Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29

That a number of boys have been
attending the cooking classes in the
night schools of Newark, perhaps pre-
pairing for the time when women are
granted the vote and pay less atten-
ton to domestic duties. is shown in
the report submitted by Arthur Y.
Taylor, supervisor of evening school
instruction
The report was read last night at a.
meeting of the committee on instrue-
ton and educational supplies of the
Board Of Education \ paragraph on
the report Of the work in the cooking
classes reads as follows:
Miss Caufeld a cooking teacher,
reports that a number of boys joined
one Of the cooking classes and did
good work. in no way interfering with
the discipline. She adds that she
would like to continue the experiment
with class composed entirely OF
boys. In view of the tendency of
women toward the ballot box and. in
ferentially, away from home. it may
not be amiss to prepare the boys for
the domestic duties that seem to be
awaiting them"
Newark Leads In Enrolment.
Newark led all other cities i'll en-
rolment and attendance at night
school during the year 1912-1e1S, on
basis of population, according to the
report. The total enrolment for the
term was 49, $780, a gain of 1856 over the
previous year. sThe average attend
ance during the term was 1850. gain
of 5i1 over the 1911 school year. Inc
report showed that the high schools
which offer a vocational training
made substantial increases in attend
ance. while the other high schools.
which do not include this branch OF
education, lost in pupils.
Supervisor Taylor made a detailed
reporr on the results of the five I'M
proyements recommended year ago
md showed that four of these recon-
mendations had brought good results
Considerable interest was manifested
By the pupils of the foreign classes,
as result Of the improvements IN
the course of their studies.
An investigation showed that there
were not more than a dozen citizens
among the thousand or more of these
pupils enrolled, and only very small
nroportion had received their first
papers Four hundred application
blanks for first papers were secured
through the courtesy of the natural
ization authorities and the pupils
were instructed how to fill out the
blanks. \ number of the blanks were
a1ed and exchanged for first papers.
Only Mature Aged Boys Admitted.
The recommendation that no pupils
be admitted TO the class in printing
In the Boys Industrial School who
are not 16 years Of age and who are
not properly qualified in English also
worked to good advantage. The pre-
vious term brought class composed
mostly of young boys incapable o.
getting tho most out of their studies.
This year the majority OF pupAs
we're young men employed in print
ing shops during the daytime.
Mr.. Taylor recommends the estao-
lishment of special classes for the
instruction of the non-foreign people
who are rather advanced in years
and who will not enter classes conf
posed of children. He points out that
two experiments made in this line
have proved very successful. The
number of civil service classes should
also be increased it is stated, and
reports made. showing the efficient
work accomplished by the pupils Of
these classes during the year.
The report shows that the gym
nasium classes have developed into
well-conducted social centres and
have grown rapidly in popularity.
Besides the increase in attendance
among the boys the girls and young
women have also enrolled in the
GLASSES in large numbers. the latter
coming mainly from factories and
stores in the neighborhood. The at
tendance and efficiency at the manual
training schools also showed consid-
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