Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1907-03-02

you are entItIed on completion Of the
course OF study provided BY said
school, TO attend. at the expense OF
your district, the nearest high school
affording such instruction. This
meaus that nnl ,ss we provide to
give our pupils more advanced high
school Instruction, we'll be Obliged
to pay the tuition and transporta.
tion Of at least eleven pupils, at
$45 90 each, who will attend the At
lantic City High School next year
This would DO a total cost to the
Borough OF $495 next year, against
$125 expended for the same purpose
this year. With our increased ENROLL
ment the expense to the Borough to
educate our high school pupils will
Increase very rapidly.
The first and greatest need Of our
schools today is additional room In
the middle district. This is needed
to accommodate the children Ia the
lower, as well as In the high school
grades. Our eighth grade, which at
the present time Is included in the. 81
s Dept. should In the future be
maintained In this department, aud
the present course Of study In the
nigh school heightened by the addi-
tion OF another years work. Com
merciai branches should be included
n this additional work. We cannot
help but recognize the demand Of the
commercial world for common school
graduates trained along business, as
well as literary lines. Can Pleasant
vile afford to neglect to note this
new trend In common school educa-
ton? Many of the boys and girls
le i've our schools and go elsewhere,
because we fail to provide the In
struction they desire. To see so
many OF our boys and attend our
business schools is significant of this
fact. Our present HI. s. Dept. receives
recognition for doing excellent work,
but unless we meet the demands
made on us by the State school
authorities, to lengthen and broaden
our course Of study, future graduates
from our school Will not be admitted
to the State Normal School without
tirst passing au entrance examina
ton. This would be step back
wards.
The introduction Of manual train
lug and vocal music in the near
future is also worthy OF consideYa-
tion. We have a phase OF excellent
sense training in drawing hut we
should supplement this by the iDtro-
duction OF manual training.
"The discomfort OF boys and girls
f.om II to 16 years OF age is not un-
natural. They are conscious OF
growing powers, passions and tastes
which the school does not vecognize.
They find the restraint Of the school
,om and grounds very irksome.
Many of the things they are required
toidO seem trivial, and frequent repi-
tition makes them fntolerable. They
long to grasp things with their own
hands, to test the strength Of mater
ials, and the magnitude OF forces,
Such boys and girls may be saved to
the school, to the community, and to
themselves by the Introduction OF
manual training, domestic science,
and art in their school curriculum"
Our present school term should be
heightened from . to at least gk
months, 1t Is uDfair to expect our
teachers and pupils to accomplish In
months that for which other towns
allow from 9k to 10 mouths. II our
school term was increased to 81
months the increase In our State
school money received would almost
pay for the increased expenditure.
At least two OF our present build
ings should be connected by tele
phone. The need Of this is obvious,
making az it would the supervision
of the schools more effective, by
enabling the supervisor to he In
closer touch with the same. (I be-
lieve that it would be well to appoint
a committee to ascertain the cost OF
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