Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-06
AMBOY
SCHOOLS ARE
GIVEN PRAISE
Afternoon Session of County
School Board Assn. Mark
cd BY Reports.
PROF. GREEN ADDRESSES
--PASS RESOLUTIONS

400 t1&GOE0 ghSf7I
Growth OF the school system and
in school POPULATION throughout ttss
county, inspection OF school chill
dren, reading of reports and pas
sage OF resolutions occupied the
greater part of the time at the eon
cluding session OF the hfiddIesex
County school Board Association IN
the Packer House Saturday afipr-
noon The session, The second a5d
concluding one OF the dag, opened
at 2 O'clock in the dining room Of
the Packer House Feasting Waa
enjoyed for little more than haIf
an hour ana at 1856 O'Clock County
superintendent OF Schools H Brew
ster Willis called the assemb1age To
order. Resolutions were passed and
reports read. The speaker oF the
afternoon was Prof. f. II. Green, OF
the West Chester State Normal
School of Pennsylvania. He pre-
sented his audience with speech OF
such magniflcence that everybody
arose and applauded for several
minutes at Its conclusion.
DIR. Meinzer Gives Data
DR.. Nj. s. Meinzer, president OF
the Middlesex County Medical In-
spectors' Association and Inspector
OF schools in this city, presented a
detail report of existing conditions
with relation to healthfulness Of
children. He urged the appoints
ment OF school nurse In school
districts and especially in cities,
whose duty 1t would be to take care
of school children, watch the eondi-
ton of every child and keep parents
informed and instruct theua~aias-.a
take care of thaiv children. DR.
Meinza~a-evosd 0T his appointment as
.futa1 school inspector four years ago
when there was no law compelling
inspection OF school children. Thus
he endeavored to illustrate how
Perth Amboy led In the medical i1l-
spection OF school children. At hrst,
he said. inspectors received but lit
tie cooperation from parents and de-
velopment was SLOW Many parents
were inclined to think inspection OF
school children a farce. Now nearly
everybody has been awakened to the
fact that medical inspection is 8
valuable asset to the school system
and parents are coopsraxine d
The inspector said that medttAl
| inspection has done much to hett&1
4
dren and he quoted naals
epsrs We eetd the csxsA s3s&
& drsn haA been Ina a. 4 sgS
the ,fassst of xffS31 u ILL., H.. IL 49, j
the number eSX aai3$ a n 4 $ = r H.
dueed. The physician cIafn1ad stIS
| lditions to be worse san1ong seh6US1
children in cities than in rural dis
tTicts because Of denser population.
The inspectors report Of work In
the county done between September
1, 1910, and February T., 1911, fol-
lows: Examinations In that period,
12,204; percentage of school popu-
lation examined, 1886; number Of
visits. 434: pupils sent home, 1885,;
contagious diseases found among
school children, chiekenpox, tuber-
culosis, scabies. whooping cough and
scarlet fever.
Representatives Report.
Representative from all the
school districts in the county gave
reports as to the number of new
schools, value of school repairs, atg
tendance and so forth. The report
from this city, rendered by Score
tary Jesse Colyer, of the local Board
of Education, follows: No new
schools; cost of repairs, S4,932.5B;
number of pupils examined between
September and February / last,
5,32S; average number of visits,
191; number of pupils between the
ages of seven and fourteen years en-
rolled, 1851; number of pupils ex-
eused, 1913; percentage of attend
ance, 923. This report riyalled that
from New Brunswick, the closest
competing city in the county. There
the number of pupils were reported
as 937; the average number OF
visits, 30; number of pupils between
ages OF seven and fourteen enrolled.
2,613.
Resolution for Buildings.
President Edgar, of the Wood
bridge Township Board of Educa-
ton, introduced a resolution to have
more stories high, constructed Of
fireproof material, which was adopt
ed. He also extended an invitation
to the association to hold its next
session in Woodbridge, which was
accepted.
E. G. Ensign, of Woodbridge. i'm
troduced resolution to encourage
industrial work among school chill
dren throughout the county, which
was adopted A resolution intro
duced by Secretary Colyer, thanking
those who furnished entertainment
for the meeting, was also adopted
Praise for This City.
Mr.. Willis lauded Perth Ambov
and its school system in opening the
afternoon meeting He said Perth
Amboy was the largest city In Mid
dlesex county and its school system
of the best. He declared Perth AM
boy ahead of New Brunswick when
1t came to schools and said he was
indeed glad to be here