The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-02-24

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enlarged topsils, N7
adenoids, 70
" poor teeth, 81
f" spinal curvature, II
impeachment in speech,
| 4" excessive heart action,
mentally defective,
The following table shows the number
Of pupils who have been absent on ac-
count of contagious diseases, in which
is included one teacher who had diph-
liberia:
sDiphtheria, 10
scarlet fever %
Chicken pox,
Tonsilitis, ~
Mumps,
PediculOsiS IL
sOther members OF families also excluded.
Total number of class room visits. 459
Total number OF office visits, LAB
The above report shows that the med
ical inspector has done some work dur
ing the past year, having visited the
school every day it was in session. The
fact that there were several cases of
diphtheria among pupils and that the
school did not lose day on account of
this, also shows the importance and
value of having medical inspector, one
who devotes so much time to the schools.
While we do not know the conditions
attending the inspection Of other schools
it is we'll known that schools at Mer-
chantville and other places were closed
several days owing to the prevalence of
scarlet fever and diphtheria.
| At the sessionsof the court on Thurs
day resident of Pemberton was brought
up on complaint of the Board of Edu-
cation of that township that he had not
been sending his son to school. The
man was directed to see that the boy
goes to school and was also fined So. A
woman from Burlington who had been
receiving widows pension, was also
before Judge Horner on two charges,
one of which was that she had made a
false statement in order to get the pen
sion, and the other was that she had
neglected to send the children to school.
She was punished in financial manner
and she will probably have a very seri-
GUS charge to answer.
There is a mistaken idea about this
widow pension business as well as on
the subject of compelling children to go
to school. Chapter 22l of the laws of
1918 provides that every child between
the ages of seven and sixteen years shall
attend school, unless the child is above
the age of fourteen years and has been
| granted an age and schooling certifi-
cate" and is regularly and lawfully en-
ployed in some useful occupation. To
get this schooling certificate" the APP
plicant must have attended school at
least 100 days during the twelve months
preceding the time the application was
made, and must have filled other re.
quirements. Some parents seem to have
the idea that they can keep their child
rem at home as they please. Some Of
the widows who applied for pensions
when told they must send their children
T to school said they could make more by
( not taking the pension and letting theiI
| children work, but they seem to lose
l sight of the fact that the law compel!
t children of the ages mentioned to .go t.
r school, pension or no pension. Mis-
r Day, the agent of the New Jersey so
4 ciety, who has these matters in charge
4 is looking carefully into all of the case
and she will be in Mount Holly within
0 the next month. There are children a
e work who should be in school, aud it il
S very possible that the parents will b.
e taken before the court and punished a
o was the Pemberton man.
/ A bill has been introduced IN the Leg
d islature requiring Boards of Education
e to become members of the State FEEDER
i alton of Education. At present ther
: are Ill school districts in this organiza
ton and Burlington county has Is c
LNe number.
Candidates for members of the Boar
d of Education of this township ar
+ springing up voluntarily and some {
the secret societies are arranging tickets
IS The vacancies to be filled are thos
# caused by the expiration of the terms O
Miss Mary w. Budd, John w. Harri:
George w. Durand, j. Frank Seattle
A. good and Joseph c. Kingdom, two {
- them being for unexpired terms. job
n. Austin has announced his intentio
OF of being candidate, and the names
al William b. Pearson and HI. NJ. Bat,
have been mentioned.
The Ladies' League is going to try
elect two members of the Board of Ed
;e, cation of this township. Miss Mary v
re Budd, who was elected last year to fill
vacancy, has decided not to be cand
ar date for rejection. She has made vel
81 capable member and should be retain'
q. in the Office, but she feels that the wo
takes too much of her time. The Leagl
le- has decided on Mrs. William b. Tomli
Ter son and Mrs. James Stoddard, wife
. the rector of st. Andrews church.
ng The High School has purchased
,ly Victor talking machine. The money
Az this purchase was raised by entertain
; ments given by the students.
an Quality goods at Rouoo,S ady