The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-01
[OmciaI Proceedsngs.1


BOARD or EDUCATION.
IOficiaI P-roceed.ngs.l
Absent-Messrs. Cowles. Degnan, Muller
and Allen--4.
tended q leave of absence for thirty days;
cause, sickness.
Granted.
Fuel. by Mr.. Finn, Chairman
Resolved, That the Clerk of the Board
be and he is hereby authorized to adver-
tise for proposals. to furnish, deliver and
place in the proper receptacies five nun
bred tons move or less of the best quality
of the following mines, viz, Glenwood,
Green Ridge, Consolidated Clifford, Kat
ty Did, Northwest, Herrick Creek and
Forest City. or any other equally *as
the public schools of this city for the
fiscal year beginning December 1. 1897,
and ending November 30, 1898, said coal
to he delivered in such quantities as the
Committee on Fuel or the Board may
desire. The bidder will state mine break
er from which he will supply coal. Pro
posals to be presented at the next regu-
lar meeting of the Board.
Carried.
Janitors. by Mr.. Dewitt, Chairman
Resolved, That the disinfecfant known
as Long Life Air Purifier" prepared BY
j. Harry Steiner, and for which p. Hol-
Ter of 49f Montgomery street. Jersey City.
N. j., is agent. be and the same IS mere
by placed ON the list of japitors' supplies.
Price, 81 per- bottle, delivered.
Carried.
School Committees reported favorably of
Annex No. L, as did Mr.. Broderick in ref
erence to School No. 10, Mr.. Mersheimer
in reference to School No. rs and Mr.. Finn
in reference to School No. 20.
Received.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
BY Mr.. Mersheimer;-
Resolved, That the President of this
Board be and he is hereby authorized and
an1noyyprpd to HDnQint a committee Oh
three member whose duties shall be TO
properly equip the new schools now IN
course of erection, with furniture, etc.,
and which committee shall be known as
the Committee on Furniture and Supplies.
Carried.
The President appointed as such com
mittee Messrs, Quinn, higgins and Mer-
sheimer.
BY Mr.. Mersheimer:-
Whereas, An association known as the
Jersey City Kindergarten Association has
been formed for the purpose OF estapiisn5
ing free kindergartens in this city and
maintaining them until such time as pup
lie kindergartens may be organized;
Resolved, That this Board heartily ap-
proves the objects of the association men,
toned, and hopes that its efforts may pc
education of our boys and girls.
Carried.
BY Mr.. Mersheimer:-
Whereas, The Board of Education has
for a long time been cognizant OF the fol-
lowing facts regarding the High School,
That the rooms occupied for twenty-five
years on the third and fourth floors of
School No. 5, and which were originally
intende to accommodate $50 pupils, have
long been entirely inadequate, the present
enrolment bling $50.
That, although the school enrolment
throughout the city has increased from
5000 in 1872 to more than 22,oe0 at the
present time, and other primary and
grammar schools have been erected from
time to time, very little provision has been
made for the constant growth OF the
High school,.
That, with the constant rapid increase
in the number of pupils in primary and
grammar schools, the demands for admis-
sion to the High School are also increas-
ing SO rapidly that immediate relief is
Imperative: otherwise, it will be neces-
sary to refuse admission to the High
School to pupils qualified to enter.
That, because it has been impossible,
owing to the character of the building
and the limited space, to sprovide the
school with the facilities for instruction
which approved educational methods de-
mand, the efficiency of the instruction has
been impaired.
That the teachers and pupils of the
school are deprived of the ordinary con-
veniences which teachers and pupils of
other schools enjoy, and which a due re-
gard for their comfort and health de-
mands.
That. owing,to the inadequacy of the IA
~cilities and to the discomforts by which
the pupils are surrounded. many pupils
decline to enter the High School or leave
the school shortly after entering.
That because High School INSTRUCTION
not only coHfers direct benefits upon those
who receive it, but is also of the utmost
value to the community at large, and be-
cause those who are to become teachers
insthe primary and grammar schools must
depend upon the High School for t1elr
scholastic training, in order that the
standard of both the High School and the
grammar and primary schools may, be
maintained, it is the duty of this Board TO
supply, by the erection of a new High
School building. the facilities for max
ing this instruction as thorough ana as
efficient as possible; and
Whereas, II a new High Scnool bullding
High School can be used for the reception
of grammar and primary pupils, for whom
there is urgent need of additional room in
the vicinity of the present High Schooi
building; and
Whereas. This Board has. recognized the
priority of the claims of the younger pu-
pills. those who need the instruction CIV
en- in. the primary and grammar schools,
by providing for the erection of a new
School No. l, an addition to No. 20, and
five other new schools. which, when fin
ished, will accommodate about three thou
sand additional pupils; therefore
Resolved, That School No. 5, on Bay
street. in which the High School is 10
Gated, is Inadequate and unsuitable for
High School purposes: n be it further
Resolved. That the. Board of Finance be
and they are hereby requested to APP
propriate the sum of two hundred thou
sand dollars for the purchase of land and
the erection thereon of a suitable High
School building and the furnishing of the
same. ~
Carried. 2
Mr.. DAILY spoke feelingly of his resigna-
ton as member of the Board of Education
and the reason which prompted it, viz,
pressure of business, and in return
Foae,c NTnrctnipany. Afirof,oc prOdnriHl
Finn. Quinn and Dewitt gave expression
to their regrets. On motion of Mr.. Mer-
sheimer the following committee was APP
pointed to draw suitable resolutions on
the departure of Mr.. Daily as a member
of the Board of Education. viz, Messrs.
Mersheimer, Allen and Broderick.
On motion of. MIR. Mersheimer the meet
ing adjourned.
Clerk.