The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-26
AFTER THE GLAD VACATION
City Schools, Public and Private,
to Resume in September.
They Will Reopen under Most En-
courasing Auspices and Increased
Attendance Some Notifications
and Building Improvements.

Attendance Some Notifications
and Building improvements.
Among the city's schools public,
parochial and private there is again an
atmosphere of activity, perhaps not SO
lively as it is expected to be within the
next fortnight; but compared to the dull
ness of the summer days of rest, there is
great 'shustler in preparation for the
opening. And the small boy and girl,
and the older pupil as we'll, are already
gathering supply of pads, pencils,
states and notebooks for display on the
s.first day of school," Some are glad
and some seem sad; but be that as it
may, the old round will commence once
more, and the young idea will take
another step ahead.
The opening Of the three public schools
Maple avenue, Speedwell avenue and
Liberty street takes place on September
6, the day after Labor Day.
The greatest improvement to the
schools this year is in the addition to the
Speedwell avenue building, before men
toned, which, while well on its way, is
still uncompleted and will probably not
be ready for use before November !. Of
course, each building has had its usual
summer cleaning throughout, but be-
yond this the only Improvements are the
repairing of the lower halls and rooms
of the Maple avenue school, revarnishing,
etc., and the placing as an experiment of
prismatic glass in some of the windows
of the lower floor with hope of throwing
in more light. The corps of teachers
will remain about the same and Supt.
Haven will continue his noble record.
The four new teachers are Miss Ella
Harrison of Hackettstown and Miss Mar
garet Peck of Madison, who will teach
at the Speedwell avenue school, and Miss
Maud Bryant of Chester, Mass, and
Miss Bertha Matthews of Madison, who
will teach at the Liberty street school.
Miss Elizabeth LaRue, who supplied
part of last year at the Speedwell avenue
school, will be continued. Miss Van
Pelt will be transferred from the Liberty
street schacl t. lxe Speedwell avenue
school. The other teachers who will be
continued are Misses L. H. Conklin,
Clara F. Brown, Katherine E. Rudd,
Mary L. Easton, Hattie G. Youngblood,
Margaret e. Howe, Helene Slack, Fannie
M. Harwood, Anna E. Mills, Annie A.
McIlwaine, Mary G. Lindsley, Elva G.
Beach, Kate S. Fennell, Adelaide B.
VanNess, Edith j. Walsh, Myrtle M.
Welsh, Jennie M. Murdock, Annette
Pidcock, Elizabeth E. LaRue, Alice M.
Herrick, Anna E. Wright, Emma L.
Babbitt, Emma Gray, Naomi Nors-
worthy, Martha E. Kruglar, S. Eliza
beth vanPelt, Edith G. Young, Mabel
F. Stack, Jennie Shafer and Charlotte
K. Howell. Miss Van Horn will con-
duct the drawing classes as heretofore
and Prof. Thomas E. Hazel will give in
struction one day each week.
The Morristown School building, for
merly known as st. Bartholomew's, on
the Whippany road, has been purchased
by a syndicate and will hereafter be di-
rected by a board of trustees The
school will open on Thursday, Septem-
Der 30. In addition to the regular
scholars, number of day pupils will be
taken from Morristown and vicinity.
The date Of the opening for the Bay
ley Grammar School and the branch of
st. Margaret's has not yet been set, and
will be announced in these columns later.
Some improvements are being con-
sidered, but plans are not yet sufficiently
matured to admit of announcement.
Miss Dana's Seminary is expected to
reopen on September 81, and some mem
Der of the faculty will be at the school
until that date. Miss Dana is expected
home from Mennequa, Pa, early in Sep
tember. Miss Elizabeth Shiland, who
is well known at the school, and is her.
self one of its graduates, will assist Miss
Dana in matters pertaining to the open
ing. The school faculty will remain
about the same.
The other private schools of this city,
SO far as yet announced, open as follows:
Talmadge's School, Farrelly building,
Monday, September 10; Mrs. Decker's
School for Girls and Boys, Hill street,
Tuesday, September ~. G. D. Platt's
school for boys, Morris Academy, Sep
tember 4. Others will be announced
later.
Tiers Hopkins.