from school or
run about, the street in order to nj these
Is q chance to earn some money?
to be CLOSED on such an occa-
sion as this? Are the taxpayers not en-
uueo % an exgla,1at,on Of this?
~ Colgate street. Jersey City, n. j..
The above letter appeared in this morn
angs Sun It is a cowardIy, lying
ana, attack IN pubic officials
written In an anonymous letter. There
Is no George Goodenough in the Jersey
CITY directory and No. SO Colgate street
IS q fictitious address.
"A News reporter started out to find
NO. 80 Colgate street. That th-orouehfara
Is a rambling, dirty street, running from
montgomery street to Third street. and is
CHIEFLY devoted to the mansions and en-
porin1nzs of Italians in the ash barrel i'm
v~esttgation profession. The house No. 30
Is a fair sample of the average Italian
penenenh mouse, where a family lives in
eacn corner of the room and the people in
the centre of THE apartment take in board
ens. The ground floor is rented as a
butchers store, and an il-smeldng. dirty.
greasy looking der it is. The proprietor
a ferce4ool0ing Italian, was cutting off a.
chunk of meat from a suspicious looking
carcass when the reporter entered and
asked
Does Mr.. G-oodenough live here?"
NON pario ~Inelessa, me no speakee Eng
a friend VINO sat near smoking a foul pipe.
n question was repeated tc him by the
reporter, but h man shook his head and
not a word did he utter.
The neighbors had never heard off Mr.
G~oodenough, and some of them regarded
the reporters question as a Joke and thew
seem to like it one bit.
An investigation at headquarters of the
s1aIslpent made N the letter shows the
allegation has reference to the case of but
one teacher, recently appointed. There is
no grievance about it The appointment
was made under the existing conditions
TOT the benefit of ahe young lady and she
lady in question was appointed December
l with the Understanding that she was not
to receive salary until the class room in
which she Is to teach was ready for oc-
cupancy. h was appointed thus early
for her benefit. All Increase in the salary
OF the teachers Is made December 1, and
60 enable her to receive this increase next
year she was appointed December l.,
though she was net expected ito teach I'M
Ill the rooms now occupied by the Board
of Education were converted into class
rooms.
At the young lidy's request, together
with that of a teacher in School No. l,
School No. /, and has taught there dur
ing the month. She has as yet re-
ceiyed no pay, for the. reason that the
Finance Committee, which fixes the sal
the transfer. At the time of the last
committee meeting no provision a been
made for her salary, for the reason that
under the terms Of her contract she had
III ASu ~ IL. Liz AldllIS AOLliilllt6S
will probably decide at its next meeting
to pay her for his last month. She
has protested herself perfectly satisfied
with the arrangement.
The latter part criticises the closing of
the school tomorrow because of the
meeting Of the Teachers Institute, and
asks by what authority the schools are
closed and the teachers permitted to go
to the meeting instead OF attending to
their ordinary duties. The answer is
that there Is a State law which covers
that. The law has authorized the State
Institute for the benefit of the teachers
and incidentally for the children, because
the teachers are advanced in educational
sions The trifiing loss of time in clos
ing the schools for half a day. to permit
the teachers to attend these lectures is
more han compensated for by the bene-
fit to the teachers in acquiring insight
into new methods of training the chill
dren In the public schools.
Every county In the State from time
to time has the meeting Of the Institute
in its midst and their schools are closed;
SO that the Inconvenience of the half
days closing is shared by every county
alike.