Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
VIEWERS CASE
BEFORE POLAND
Teachers Committee of Educa.
ton Board Finds Principal
Exceeded His Authority.

Although it was brought out at the
teachers committee meeting of the
Board of Education last night that
Principal William Wiener, of the
Central High School. had exceeded
his authority in establishing a fourth
year class in English, 1t was decided
to take no action in the matter until
a report is received from City Super
intendent of Schools Addison B.
Poland next month.
Both Chairman Brown and Presi-
dent Taylor declared the board should
have been consulted before Principal
Wiener took such decisive action, and
| practically all of their conferees
agreed that the needed authorization
should be denied. A motion to this
effect was about to be voted on when
Mr.. Wiener entered the room.
He explained the registration
showed there was nucleus for the
class and as there was no meeting of
| the board he decided to act on his
! own initiative. The commissioners
were of the opinion those enrolling in
the class were principally pupils from
| the day classes but this was denied
Dy Mr.. Wiener.
The request which had brought
Principal Wiener so. OPPORTUNITY into
the room was a petition signed by ten
pupils of his school asking that a
second year class in Spanish be or
ganized. On the promise that the ten
would complete the years tuition the
board decided to grant their request
with the understanding that next
year the class would be discontinued
if the enrolment was not larger.
The recently passed State law
granting cities compensation for in
dustrial schools and changing the
existing conditions were contained in
two questions brought up. The local
rules debars grammar graduates from
attending the industrial school, while
the State law does not allow pupil
to start after he is fourteen years
old. The question of changing the
local resolution governing that point
was deferred until 1t could be more
thoroughly investigated.
Newark expects to derive about
$4,000 appropriation from the State
under the new law. and this brought
general request from the teachers
for a revision of salary, their con-
tention being that they are the lowest
paid of any Industrial teachers. This
request met the same fate as the
other.
Another communication, which was
referred to Mr.. Poland for lnvestiga-
ton, was a complaint and claim en-
tered by Thomas Fern, the father OF
pupil of the Abingdon Avenue
School. He stated his daughter, Jane,
had been pushed against broken
glass in door in the school on Oc-
tober 6, by another pupil, with the
result that she had severely cut her
left knee. Claiming negligence, owing
to the glass having been previously
broken, Mr. Fern asked the board TO
pay the doctors bill. He also stated
his wife had been received discour-
teously by the principal when she WIS.,
tied him to explain the case.
Permission to distribute circulars Of
the Y. w. c. A. In the schools was
granted. A study class was ordered
Installed in the Lafayette Street Eve
ming School, providing the attendance
was twenty-five or more. Permission
was granted pupils from the School
of Practical Arts, Teachers College
Columbia University, to visit evening
classes of Industrial arts in the local
schools for practical experience In
tuition under the guidance of Mr.
Poland.
Commissioner Johnson Unsupported
committee to draw tentative plans
for a new schedule of rates for OUT
flown pupils attending classes In
local schools. The commissioners felt
that a more uniform rate than those
at present in force should be charged.