Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-14
SCHOOLS LACK
REQUIRED ROOM
Supt. S. {. ShuIl In Annual
Report Sets Forth Some
Urgent Needs.
Suggests Investigation Of In
dustriaI systems Cooking
Classes in High School.


school room. q smaller number Of
pupils per teacher, improvements to
some Of the school buildings and an
investigation OF industrial systems.
were made IN the annual report of
Superintendent OF Schools s. y.
Shu1l to the Board of Education at
it's meeting last night. He referred
to the growth OF the city's school
system and Drought out some strlk-
inE features which interested the
school commissioners, His report
was read. received and f1led.
Cooking In High School Courts.
Mr.. Shull recommended the fol-
lowing: Abandonment of room N
IN school az a class room, q small
or number OF pupils per teacher.
6re-proof stairways at school 2, adj
ditional chool room at either the
grammar school or No. 4, or at
both; retaining wall for grounds
Of school s. utilizing the court In
the high school addition for teach
Ing cooking, an adjustment OF the
high school courses to the extent
that a course In domestic science be
added to the present courses, the ap-
pointment OF committee from the
Board OF Education whose members
shall thoroughly investigate the In
sdHstrial systems now prevalent In
the Bavarian and Cincinnati schools.
Commissioners Fletcher said the
board no doubt would, like to adopt
all OF the recommendations but
finances prevented 1t as an aggre-
gate expenditure Of thousands of
dollars would necessarily be incur
red thereby.
Mr.. Shull referred to the numer-
Gus improvements In schools made
during 1911 and mentioned the adj
ddtion to school s He stated this
huiIdfng was marked tor its fine ap-
pearance, it's admirable arrange
ment within and the fact that yis-
itors familiar with school buildings
very generally remark upon the low
cost of q building of such size and
appointments.
Favors the Fairgrounds.
The superintendent said he favor
ed Fairgrounds. Tor he maintained
that the physical side OF child life
should be well looked after. He
lHuded medical inspection OF schools
4a At II now carried on In the cltys
hut she SAID that Was not easosksA
and THAT nothing short OF Indoor
physical draining and such Eyateni-
Atixed exercise AZ can be had In the
open OF the playground can be con-
aidered as evidence that comm UNI
ity Is fully alive to the part 1t has
to- play In the deve1cement OF the
future man and woman. He com
cluded that part OF his report In no
more forcible language than that
@ - rf~,r(
cd OF Education DIR. G. N. Kendall,
health should be the most import
ant air In school work. A school
house should be az clean az hos
pital The grounds should be ample
and suitable gymnasium should be
provided in each building. Boards
OF Education have never been known
to purchase too much ground to
snrronnd a school building, 1t is
wise Investment and will be grate-
fully realized by future genera
tons. Y
Writing. like drawing, sewing,
cooking. music, etc, the superin-
tendent stated Is everywhere recog-
niEed as special subject, and, as
such, required looking after by the
4t3ClHitHLh, Al ku6 bS6t IoHutLb were
to be obtained. Ea stated special
effort too. had been placed on the
subject OF arithmetic. The adop-
tion Of text on mental arithmetic
designed to supplement the subject
matter found In written arith-
metic, had done much to improve
the work in elementary methe-
matics. he stated However. he ex-
pressed himself ~ \ being Of this
opinion that far too much was ex-
pected Of the boy aud girl of thir-
teen or fourteen years on this sub
ject.
More Ufilitarian Education.
During part OF the report, Mr..
Shuli said he had la mind the pop
ular demanded a more utilitarian
education, largely Industrial or yo-
catIonal. he stated that kind OF
work, II 1t was to amount to any
thing. would cost good deal of
money. He said In part: with us.
rs practically with all communities,
this phase or work 4oes not resolve
It'll sff into question OF why, when
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