Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-08-08
Save CitV's Monev
on Backward
Pupils
FOR FALL TERM

That a summer school is needed in
| this city from an educational. econ
omical and humanitarian standpoint
| Is the opinion of Superintendent s.
, b. Shull, of the public schools, es
suggested in his annual report read
last night before the Board of Edu-
cation. and duly filed and which, ac-
cording to the requirements of the
| law, together with the annual report
OF Secretary Jesse Colyer, will be
| later printed.
The superintendent knows that
there are scores of pupils who fail in
| their examinations every year and
| who have to take the same course
over again at the expense of the city
and state. He believes that by giving
| these individuals special coaching in
the summer time that they could in
many instances receive instruction
which would enable them to pass
| successfully the requisite state ex-
, aminations now necessary for pro-
| motion from one grade to another
He believes that they could with per-
I sonal and individual instruction in
the summer months gain those
phases of knowledge, the disparity Of
| which caused them to fail in the
spring examinations Under this in
| dividual training the tutors could tell
exactly in which branches the
students are deficient and lend more
time and attention to the develop
ment of this knowledge, whereas, in
having to remain in the same grade
two years the pupil is in school for a
whole term, going over that which
he has already sufficiently assimilat-
ed, because of his being required to
repeat the same work allotted to new
| pupils of that grade. The expense
! to the city and the state would there
, in be diminished, because instead of
having to bear the expense of the
child's tuition for ten months the city
and state would only be required to
| pay for his tutoring two months in
the summer and still have accom-
| plished the same results. From the
educational standpoint it would facil-
itate the pupils completion of the
public school curriculum, and by this
| saving Of time give him an opportu-
| nifty to climb higher in the scale of
education before the time came
when, through necessity, as is the
case in thousands of instances, they
would have to leave their alma
mater. From the humanitarian
standpoint the superintendent be-
lieves the child would be enthusod
with greater ambition when he found
through extra work in the summer
time he would be able to continue
with his last year classmates in the
higher grade the following session
1t would give all ambitious youths
and girls an opportunity to regain
that which in many cases they lost
at examination time through having
been compelled by sickness to stay
at home a portion of the term Of
school. 1t would be giving a chance
to all those who for various reasons
failed in their examinations but who
are willing to make good If given a
chance, without the humiliation and
loss of time which would be necessi-
tated by their having to again go
over the same grade work the fol-
lowing year.
The superintendent report was OF
comprehensive length, and given
over essentially to a resume of tho
past terms work, improvements
made, forecasts of changes in the
future incident to the full use of the
addition to the grammar school, the
new manual training school building,
the using of the high school audi
torium as two classrooms, etc He
commented with a degree of anxiety
on the future startling congestion of
the schools which he predicted will
surely follow In a short time if one
or more additional schools are not
erected. He stated II the increase
in the enrolment of the high school
in 1914 will be in proportion to the
per cent. of increase assured for this
fall, that the present accommoda-
tions of that highest medium of pub
lie school education In the city will
be entirely inadequate for the pur-
pose and that additional rooms will
be requisite, as for the term Of
1894 all the available space In
the present building will be utilized,
the auditorium even will then have
been usurped in accommodating the
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