Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-29
WOMEN'S WORK ON
EDUCATION BOARDS
President of Essex County Suf-
frage Society Writes
About Meeting.
MEN MORE FOR BUSINESS;
WOMEN FOR INDIVIDUALITY
Speakers Point to improve
ments Since Stern Sex Is
Not in Sole Control.
BY EMMA l.. RICHARDS,
President of Essex County Suffrage
Society.

Society.
That the work of the woman on the
school board is of great interest to the
women of Newark and vicinity was
apparent by the large number who
attended the meeting of the Essex
county Suffrage Society held yester-
day afternoon at the house of the
president, AGA Summer avenue.
Miss Emma l.. Richards. in intro
ducing Mrs. George Merck, of Llewel-
iyn Park, recalled the fact that Mrs.
Merck had been elected to the school
board by the vote of the people Of
West Orange, some of the members
of Essex County Society taking active
part in her election. Mrs. Merck then
took the chair and expressed her
qualification in presiding at a meeting
In which the women on the school
boards of Essex n Hudson counties
were To take part. Having served for
several years on the school board and
having been the first and for several
years the only woman on the School
Board of West Orange, Mrs. Merck
undertook the part of introducing the
women of the various localities with a
charming and sympathetic sense of
their work and the duties it involved.
Mrs. Edward Chamberlain, of East
Orange, appointed to the School Board
by Mayor Gregory last winter, was
the first speaker. She has been a
school teacher, and is now caring for
children Of her own, so she brings to
her work both knowledge and expert
ence.s
Miss Louise Hinck, of Montciais,
appointed by her brother, Mayor
Hinck, to the scho< board, was next
introduced by Mrs. Merck. Miss
Hinok noted the large percentage of
girls in the High Schools per cent,
more than the boys, and spoke Of
the interest which the women on the
schoo board have taken in the sum
meF schools and gardens.
Mrs. Merck hen introduced Miss
Burnettie Colt, member of the School
Board OF Irvington.. Miss Colt spoke
of the work of the woman on the
School Board In attending the meet
ings of the board and visiting the
schools.
Women on hoard Can he Helpful.
She mentioned especially her work
on the teachers committee, and said
that the women on the board can be
very helpful to the teachers, n
showed, by citing examples, how he
woman's influence and presence is
reeded.
Mrs. Lottie Jones, the third woman
on the School Board, appointed by
Mayor sGlorieu1, was also present.
Mrs. Merck the introduced Mrs. l..
Hinrichs, of Glen Ridge, who testi-
fled that she had found her work
most interesting, as 1t q brought
her in contact with the mothers. who
would come to her IL they wanted to
know anything about the schools.
She regards the woman on the School
Board as the connecting link between
the mothers and the school. Men
emphasize the business n naturally
the oma is more interested in the
Mrs. NJ. Baldwin, her colleague, was
present and told some very interest
ing personal experiences of her work
on the School Board.
Miss. Bradford Is Introduced.
Miss Cornelia Bradford. of Jersey
City, appointed by Mayor Whitpenn
last winter, the first woman of her
city to serve the Board of Education,
was then introduced by Mrs. Merck
as the woman who has endeared her
self to all by the noble work she
has done at Whittiere House. Jersey
City. in caring for the neglected child
of the slums.
Pays Compliment to Mayor.
Frederick L. johnson, member of
the Board of Education of Newark,
appointed by Mayor Haussling last
winter. paid a high tribute to the
good Judgment of the city's chief ex-
exutive in so carefully selecting men
of the finest intellectual as we'll as
business qualifications for the APP
pointive board
Lewis Carris. county superintendent
of schools, was next introduced by
Mrs. Merck.
He declared that the woman on the
school board would have in mind the
physical condition both of-pupils and
teachers, and hat the ideal school
will be one which will approximate
conditions found in the ideal home,
and that women are peculiarly
edapted to hold up the ideals to be
striven after. He made a plea for a
change in methods and a larger
amount of time given over to play.
Women can help in his thing, he
declared. and they have the leisure
to study these problems.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle Makes Address.
Mrs. Merck then introduced Mrs.
Nina c. Van Wrinkle, president of the
Political Union Of New Jersey. Mrs.
Van Wrinkle declared that she had
listened to this discussion with great
Interest. as she had once had expert
ence as a school teacher herself. She
urged upon the women the necessity
foT being interested in thu affairs Of
the school as the complement Of the
home work.
II was fitting that Mrs. James w.
Howard, os Newark, should act as
matron Of honor. being herself a pro-
gress.ve woman n a member Of the
family to whom we as a nation owe
much for the valuable services of
General o. o. Howard in his work
not only in the Civil War, but after
ward in the u of freedom for the
oppressed. a which members of
his family are still carrying on. Mrs.
s. E. Rowan, Mrs. Elwood Leary and
Miss Gertrude Won Bodemeyer gave
her valuable assistance.
ohicers Elected for Year.
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