The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-08

scnooi department are often looked upon
~ uhweicolne ASSIGNMENTS lhe1r regu-
iar pollce duties are sometimes SO ex-
acting that they must delay the inyesti-
CATION OF school cases, or must pursue
ihe investigation IN an menectiye man
her. aluch OF the advantage OF the
work o. the attendance department ls
tnus iost. L IS important that ali the
work pc done promptly and thorougnly
lflants must 'be made TO feel ehat they
cannot escape even for q snort nme'
me inevitable INQUIRY ct the Attendance
ohlcer. Among the thousands OF emil
afeh OF scnool age IN the CITY, enough
cases Of irregular attendance VIII arise
70 demand all the time OF the officers as
signed 70 me department. II Is apparent
70 those famllar with the schools that
i the Work pe assigned 70 omcefs VINO
are especiiiy htted LOT IL ahf VINO nave
the tinle % stuas Il, ana VINO shah pc
ehsireiy supJect % the alrectloh OF me
Snlef ordnance ohlcer' the operation o.
the department viii be facilitated and
the results viii be much more satisfac-
tory
Careful observation Of the operation
OF the compulsory school law prompts
me to repeat with emphasis recon-
mendatlon made several years ago. Very
frequently children are reported to the
Attendance Department who cannot be
controlled by their parents, or who pos
sess such vicious tendencies that they
are not amenable to the ordinary IN
fiuences of the school, and sometimes are
not suf1iclentiy impressed with the dis
clpline OF the3poice court The influence
OF the misconduct and irregular attend
ance OF such children upon the other
pupils IS extremely injurious. The meth
DDS Of discipline which principals can
use seem to have little effect, and vet
they are required to devote much atten-
tion to these pupils at the expense of the
interests Of all the other pupils. It fire.
quently happens that when such delin-
quents are referred by the police
court to the county court their youthful
ness and apparent penitence make such
an impression that they are released and
must be returned to school, with the in
| eyitable result that the procedure is re-
peated.
Sometimes the delinquents are sent TO
the State Homes. but this happens only
IN the most serious cases. There should
be method by which children whose
association with others in the day schools
is positively detrimental to the latter
pupils and whose reformation by the dis
| ciplinary methods of the day schools
seems hopeless, may be removed to an
institution specially adapted in its equip
ment and organization to exert favor
able influence upon such delinquents.
This subject was discussed in former
report from which the following is quo
ted
There are il. all schools. no matter
where located, some pupils who are not
influenced by ordinary Incentives or pun
shments Their acts are not often vi
cious. but are often so serious that they
are subversive of good discipline, and.
| if continued, threaten to develop the hab-
its which lead to crime Such pupils
also endanger the character of their fell
lows by the example which they furnish
1t would be easy to avoid the danger to
the other pupils by expelling the Offend
ers. AS their peryersity is usually due
to imnraner home trai,,;ng or + tbor
are orphans as 4 often tba easa q tbo
hsenee If homo train;po 49, nrocisa,r
| thesa nun;ls tl,at need t,,a rest,a;,a ana
moral training wbicl, tlo school oios Is
give Altbonab il * tbopqbt Nv Soma
that iu,l;cions cornor.I o,,n;shn,an+