Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-01-15
Reappoint Clerk
COIVer;; Raise
His Salary.
COMMITTEES
ON SCHOOLS

Whether or not the meeting of the
1908 school board on January 1 was
legal or illegal does not matter now,
as, at meeting Of the new board last
night, after the order of business had
been suspended, practically everything
done at the meeting on New Year :
Day, was transacted over again.
| At O'Clock all but Commissioner f.
A. Seaman were present, but President
Amer waited nearly fifteen minutes
for him to arrive before calling the ses
sion to order. Commissioner Larson
then moved that the order of bueiness
be suspended. This was carried and
Mr.. Larson Immediately moved that
Jesse Colyer be elected secretary Of the
board for two years at a salary Of $500
a year. Commissioner Harrington Sec
onded the motion and it was unani-
mously carried.
Mr.. Colyer, who has served in tha
past for $25 month, thanked the COM
missioners. Commissioner Larson said
that excellent work done by Secretary
Colyer during the past years and he
/ thought Mr.. Colyer deserved the in
crease.
Furniture Contracts Rewarded.
the contracts for supplying furniture
for the central grammar and the Neville
street schools we're awarded to Leon
Roessler by full vote. On New Years
! Day nothing was done in regard to the
secretaryship, but the awarding Of the
furniture contracts to Leon & RoessleI
was the principal transaction
Mr.. Larson moved that Nels Fonskov
be appointed janitor of school No. ct
a salary of $40 month. This was car
ried, after which on motion of Com.
missioner Moore, Trueman Canoe was
made substitute janitor at the same sal
airy.
When the janitors had been reap
poisted the business of the old meeting
had s1lx been all gone over. %
the regular Ordef-e r.
en- up
The following applications for posi-.
tions as janitors were received and
placed ON file: Morris rIallahan. recon.
mended by Tube Diamond ard twenty
five others; Luther Gray. recommended
by l. B. Tice and fifteen others; John A.
Mason, who has been doing substitute
work in the schools; William Dinkel.
acker, recommended by Philip Gibson
ana forty others.
New Teachers Named
On recommendation of the teachers
committee the following new teachers
were appointed: Miss Mabel Wallace,
Miss Frances Lawrence and Miss Ada
Sutton.
The designations of the following
teachers, TO take effect December "a,
1908, were received and accepted: Miss
Edith A. Dennis, Miss Florence G. How
ard, Miss Jane E. Gibson and Miss Es-
ther Little.
School Committees.
President Amer appointed two spec-
ial committees to take charge Of the
erection of the two new schools, as fol-
lows:
Central Grammar School-Farringto
and Ratajczak.
Neville Street School-I4arson and
Moore.
A motion was carried that the matter
of choosing two members from the
board to act on the Board of Estimate
be left to the president. President Ar
ner appointed Commissioner Harrington
and himself.
Superintendent Shull read his month
ly report which is given below and stat
ed that every month he would also have
reports from Truant Officer Meshrow
and Medical Inspector Meinzer.
Truant oficer's Report.
The report of the trnant officer as
read last night was as follows: 31S calls
where there was a question; eighty fve
truants brought to school; three notices
served on parents; and two warrants
served on parents.
Both reports were received and plac-
ed on file as was that of the finance
committee. Roth & Leightman were ia
the audience, but did not have anything
to say.
superintendent Report.
Superintendent Shull's report for De-
cember was as follows:
Total enrolment, boys, 2,51o; Grlsru
9, 2,204; total, 4,514; average enrssment,
4241.021; average attendance, 4073.206;
per cent. of daily attendance, $3.50;
cases of tardiness, $50; times teacher
was tsrdy, 4; pupils present every day,
2,413; classes or divisions, 156; sessions
during month, "a; sessions school clos
ed, 12; visits by superintendent, 106;
visits by commissioners, 33; visits by
citizens, 12o.