The Penn's Grove record., 1910-08-26
School Board r1eeting


Board of Education was held Monday
evening. The members present We're j.
W. Trunbull president, A. J Bodine,
Simon Cunningham, n. S. Wood, Walter
Bah, w. A. SummeriH.
The action OF the Board on August LIST,
in adopted Southworth-stone arithmetic
VAS reconsidered. The Hamilton Arith-
metio was adopted for all grades from
the first to the seventh, inclusive, to take
| the place OF Baird's arithmetics.
The Baird arithmetics, which have
been used for eight years, teach by the
| inductive spiral method which has not
given satisfactory success. Parents who
have attempted to assist their children
learned that their child is taught back
ward from their old way and that has
been a hindrance to progress. The spiral
idea is to teach a little Of everything oil
around the main idea and a failure to
drill on fundamentals. The inductive
method is mainly to train the all and
attempt to teach children to formulate
their rules while neglecting, to give
a thorough dill on fundamentals.
There is a complaint all over the county
about the failure OF children to know
arithmetic. The reason is because the
piral rductiye netltd has been the lad
in teaching the past ten years and has
proven a failure i'll practical education.
The Southworth-Stone arithmetic
teaches by the mductiye method and
fails TO contain a multiplication table and
does not teach practical measuremts like
Brooks and Hamilton's books.
Brooks arithmetic, the most complete
and most practical book is retained in
the eight grade.
The resignation of MIS-. Jessie N.
Phillips, of South Bridge, Mass. as teach
er of English and commercial subjects in
the High School was received. The APP
plications OF Maude b. Daveftn Of Dalton,
Mass, and ElizabethM Casey, of West
field, Mass, were received for the posi-
ton made vacant by Mrs. Phillips resig-
nation. Miss Dayerin was elected to fill
the position.
Chas. w. Sparks was reelected jan
tor Of the school at 1920. The salary has
been $500 a year with extras for cleaning
the house during avcation. Extras. are
to be dispensed With and betterrsersice
is expected. MeM
Mr.. WarrenMafts, the new superyis-
ing principal attended the meeting of the
Board and annodnced that he would be
on hand September lst to prepare the
for opening and that he will moves
bis family iron Paulsboro about the
os October.
School will begin September 9th.
The School building is being cleaned.
IN the Railways and general re-
pairs made to be in condition when
opens. Another steam out let is
being put in the heater boiler with the
that sufficient heat will be furnish
ID to properly heat the north roons in
extremely cold weather.
Penn's Grove Beats Bridgeton.
PENIS Grove won the second game
With Reliance, of B~ridgeton, last
Saturday by a score OF II to 6, The
,ther was lost by a score OF 6 to 8.
PENIS Grove scored in the first as the
'esulJ OF four misplays and a single.
Hard hitting and two errors gave the
ocals three more runs in the fifth. The
.wo last taliies Of the visitors were gotten
)y good hard slugging, Chew made a
swat to lett field for two bases.
Ennis followed with a single, Chew scor-
ng. Gehring, the next man up, soaked
.he ball for another two Dagger. Ennis
This ended TIE scoring for the
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