Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-04
RAP HOURS At
HIGH SCHOOL
Another Letter Received To-
day on the Subject.

n -NiIphE SNAgA4 NAS 49,
protest against the present hours
for high school students Is A.
Greenbaum, who writes to the
EVENING NEWS on the subject as
follows:
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
Allow me a little space in your
widely read paper to say a few
words regarding the new rule for
high school pupils as to taking a few
minutes for their noon day meal.
There Is one thing sure! Before
this rule was put through, the teach
ers should have been consulted and
the matter gone into thoroughly as
to the advisability of such a rule.
In the first place, take+hfngs as
they naturally are~T The children
arise in the morning, and none too
soon a~that, Gas every mother
knsws), and after ~partaking of a
7 hastily swallowed breakfast, rush to
school. They study during the
morning session, and must rush
j home all in a furry and hurry and
hustle to try and eat their dinner,
and be back at school, after trying
to tidy up q bit, and perchance, Cf
a GRID, change a waist OF other
wearing apparel and rush back to
school, ALL IN 20 MINUTES. I'm
TESS the pupils live next door to the
school it Is a physical impossibility
to do that.
What Is the consequence Of this
unnatural state Of affairs: Simply
this:
Instead of improving the mental
calibre of our children, instead of
seeing to 1t hat every facility is
given to them to advance, obstacles
are put in their way to do the i'm
possible. Aside from the viewpoint
OF hygiene, where is the considera-
ton shown to the hard worked
mother? Surprising she has three or
four children all going to school,
each one comes home at a different
time for dinner or lunch and the
mother must simply be ready to
have a separate meal served for
each one, as they come home at diff
ferent times, grades up to five at
one time, grammar school at n
other and of course our high school
at still another time. Then if the
father comes home to lunch or din
ner, the mother has to have same
ready for him and if the children do
not get home at the same hour they
are compelled to take what is left
and therefore go all day without a
hot lunch. Is this a proper way to
treat our children?
Then there are our teachers; are
they not to be thought of at all?
Must they bring their dinner pail to
school too? II is true they are
working men and women, getting
paid much less than the average
high skilled laborer, who have all
the responsibility put upon them to
make men and women out of our
Youngsters. Are they considered?
Is their welfare taken into consider
alton? Are they even asked what
would be best to advance the inter-
ests of their respective scholars?
Who are most qualified to judge,
the school board, who never see the
children, who have enough to attend
10 their wi individual business af-
feirs; the principals, who only see
them nee In a while, or the teach
ers, who are In contact with them
al Ask them how this
latest Improvement, the TWEEN
ty-minute rule, affects tnem or
their scholars and our board will
Iluu Out very QUICKLY nOW uHi Sdboh-
able and useless 1t is. If our school
board knows its business, as 1t
should, such q rule could not possi-
bly, have been put through to the
detriment of parents, scholars and
teachers. The sooner it Is %abrogat-
ed, rescinded or done away with,
the better for all concerned, and as
long as flying machines are not in
general use as common carriers, /
fear Well have to have a little more
time for our children and teachers
TO digest their food, SO as to be bet
ter fitted to undergo the arduous
duties of another session. AS an
old resident of this city l protest
against this new rule and hope
others will see the wisdom OF doing
likewise. It's an imposition on the
children, on The school teachers,
and on the mothers of our enterpris-
Ing community.
!, Respectfully yours,
A. GREENBAUM.
Committee for Brotherhood.
The governing board of the
Presbyterian Brotherhood met In
the church parlor of the First Pres
hHterian church last nigt and named
II committee, whose duty 1t will be
to name q chairman to head the
various departments of the society.
This committee will make a report
f-~>week. Other matters concern
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