The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-17
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GUESTS AT S~CH00LMEN'S
BANQUET TO BOARD.
Experimental Lecture to Be Given by
italian in His Own Language for
Benefit of Foreigners in City.

The annual banquet and reception of the
Schoolmen's Club to the Board of Educa-
ton will take place in Davis's parlors
Saturday evening, January 25. Charles
H.. Gleason, ST.. president of the club,
will act as POSTMASTER. The clubs guests
viii include Mayor Jacob Haussling,
Charles O.. Meyer, counsel to the board
Robert ID. Argue, secretary; Samuel
Gaiser, assistant secretary; Su%perinten-
dent DR.. Addison B. Poland, Isaac j.
Lowenstein, private secretary to the su-
perintendent; George w. Reeve, superin-
tendent of erection and repairs; Charles
MacCall, chief attendance officer; the Hon.
John Cotton Dana and Sheriff Frank N.
Sommer.
The speakers will be Frederick +. Guild,
president OF the board; George W. Tom
kins, vice-president; DR.. Poland, Mr.. Glea-
son and one or two of the principals.
The reception will occur at $50. with the
banquet at z o'clock. At the last meeting
Of the board of governors OF the club 1t
was decided that, before going to the table,
all members secure from Frank Fl. Han
son, secretary, a ticket for himself and
for any guests.
The committee in charge consists of
Thomas J. Bissell, chairman; Frederick w.
Fort, William A. Dougall, Benjamin G.
Miner and Charles H. Gleason, jr.
Arthur G. Balloon, principal OF the
Franklin School and supervisor of evening
schools, who has charge OF the popular
courses of public lectures, is arranging
for a lecture on the Evolution and Trans
formation Of a Great American City," to
be given in the Franklin School Wednes
day evening, March 4, by Lucia Reversal,
al italian, who will speak in his. native
tongue.
The lecture will be in the nature Of an
experiment. There is a large settlement
of Italians in the neighborhood of the
Franklin School, many of whom speak
little or no English, and it is for their
benefit that the talk will be given. If
the attendance is good, and sufficient in
terest Is manifested. a course Of lectures
in Italian, and perhaps in other tongues,
will be arranged, 1t is the opinion of Mr..
Balloon that there are a great many edu-
Gated foreigners in the city who would
be glad to listen to lectures in their own
languages. Y
The Clinton place annex Of the Haw-
thorne Avenue School has been put in
condition and r%eopened.
The attendance in the evening schools
for this month is considerably larger than
the attendance of January of last year.
This is particularly true of the Belmont
Avenue School. OF which Thomas j. Bis
sell is principal, which has accomplished
what no other evening school has ever
done, in that after the holidays, instead
of consolidating classes, az is usually
two new ones were formed.
The interest OF the pupils is un1agging,
and the list OF promotions will be un-
usually large.
At the special morning exercises in the
Eighteenth Avenue School yesterday,
Principal Arthur W. Balloon, OF the
Franklin School, gave a talk on the
Foundations of Citizenship Among the
qualities he named good health,
thoroughness, steadfastness, ~helpfulness
and patriotism.
The attendance at the lecture given by
Frederick Houk Law in the Franklin
School Wednesday night on Iceland"
was record breaking, over 500 persons be-
ing present. Mr.. Law stated recently
that the peoples lectures in Newark were
better patronized than those given in any
city of which he knew. The fol-
lowing lectures will be given next week:
Monday, January 20-Fourteenth Avenue,
Frederick Houk Law, iceland, the Land
of Ice and Fire. North Seventh Street,
the Rev. Henry r. Rose, America and
Future of Liberty"
Tuesday, January 21-Avon Avenue,
Claude Frederick Walker, 1.-THE Wheat
Country of the Northwest" Public Lii
brary, Byron C. Mathews, Evolution OF
the Steel Industry"
Wednesday, January %, Alexander
Street, Edgar Judson Ebbels, Mrs. Helen
Baxter Downer, joint recital; Belmont
Avenue, the Rev. Henry r.. Rose, Frank
lin and a Many-sided People:" Franklin,
Willis NFletcher Johnson, Statesmen in
the Hall of Famei'' Hamburg Place, the
Rev. William H. Morgan, "Lincoln;" FL
lott Street, Fl. Fl. Rusby, "Plants Yield
ing Foods and Beverages" South Eighth
Street, Arthur x. Peck, Life Saving
Service"
Thursday, January %. Bruce Street,
Frank Gaylord Gilman, "The Wonders of
wales;'' First Church, Arthur X. Peer,
Life Saving Service"
Friday, January "a. Arlington Avenue,
Arthur K. Peck, Heart of the Rockies
and the Yosemite"
The Rev. DIR. William Fl. Morgan, pas
tor of the Central Methodist Episcopal