The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-03
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SCHOOL NOT READY
OLD HIGH IN ORANGE HAS
NO PRINCIPAL.
Term Opened in That City Today, but
Boards Inaction Has Jumbled
Affairs Up.

Although confronted with the problem Of
caring for 800 pupils on part time" that
is, one-half of the number attending in the
morning and the other section in the after
noon, the Orange Board of Education, be-
cause Of its alleged chickering's, did not
have the old Day Street School. recently
the High School, ready for the occupancy
of pupils today when the schools of that
city were opened to the pupils for the fall
term.
The Day Street School. which was used
up to the close of the last school term in
June as a high school building, has room
within its walls for 450 children. Only
ninety pupils, approximately, were given
places in the old structure today.
The new High School building, too, which
was dedicated several months ago, and
which 1t is said might easily have been
completely finished, Is not quite In shape,
although the pupils, about 200 in number,
attended the opening sessions today. The
front of that building, which is planned to
be fairly attractive, is still unfinished and
the fiagpole on the front lawn, from the
top OF which floats the American colors, Is
planted in a disorderly mess of stone cop
ing, piles of dirt and other unsightly groups
of material. while workmen have finished
up a patch of the westerly lawn and are
expected soon to complete the work all
about the grounds. The physical and
chemical laboratories in the new High
School remain unfinished aud cannot be
used.
the School Board was voiced by some citi-
zens today and called from Mayor Isaac
Shoenthal a statement TO the effect that
he would send a formal message to the
warning board members asking them TO
drop their petty differences long enough TO
see that the wants of the thousands Of
city school children are attended to prop
Almost sarcastic was the statement
made by President George ]. Bayles TO the
pupils when they assembled in the new
High School today, that part of their
school curriculum was the care OF the new
st .ucture in which they were to spend the
periods of time seeking education. Ihe
Impression of the children as they wended
their way to the several classrooms was
not favorable, as they saw the uncom--
pleted state of affairs and earned ina
their a~nticipations of an attractive pullq.
ing on the return from vacations Wouiu
not be realized or so.ne days, Inc chll-
dren. who had expected with the erectl9n
of O. new school building tnat tney niisnt
nave the privilege accorded their 1elioWs
of regular periods at class sessions were
even more keenly disappointed.
The Board of Education has not met
since the night o. July 9. 1t is SAID an
other effort will be made to get a quorum
! tonight and try to select q prlncipai t ba
the Day street building, which IS at the
present time without a head. Tne pros
pect of a meeting is, however saio 10 DC
in reality slight.
1nGSe fO1ull1OIS lidhO q ~
the people identified with the CONQUER 81
the schools, and while none, would Ialk
for publication, there were private eAPaes-
sions of opinion that were not very nat
tering to the board. 1t was stated by one
person today that the tumble OF analrs
was a deliberate attempt to embaIrass
SUPERINTENDENT of Schools James u. fHsss
because he would not recommend the ap-
pointment OF one of the candidates lot
principal of. the Day Street School WHhho
was acceptable to q certain faction. me
criticisms of the failure to complete worK
in the Day street and high school build
ings by the members OF the 9oardb iva wa
today "fhe pot calling the kettle black
Abram s. Riley is head of the committee
in charge of the new high school, and
Charles II. Taylor heads the committee on
the Day street building. Both men are on
opposing sides in the two factions OF the
| board.
Regarding the failure of the board to
have the Day Street School ready, Super
intendent of Schools Riggs and President
Bayles, at the High School today, said the
work would soon be completed. Inc IRON
grillwork and the wall repairs have been
completed, but the desks for pupils are
coming in slowly. Mr.. Riggs said that at
this time the manufacturers had unusually
heavy demands, and this helped extend
the delay in getting the supply needed Tor
the changed school. The old annex in MAIN
street, near Lincoln avenue, where pupils
were formerly cared FOR, Is closed, ana .ne
children from that building are the ones
in the Day Street School today. Inc
board has q problem of caring for 500
part time pupils, and may have to rent
another building to give the children a
chance to learn under somewhat COMFORT
able circumstances.
Dr.. Bayles, when the formal opening ex-
ercises at the new high school were con-
cluded, discussed the SITUATION win a re-
porter for the EVENING STAR: He said
that physicians were. OF the opinion that
1t was not the best thing for the children
who Rad TO wait until afternoon to take
mn their studies in the clasSrOomS anG the
board would bend every effort TO bring
about a reduction of the part-time classes
and eventually secure the adjustment OF
the halliday sessions In the city. He was
confident the work On the two schools
would be attended tc in a few days at the
most md he also felt confident of an
early meeting of his colleagues.
AS a sample of the infrequency OF meet
ings of the committee of the board ii was
stated today that the committee ON teach
ers had not met in the past two months
and the committee on school houses and
repairs had not met recently.
At the High School opening today adj
dresses were made by President BayleS,
Superintendent Riggs. who gave a well
come to the new building and emphasized
fhe importance of beginning tasks rightly.
and Principal Hiram II. DEMO also made
The west Orange schools opened today
with large attendances at the various
The East Orange schools will reopen next
Our LADY Help of Christians parochial
| school ives reopened today in East Or
ange. and the Rarochial school Of our
Lady of the Valley, orange, VIII pc re-
Northumberland has been made that st.
Johns %parochial school. Orange, Will not
accent pupils under c years of age, at the
| onening of the classes there. TO avoid the
expense of an additional teacher.
MILL EY