The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-04-30
RE-ENGAGEMENT FOR
SUPT. |. W. TRAVELL
School Board Continues Him
For Another Term.

Superintendent Ira w. Travell has
been re-engaged for one year by the
board of education. This action was
taken at the meeting Friday evening,
His salary is to be $4,000 and the APP
pointment is from July 1st, 1912, to
July 1st, 1918.
The following teachers were en-
gagged -
Miss Marion Slater, second grade,
salary $500; Miss Alice Prost, first
and second grade, salary 5000, nov
teaching in Mills street school in
place of Miss Putnam; Miss Eva Kill
burn, eighth grade, salary $3.50, now
teaching in New London, Conn, takes
place of Miss Madeleine Brazer: Miss
Clara II. Beebe, eighth grade, salary
$3.50, now teaching in East Orange,
takes place of Miss Gold in Speed
well avenue school, lives in Rock
away but will move to Morristown;
Miss Emily N Hea, additional high
school teacher, salary 1926, now
teaching in Bristol, Conn; Miss Anna
Hillidge, seventh grade, salary $3.50;
now teaching in Washington, takes
the place of Miss Wallace.
The board of education decided to
try the experiment again of a night
school. Superintendent Travell sub
mitted an estimate of the cost which
he figured would be S946 minus a
state allowance of $3.50 making the
actual cost about 1866. 1t was voted
to provide for four classes of fifteen
pupils each
A bill of L. B. Tompkins for $5S5.S
for plumbing work done under con-
tract was among the bills ordered
paid.
Superintendent Travell presented
the following report
'There has been one case of scar
let fever among our children during
the month. Otherwise we have been
free from the serious diseases. There
have been but two days of absence
ON the part of teachers because of
illness.
81 am carrying out again this year
the plan of giving spelling tests in
all grades from the third through
the eighth. The entire list of words
studied during the year is given to
the classes in four tests. The re-
suits are tabulated and posted in all
the class rooms. There is enough
of class pride to spur pupils and
teachers to do their best. 1t is a
same in which each eagerly desires
to win. There are cases where am
bition outruns discretion; but the
large results of the competitive tests
are to make each pupil nearly per-
feet in the whole assigned list Of
words for the year. Among the
classes doing best work in a recent
test We're those of Miss Gold, eighth
grade, Speedwell avenue school; Miss
Alice Beach, third grade, Maple av-
enue school; Miss Wallace, seventh
grade, Speedwell avenue school; Miss
Dickson and Miss Mills, sixth grades,
Maple avenue school. Out of a total
of 1906 words spelled by all the pu-
pills of the above mentioned classes,
only tWenty-nine words were mis-
spelled. This is remarkably good
spelling when one understands that
every pupil of the class who was
present participated in the spelling.
Our schools made a laudable rec
ord for themselves last year by rea-
son of their superior work in spell
ing. 1t would appear that we may
do even better this year
Commencement this year falls on
1IludJ, june liSt. lie
class will number from forty to forty
six students. 1t is the desire of the
class to have the graduating exercises
this year in the Lyceum. The change
seems a desirable one for a variety
of reasons that readily suggest them
selves.
''The class also wishes to have a
baccalaureate service on the Sunday
preceding graduation in one of, the
churches; and to change the char
acter of the Friday evening reception
to class day exercises and hold them
on Wednesday evening. These pro.
posed changes have the approval OF
the principal and superintendent.
Il would recommend that working
papers be given to the following
John Shaw, Leroy Wydner, Rocco
Schulley, Mary Hobgood, Mary Gilard
Jennie Cutter, Josephine Franck Milo
Santori, Francis Cunningham, Henry
Hopkins and John Fay.
1.-The Mills street school and the
Liberty street school are each in
debted to the interest and generosity
of S. B. Carson for. a large framed
picture, 22x32. The one represents
crouching tiger; the other lion.'
The board concurred in the recon-
mendation regarding working papers
and expressed itself as having no OBJ
lection to the proposed changes in
the commencement plans