The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-20
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TEACHERS AND PUPILS PRE-
PAIRING FOR CHRISTMAS.
Evening School Exercises to Take Place
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Plan to
Attend State Meeting.


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Exercises appropriate to the Christmas
season will be held In all of the evening
schools tonight. In the majority of cases
they will be of an Informal nature The
pupils of the day schools are looking for
ward to Tuesday morning, when the
Christmas programs will be carried out.
Christmas trees will grace the kindergarten
rooms, partly adorned with chains. gar
lands and all sorts of little articles. fash
Toned out of crepe and tissue paper by the
children themselves. A real live Santa
Claus is scheduled to appear in several OF
he kindergarten rooms.
The day schools will open January 2, and
the evening institutions will open the fol-
lowing Monday, January 6. Many prlit-
cipals and teachers are arranging 10 spend
their vacations at Atlantic City, during
which time they will attend the State
teachers convention. Those who live out
Of town will seize the opportunity to visit
their homes. All are glad of the respite
from work.
The students of the foreign department
of the Thirteenth Avenue School held 4
s~cciaple ia the school last night, with an
attendance Of 100. The national songs of
Hungary. Russia, Germany, Italy and
America were sung with enthusiasm. Later
refreshments were served. The teachers
were presented with handsome gifts. silver
purses, leather handbags, manicure sets
and umbrellas.
Miss Elizabeth Ward, of the Thirteenth
Avenue School, will leave that institution
Tuesday. Her marriage to Ferdinand Noel
Ter will take place January s.
The Clinton place annex of the Haw-
thorne Avenue School, opened last week
in order TO eliminate the halliday classes
at the latter institution, has been tempo
rafily abandoned. After the annex is re-
paired and put in better condition it will
be reopened.
George F. Pinkham, principal of the
South Street School, is organizing a class
in the study Of the history OF education
for the faculty of his school and the
teachers OF other institutions. IL they care
to Join. The lessons will start after the
holidays, and will be held once a week in
some centre. probably the South Street
School. All of the members of the class
will help in the search for items Of in
terest. There win be no admission fees or
membership dues.
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are greatly interested In the building of a
squirrel cage on the northern end Of the
building. AS soon as completed the cage
will be stocked with the little animals.
The money for the cage was deducted from
the school fund raised by the pupils.
James G.. Cumberland. assistant director
of physical training, will occupy his office,
On the fourth floor of the City Hall, in a
corner of the lecture hall, next week. Up
to date he has had a desk in the office of
Randall ID. Warden, the director.
Superintendent Addison B. Poland
has issued a circular to the principals
asking that they send him, before the
close Of the month, any suggestions or
recommendation they may wish to make
as to needed changes in the physical con-
ditions of thelschool buildings and grounds.
He has given them a list of questions to
which they are asked to reply. The ques-
lions follow:
Buildings: Is a new building needed?
Should our present building be enlarged.
What repairs are Immediately required?
Grounds: Are additional Playground
needed? Are your present Fairgrounds in
proper condition for use?
Courts and toilets Are your courts in
sanitary condition and suitable for use
Are your toilets adequate and in propei
sanitary condition? Are your facilities fol
drinking water adequate?
Lighting, heating and ventilating: Are
any rooms not properly lighted? Are new
or other, shade needed in any rooms
Is your heating plant adequate? Does your
ventllating system work properly?
Seats, desks and blackboards: In what
rooms are seats and desks not properly
arranged? In what rooms are seats ant
desks of unsuitable size2 Are blaekboardi
in proper condition?
Other Improvements and repairs: What
If any, other changes and Improvement
do you recommend; as kitchen, workshop
etc, to enable you to do the best educa'
tional work?
Ten collars was melted at the entertain
ment given in the Eighteenth Avenue
School by the pupils of the sixth A grade
Wednesday night. The money will BIZ
added to the school fund.
At the morning exercises in the Eigh-
teenth Avenue School yesterday Principal
S. Erwin Manness .recited "A Sermon ir
Rhyme He also gave selections from
English as She Is Taught"
The next meeting of the Parents Asso-
citation of the Elliott Street School will
take place in the school building Friday
evening. January 3, instead of on New
Years night, which comes the first
Wednesday of the month. the regular
meeting night of the association. The
program win he carried out entirely by
boys, about 1870 taking part. The schoo
orchestra will play. A speaker for th'
evening has not as yet been chosen.
The members Of the Mothers Club o.
the Fifteenth Avenue School met in VI.
Kindergarten room Of the school Tuesday
AFTERNOON, and were instructed in thu