Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-25
DENIES REMARK
ABOUT CHURCHES
Nutley School Head Tells
Board He Must Have Been
Misunderstood.

The Nutley High School according
to figures presented lats night at a
meeting of the Board of Education
of thath town, is holding its own with
the high schools of nearby towns in
regard to standard of work, attend
ance and salaries paid its instructors,
but It Is wanting in one feature, and
that is a school paper. lPans have
been started several times In Nutley
High School for a school paper, but
| only once did they materialize.
In 1909 a sheet knowns as The
Siren, edited by George Hill, jr., son
of George A. Hill, a former president
of the board, was established, and,
while it seemed worthy of encourage
ment, only omen issue appeared. The
faculty objected to it.
Last month Superintendent of
Schools John r. Beachler was APP
preached by members of the High
School Literary Society on the subject
of a paper. He refused to sanction it.
School Trustee William II. Long
fielder, who brought the matter up at
the meeting last night, asked why
this had been done. He said heb had
been informed that Mr.. Beachler in
presenting his objections to the stu
dents had decided that the inroads
made by the churches upon the people
were heavy enough, without also
adding the expense of a school paper.
Mr.. Longfelder said he thought the
churches should be left out of the
matter as II would give the students
poor conception of these institu-
lions. In answer to Mr.. Longfelder,
Mr.. Beachler said he had denied per-
mission to have a school paper on the
ground that the cost of printing it
would have to be borne by the stu
dents, and, consequently, their par
ents. Some well-to-do parents would
be willing to do this, he said, while
others, in his mind, would sacrifice
themselves to follow their example.
In no way, he said, had he connected
the churches with the matter, and
felt confident that there was a mis-
understanding somewhere.
The board decided to hasten the
establishment of q printing press in
the vocational school, in Church
street, and then the long-cherished
desire of the High School for paper
of its own can be realized without
the expense of printing
In his monthly report Superin-
tendent Beachler gave talk on
schools problems of today from data
which he had prepared. He men
lldI LntIt dlt
%, 300, 600 people in the United States
engaged in a gainful occupation. OF
this number 1900, 300 are professional
men, while the other 28,00O,O0O are III
business or transportation, agri-
culture, domestic science or manu-
featuring. The number of profess
sional people in proportion to the
others Is relatively small, he said, but
still the schools of today spend the
greater part of their time and money
in catering to the liberal education,
while the practical side Is neglected.
Commissioner William j. Kingsley
presented figures showing the average
salaries paid teachers in nearby
towns The salaries of the High
School and kindergarten teachers in
Nutley ran slightly above the average |
in the wage SCALE while the salaries |
of the other teachers fall little be-
low. South Orange, which has twenty |
less school children than Nutley, was
taken as an example. The wages
paid teachers in that town are
slightly lower than those which the
teacherhs of Nutley receive.
The clerk of the board was in
structed to invite County Superin-
tendent Albert NJ. Morelock to be
present at the next meeting of the
board. in April, to talk over the ques-
ton of a new school. The school sur
vey made by Mr. Beachler was in
dorsed in letter from the county