The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-04-14
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.


At the meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation held last Wednesday evening,
applications for positions as teachers
we're received. The following pres.
ent teachers asked for re-appointment
Miss Annie F. Stout, principal of the
High School; Miss Edith NJ. Sanford,
Miss Grace B. Tuthill and Miss Edith
M. Bowman. of the High School; Miss
Belle Gallagher, Miss Elizabeth
A. Micke and Mrs. Clara Miller, OF
the Grammar School; Miss Mary N.
Purcell, principal; Miss Katherine G.
McKeever, Miss Mary E. Call and
Miss Jennie M. Mullaly, First Ward
Primary School; Miss Beatrice Petrie
and Miss julia C. Considine. Second
Ward School.
Applications were also received from
Miss Reba W. Naylor, of Garfield, a
graduate of the Lambertville High
School and New Jersey State Normal
School; Miss Ada c. l.. Leaver. of
Trenton, graduate of the Trenton
High School and Vassar College; Miss
Edith II. Thomas, of Montgomery,
Pa. Miss Margaret M. Brady, Mis- s
Isabelle G. Reilly and Miss Jeanette
V. G. Barber. Charles Treftz applied
for reappointment as truant officer,
and requests for positions as janitors
were presented by Eli Lowe, High
School; Patrick Nulty. First Ward;
Wilson Wright, Third Ward; Mrs.
Mary Lafayette and Charles Treftz.
These applications were referred to
the committee ON employees and sal
aries and will be reported on at the
next regular meeting of the Board.
Several of the teachers having failed
to file their applications. the time was
extended until Wednesday, April IA.
The Daughters of Liberty. of this
city and vicinity. presented petition
against any withdrawal of state school
moneys for general purposes.
In accordance with the idea of the
Postoffice Department, Postmaster j.
ID. MacKay asked permission to adj
dress the pupils of the High on
certain points to he observed in ad
dressing mail matter aud in the use of
the postal system. The principal was
instructed to arrange for this on some
Wednesday.
Supervising Principal Louis Il.
Boutwell, presented his monthly re-
port in detail. showing a total enroll
ment of coo pupils and a good rate of
attendance. Every grade shows an
increase in the enrolment over last
year. One of the recommendation
embodied in his report was that the
Board of Education next year guaran-
tee the financial backing fol school
paper. He says that criticism has
been made that pupils are graduated
or leave the higher grades without the
proper ability to write or speak the
English language, and such criticism
is often warranted. His idea is to
have the pupils write for the paper,
having thereby practicartrnining in
English III a way that will demand n
thorough test of their abilities; Mt the
same time it would afford certain bns-
mess training, furnish means of COM
mnnication with the public and with
other schools aud foster n proper
school spirit. AZ the proposed work
would not he instituted until next
O. Al
Mt this meeting.
Prof Boutwell, suggested rear
rangement of the three grades of the
first grade pupils of the First and
Second Ward Primary Schools. AT
present each teacher of the first grade
has three subdivisions, and by send
ing all Of the beginners to the Second
Ward and all of the advanced scholars
to the First, each teacher will have
but two divisions in her grade. An
other advantage Of snch II scheme
wonld he that the large number of
italian children in the First Grade
who have no knowledge of English
whatever would be together and would
would get better attention. The COM
mittee and the principal ware given
power to carry out the idea.
The Board engaged the services of
Miss Myra Holcombe to assist in pre-
pairing the examination papers to he
used at the close of the term
Report was made that the Board
has secured two rooms IN the Solliday
Building, Bridge and Union streets,
to he used as offices for the Supervis-
ing principal. A lease was accepted
for one year with a privilege of five
more. at an annual rate of x144.
The report of the trnant officer
shows that the school authorities are
prosecuting their efforts to break mp
trnancy with good results