The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-28
IS TO
STAY IN
BOARD
School Commissioner With
draws ReSignatiOn--R Row
Probable If lie Had Not.

Without ever having presented his
resignation formally to the Board of
Education, Commissioner John c.
Eisele, of the Ninth Ward, formally
withdrew it last night, and his action,
though slightly out of the ordinary,
was received with applause by his fell
low commissioners
The commissioner was in his eat
when the meeting was called to order.
and answered to the roll. and then
arose and announced that he withdrew
his resignation.
Commissioner LIE Francis stated that
the board had no official knowledge of
the commissioners intended resigna-
ton, and, as a matter Of fact, while the
resignation has been in the hands of
the secretary of the board. it has never
been brought up before the board, and
consequently no action was taken.
After the scathing presentment found
against the schoolhouse committee of
the educational body by the April
Grand Jury the Ninth Ward commits
sioner declared hat there were grounds
for the criticism of the methods of
buying school sites, and signihed his
intention of r%esigning, but did not take
any action until just previous to last
months meeting, when he placed his
letter of resignation in the hands of
Secretary Robert d. Argue.
In his letter the commissioner stated
that his reasons for ~resigning was that
he was moving from the Ninth to the
Third Ward. When seen after the
meeting he said that he had written to
the president of the board, David A.
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he thought the vacancy he would
create could be filled by the present
candidate from HI Ninth, Edward
Schoen, who was to. run to fill Mr..
Eisele's place, but who was selected in
stead to fill Mr.. McIntyre's. 1t was
learned from City Counsel James r.
Nugent that the vacancy Mr.. Eisele
would create by resigning could not be
filled that way and he decided to with
draw the resignation.
Dame Ruinor got busy as soon as Mr..
Eisele withdrew his resignation, and it
was said by a commissioner that if the
resignation had been formally presented
last night it would have been refused
by the commissioners on the grounds
that the commissioner, from a previous
speech, gave the impression that he
was resigning because he Thought there
wasN"crookedness' in the board in buy
ing schoo sites. If the resignation had
come up there might have been a warm
session.
After adjournment, commissioner
gathered around Mr.. Eisele and for a
time he was kept engaged in shaking
The hands of his colleagues, who con-
graduated him on his determination to
serve the remainder of his term.
The proposed resolution extending the
privilege of using manual training CEN
tres at certain public schools to pupils
Of nearby parochial schools was not in
troduced, although Vice-President
lutte had expressed his intention sew
eral days ago of bringing it before the
board. It was understood, however,
that the matter has not been dropped,
but that the legal phase of the question
has yet to be looked into and passed
upon by the city counsel. For this
reason, it is said, it was not intro
duoed.
Another resolution which was passed
in committee Tuesday night did not
come before the board. This was a reso-
luton of the repairs committee, adding
three carpenters to the city pay roll.
Shortly before the meeting Of the board
AiO az % IL iAiSSRAAAt3 trA'a
reseinded its act of Tuesday night. This
was due to an error in the name of
one Of the appointees, James Mullen.
Superintendent Reeves reported that
the man was unknown to him II had
done no work for the board; therefore,
under the rules, was not eligible to APP
? pointment.
A building at 3S College place was
leased for 81, 200 annually for use as an
annex to the Morton Street School. The
rental includes light, heat. water and
janltor service. The number of class
rooms in the building is six.
} Twelve pianos were purchased by the
board at a cost of SIS, 100. Five local
firms shared in the purchase.
BY request of Commissioner Shape
the rules were suspended and a reso-
luton fixing the salary schedule of
l teachers in the drawing school was re-
arranged as follows:
| Assistants, $500, $3.50 and $500 per
!. evening.
First assistants, $3.50 per evening.
The report of the superintendent of
are being held at the different schools
throughout the city. At the Charlton
, Street School, where over 1000 pupils are
enrolled, there are fourteen halliday
. EIhhHE5s all iutl1fdHt VI 2AN ONGl leot N1GAs
A petition addressed to the schoolhouse
committee was read in committee several
nights ago. This petition was signed by
about fifty residents Of the neighborhood
| and urged the committee to afford some
) relief from the congestion.
The committee filed the petition without
action, but 1t is understood that relief of
some sort viii be given soon.
The eighteen halliday classes at the
Thirteenth Avenue School will be abol-
ished when the new addition is utilized.
Following is the superintendent report:
Enrolment first week of school
1906 H,5N
Number Of new classes organizes. nm. 40
Glasses discontinued ................. 10
Net of new classes. IS
No. OF No. en-
School. classes. rolled.
Belmont Avenue ............. 2 IS
Bergen Street ................. 4 1b1
Bergen Street Annex ..,,....... 20
Camden Street ...,............ 2 ~
Charlton Street .................. IA SIS
Eighteenth Avenue ............. s 24I
Hawthorne Avenue ....,......... rs
Livingston Street ................ II
Monmouth Street ............... l45
Morton Street commencement. 10y
Newton street .......-.....-...-. los
Sussex Avenue .................. w
Thirteenth Avenue .............. Is 754
Waveriy Avenue ................ & I'D
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