Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-25
SOUTH AMB0Y
SCHOOL BOARD
Final Payment Not Made on
New Building.
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South Amboy, Jan. 26:-There
were present at the Board of Educa-
ton meeting last evening Messrs-
Oliver, Davis, Sutliff and Wyckoff,
also Prof. Fitch and Prof. Miller.
The new Board of Education had
been invited to attend this meeting,
it being the thought 1t would be the
last for the old board, and Messrs.
Grace, Scully and Mason, of the new
board, were in attendance.
The secretary read certificate from
the Underwriters Association pro-
nouncing the electric wiring, etc, all
right and authorizing the use OF cur
rent. 1t was received and filed.
Invitation from the South Amboy
High School Literary Society re-
questing the presence of the board at
their first meeting to be held in
School No. 2 on Friday evening, Feb
ruary Z, at s o'clock, was read and
invitation accepted.
Letter of thanks from Prof. Daw-
son for invitation to attend the
County Board of Education at New
Brunswick was read and filed.
Report from Medical Inspector AL
bright was read: / have made an
examination Of all pupils IN both
schools before January LIST. ! have
made an examination Of six that have
entered since January LIST, and have
cards ready to send to the parents of
every pupil stating the condition OF
their health, whether normal OF de-
fective. There have been some cases
Of scarlet fever in town but the
school has been remarkably free
from all contagious diseases. Chick
enpox have been quite prevalent.
There has been a greater interest
taken by the parents In regard TO
the condition Of their children's
health than formerly. The sanitary
conditions of School No. 2 are not
good because of the unfinished SON
dition of the building at the time OF
opening after the holidays. The
walls are damp yet and the heating
and ventilat1ng is bad because OF the
tncompleted condition of the build
ing. There should be some kind of
a top dressing on the concrete floors
of the halls to prevent an excess Of
dust. The report was received and
filed.
Bill of the Chicago Apparatus
Company for $24.83 was laid over for
payment by the new board. This
bill caused considerable comment.
It appears Prof. Miller needed the
supplies to conduct his classes on
account Of the apparatus having been
stolen. He called upon Secretary
Oliver, of the Supply Committee,
who desired to wait until the meeting
of the board before approving the
raat1{xjyinn Tn tho sonorffyln fha
requisition was approved by the
president and the professor ordered
TO go ahead and purchase the goods,
which he did. Mr.. Scully, OF the
new board, requested the floor and
rather objected to bills being held
over for the new board, claiming the
old board should as, nearly as posi-
ble finish their business. Bill of
ham R Little, IS; g. g. Oliver, 500
$71.16, and Thomas West Company,
sos, we're ordered paid.
Prof. Fitch reported receiving the
sum Of So from Hall, McKerran &
Company, of Chicago, for sale Of old
books and the same was ordered
turned over to the custodian OF
ScuOOl mUul6b. IL Wdb remarked by
MI. Grace as the board were holding
bills for the new board 1t would ap-
pear quite proper tor them to hold
any monies for them likewise.
Mr.. Davis stated: Hearing re-
marks and complaints about school
No. 2 today ! made it my business to
take the afternoon to visit the school.
There Is somewhat complaint about
the heating being excessive. ! went
through the different rooms and took
the temperature as near as possible.
In the assembly room 1t was So:
twelfth year room, 10; eleventh year
room, Sc; tenth year room, 70; ninth
year room, 10: seventh room, no
thermometer; sixth year, no Their
mometer; f1fth year, II; second fifth
year, "A; fourth year, no thermomet-
er; third year. 80; first year, no Their
mometer; Miss Fulton's room, SO;
chemistry room, 70. Everything APP
parently was turned off and the way
they cooled the Off was by low
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