The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-12
man succeeds Thomas H. Macdonald.

man succeeds Thomas H. Macdonald.
deceased. DR.. Osborn has been pres
ident of the Democratic association,
and the president of the Board Of
Health. Attorney Boardman has been
active in Republican politics, and is
a member of the law firm of Hill 4
Boardman.
Dr. Osborn was also elected to fill
a vacancy on the supply committee.
and Attorney Boardman to place
in the Finance committee.
The crowding of the public schools
which has come to be a problem dig.
cussed with regularity at every meer-
ing, came in for a share of the meet
ing last evening. Supt. Deane re-
school as A, the high school as 749
the grade schools as 1880 and the
kindergartens, 143. The average at
tendance was 1857. The increase
over last year in registration is 597:
and in attendance was 10.
DR.. Deane reported that the condi-
lions most pressing were at Myrtle
avenue and Kossuth street schools
where half day sessions are in pro-
gress due to overcrowding. He said
he believed however that with the
two new portable buildings soon to be
placed in use. the conditions will not
be serious. However, there is need
lOr I1OTe TOOu at pTSScuI III w dile >
vile, Bostwick and Maplewood
sFormer Mayor e. T. Buckingham
appeared for a committee headed by
Alderman Timko, in support of Tim
kos resolution introduced in the Com
mon Council recently calling the at
tention Of the board to the old
school site. The delegation registered
a kick at the absence of Fairgrounds
at the Bostwick avenue school, and
urged the building of a new struc-
ture to take care Of congestion They
also asked that the new school be
crematory site is regarded as too
small. unless additional property can
be secured.
Commissioner ]. F. Brady urged
the commissioners to build on the
Burns property in North Washington
avenue, first of all. Commissioner
Bell declared conditions in the East
in a good natured dispute over which
section should be first favored.
BY way of ending the resulting DIS
cussion Commissioner Haven offered
a resolution calling on the board to
visit all the congested districts before
the next regular meeting when steps
may be taken to lay out the new
DullQluS WOTk IOr the year.
Permission was granted to the su-
perintendent to arrange with the
management of the Trade school to
allow the latter to use room in one
of the public schools for class WORK.
This was regarded as educational
work and not in conflict with the rule
of the board prohibiting the use of
schools for other than educational
purposes.
Commissioner Cullinan brought word
from a committee of Lithuanian resi-
dents of the Second district who ask
ed permission to use a room on Sat-
urdays for the teaching of Lithuanian
tongue. The board took no action on
the matter, but Commissioner Chai-
lenger declared that other similar ap-
plicants had been denied and he saw
no reason for making an exception.
DR.. Deane said he would favor the
petitioners if they sought the school
to teach English to Lithuanians, but
not for the teaching of the Lithuan-
ian tongue.
The report of Commissioner Mona
han on the savings system in the pub
lie schools shows that within two
months the public school children
have made deposits aggregating ST.
1851 Maplewood school holds the
record with $731 and Prospect is a
close second, with $707.
OO1mlSS1OUeTS ravens anu CHdl-
lenger with Supt. Deane, a commit
tee to look into the communication
of the Rev. A. E. Komara, pastor of
ST. Johns church, Jane and Brooks
streets. were not yet ready to report.
Supt. Deane said he had made an ef-
fort to check up the figure of Father
Komara as to the attendance of chill
dren in schools near his church, and
he said he thought the priest had in
cluded Russian and Greek Catholics
as we'll as the Slovak children when
he gave his estimate of the depletion
that will result in the public schools
when his new parochial school is
opened. Father KOmara proposed to
buy the public school in Stilman
street from the Board of Education.
With the opening of his school be be-
lieves that ore of the two public
schools in either Jane or Stillman
street in the vicinity will be super
fluous.