The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-10-03
NIGHT SCHOOL FOR
lTALIAN-AMERIGANS
Board Of Education Petitionsd
TO Establish System.

vincent Azzara appeared before the
board OF education Friday night and
presented petition for the esfab-
ishmert of night school for the
young Italian-Americans OF tie town
VINO are either too o,d or Tor other
reasons cannot attend day school
During the discussion thai followed
II was brought ont that the state
would pay half the cost OF mainten-
ance superintendent of schools Ira
W Travel asserted that the cosf of
The night school project. for forty
i've scholars would be from 500 to
Soo0 with the state paying a similar
sum. He pointed out that small
classes, no larger than fifteen are
imperative if success is torbs at.
tanned
The matter was finally left With tho
president and clerk Of the board to
see what could be done in the way Of
raising the money
The board re-appointed DR.. anna
A4laben and Dr. Gustave 4. Becker
a. medical inspectors of The public
schools.
David II Wilday, who succeeds the
late DR.. Stephen Pisrson as president
OF the board, was in the chair for the
first time and he made the following
address to the board:
Since our last regular meeting in
July oar late president, Dr. stenhen
Pierson, has been called to the spirit
world. We that remain can no longer
look upon his familiar form nor listen
20 mis- words Of counsel in the baz.-
ness meetings OF the board We all
t alsht miss him aad viii lniss him.
bat especially the teachers CO.
mietee where he was so daeele atar-
es1ed for so many years But the
'siness OF the board OF .dasa.loa
E1lst coatinue. We that remain must
redouble our interest and efforts to
discharge our duties faithfully I'D
! well. Fortunately the members Of -
BOARD are not lacking in experience.
AS am called from the office OF
viee-president to the chair none of
you realize more than how difficult
II is to fill or attempt to fill our late
presidents place. but as s iae
chair and promise you that in my
) humble way | will do my level pest
to discharge the duties of the ofsiee
faithfully and well as | see and IN.
derstand them.
l wish to ask each member of the
board that you give me Your hen~ty
support and counsel and bear elef
me patiently even if | am nor ag TO
the mark in efficiency at ali filnss,
and above all let us aim aid work
Tor perfect harmony so that tie work
OF the board OF education OF Morris
town may continue in the future as
1t has in the past second to none in
the state, for | feel that We have
reason to be proud OF our public
schools Of Morristown and that as
the number of children from year To
year has increased we have kept fair
ly well ahead of them in providing
all school buildings and facilities for
their education and without having
, any bonded indebtedness hanging
over us, for in this respect we have
clean slate to present to the public.
Then let us resolve tonight to
continue our duties as members of
the board so that the citizens and
taxpayers of Morristown can have no
just cause to find fault with US and
, we have no cause to find fault with
ourselves or with each other.
And finally, | wish to thank you
one and all for the honor you have
conferred upon me and also to thank
you in advance for the kindness,
sympathy and support that | know
you will extend to me while | con-
tinue to fill the office of president
Superintendent Travell reported in
part as follows:
The schools have opened this fall
with an enrolment to date of 1890,
as compared with 1916 last year, a
net gain of a. There are 1880 in
the grades, a decrease of 20 over last
last year, and 26O in the high school,
an increase Of "a in that department
The loss in the grades is found in
the beginners classes in the first
grade, where there are So less chill
dren than last year. The smaller
numbers in this grade are TO be ac-
counted for partly as result of
more general promotion of all the chill
dren who were in the first grade last
year, and partly because fewer little
children appeared for entrance this
year
''The second grade classes enrolled
sixteen children more than last year.
This increase has been cared for by
changing the work of one teacher in
the Speedwell avenue school from
first grade to second grade work.
'At the opening of school the sew
enth grade classes averaged about
4S each in numbers. Inasmuch as
legally we cannot enroll more than