The Penn's Grove record., 1913-07-25
PUBLICITY NOT WANTED
Board OF Education AdjOurns When
Editor REFUSES To Retire

Boar vi Education Adt0urnS When
Editor Refuses To Retire
An adjourned meeting of the Penns
Grove Board of Education was held
Wednesday evening TO take action on
result of the vote of the citizens last
week for a larger school site and bond
issue but practically nothing was done.
All the members were present aud
MI. 5. Cunningham presided. A mo-
ton was made TO lay the prol Osea bond
Issue over until the next regular meet
ing, August 4th,
The property committe had been au-
thoriZed to consult The Trustees of the
Baptist Church concerning making an
addition TO their chapel building, to
provide needed rOUm for the school
children in September, but no definite
action had been taken in the matter. j..
U. Layton, Oh the educational commit
Tee mentioned the need of elecling more
teachers, but no action WAS taken. A
teacher of English in the high School
and Two i'll the grades are needed.
E. M. Van Voorhees,, a Philadelphia
architect, was present and stated that if
Board wished TO hasten building the
school house, authorizing the getting
ready OF plans al once while the bond
issue Was being prepared would make it
possible to have school house ready for
occupa ion by the middle of january.
III. D.. BallOu spoke OF the m3rits of The
Monarch Venlilalor which have been
successful i'll Trenton and Atlantic
City.
After others had retired the presi-
dent asked the editor of the RECORD Il
retire as the Board wished to transact
some business III private. The editor
asked whether the Board of Education
Was not d public organic ttion 10 trans
act business that the public was entitled
to know ABOUT.
A motion to adjourn was made at
once and all quit.
COMMENT
The editor of the RECORD was a mem
bel OF the Board of Education for three
years, a legal body created 10y the puO-
lie laws Of the state for the benefit Of
public education. In that time we
never saw anything i'll the school law
that provided for secret administral lon
nor never learned anything about school
affairs which were private and not fit
for the people to know about.
Surely the educational affairs of all
children are Of immense public inIereS'
especially if proper books, and not
enough teachers are cleo ed to give
efficient instruction.
The editor of the RECORD has no
personal grievance with any member OF
the Board Of Education, not withstand
Ing they have taken Lleir public print
ing prld for by tax payers out OF town,
because Of criticism OF administration
of public affairs. Knowing our children
have sustained losses because OF bad
administration Ill the past, we propose
to he continually Oh The educational
job as long as we have children i'll
school.
A majority Of the Board is opposed
to erecting the new schoo house on The
Sack site for which the people voted by
a big majority last week. AS publisher
of d newspaper We consider 1t our duty
to let the people know what their re-
representatives. are doing for The benefi
or delliment of the education of their
child ell and the expenditure of their
money. Do the people desire to keep
posted concerning the expenditures of
$4,000 of their money during the ell
suing school year?
Some citizens are still in a quandary
why the property committee should ask
the people to appropriate So, 900 for the
Homan property which was sold two
years ago for $4,000. and an owner
stated within the last three months it
could be bought for 50, 500.
All citizens are entitled to an honest
difference of opinion Oh public affairs.
If 1t be with no disguise and. with good
reasons no ulterior motives are i'm
puted.