Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-15
CHANGE ELIGIBLE
RULES FOR HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Requirements Raised by Edu-
cation Board for Those Who
Hold Assistants Licenses.

The teachers committee of the
Board of Education last night
changed the eligibility rules for high
school teachers. This change was
made so that teachers. in the high
rschools will have a special training
sin the subjects they desire to teach.
Assistant City Superintendent Corson
recommended this change to the
members of the committee
Night Supervisor of Schols Ar
= thur " Taylor reported to the COM
fffittee that the abolition of compul-
sorry attendance is the direct cause of
the filling off Of the English classes
I'm Il pight schools. Mr.. Taylor sub
mittt his report, which contained
several recommendations
Under the rules there ar6-two ways
In which a teacher may enter the
high school teaching staff. One Is
that the teacher graduate from col
lege or university with at least two
years successful experience in teach
ing in the subject for which she ap-
plies.
The other mode of becoming eligible
IL that a teacher obtain a flrstA as
sistant' s LICENSE. The change is made
8 in this part of the rule. It is now
necessary that a teacher with the
less than two year successful expert
ence in teaching seventh or eighth
grammar grades.
The committee heard report on
the food and milk supply for the un-
graded and the open-air schools. 1t
was shown that in the ungraded
school a great difference existed in
the cost per pupil The open-air
schools on the other hand, showed a
: per capita price of is cents, or l cent
Mellow the price quoted in a Federal
Fovernment report on the cost of food
iil similar schools
To bring about a" more satisfactory
condition in the supply of food in
the unRraded schools the committee
: adopted the recommendation of SUI
perintendent Corson that the cost of
food and milk supply in the ungraded
school should not exceed. s cents per
pupil and that the supervision of
such supplies should be placed in the
hands of the supervisor of domestic
:. scieneH.
: The following teachers were ap-
Reuben l.. Rents and Arthur r.
Kaiser, commercial course, Central
High School; Marguerite Bernkopf,
German, East Side High School;
Elisha L. Fisher, English, South Side
High School; Edward s.. Dore, Eng
lish, South Side High School; Louisa
Vanuxen, cooking, Eva G.. Kimball
: and Grace r. Lewis, class of defec-
.tives.
Mr.. Taylor in speaking Of school
law amendment states that If 1t were
rnerelysa matter of statistics it would
not be serious. He deplores a con-
: dition that permits pupils to become
wage-earners without fundamental
. grammar school education. Before
fi1xa a xxF-r lad he
Ito go tn-wefl- befere--the regular
school terms were finished received
their working papers only on the con-
dition that they attended night
school. .sfrf ~-. -
4 general way Mr.. Taylor's re-
sssszsz-zsifows that wherever the In
- ton was along more practical
~ ~ than the purely academic stud
->.fss, the enrolment was largest, in
crease most satisfactory, and attend
: ance more steady. Drawing. his con-
illusions from this experience, Mr..
Taylor recommended that the trend
shown be utilized and more attention
be given to practical instruction. BY
such means Mr. Taylor hopes to at
tract the pupils who cannot be COM.
pelled to attend and the committee
: accepted with hearty approval the
recommendation to introduce in the
elementary department q two-night-
ea.week course in shop work and me-
i, chanieal drawing
~ Particular mention is made by Mr..
!; Taylor of a gain of more than 1000
!, in the enrolment in the foreign
!. glasses, showing an increase of over
= 80 per cent.
Another Interesting point brought
: out in, the report is the decrease in
the per capita cost Mr.. Taylor states
,that this is largely due to the rule
/, adopted by the board of consolidating
classes, that did not show sufticient
attendance. For the term lSOs-lslo
the cost has been $19.54, while the
{ next term the cost decreased to $l7.5l,
which figure has since been main
tanned with slight variations.
Increased interest is being shown,
according to Mr.. Taylor, in citizen
T ship preparation in the foreign
classes. And he, especially refers to
the arrangement made by County
Clerk McDonough whereby pupils
may file their applications In the
Z evening. /.
The statistics for the school year
are as follows: Enrolment, high
3 schools, $3.50; English section of the
elementary department.: 4,272; foreign
: classes, 4,227; Fawcett School, 1.162;
Warren Street Industrial, 1872; Bar
ringer and Webster gymnasium, 5Ss;
+nta1 IT o11. oained Raj. average at