The Penn's Grove record., 1910-05-13
Boards Of Education Meeting.
A Hitch on Supervisor.

ing Principal. Last year the Township
Board decided to accept the Penn's Grove
Supervisor and pay 500, while Penn'
Grove paid 5000, $500 above the amount
of the state apportionment. The question
arose what vote each board should have.
Some thought the Township Board should
have a quarter vote as they have one
fourth the number of schools and Will re-
ceive one-fourth the State appropriation
for supervisor this year, But the State
school law says that a teacher or super
visor must be elected by a majority vote
of the Board consequently a supervisor
must get a majority vote OF each board.
1t was decided to vote separately.
The members. of the Penn's Grove
Board present at the meeting were Messrs.
Trumbull, president, Cunningham, Ball,
Wood, johnson, Bodine and Summerlil.
There were eight applicants for super
visor as follows: j.. Warren Lloyd and
VIM. S. Watson, Elmer; VIM, Love, East
Bound Brook; Auley G. Davis, Green
wich; VIM. A. Coleman, Royersford, "a,
All. K. Brandriff, Mantua; Jos. r.. Given,
Westmont; Isaac Rissmiller, Sussex.
Penn's Grove Board took three ballots
with the result that Mr.. Rissmiller re-
| c~eiyedthree votes and Mr.. Brandriff four.
All the nine members of the Township
Board were present. They took a ballot
and we're unanimous for Mr.. Brandrif.
After the arrival of Messrs. Elkinton
| and Yeager, of the Penn's Grove Board,
another ballot was taken and resulted III
| giving Mr.. RissmiIler 6 votes and Mr..
Brandriff 3.
One solution is that the Borough men,
| beers should have one vote and each OF
the Township members a quarter vote.
| That would give Mr.. Rissmiller 6 votes
| and Mr.. Brandriff ST votes. Another So
luton is that if the Township members
/! have a quarter vote the Borough mem
bers only three-fourths of a vote. That
would make a tie vote. Six three-fourths
equals eighteen quarters or Al votes for
Mr.. Rissmiller, and three three-quarters
and nine quarters equals 10 quarters or
Al votes for Mr.. BrandrIff.
The Township Board remain solid for
Mr.. Brandriff and declare they do not want
a supervisor without him. Penn's Grove
cannot have a supervisor alone because
there is only one school building. The
appropriation for supervisor has been
made. Penn's Grove will get $3.50 of the
5000, and the Township $3.50. TO unite
on a supervisor there must be a majority
vote of each board. A solution OF the
differences is for future development.
No action was taken in regard to the
salary.
SCHOOL Books DISCUSSED
W. A. SummeriIl addressed the board
in regard to the multiplicity and lack of
uniformity of books in the school as he
had spoken to the teachers in the after
noon. The arithmetics, grammars, his
tories and biographies now in use were
shown. In the 4th, 9th, 9th, and 9TH
grades Baird's arithmetics are used. Then
there is a big jump to Brooks which they
never studied before and are expected to
pass a county examination in after one
years study. In Baird's 4th grade (9-year
book problems are given that expect the
pupil to turn All intellectual summersalt
backwards. The way of presenting some
problems are different and even subtrac-
lions is different in Baird's which is not
prescribed by the County Superintend-
ent. Ii Brooks Rudiments were studied
two years and Brooks'Normal two years as
prescribed by the County Superintendent !
the children would have a better under
standing and be more likely to pass.
In grammar another of the hardest
subjects, Reed & Kellogg's books are used.
for three years. 1t is a fad book Which
appeared about twenty years ago. 1t
subordinates parsing to diagramming. In
order to instruct the pupils in grammar
the teachers of the 7th and 9Th grades
have Browns grammar OIL their desks
while the pupils have none to study out
of. Reed & Kellogg's presents the sub
ject in a more abstract complicated man.
ner. Browns teaches the language in a
concrete way, that is, the parts of speech
are taught separately and distinctly and
then put together in their logical, proper
order. Browns grammar is as much a
standard of the English Language as
Wy l-a aforementioned n,oEfonoru |
Browns grammar is prescribed by the
County superintendent. Reed & Kellogg's
is not. Two Browns grammars each
studied two years would give the pupils a
better knowledge and facilitate their pro-
gress. Is it any wonder the school child
rem fail in arithmetic and grammar and
the teachers get the blame when the
pupils do not have the proper books to
study. Old school teachers who are now
mothers have noticed that for years in
Penn's Grove.
In geography there are five books by
three different authors. In the fourth
grade a new one was put i'll this year
and when the children had their county
examination last week some answers sent
by the County Superintendent were notin
the book. The geography is not pre-
scrfbed by the County Superintendent
from which he had taken the questions.
A new geography was put in the eighth
grade this year after the pupils had been
studying another kind of four years.
They have acounty examination to meet.
The supervisor recommends that the
pupils in that grade be made to study an
other year, the nine-year old room. They
may have to stay there until they are old
men and bald-headed with study and
| never pass the examination when the
| answers to the questions they have to