Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-12
NEW SYSTEM
Is FAVORED
Plan to Teach School, Pupils
to Save aieney May
be Adopted.
COMMITTEE TO REPORT
School Board Will Inspect
Site for New Building
Other Matters.
COMMITTEE TO REPORT

Although the proposed Inauguration
of the Thiery ''Thrift' system in the
public schools was not decided upon at
the Board of Education meeting last
night, it was practically decided to
introduce it in the near future. Intri-
cacies of the system which would delay
its active operation were it inaugurated
at the present time will necessitate in
vestigation, and permanent committee
was appointed last night to collect all
data and formulate plans for the in
PRODUCTION of the idea into the schools,
providing the board decide to adopt it.
On the committee are Commissioners
Rossi, Jones, Gridley and Harrigan.
They will investigate the system as it
is operated in the schools of Long Is
land and several large cities, and report
at the next meeting.
The Thiery idea has been fully ex-
planned in these columns. 1t is a plan
to make each pupil an individual depos-
itor in one of the local banks, through
the medium of his teacher to whom he
will each week turn over a small sum
of money.
Company Wants Pianola.
1t is the opinion of the board that
the Aeolian Company, of New York,
attempted clever sales trick when
they offered pianola to the high school
for nothing more than the proceeds of
three entertainments at the school. The
offer was made the former Board of
Education by a representative of the
company. He offered to install a plan
ola in the high school providing the
company were allowed the privilege of
lfr,x 4hraa L.
there, and to reserve an amennt from,
the proceeds sufficient to cover the cost
of the instrument. In the event of the
entertainments being slightly patron
lied, the school was still to retain the
pianola, In other words, the company
was taking chance on getting their
money" One entertainment was given
A few days ago Mr.. Shull received a
letter from the company offering to ap-
ply the 800 credit on "this account .
towards the purchase price Of a pianola
The board, however, will not purchase
the pianola. The clerk was authorized
to notify the company to return the
800 collected on the entertainment or
else comply with the terms of their con-
tract.
To Inspect New School Site
Next Tuesday, the commissioners
will make an inspection of tract own
ed by Massopust brothers, at Lawrence,
Hickory and Spruce streets with the OBJ
ject in view of securing an option on
1t until an appropriation sufficient for
the erection Of new school can be OBJ
tanned. The building committee several
days ago inspected part of the Koyen
& Ostergaard tract on which the board
has verbal option, but the Massopust
land is more carefully located.
Shower Baths IN II. 8.
Shower baths, long felt want in the
high school, have been installed there
There are three of them, and were plac-
ed in the boys court Monday. They
have already been used and are well
liked by the students. Chairman of the
Building Committee Charles R. Fletch-
er reported that material was now on
its way 10 be used for forty lockers
The lockers will be placed in the base
ment of the high school and will be
used one side by the male students and
on the other by girls.
Clerk Colyer was authorized to notify
Lauritz Madsen, of Madison avenue,
who presented two terra Gotta vases to
the high school some time ago, that in
the early spring they would be erected
on permanent foundations. One has
been recovered from the lawn of for
mer School Commissioner George
Moore.
The teachers committee will meet
hereafter on the Tuesday following
each regular meeting of the board.
Chairman Jones reported last night that
at the last meeting eighteen exemption
certificates were issued
Congratulations for Harrigan.
All the commissioners were present
last night, save James Harrigan, who
was married yesterday morning. Mr..
Harrigan was the only unmarried mem
Der of the board, and shortly before
adjournment last night, Commissioner
Jones, moved that the secretary be In
structed to tender the congratulations
of the board and to inform Mr.. Harri-
gan that he is now qualified to sit with
that august body.
The holidays this term will not in
clude election day. The schools will be
closed Thanksgiving Day and the day
following, from December 23 to Janu-
ary 2. April 13 to the oath, and finally
on June %.
supt. shull's Report.
Superintendent Shull submitted the
following monthly report last night
Total enrollment-boys, 2,747; girls,
2,5s7, total 1894; average enrolment,
5,O93.69; average attendance, 4,92o.75
per cent. of daily attendance on aver
age enrolment, 1904; cases of tardiness
5o4; times teacher was tardy, 5; pu-
pills present every day, 1884; classes
or divisions, 1913; sessions during the
month, 8s; visits by Superintendent
during month, 1856; visits by Commits
sioners during month, 3; visits by citi-
zens, 26.
Truant oficer's Report.
The truant officers report showed
that $40 pupils had been sent for dur
ng the month of September, 115 had
been returned, 128 were found to be tru-
lnts and the number of sick was fifty. |
Medical Inspector M. s. Meinzer re-
1oEted thirty Ave visits, 800 pupils ex-
smined, ten contagious diseases found |