Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-12
TEACHERS ASK
FOR A HOLIDAY
Make Vigorous Protest Against
Teachers Institute on Day
Following Thanksgiving.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. FIT
is evident that the teachers of the
public schools will not permit the
State Board of Education and the
State Superintendent of Schools to
deprive them of their Thanksgiving |
vacation without making a vigorous
protest. The teachers club which !
brought up the question of increase
in salaries several months ago and
won, has now entered upon the pres
ent difficulty and has forwarded to
State Superintendent Baxter a protest
against the Teachers Institute being
held here on the day after Thanks
giving.
The following letter of the teach
ers, a. copy of which has also been
forwarded to County Superintendent
Willis,,lexplnins itself;
Hon Charles o, Baxter, Superinten-
dentpof Public Instruction, Tren-
My Dear Mr.. Baxter
The teachers of New Brunswick re-
greet that u state and county author
tiles have appointed November 80,
1906, for the Middlesex County
Teachers Institute.
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held upon a Saturday, and, according
to law, no state, county or city u
thority could have compelled the
teachers to attend, but they thought
it was an exceptional case, took 1t
good-naturedly, and Mr.. Willis was
surprised at the large attendance.
Now, two years later, our Thanks
giving vacation is encroached upon.
,,I ryhu0 Cnrtoin1xy in oil tho ton
months of the school year, some other
date besides a Saturday or a holiday.
season could be selected for holding
our Teachers Institute.
In most cities the public schools.
open the second week in September
and are closed all the legal holidays.
the day following Thanksgiving, the
regular Christmas vacation, and for a
weeks spring vacation. In New
Brunswick the schools open the day
after Labor Day, there is no spring
vacation and it has been an unwritten
law for many years that the schools
| should be open election day, in order
that the teachers might have the day
following Thanksgiving. This year,
according to the date scheduled for
our Teachers Institute, we will not
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ing.
At a special meeting of our Teach
ers Club, held November 8, 1906, it
was decided by a unanimous vote that
we earnestly petition Cur state super
intendent to reconsider the date ap-
pointed for holding our next Teach
ers' Institute.
Hoping you will confer with Mr..
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more convenient date can be arranged
THE Pt5BflfEsSCHODL TEACHERS
CLUB, Of New Brunswick, N. j.
per EMMA A. Mccoy,
IVY General Secretary.
Questions to Baxter.
The letter which has just been sent
to State Superintendent Baxter is the
second one which he has received
from the Teachers Club. On Tuesday
the club sem the following to him:
My Dear Mr.. Baxter-Our Teach
ers' Club would like to know the fol-
lowing facts:
First-During the past ten years
which counties have held a teachers
institute upon a Saturday?
Second-Which counties have held
Il teachers institute upon Tue rTludy
following Thanksgiving?
Thanking you in advance for the
information, ! am
Very sincerely yours,
EMMA A. MCCOY,
General Secretary.
Bakers Reply.
Saturday morning Miss Mccoy re-
ceived the following reply:
My Dear Miss McCoy-Owing to
absence from Office your inquiry of
the 9Th Inst. is just received.
Middlesex has the rare distinction
of being the only county in the state
that has. during the period you name.
held a successful Saturday institute.
1t is also unique in being the only
county that has been asked to be
scheduled for a teachers institute on
the Friday Immediately following
Thanksgiving.
Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES J. BAXTER,
General Superintendent