The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
MAYOR AND
NEW
BOARD MEET
Consider Plans for Taking
Up Work Of Conducting
Department.
PRELIMINARY MEETINGS
PRELIMINARY MEETINGS
viii Hold Them Pending Tnau-
guration---TO Consider Selec.
ton of President.--Special
Form of Oath May
Be Taken.

BY invitation of Mayor Haussling
the nine members of the small APP
potntive School Board, which is to SUI
persede the present elective body of
two from each ward, met in he execu-
tive offices in the City Hall at ii
o'clock today, and the Mayor person
ally introduced the commissioners to
each other.
After a short conference and an ex-
change of pleasantries, the Mayor sent
for Robert d. Argue, secretary of the
present Board of Education n SUI
perintendent of Public Schools DIR. Adj
Olson B. Poland and made them ac-
quainted with the commissioners.
The Mayor thanked each commissioners
individually Cor accepting the position Of
fered him. and. congratulated them on hav-
ing the public spirit necessary to devote a
great part OF thor time to the duties of
the office.
He further stated that as the commits
sioners would have to fainiliarize them
selves with the working of the department
and to map out a plan for their work
when they took the path of office in jan
nary, they no doubt would nave a num-
Der of meetings to arrange preliminaries.
While on this subject the Mayor led ur
to the gossip about a fight by the members
of the present board to retain office, and
said that in view of the fact that proceed
ings may be instituted in the courts to
question the constitutionality of the board,
it might be better to not hold the prelimi-
nary sessions in the Board of Education
rooms.
He then offered them the use of the ex-
ecutive offices for the purpose, and the
offer was thankfully accepted by the board.
The first session will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
When the Mayor preached the question
Of the fight by the elective board, Fred
erick A. Gu1ld stated that any action by
them should be ignored and the present
appolntive body go ahead will its work
unless a court order We're granted restrain
ing them or some other good cause
brought forth to prevent taking the edu-
cational system at the beginning of the
year.
DR. Poland and Secretary Argue ex-
Nplaaiinned the Workings of the present board
DIR. poland spoke briefly on the work dom
by small boards of eduaatlon IN large citles
in the United states.
He. called attention to Boston, Albany
ST. Louis, Baltimore. Paterson and sew
eral other cities and read q number OF
letters from the superintendent OF the
schools in these cities, explaining the
methods used in the work.
DIR. Poland said the small boards worked
directly, and eliminated committee work
The small-board plan in other cities neces-
STATED executive departments, such as
superintendent, secretary and business
manager. The commissioners paid close
attention to this talk.
Mr.. Guild said he had seen City Clerk
James F. Connolly relative to. the form OF
oath used to swear in city officials, and
thought it inadequate for the small school
board.
Mr.. Guild will have a conference with
the City Clerk and City Counsel James
r. Nugent to settle upon the proper form.
After the conference with the Mayor
the commissioners were taken through the
Board of Education offices on the third
floor of, the City Hall by superintendent
Poland and Secretary Argue.
In MAPPING out the preliminary work
it is thought there will be a number OF
radical changes in the operation of the
educational system. The secretary or his
successor will be made a department head
and another executive department will be
under the superintendent. In place of q
department of erection and repairs there
will be a business department. The
transaction Of other business now in the
hands of committees will also be changed
The most radical plan that will be taken
under consideration will be the appoint
ment of a school architect and the estab