Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1910-03-17
Object to Be Obtained by
the New Law.
AN EXPLANATION
Prof. J. D. Sensor, of the State
School Department, Explains
the Workings of
the Law.

meeting or the School Boards of
Cumberland county was held yester-
day afternoon, to be addressed by T. D.
Sensor of the State Department of
Public Instruction who discussed, as
he said the business of school teach
ing.
Ihe meeting was held in the rooms
OF Bridgeton Commercial League. BY
the way, these rooms have proved a
very useful an agreeable accom- moda-
tions to many gatherings of such a
nature, and the courtesy of the Bridge
ton Commercial League is certainly
greatly appreciate by them.
Mr.. Sensor was introduced by
County Superintendent John N. Glas-
pell. and he began his address in very
informal way, saying that we are
to-day. facing ssthe problem of public
education as never before met with
and School Boards and school teachers
are held to stricteri responsibility
than ever before. More money is being
expended to-day for public school
education than formerly. The problem
used to be how to obtain the funds
to maintain the system of education in
this State. Such problems no longer
exists and New Jersey stands at the
head ia public educational facilities.
From these complimentary senti-
ments Mr.. Sensor dropped at once into
the discussion of the School Medical
Inspector law. This is a new law and
yet--an old one; it becomes new by the
addition of the word ''shall'' in
corporated In it last Winter, he said.
He discussed those features of public
school economic which the law is
intended to correct He said il a
school has but one scholar, and that
scholar is afflicted with a contagious
disease and must be kept out of school
in consequence of it, the loss is 100
per cent, if there are 4 pupils and
two Of them thus afflicted it is a loss
of 90 per cent. and so on.
Defective eyesight, mental made
quacy. tuberculosis, and the fight
against this enemy of the human race
we're discussed. and he showed the
important part the Medical Inspector
took in these cases.
The subject was pretty fully treated
and then general, and sometimes
pretty heated debate on some of the
points of the law was INDUCED in -;
outside issues were also brought in
this discussion was participated in
by Prof. Sheppard, Mr.. Barnhardt, Mr..
Kennedy. DR.. Moore, Prof. Neal and
others.
In speaking of building, heating and
ventilating school houses, Mr.. Ken
nedy, of Vineland. was very severe in
which he declared the arbitrary action
of, the State Board left only the un-
solvable problems for the local boards.
Mr.. Sensor said the object of public
school education was to produce
healthful. intelligent and capable
citizens. He advocated segregation
for detectives and he advocated
merciless fight against the use of
tobacco among school children.
In the discussion of the work of the
Medical Inspector Dr. Moore showed
that it meant 600 visits of the In
spector per year to the schools in this
city and the annual examination of
$500 pupils.
Mr. Kennedy and several others
desired to know what to do with the
detectives found by the Inspector.
Prof. Neal answered the question
pretty fully by giving a few examples
from his former school where they have
Medical Inspector. He said the
Inspector discovered a neroid in the
nose OF a pupil, sent a note of it to
the pupils parents who at once had
their family physician attend to it;
another was an infectious ailment of
the eye, with the same result. With
the notice to the parent or guardian
of the pupil the Medical Inspectors
duty ceased.
The meeting was highly interesting
one to the Board and their Questions
ana discussion made it a lively one.