The Jersey City news., 1906-03-23


Whereas; The Parochial schools Of our
city are educating free Of expense to our
city iQ,6eS children. thus imposing 4
pie: and
Whereas, Our schools, both in method
and. grade work, hll We made rapid strides
and today win Schefiuless0f sttidiess III !
ranged as Hiearly as possible with that 0f
Our public schools afford ouFs childrens a
completes grammar course ana thepQna alay
~ tIt them for High ;&afidS %ExE y
whereas, We desire for the building
up Of our school system to give our chill
dren graduating &an opportunity to- euter
tiel Reid Of higher education, and for this
purpose pledge ourselves to supply any
difference existing between our schedule
and that, OF our public schools, so as to
render our system more effcients be it
Resolved, That we, the Rectors OF the
Catholic churches of our city, and by our
once principals of our schools, respect
fully petition your Honorable Body to ex-
tend 70 our Parochial school children
graduating the right to enter High School
on our approval.
Respectfully submitted by the under
signed
John A. Sheppard, V. G. st. Miehael's
Rev: John j. Boylan, st. Lucy's
Rev; Joseph H. Meehan. All Saints
Church.
Rev. John A. Sullivan. st. Aloysius.
Rev. Alph. NJ. H. Scnaeken, ST Paul's.
Rev. VIM. +. Wahl, ST. Boniface's.
T. W. Smith, st. Johns.
Rev; ]. Weyland, St. Nicholas
Rev. J. j. Maher, ST Anne's.
John w. Fox, st. Peters Church.
john +. RYAN, st. Bridget's School.
:, Thomas Quinn, st. Paul of the Cross
Vincent Sciclla, Holy Rosary Church.
Z. q. Smyth. st. J0sepfss Church.
b. II. Ter Woert, ST. Mary's Church.
EXHIBIT B.
Jersey City, n. j.. February 10, 1906
Rev. John A. Sheppard, b. d., Vicar
General, St MichaelS Church, Jersey
City,
Reverend and Dear. Sir-The COM
munlcatlOn by yourself and others, Rec
tors of Catholic churches in Jersey City,
and the principals of Parochial schools,
addressed to Superintendent Mr. Henry
Snyder and the Board Of Education,
petitioning the Board of Education to ex-
tend to the Parochial school children
graduating therefrom the right to enter
the High School on the approval of petit
loners was referred to the High School
Committee and the Committee on Teach
ers and Salaries. These two committees
have the matter of your petition under
consideration, and would be pleased to
have you and as many Of the petitioners
as care to be present to meet the two
committees IN conference at q meeting to
be held at the Board of Education rooms
in the City Hall on Friday, February
10th, 1906, at half-past three O'Clock =
the afternoon
The committees desire to learn from
you and petitioners something of the
methods and grade work in your Paro-
chial schools and studies paFsuea, and
what record you keep of the work and
advancement of pupils, and of their
scholarship and standing at graduation
from the grammar course, in order to
form some idea Of their fitness to enter
the Jersey City High School, and to hear
your views as to what tests or examin-
alton should be required to admit pupils
to the High School, who have not been
educated in the Public Grammar Schools
of JERSEY City.
BY direction of the two committees
aforesaid.
Yours very respectfully,
WILLIAM A. LEWIS,
Chairman.
EXHIBIT G.
st. Michael's Rectory, 240 Ninth Street,
Jersey City.
Feb 18th, 1906.
Mr.. w. A. Lewis
Dear Sir-We, the Rectors of Jersey
City, are in receipt of your kind invita-
tion to meet the joint committee desig-
mated to give us q hearing on Friday
February 16, 1906.
Our petition states our position very
clearly, and we have no desire to stir uI
religious animosity ON question which
might have been, and may easily be, set
tied by your Board. We have sufficient
confidence in that competent body to give
us fair and impartial reply.
Yours sincerely,
JNO. A. SHEPPARD, v. g.,
For the Rectors.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The Subcommittee on New High
School was empowered, ON motion of Mr.
Lyons, to appoint Board of Examiners
to carry out the object of resolution
adopted January 25, 1906.
The Board adjourned, on motion of Mr.
Barnes.
FRED. HGE,