The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-15
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ARRANGING FOR SERIES OF
MEDICAL LECTURES.
Pupils Preparing for Thanksgiving.
School Exchange to Be Out Early
in Observation-Disclosures.

The principals Of the various schools are
arranging with their medical inspectors for
a series of four lectures, to be given before
the teachers, after school, and in the school
buildings, one in November, January, Feb
ruary and March.
In his explanatory circular DR.. Addison
b. Poland, the superintendent, asks that
the hours agreed upon for the lectures
should be convenient for the teachers as
well as for the medical inspectors. Prin-
cipals and teachers will be required to at
tend each OF the lectures. 1t is desirable,
also, that full notes should be taken for
the purpose Of making use of the same IN
the subsequent inspection and oversight Of
pupils. The principals are asked to report TO
the superintendent the dates of each of the
lectures. The lectures will deal with the
problems which confront the teachers, in
regard to the ailments of their young
charges. They will be told how to detect
the preliminary symptoms of disease, and
many other things along the same line.
Following is>a list Of the medieal in
spectors and the schools they supervise:
District No. 1-Dr. Rudolph Brann, Ann
Street, Hamburg Place, South Market
Street, Hawkins Street.
District No. 2-Dr. William O'G. Quinby,
Lafayette Street, Lawrence Street, Com
mefce street, walnut street.
District No. 3-Dr. Sumner Smaller, Charl-
ton Street, Eighteenth Avenue and Liv-
ingston Street, Waverly Avenue.
District No. 4-Dr. w. S. DeVausney,
Industrial (James street,, Burnet Street,
State Street, Webster Street.
District No. 5EDr. f. S.. Gordon, Frank
lin. High School, Abingdon Avenue.
district No. Cdr. Sarah Edwards,
Summer Avenue, Summer Place, Elliott
Street. Ridge Street.
District No. 7-Dr. M. r. Whitenack.
North Seventh Street, Roseville Avenue,
Sussex Avenue.
| Street, Camden Street, Bruce Street.
District No. 9-Dr. Max Feldman, Mon
mouth Street, Morton Street, Thirteenth
Avenue.
District No. 1O-Dr. George j.. Holmes,
Colored, Academy Street, Normal and
Training. High Annex.
District No. 11-Dr. H. A. S~heppach. Bel
mont Avenue, Fourteenth Avenue, South
District No. 12-Dr. William Bleick, Ber-
gen Street, Avon Avenue, South Sixteenth
Street. Hawthorne Avenue.
District No. 13-Dr. Hugh Devlin, Miller
Street, Elizabeth Avenue, Peshine Avenue.
Prospect Avenue ION calD, Bergen Street
District No. 14=Dr. Louis A. Koch.
Oliver Street. South Street, Chestnut
Street Washington Street. Park Avenue
Con cal).
District No. 15-Dr. George w. Davies,
Warren Street. Wickliffe Street, Central
Avenue. Seventh Avenue.
District No. 16-Dr. p. NJ. O'Reilly, Alex
ander street, Fifteenth Avenue, South
Eighth Street.
In accordance with the provisions of sec
tion 236 Of the State school law, appro-
PIRATE exercises will be held in each OF
the schools Wednesday, November 81, for
the due observance of Thanksgiving day.
In some Of the schools elaborate programs
are being arranged.
The principals of the various schools
have been requested to send to the super
intendent's office, not later than Friday,
November Is. the number and grades of
classes In their schools, in which the
teachers desire to do raffia work for their
December manual training.
They have also been asked to nave en-
tered on the class registers and reported
on the monthly statistical report all tardi-
ness of pupils in the kindergarten.
The following circular to principals was
issued by DIR. Poland the fore part of the
week:
Through the efforts Of the Newark com
mittee of the New Jersey Association for
the Prevention and Relief Of tuberculosis
an exhibit consisting of photographs, mod
els Of tenement house rooms, tents, shacks,
etc, showing the manner in which con-
sumption may be prevented and cured, has
been brought to Newark. This exhibit
may be inspected any day this week at
Branford place and Broad street.
please speak to your pupils about this
exhibits Importance, etc.-and ask them
to inform their parents, in order chat as
many persons as possible may be benefited
by this excellent opportunity to become
acquainted with the best methods for the
prevention and relief Of tuberculosis
Circulars entitled Health and Consump-
ton will also be sent you. These you will
please distribute to the pupils of your
school after making such explanations con-
corning their Importance as will insure
their being taken home."
Arthur G. Balcom,s principal of the
Franklin School, who has charge of the
peoples lectures, is at work on the second
series, and the circulars will probably be
ready the first week in December.
The following lectures will be given next
week: Monday evening, November Is.
Fourteenth Avenue School, 1.-THE Triple
Wonders of America" illustrated, by Mar
Gus Hill Havice; Tuesday evening, Novem-
Der 10, Avon Avenue School, 1.-THE Triple
Wonders of America" by Mr.. Havice.
Wednesday evening, November 20, Ham
burg Place School, "Switzerland,'' Illus
lThleus ny I1eiiy u. INpituIups fTdlkllH
School, Songs of Scotland recital, by
Lewis William Armstrong: Morton Street
School, "A Trip on the Continent" illus
trated, by Frank H, Hanson; Thursday
evening, November q, Bruce Street
School, "The Merchant of Venice" recital.
by j. Woodman Rabbit; First Presbyte-
rian Church, THE Triple Wonders of
America" by Marcus Hill Havice; Friday
evening, November %, Arlington avenue
School, THE Triple Wonders of America"
by Mr.. Havice.
Enough money to pay off the garden
debt Of the Oliver Street School was
taken In at the entertainment given in
the school building, Wednesday night,
by Mr.. and Mrs. e. Brekaw A feature
OF the evening was the illustrated lecture
on 1.-THE San Francisco Earthquake"
The members Of the Alumni Association
OF the Oliver Street School are doing
everything possible to strengthen their
organization and to keep together. Their
latest achievement has been the fitting
up of a basketball court in the base
ment of the school. Gas fixtures have
been put in and the members will organize
teams in the near future.
The next issue of he School Exchange
will be ready for circulation about the
10th of November, and promises to be
unusually attractive. 1t will deal with
'Reading and Literature and will con-