Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-05
Higher Municipal Educational
Institution Proposed by Pro-
lessor 7. F. Kennedy.
SPEAKS AT DEDICATION
OF SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Mayor HaussIing and Board of
Education Officials at Exer-
cises Attended by 1900.


ment of junior college by the city,
and said that the South Side building
is well adapted for such purposes. He
is principal of the institution.
The dedication exercises were at
tended by Mayor Haussling and other
city officials. members of the Board
of Education and many other repre-
sentative citizens. The auditorium,
the largest Of It's kind In the city,
was crowded It is estimated that
fully 1900 persons were present.
Before and after the exercises the
building was filled with visitors in
specting the class rooms and various
departments of the new structure.
The exercises were opened by an in
vocation offered by Bishop Edwin s..
Lines, of the Episcopal Church.
President Charles P. Taylor, Of the
Board of Education, presided Am
brose Tomkins, chairman of the
committee on buildings, grounds and
supplies. presented the key OF the
building to Edgar R. Brown, vice.
chairman of the finance committee.
Mr.. Tomkins spoke of the wonder
| full growth in high school attendance
/ III lUS ClJy vi lnC CilOI 10 Va lAC
! board to keep pace with it.
Mr.. Brown accepted the key on be-
| half of the finance committee and of
the 10000 teachers and pupils Of the
Newark school system.
Congratulated by Mayor.
| Mayor Hahssling spoke a few words
of congratulatiOn to the members of
the Board of Education, as we'll as the
| teachers and scholars.
ut does not seem that the money
being spent on the educatitbl of our
future citizens is begrudged," the
| Mayor said. 1.-THE city wants the
boys and girls to have the best that
can be had, and the Board of Educa-
| ton seems to be trying to get 1t for
| them. ~
"Some of you may remember the
old styles of public schoolhouses. We
used to take visitors up side streets
in order that they might not see these
buildings. Our citizens will want all
visitors to Newark to see this build
ing, of which we are proud" "elW
| Frederick l.. Johnson, of the Board
of Education, also spoke. President
! Charles p. Taylor, of the Board of
Education, presided. Several selec-
tions We're given by the Apollo Male
Quartet. -
Others who had seats on the plat
form were: John H. Donnelly. presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen;
fatto, superintendent of Schools Ad-
olson b. Poland, Assistant Superin-
| tendent of Schools David B. Corson,
Assistant Superintendent j, Wilmer
Kennedy, Supervising Architect Err
nest f. Guilbert and former School
| Commissioners James Taaffe, David
A. Mcintyre and Frederick Guild
| In the course of his address Pro-
fessor Kennedy said;
1.-THE curricula of the high schools
of the country at the present time
are the subject of much discussion
and criticism. Honest criticism is
a healthful sign, for 1t shows people
are interested, and when the people
are interested In their schools the
| best results are bound to come. In
| this rapidly changing age the school
| must be kept adjusted to the vary
| ing needs of the community, but the
question of which of these needs is
| most pressing is often difficult to
determine. 4'sf
ITO my mind the two most inn
| portant problems that confront the
| classical high school at the present
time in our own city are the bridging
of the gap between this institution
and the grammar school and the
prevention of the overlapping of the
high school and college courses.
Only One Teacher.
I'm the grammar school the pupil
has only one teacher for most Of his
studies, while in the high school he
has six or seven. This sudden
change from the class to the de-
partmental system is confusing to the
pupil Join to this the fact that the
beginning classes, which are usually
large, are assigned to the newest
and least experienced teachers. and
you have the principal reasons why
so many pupils become discouraged
and leave high school in the first year
before they have adjusted themselves
to their environment and become part
of the school.
We have begun TO solve this prob
lem in the South Side High School by
the partial extension of the class
system into the high school and by
placing the beginners in charge Of
the most experienced teacher, who
will teach them at least two subjects
and who will be personally interested
In their progress and responsible for
their success. Although this plan
has been in operation only a short
time and under most adverse condi-
tons, still the results have been such
as to encourage us In the belief that
we are working in the right direction
to prevent the great mortality among
first-year students. lcFD
$50 much for the. proper articula-
ton of the elementary and high
school. Now as regards the relation
of the high school to the college as
this is a college preparatory school.
Many of our high school gradu-
ates repeat unwisely the subjects they
already have had in the high school
/ m the first two years of college, and
thereby dim their enthusiasm for
original research and waste consid-
cradle time. This condition would be
|: remedied by extending the course of
study for two years longer at the
South Side High School, making this
school, a junior college for all the
high school graduates of this city.
: This is along the line of educational
development in our most progressive
: cities and its advantages to Newark
: would be manifold. With this splen-
J did building, equipped with the most
up-to date apparatus. and with q
, corps of teachers, many of whom
have been instructors in colleges, this
: would be comparatively easy and
economical. In fact 200 pupils In the
J junior college course would cost but
: little more than. the same number In
the third or fourth year high school
course. It would simply be an ex-
tending of the high school course from
/ four to six years. The high school
: graduates could thus receive the first
half of college education right in
our own city, while at home, and I'M
der the care of their parents
MANY Newark girl has been de-
{ prived of higher education or beer
{ sent an unwilling pupil to a normal
i school because her parents would moi
expose her to the physical strain
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