Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-02-25
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

/ THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
The February meeting Of the City Board
Of Education was held in the Academy on
Thursday evening last, all the members
being present.. Because Of the presence of
several citizens seeking information as to
the reason their children, who had earned
advancement under the mid-year classiica-
tions, were not advanced, the regular order
OF business was departed from and that
matter first taken up Principal Frey
stated that his monthly report would give
the Board some information, and that por-
tion relating to advancements was read.
After discussion the Principal was directed
in making promotions to discriminate in
favor of children who reside in the city
limits, when the seating capacity Of the
rooms must be considered
The Property Committee reported trouble
with frozen water pipes at West End
school.
4 Architect Rhimbold, Of Philadelphia,
was present, and gave the Board talk on
teen room house, built Of brick, without
assembly room or gymnasium would cost
$50, 600, and with those features, $50, 900
He said about the best sixteen room school
house in Pennsylvania, was at Marion, Pa,
and it is likely the Board will visit that
city III a few days to inspect the building,
THE PRINCIPALS REPORT.
To the Board Of Education, Woodbury., N. J.
GENTLEMEN: The TO lowing recommen-
.dations aud reports are respectfully sub
mitted for your careful consideration:
The mid-year re-cassifcation has been
effected, and upon a more careful revision
of statistics, one hundred and twenty pu-
pills were advanced. The only difficulty
causing dissatisfaction lies in the fact that
there are five pupils in the sixth grade that
should have the advantage OF an advance
ment, and are not advanced because of lack
Of room in the seventh grade. By an exam
ination as to the whereabouts of the homes
of the pupils now in the seventh grade, it
was discovered that five pupils of that
grade reside outside of our city limits So
long as these pupils have the Boards auth
oritative right to be admitted to our
schools, the Principal and the teachers do
not feel that they can discriminate against
such pupils without an appeal from the
parents to the Board 1t is however, but
Justice to the residents Of our city on whom
falls the main burden of local taxation,
that their children should have the advan-
tage when discrimination becomes neces-
sary. The Principal, therefore, urges the
Board to pass res luton requiring the
Principal and the teachers, in their recom-
mendations for promotion to give the pupils
of the city the advantage when discrimina-
tion is necessity.
The extreme severity of the weather has
been part cause for much interruption Of
the school work in one Of the fifth grades,
Green's Block, some in the sixth grade,
and much in the rooms in Carpenter street
building.
Frost has also stopped the flow Of water
in the pipes of First Ward and West End
buildings.
Our grades can be supplied with texts
on arithmetic that are great advance in
arrangement of work as to grading of work,
oral and written work, and reviews The
Walsh arithmetcs are not so strong in any
part as the Atwoods Graded Arithmetics;
especially is this the case in the lower
grades. From an economic point of view,
la gradual introduction Of the Atwood 8
Arithmetics is recommended. Since we
need more textbooks for third year work
and for the fifth year work, the purchase Of
so copies for third grade and 45 copies for
fifth grade, respectively, Of the Atwood's
series is recommended.
! The school work prepared for the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition was open to in
spection IN the third grade room last Fri
day and saturday. The work represents
regular scnool-room work, and not special
work unrelated and Of questionable utility.
In subject matter, neatness, and represen-
tativeness Of grade, the work was very
satisfactory, and reflect much credit upon
the zeal and professional qualities of the
teacher. The work in drawing, branch
only four years in onr schools, was only a
small collection Of the work on hand, and
the exhibit studied with care must have
convinced the most skeptical hat the intro
duction and continuance Of drawing under
a special teacher is the only true way Of
maintaining the subject part Of the course
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