The Penn's Grove record., 1910-05-20
THE BOARDS or EDUCATION MEET
another Vote on Supervisor

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five members present, as follows: }. w.
Trdmbull, president; Simon Cunningham,
Albert j. Bodine, Walter Ball and w. A.
Summerill.
All nine members of Upper Penn's
| Neck Board of Education were present,
as follows: John P. Clark, president; j.
B. Layton, clerk; David w. Wright,
| Edwin Leap, Robert w. Bevis, John
| Brandriff, BiddIe Wright, Willard Lay
| ton and Edward nj. Summerill.
The meeting was called to again COLI
slider the election OF a supervisor as sug-
| gested by the County Superintendent, j.
A. Wentze4l, to whom the result OF the
meeting of the week previous had been
| reported. A cop OF his letter to the
| president and clerk OF the Board reads as
follows;
"The relative value of votes from each
OF your two districts is, in my judgment,
| perfectly just: one-fourth voice for U. z.
Neck Township and three-fourths voice
for Penn's Grove Borough. This method
agrees with the proportion of teachers
and also with the a~pportionment OF State
School moneys to each district.
"The vote resulted in a tie, each candl-
date receiving one-half the full strength
OF the votes.
"While it would be possible for U. P.
Neck to withdraw and refuse to employ a
Supervising Principal, it would not be
honorable to do SO after having made APP
plication to the State Board and having
received the legal apportionment for the
purpose the coming year. 1t is also pos
sible that the State Board might demand
a re-apportionment of the $3.50 appor-
toned to the district when it is ascertained
that the district wishes to withdraw its
application. However, l do not antici-
pate such withdrawal, as l know that he
Board of Education appreciate the value
of supervision of their schools.
"Should it finally become necessary to
apply for the Supervising Principal for
your district (Penn's Grove) alone, if
your Board opeus another room i'll another
building the legal requirements specifying
that more than one school building is
necessary in order to secure approval for
a Supervising Principal would be fulfilled,
and l have no doubt that your application
would be approved; but the State Board
is urging the uniting of two or more dis
tricts wherever such union is possible in
the employment of a Supervising Prin-
cipal.
~ would suggest the calling of another
meeting fer the purpose OF electing a
Supervising Principal, due notice OF
which must be given each member OF
each Board, and if no member cares to
change his vote, if one member should
refuse to vote, this would decide the
election in favor OF II or the other can
didates now being considered, or possibly
the two Boards could agree upon some
new man."
According to this opinion the vote at
the previous meeting was a tie, two can-
didates receiving eighteen quarter or
four and half votes each.
The PENIS Grove members took II
ballot which gave Arthur K. Brandrlff
four votes flour three-quarter votes or
tw elve quarters) and Isaac Rissmiller IL
th~ree-quarter vote. The Township MEM
beers gave all their nine quarter votes to
MIR. Brandriff. The two united gave Mr..
Brandriff twenty-one quarter votes or i've
and a quarter votes. While this is a
small majority Of votes, yet it is the opln-
ion of thirteen individual members out of
a total OF eighteen that Mr.. Brandriff is
most acceptable for the situation, and be-
ing personally acquainted with him they
know what they are getting, which is
better than choosing one they do not
know.
Mr.. Brandriff is a native of Upper
PENIS Neck Township. He was gradu-
ated from Dickinson College in 1907, and
in his senior year was chosen editor OF
the college paper. For the past two years
he has been principal OF the Mantua
school, with high school pupils the first
year. He is a scholarly young man OF
his own attainment. He has the endorse
ment OF his County Superintendent as
being a good diciplinarian as well as a
man of dignity and refinement. Those
best acquainted with him believe him TO
be the wisest choice.
Since the result OF Tuesday nights vote
has been reported to County Superinten-
dent Wentzell, he has written that he
has consulted Assistant State Superinten-
dent j. Brognard Belts, the legal adviser
in the Department of Public Instruction
at Trenton, and he decided that the sue
cessiul candidate must have q majority
from each Board of Education. There
fore. another election will be necessary.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS.
The county examination was held this
week. The following are the questions
in Reading in the eighth grade Tor pro-
motion to the high school:
l. Give words TO illustrate the follow
ing two sounds Of C, two sounds of 9, two
sounds OF s.
2. Define emphasis. In what way
may a word be emphasized?
8. What is a d%iphthong? Give exam
,la XVIak 10 4, tiDlkbar0 (Niva vn,
pie.
4. Define infection, articulation, ex-
preston.
5. When are quotation marks used?
When is the exclamation point used?
Write a sentence to illustrate each.
6. What are tonics, %subtonics, atonics?
rs. Read aloud a selection OF prose.
$40. Read aloud a section of poetry.
The last -four to be marked with refer
ence to thought-getting, expression,
fluency and pauses.
The pupils of the eighth grade have
no reading books in which the an
swers to these questions as to emphasis,
infection, articulation, expression, %tonics,
subtonlcs, a%tonics, meditation, accent,
pauses, quality and pitch are explained
and illustrated. Those pupils whose pa
rents have at home their old readers of
from twenty to forty years ago have the
best opportunity to learn the art of read
ing. Ignorance of the law is no excuse
for breaking the law. That is citizenship.
Ignorance of the necessary answers to
questions III an examination for promo
lion is no excuse for the pupil not know
ing them when he has no book in which
to study them and see them illustrated.
That is the latest fad in education.