Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-31
O-EDUCATION At
| HACkEITSTOWN IS
BEING DISCUSSED
Newark Conference of Methodist
Church May Change Plan at
Centenary Institute.
NEWARK DISTRICT SUPT.
PRESENTS HIS REPORT
Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut Says
Local Conditions Are Cen
orally Satisfactory.


conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Cburcb TODAY the Centenary Collegiate
Ir.444,,.o ~, he changed from a CO.
'.,..,4,o 80 a collagiate
euue" "'ioi'ai a.. 1oara
scnool iof girls Inc iepoi u '''
of directors stated tnat at 'iie pes in''''e
Of the year it was found that IN com
mon with other co-educational schools
the registration was steadily growing
,ess aoa tbat tho cause was undoubt-
-s.,..
Guy
oh the sllehs'ii' u enis ieP'' 's'-
address of George ). Ferry VINO ior
forty years has been president or the
board, and others, the following resolu-
tion was discussed.
.Resolyed That we accept the rec
ommendation of the board of trustees
of the Centenary Collegiate Institute
land hereby authorize them to change
the character of the school from CO.
educational to a school for girls, the
change to go into effect at the close
of the present year"
In his talk Mr.. Ferry said that he
regretted the necessity for the change,
but that people would not send their
girls to a coeducational institution.
That Girls were favored in the change
was owing to the expense as by taking
I'm special courses the girls helped pay
the running obligations of the institu
lion If cost $40 per capita per week
"a maintain the classes. and as there
,yare thirtv-eiebt school weeks I'm the
vear tho s375 annual grant was not
enough to nav expenses
rhe ranort also stated that the con-
dition of the school was good, that
many improvements had been made
during the wear and that thirty eight
acres had been secured between the
oar,,,s and farm protecting the school
from being surrounded by dwellings, or
factories. Walks had been laid out
,,,lsare the girls might seek recreation
in sech,sion. sssfrs
,,,,.a Isav 1,r Jonathan M. Meeker.
nres;aet,t of the institution, then ad-
drassad tba conferences and quoted a
nnn,her of co-educational institutions
,,,I,icb had failed 10 make a success of
80 ,,aars and named among others
peaa;a Instituta al Hiehtstown.
nv, pev cbf les r.. Barnes. of Ho-
,,s,.o,, tban g,alx the floor and inti-
,.,atad In nu1ttv strong terms that the
,efai,. ,aIfool, of the tone of "snap
,,o,.l-- ~
,e4h, is II that thev do not give us
II t,,,,at. he asked "Why don't
-. ofror the nronosition OF a change
80 80 49,, h.i,ao, the matter up for
eral decision at the next conference?
W. have only the authority of DIR.
Meelxer and Or. Ferry that they cannot
make-the school pay. If they cannot
tier let us get another management"
DR.. Barnes's motion to this effect,
however was voted down.
Then figures sprang up in different
narfs of the ediflce, demanding recog-
nition. and the discussion grew very
warm. Some were vigorous in their
opposition to the change, while others
were inst as hearty in favor of it.
The Rev. DR.. Landon, head of the
pcrdentown Military School, took a
position at the head of the church, and
gave the members of the conference
the result of his personal experience.
"Since the introduction of baseball
football and other athletic games into
our co-educational schools there has
beer noticed a bad effect upon the
girls. and things have been demoral-
lied generally" he said. DIR. Landon,
during the course of his remarks, made
,,se of the words "the effect of love, and
So forth" on the studies.
what do you mean by and SO
forth ?''' came sotto voce from the au-
dience amid much laughter.
The discussion will be continued at
future time
sunerintendent,s Report.
panorts of district superintendents
- -, tho graatar nortion of the
,,,,fy session and indicated harmony
lno, A.s .,,.,snarit,, among the various
a,,,as r. r,a,,iro, ~, the conferences.
T-,a pev n p r randolph. of the
r,,;.at,ath district renorted that while
ais.h,aen salaries had been increased
last year there had been a further ad-i
ias. t,,;s yaar and twentv-one
.s san.S s ,,,ara Favored with more
, ro,trit,,,tions were commended