Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-23
BOARD STICKS TO
NIGHT SCHOOL
SESSION CHANGE
Bishop Lines and MOnsignor
Whelan Join Rabbis in Up
holding Plan Approved.

There will be no change in the new
schedule of night school sessions re-
Gently adopted by the Board of Educa-
ton. This was decided upon last night
after the board had listened to argu-
ments for and against the new plan
and more than 200 interested partisans
of both sides of the controversy
crowded the boards rooms at the City
Hall.
The arrangements for providing for
the large attendance at the meeting
were distinctly bad. The rooms are
comparatively small and scarcely more
than a score of those present were able
to secure seats. Several women were
obliged to stand throughout the entire
long-drawn-out session, while the ma
jority of those present were packed
into a space that was never intended
to accommodate a quarter of the num-
Der.
The crowd overlooked into the ante
rooms and out into the main corridor,
where only occasional threads of the
arguments could be heard. Many who
came late were Unable to get within
earshot of the speakers and went away
in disgust.
The subject under discussion was the
change of one of the night sessions
from Friday to Wednesday, and those
who protested to the change hinged
their argument on the claim that the
action of the board savored of sectar-
ianism and was in direct violation Of
the constitution and the principles of
democracy.
The leaders of the opposition to the
change were the Junior and Senior
O. u. A. M, the Patriotic Order of
America and the Patriotic Sons of
America.
Ministers Also Protest.
in addition to the speakers repre-
senting these organizations, the Rev.
j. A. Solandt and the Rev. j. Clayton
Howard spoke against any change in
the school system which might be con-
strued as leaning toward sectarian
favoritism. Letters opposing the
change were also read from a number
of people who could not attend the
meeting,
II. b.. Miller was the first speaker
and he said he represented the Junior
o. u. A.. M, as we'll as the Patriotic
Sons of America and the Patriotic Or
der of America. lie scored the board
for making a change in the night school
schedule which was so palpably in
tended to favor a certain class, and
predicted a sad condition of educational
affairs If the precedent was once estab-
lished.
The speaker was frequently inter-
rupted by the applause and cheers OF
the members of the orders he repre-
scented.
He was followed by the Rev. Howard
and the Rev. Solandt, who. while
COUGHING their remarks in milder
terms. were emphatic In declaring
against the change on purely s~ectarian
grounds.
George Halleck, another mem'e OF
the Patriotic Sons of America, argued
against the change and spoke along the
same lines as the speakers who had
preceded him.
Rabbi Foster Replies to Protectors.
Rabbi Solomon Foster, who favored
the change, said he failed to see where
In the new arrangement was OF a sec
tartan nature, and dealt with The ques-
ton broadly. He referred to the fact
that Friday Is the beginning OF the jew
ish Sabbath, and that being reserved
from secular pursuits the young people
of that faith desire to devote them
selves to home duties, family ties and
sacred obligations.
He did not see how, by giving a little
consideration to the essential features
affecting the change, there could be n
claim of sectarianism, and he felt that
the church and the schools would al