The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-07-20
|OLD SOUTH ORANGE SCHOOL. BUILT IN 1912.
MAY BE USED AGAIN FOR OVERFLOW PUPILS.

I suggest that the matter be referred. to
the proper committee with power"
The increase each year. according to
Mr.: Fosters report, is in favor Of the
girls.
boys aud Increase in number of girls is
to be noted in the High School. In 1905
there were 72 boys. but last year they
dwindled to SO, while the girls have
steadily increased from 6s to a. -
girls) was quite unusual. In New Jersey
In 1904 girls formed 5S per cent and boys
AZ per cent Of the registration of the high
schools. On that basis, If the number Of
girls were not abnormal, we should have
registered last year 6S boys. However, as
that would have made the total 1862. or
nearly 16 per cent. of the total registration
of the district, much higher than usual
in this vicinity, We may assume that The
number of our girls was unusually high.
While | believe that the number of our
boys was just about that which was to
be expected from the total registration
of our schools, 1t seems to me that there
should be some explanation of a drop in
the last three years of 10 In the actual
number Of boys attending the High School
while the reduction is partly accounted
for by the fact that the number of nom
resident boys Is less (three), and partly
by the fact that the number of boys in
the upper grammar grades is less. and
School 0904-5. twenty-five first year boys
1867. seventeen) the main reason appar-
entity lies in the feet that more boys
have dropped out of school because of
lack of interest.
I'm the last three years forty-seven
bows dropped out. OF these fourteen
nit them to remain and eigM moved away
OF the twenty-five who could have made
progress. three were strong students; the
rest were capable of doing fair work. Fif-
teen of them went to business. five went
to bows, schools in the vicinity and five
to boarding schools"
Regarding pupils not absent or taruy
Mr. Foster said
I'm two rooms there were no cases OF
hardness during the year, Mr.. Freeman
and Miss Ricalton's, at the Maplewood
School The following pupils We're presen. er !.
every day and not tardy during the year;
High School-Earle Dare, Alden Foster,
| Edward Crosse, Marguerite McDonouSh,
years. Theodore Snyder, years; Helen
Trimpi. 8 years; Davina Wilson, JEANNE
Columbia Elementary Elizabeth Ar
cularius. 4 years; jeanette Brown, alice
Carter, Arthur Doty, years: Ruth Drake,
| Helma Geisel George Hughes, years;
Edmond Jackson, John Loughran, Anna
Markthaler Carl Peterson, Eric Peterson.
Donald Salisbury, Chester Sanford, !
years; Lydia Seager, Eleanor wallace
| years; Grace Wilson. Isabel Wilson.
"Maplewood SchooEBessie Campbell,
Annabel Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler,
Harry Chandler, Constance Cooper,
years; Emory Dare, Anna Dee, jacob Foss,
|
| Lee, Roger Petit, Mary Ricalton, Harry
Talks, Allan Turner, Edward Waldo, John
| Waldo. :,
Hilton school-Charles Blatt. Harold
Beisler Lawrence Besler, years; Gladys
Cope, years; Alice Herzog, Alfred
| Wester, years. Emil Wester, years.
! A communication was received from the
Lyman H Howe Moving Picture Com
pany asking that a contract be entered
| into for the production Of series OF
moving picture lectures, as In former
years but because. of the insurance CON con-
| ings for using the moving picture ma
chimes it was decided to abandon the
scheme.
The contract for supplying the schools
with egg and stove COAL 265 tons, was
awarded to Kraus Nor, whose bid was was
| less than what Patrick Herman, Roll <
sicley. or the Henry B Halsey COMPANY am,
agreed to supply 1t for. The latter ll nrIn
was given the contract for supplying
forty tons of pea coal at 1914 per gross
| ton Mr. Mor's bid was $780,