The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-11-28
WANTS HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING ERECTED
Town Improvement Committee
Informs Education Board.


mittee. The women also asked the
board to provide matrons for the
Maple and speedwel avenue school
hui dings. Electric lights in certain
Of the school rooms and the estab-
lishment OF & Kindergarten were also
suggested.
From Mrs. Arthur Whitney came a
letter asking the Morristown board
70 cooperate in a county corn grow
Ing contest.
Superintendent Trarell repested as
follows.-
THE health conditions in the school
are excel ent. No cases Of Infections
disease among the pupils have been
reported during the month.
'On November Goth and 21st the
schools were closed that the teachers
might attend the annual teachers in
stitute he'd at Dover under the di-
reetion Of the state board Of educa-
ton.
Two interesting inspirational adj
dresses We're given by Miss MacMui-
len, Of the Montclair Normal school
Helpful and suggestive talks were
given by Principal W. A. Ba dwin.
OF the Hyannis Normal school, and
Superintendent C. j. Kern, of Illinois,
Both these speakers spoke at length
OF the pace and management OF
school gardens. Speaking of the
country schools Of the county under
his control in Illinois. Superinten-
dent Kern said. We emphasize not
only the three RS, those solid funda-
montals Of education, but also the
three P's, paint, plants and piesures-
In pace Of the old-time forlorn and
unattractiye school house, we are.
erecting modern, artistic buil dings
and keeping them well painted. They
are placed on roomy sites, each with
its Flower gardens and shrubbery-
planted and cared for by the school
children. Every school-room has its
walls hung with the great MASTER
pieces of art, and has its bookcase
filled with novels, works of travel
and adventure, biography and poetry.
and books of woodcraft and science
Picture after picture was thrown
upon the screen showing the trans
formation that is coming over the
country school-the modern building.
attractive without and within, the
roomy grounds beautiful with flowers
and shrub and tree, the playground
and athletic field, the classes in agri-
culture, in sewing, in cooking, in
woodwork, the school work made
practical and related to the life and
interests of the children outside of
I school.
am not greatly impressed by
the value of the school gardens in
whose activities the teacher is not
the inspiration and sustaining force
said Mr.. Baldwin. The school garden
that is worth while must center in
the school-room. The selection of
seeds, payment of money, preparation
OF the ground, planting, nurture.
growth, flower and fruit, all afford
great variety of experiences that
make wonderfully interesting material
Tor lessons in language and literature,
geography, history and arithmetic
During the month a case of par
entail neglect to send the child to
school was taken into court and a
fine of $10.75 imposed In the same
family a boy Of II was found who
had attended school, he said, not
more than three months, and sec
ond boy of Is who had been in school
only Two or three days. Both had
petitioned for the evening class for
adults. Both are now in our special
class for oyer-age pupils.
There are MANY boys and girls in
Morristown who are under II years
OF age who aave no grammar school
diploma, who are not in school, aud
yet who have no working papers
from the board of education. Such
situation ought not to be allowed
70 continue. The law is perfectly
clear in requiring such boys and girls
to attend school, or in cases where
they are IA years of age and tho
families actually need their financial
assistance, it requires them to se-
cure a certificate for work from the
board of education. Applications for
such certificate that have been re-
ceive and investigated and that seem
worthy are those for the following:
Carl Layton. Martha Miller, John
Ervey, Reginald Warrick and Arthur
Evans.
Il would recommend that in these
cases certificates be granted
Il would further recommend that
the Christmas vacation be fixed to
extend from Friday, December END
to Wednesday, January 3rd, and THAI
the spring vacation be fixed for the
first week of April, including, as is
customary, the first day of April"
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