The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
NEW
CEASSROOMS
FILLED
Jewish Holiday Interferes
With School Attendance.
Many Halliday Glasses.
"Schooldays, schooldays,
Dear old Golden Rule days,

ten weeks they stuck books and pads
under their arms and with new pencil
boxes well supplied with the latest in
ventions in pencil s~harpeners and the
inevitable erase and penwiper, they
hied themselves to the red buildings
who's existence they had almost for.
gotten in the joys of doing nothing.
Childlike, they were just as willing to
go back as not long ago they were glad
that Vacation had arrived, and the
schoolyards fairly buzzed with tales of
what happened during the interim, and
speculations as to the characteristics of
the new teachers.
you can't tell a teacher by her first
day at school," remarked one little
wiseacre, ''cause they all smile, to get
on the right side of you. Sometimes
the biggest smilers is the biggest
cranks." This opinion won the sup
port of the majority of listeners, and a
teacher who overheard it resolved to
either make her smiles sincere or do
without smiling.
Principals and teachers all found plenty
to do. AS usual, there were hundreds Of
youngsters who neglected to register last
week and whose names and addresses, etc,
had to be enrolled this morning. There
were the usual number of parents, who
came to give a history of their hopefuls'
past doings and to modestly request that
as long as Johnny was so smart wouldn't
1t be all right to let him skip a class?'
There were also many who desired their
children to attend one school when they be-
longed In another district, and only in a
few cases could these understand that a
permit from the Board of Education was
necessary. One principal fairly tore his
hair In an effort 10 explain this to a Polish
woman, who, at the end of every sentence.
would point to her scared youngster and
then to the school rooms. Finally he made
himself clear, and the boy was led away
bowling, evidently under the impression
that he was barred out of school forever.
Conditions ON the 'Hil."
The attendance in the "Hill' districts
was very much affected by the Jewish
New Year holidays, which in a few cases
almost entirely emptled the classrooms.
AT the Charlton Street School this MORN
ing there were only 200 pupils, and it will
not be known until Wednesday just how
many halliday classes 1t will be necessary
to form. Principal Thomas J. Bissell ex-
poets, however, that there will be ten, as
last year there was eight. and there will
be the usual increase. His teachers were
greatly handicapped In their work of or
dNAAi1AAA6 Will 1RN Va o1NO1H -
small attendance, in four rooms there be-
ing only two scholars apiece, with very
few pupils III the other rooms. The aver
age attendance at the Charlton Street
School is from 1880 to 800 per day. 1t
was impossible to even make promotions
today.
In the Morton. Monmouth, Newton,
Eighteenth Avenue and Belmont Avenue
schools conditions were very much the
same, as these schools are all in the He
brew district. 1t is not known how many
halliday elias :es will be formed In the
Morton Street School. as not quite 800 pu-
pills were present today. The average at
tendance at the Belmont School is from
1;050 to 1900, and today the registration
WAS only 162, so it Is easily seen how much
the holidays affect the attendance. Prin-
cipal Charles Gleason, jr., said this morn
ing that he expected it would be necessary
TO form two halliday classes, the same
number as Isl year. He added that they
tore The fence down today, preparatory to
breaking ground for the eighteen-room
addition and gymnasium, to be built at
once.
In the Eighteenth Avenue School sixty
nine new names were added to the regis
tration list. Principal e. s. Manness ex-
poets to form six halliday primary classes.
AS In other Hill schools, today's attend
ance was far below rhe normal. The en-
tire enrolment in the Eighteenth Avenue
and Livingston Street schools was 1000,
about so per cent of the average.
In Other Districts.
In other parts of the city the attendance
was normal, and in a few cases only were
there partly empty classrooms. The regis
tration at the Hamburg Place School was
very heavy, but as yet 1t has not been
necessary to open halliday classes. All Of
the new rooms were filled, and there was
quite a little difficulty in placing all of the
children who were transferred from nearby
schools to fill the six additional rooms.
The eight new rooms of the Abingdon
Avenue School were not all filled, but it is
expected that they will be in the course
of a couple of weeks. The rented annex
of two rooms at 202 Abingdon avenue has
been given up. The Abingdon Avenue
School district has not been enlarged. The
addition was built solely to allow for the
increase in population.
Contrary to expectations, the five adj
ditional rooms of the South Eighth Street
School were ready for use today. In this
school it has not been determined whether
1t will be necessary to form halliday
classes. The old classrooms of the school
will be used for cooking and manual train
ing.
Down in the South Market street school
the registration was normal, with about
ninety-six new names added to the registry
list. 1t is expected that the total list Of
new pupils will reach $50. In the other
"Down-neck" schools conditions were about
the same. The children OF the Woodside
district were all provided for, with little
crowding. The registration at the Elliott
and the Ridge street schools was heavy,
but did not require the formation of half
day classes. There Is one vacant room in
the old part of the Elliott street building.
Work on the addition to the Thirteenth
avenue chool is progressing, and it is
hoped that the room will be ready for oc-
cupany by the first of next month. Prin-
cipal Martin l.. Cox has found it necessary
to form fourteen halliday classes.
AS soon as the work OF registration Is
done the classes will be thoroughly or
ganized and the courses of lessons put In
smooth-running order. All of the teachers,
as well as pupils, seemed glad to be back
at their desks, and their rested faces gave
promise of valuable work in the future.
Several principals are considering the or
ganization of school cities in their schools,
as those conducted in other years have
met with such great success. The cities In
the oliver Street and Thirteenth Avenue
Schools will be put in operation at once.
AUSPlCI0US OPENING
OF PAR0CHlAL SCHOOLS.