The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
MAY
 BE GIVEN SUPT. OF SCHOOLS DIANE
N. w. Bishop Has Committed
 Raised For That Purpose
School Board Elects Officers at Annual Meeting and Names Committees - Principalship For Miss Van Wyck

Superintendent Charles W. Deane of 1 the school department, may be provid-
 ed with an assistant. At the meeting
 of the Board of Education last night. N. w. Bishop of the board, suggested 1 the advisabi1ity of an aestant for the ! superintendent. He said that he spoke of the matter incidentally so that it could be taken up by the Finance committee and he urged that that com mittee make report at the next meet ing of the board. MT. Bishop pointed out that MT. Deane has been in the city 19 years; that the school system has had a tremendous growth and that an assistant is absolutely necessary for the best management of the schools. Other cities of less size than Bridgeport have them, he contended. The board did many things at it's i meeting last night. It held it's annual meeting and elected officers and then held it's regular meeting and considered several matters of importance.
 William Lieberum was reelected president. Elmer H. Ravens was Boardman was elected secretary to suc- ceed MT. Ravens The Democratic side of the board waived it's choice of fill ing the secretaryship. Atty. John J. Cu11fnan had been urged to. take the office but was unable to do so because of lack of time Acaucus of the Den-- o'clock until 8:51- pr. W. H. Ryan; the new member of the board, who Suc- ceeds pr: David H. Monahan had held out for the same committee appoint nnents that Dr. Monahan, had. The un- written law of the board however was followed and A W. Bell was chosen1 for the committee on school houses The committees were formed as fol- lows.
 Schools: Meeers. Haven. Lieberunn. Brady; school houses, Messrs- ChaI- lenger. Murphy and Bell; supplies. Messrs. Bishop, Webster and Osborn q finance. Meesrs Cullinan, Boardman Q E1G EVTnT
 The finance committee held short meeting. during a recess and talked over the matter of salaries for the school agent. the supply clerk and the clerk It reported back with the rec- mendations. that Alfred J. Eagen, clerk of the. board be reelected at 9 agent. be- reelected at $1, 500 a year and Francis Hill, supply clerk, re- elected at s7o0 year. This means an Eagenfa and MT. Ginand. MT. Eagen will be called upon to do some addi- Etiona1 work i1& helping out the secre- tary
 Messrs. Ravens, Cullinan and Bishop were sworn in by. Atty. Boar dnan-
 Miss Grace B. Van Wyck. a seventh. grade teacher at the Lincoln school, was elected principal of the new Bryant school, on Poplar street She will get ss00 year. She has taught The committee on schools reconmend- ed her promotion last night as recogni- Etfonaof her ability and her faithfulneea. Miss Maryvr Reilly pFincipals of the sherfdanse school. was voted an Increase in salary to- $1soo0 a year. Miss Mary Roland of the same school was given transportation expenses. Miss Mary Al Steele and Miss Mary Horton were appointed teachers, each at the am snua1s salary of $500- They are the last graduates of the Normal school.
 The new Poplar street school was accepted last night. John J. Cu1linan, 4T,< z411 k%<.<lr said that it was the very best school in the city today. The public will be invited to visit the school on some
 The monthly report of Supt. Deane showed a total registration of 15B10: an average daily attendance of 14.S53 so1 respectively over the correspond- : A new room will. be fitted up in the WaltersviIle school at an expense of s741. The purpose of this room is for defective children; children who are mentally defective and who require Other cities have adopted. the plan of having separate rooms for backward children, and the board last night ap- pointed Messrs. Bell, Osborn and Cui- lfnan a co1hmittee to arrange for it supt Deane went into detail about thfs plan when he submitted his re- Eaat End. West End, the North End and the South End.
 Informal discussion at the meeting developed the fact that the board is apt to suffer coal shortage. Accord ing to Agent Ginand only 700 tons have been delivered at the school build 1 ings It is customary to have 1.5oo tons on hand in the buildings at this time The board has a contract for supply of 5000 tons at $5.85 a ton The bond of the firm is $1. .OO0. It may be | that the company will not be able to 'fulfil1 it's contract on account of the l al1eged scarcity of coal. The commit 1 tee on supplies will take the matter up with the dealer.
 Howard s. Challenger offered the