The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-09
SWEENEY BXONBRAPBD
Board Of Education Says That
He Did Not Assault
Young Bible.


The Board of Education met last night
and received the following report from
its Special Investigating Committee,
which explains Itself
Jersey City, April Z. 1897.
To the Honorable Board Of Education:
aenf Sc wam maSss5 sas shprHs prncDa @sf of
school No. H.. by William J Bible, aIIeg-
ing an assault upon his son Richard, a
pupil ia No. Il, on Tuesday, March Y,
1887, your committee would respectfully
report.
we have had two sessions to consider
this matter, one Of which was at school
No. IA. We have heard the statements
of all the parties and the witnesses called,
making fourteen persons in all.
The statements of the witnesses, several
of whom saw the occurrence referred to,
do not sustain the charge of assault. The
witnesses mentioned by Richard as ready
to confirm his statements and called in
made by him and say that they saw no
assault made and also deny the offensive
language mentioned by him. Some of the
statements made by the boy. at the first
were afterwards abandoned by him.
1t is clear to your committee that on
the occasion referred to Richard was dis
moved by the principal; that owing to his
resistance to such removal some force
was necessary and was properly used by
moval.
No other punishment than the removal
was administer and no assault was made.
Rlchard was then ordered by the Prin-
cipal to remain in the room to which he
had been taken, but when the Principal
was out of sight Richard left the room
and went home; he soon returned for his
books and boasted to the janitor that he
had been having run in'' with the
Principal and told him that he, the
janitor, would learn all about it when it
came out in court.
Your committee learn that Richard has
a bad record as a troublesome and dis
orderly boy in school and this is not the
this school.
Your committee exonerate the Principal
from blame in this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIJAH s. COWLES,
B. L. STOWE,
FRED. ]. MERSHEIMER,
Committee.
The Board appointed the following CEN
First ward-William H. Comstoek, Gott-
heb Hinnen.
Second ward-Edward Mccormack, Will
Fra Frank Jr jacob Eer uaHe Eugene ae
Fourth Ward-Phillip Cavanagh, James
G. Paddock
Fifth ward-John Clarey. William Gal
lagher and James May.
seventh ward-Ernest F. Matthiesen
Alfred Harger.
Eighth ward-Ezra Hawley.
a.
Rikeman, Jr.
Tenth ,ward-Horace B. Kitchell and
Grover Mack
Eleventh Ward-Herman T., Kressler
Richard Garrick
Twelfth ward-Henry P. Rue, George w.
Kierstadt and Julius c. Collumbine.
superintendent Snyder reported that
the night schools this year were open 81
evenings against GA last year
The Superintendent's report of the day
schools for the month of March show
that teachers lose 3,402 hours which is
the largest in the record of the depart
nent. Many teachers were kept away
on account of illness. The attendance
during the month was 19,608 against 1910
last year.
Plans for the new No 1 School in York
street We're adopted after conference
with the Board of Finance, which Board
has promised to raise the necessary
funds.
Misses Sarah Cullum and Emily J. Nc
Cabe We're granted leaves of absence.
Director Beach reported that he has ar
ranged to have School No "a connected
with the proposed new sewer in Virginia
avenue
The Rev. Father John Tighe it was
announced, will lecture on ssEducational
Progress" in School No. 15 April 90