Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1899-02-23
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
supervisor Hitchner Advocates the Em.
ployment of More Men Teachers
Other Business of the

Other Business of the
Board.
Monday evening, Feb. 20, Board called
to order at s O'Clock.
Mem bers present-Messrs, Lambert
Silvefs, Hankins, johnson. Messic, Han.
cock, (PresidenD Rice, Service, Jonas,
Reeves and Supt. Turner.
The Superintendent reported as fol.
lows: Balance at last report, S720 SO: re.
ceived from City Treasurer, s45OO. Total.
S522o 81. Paid out:-For teachers, sal
aries, S4223.75; repairs, $22O; ianitors.
Sl33 rs; incidentals, $50 %. Total. s4446 co.
Balance, STA 50.
Communication from Brearley Lodge,
notifying the Board that Harmony Acad-
emy had passed into their hands, and
directing that sll moneys due for rents
be paid to that body, was received and
filed.
Application of V. E. Edwards as census
taker. of the Fourth ward, was received
and filed.
The following bills were ordered paid:
w. Q. Garrison, 500 for charcoal: Edgar
). Barnes, 81 Is, for. repairs; G. w.
Harper, s9.6S, repairs, Second ward; G. W.
Harper. $50, repairs, N. Pearl st. chapel;
q. w. Harper, s6 50, repairs. Bank street;
&. w. Harper, S3.3S, repairs, Vine street;
supervisor Hitchner's report was re-
ceived and filed. Among other things
Mr.. Hitchner, in his report said:-
II helinUn thot al
should be used to put larger proportion
OF men teachers in the higher grades, as
positions therein may hereafter become
vacant. and, if it be found necessary to
the securing of this end, that higher sal
aries be provided for men than for
women in these grades.
"The paying of higher salaries to men
than to women of the same ability and
training. is not an unjust discrimination
The superior physical endurance of a
man makes him, relatively speaking,
more valuable in the school system. II
has been felt for years, and in most
graded schools, that the proportion OF
men teachers is too small. It is not in.
tended here to argue which sex is the
abler in teaching, but to urge that men
are Indispensable in the upper grades.
Teachlng is a work for which some men
have agemarkab.6 natural fitness, aud 10
refuse such an opportunity to teach is to
deprive the world of an advantage.
Possibly, some of you will not agree
with my views, and possibly majority
will not agree to the proposition to pay
men higher salaries than women, both
possessing the same intellectual ability,
but there are numerous reasons for this,
besides those assigned above. 1t is not
needful to assign them. A man cook is
paid more than a woman: so is a man
doctor in child's hospital. A man
directs things from mans point of view
and this point cannot be fully understood
by women"
1t was ordered that non resident pupils
pay their tuition regardless of holidays.
Mr.. johnson was appointed commit
Tee to confer with the City Recorder and
see if another polling place could not be
secured for the Second ward, not so near
the Second ward school.
Mr.. Jones, from the special committee
on increased school accommodations, re-
ported that site had been selected ad-
joining the present North Pearl Street
School, on which City Council would
soon begin the erection of a new build
ing.
Mr.. Reeves read slip from a paper
and commented thereon relative to the
practice of requiring scholars studying
out of school hours. The matter was re-
ferred to the Committee on Teachers and
Text Books.
The Committee on Buildings and Re-
pairs were, instructed to inquire into the
cost of connecting the schools of the city
by telephone. and report to the Board,
1t was ordered that the city examination
for teachers be held in conjunction with
the county examination.
Brave Men Fall
Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as we'll ..as women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons in
the blood, backache. nervousness, head
ache and tired, listless, rundown feeling.
But there's no need to feel like that.
Listen to j. w. Gardner, Idaville, Ind.
He says: Electric Bitters are lust the
thing for man when he is all run down,
and don't care whether he lives or dies.
1t did more good to give me new strength
and good appetite than anything could
take. can now eat anything and have a
new lease on life." Only so cents. at H.
w. Fithian's Drug Store. Every bottle
guaranteed. 20 mwf
Discussion on Game Laws.
The game laws had some consideration
by the Senate Commission on Game and
Fisheries. yesterday afternoon. No gen-
eral bill has been introduced hv tho Stato