Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-04
REGISTER FOR
NIGHT SCHOOL
Applications Will be Receiv-
cd Monday Night at Gram
mar School Building.
BIG RUSH Is EXPECTED
Board Of Education Prepare
for Opening October 2l--
Meeting Last Night.
BIG RUSH IS EXPECTED

Every plan has been completed,
Superintendent S. e. Shull stated
last night at meeting Of the Board
of Education, to make the opening
of the night school in this city on
October 21 even more successful
than expected. Registration will be
held on October Z and at 1880
o'clock at night at the grammar
school, and all applicants will be ex-
amined by the teachers and classi-
fed into grades at that time. The
entrance examinations will be oral,
and very simple, as 1t Is not the in
tention of the board to bar any ap-
plicant from the course by failure to
pass the entrance tests. A large at
tendance Is expected by Superintend-
ent Shull and the commissioners
The night school will be conducted
in the grammar school building in
New street.
According to the present plan the
school will be opened on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
nights of every week, with the hours
Of study as follows: For girls and
women, 7:16 o'clock to 9:15 O'Clock;
boys and men, 1880 o'clock to $50
o'clock. No classes will be held in
the evenings OF holidays. Any pupil
who shows disinterest In the work,
does not attend regularly, or is ah-
sent from school on four consecutive
nights, will be dropped from the roll.
New pupils may register after the
opening Of the course by handing in
their names to the teachers after
any regular night session. The pro-
per committees were instructed to
secure books and teachers for the
night school.
Contract for Wall.
Jens M. Wester was awarded the
crete wall around School No, 5, at
a figure of $1,129. Other bidders
were: Meagher & Smith. s1,26S;
A. X. Jensen, $1,250.
Desk and chair contracts were
awarded last night as follows: AL
bert Leon, 270 desks; Nathan Roth,
270 desks; Max Leichtman, four
teen desks and fourteen chairs.
Medical Inspector M. s. Meinzer
submitted the following report:
Visits to schools, 10; pupils exam
ined. 900; general healthfulness OF
pupils, good; sanitary condition Of
buildings, good.
The general committee OF the fire.
mems parade requested the board to
close the public schools on October
"a, the date of the parade. The
communication was laid on the table
The application of John MeKeon
for janitorship was placed on flle.
Forty-seven applications for ex-
emption papers were granted last
month and thirteen refused, was the
report OF the teachers committee.
Superintendent s. E. Shull was
authorized to expend $50 for miscel-
laneous expenses. He reported con-
siderable interest in the new cooking
115 girls enrolled. The interest is
SO great that the freshmen girls
have been barred because of lack of
accommodations.
Truant Officer Meshrow made the
following report for September:
Pupils sent for, Az; returned, 118;
number of truants, 105; found sick,
|65.
Supt. Shull's Report.
Superintendent Shull submitted
the following report for September:
Total enrolment, boys, 3,089; girls,
2,969; total, 6,05S; average enroll
ment, 5826.17; average attendance,
5175.41; per cent. Of daily attend
ance, 93.14; cases of tardiness, 984;
times teacher was tardy, 8; pupils
present every day, 2,940; classes or
divisions, 229; sessions during
month, 38; visits by superintendent,
146: visits by commissioners, 6;
visits by citizens, AZ; homes repre-
sented, 5.817; homes visited, 1,499;
fire drills, 4 visits by Mr.. Fletcher
and Mr.. Christensen.