Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-18
HILTON MEMBER
MAY RESIGN FROM
EDUCATION BOARD
Threatened, if Left Off Commit
tee, to Leave South Or
ange Body.

If his threat of two weeks ago is
carried out School Trustee @. Clifford
Jones, of South Orange, will tender his
resignation as q member of the South
Orange Board of Education. Mr..
Jones, who is the only representative
of the Hilton section of the school dis
trict, declared that in the event of his
not being appointed on the sites com
'mittee of the board by President
Charles G.. Fielding he would immedi-
ately tnder his resignation.
Mr.. Fielding, announced his standing
committees for the year at a meeting
last night, but the name of Trustee
Jones failed to appear on the list as a
member of the sites committee Mr..
Jones is i'll at his home and was unable
to attend the meeting. 1t is probable
that he will tender his resignation at
the text meeting.
Mr.. Jones claims that President
Fielding has it i'm for him for some
unknown reason" and only appoints
him to committees in which he is least
interested. The present real need in
Hilton. he claims, is a school site for
which the board has been dickering
during the last few months. Being the
representative of that section he be-
lieves that he should be a member
of the comlnitte on sites.
you can take 1t from me that If
Mr.. Fielding fails to appoint me a
member of the sites committee l will
tender my, resignation right away
said Mr.. Jones to a STAR reporter
following a meeting of the board two
weeks ago, when Mr.. Fielding was re-
elected president.
The Hilton man is of the opinion
that his section is sighted by the other
members of the board, and told a
STAR reporter that it was a case of
eight against one when it came to pro-
curing anything for Hilton. There are
nine members of the board.
Told of Mr.. Jones's stand today,
President Fielding said he was sure
tina all of the members of the Board
of Education had the highest regard
for Mr.. Jones and said that he. for
one, had the friendliest feelings towards
him. He denied that there vas any
discrimination in his selection of COM
mittees. The standing committees are
as follows: Finance, Elmendorf, Jones,
Curtiss; teachers, Phillips, Densmore,
Curtiss; textbooks, Theberath. Jones,
Marshall; buildings, Low. Theberath,
Phillips; sites. De;,smore, Low, Mar
shall.
The resignation of Benjamin s. Com
stock as clerk of the board was ten
dered and accepted, and Hoyt H.
Tucker, of All Richmond avenue, a
principal in a Newark public school,
was appointed to fill the vacancy. Mr..
Tucker will take up his new duties i'm
mediately.
Senate bill No. 25S, which will
abolish the State Board of Educa-
ton and the State department of pub
lie instructions, vas sent to the board
by Albert S. Merideth, county superin-
tendent of schools, asking them to go
On record as being opposed to the
passing of the bill. 1t was received
and placed on file, no action being
taken by the board.
firing OF having truant officers call
ing at his home, j. r. Wilson, of Taylor
place, sent a communication to the
Board of Education asking that this
practise be ended. Mr.. Wilson en-
ploys a young negress at his home, and
when he sent her TO school it was stated
that she was not capable of doing the
work in the regular class, and she was
put in the mixed, or special lass. Mr..
Wilson stated that this class was very
undesirable, both TO him and Mrs. Will
son, and Mrs. Wilson has decided to
teach the girl at her home.
Mr.. Wilson stated that in this man
ner the girl would learn more quickly.
and asked to be permitted to keep her
from school until she is able to do the
work of the regular grade. The request
was granted, and the truant officer in
structed 10 stop calling at Mr.. Wilson's
home.