Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-17

scattered throughout the diocese 513
children doing high school and COM
mercial work in fifteen different pa
rochial schools. The best high school
work cannot be obtained where the
teaching force is thus scattered. SAYS
the superintendent. and he again
points out the need of consolidating
these parish high schools.
Penmanship.
Father Dillon expresses himself as
greatly pleased with the success of
the muscular movement system of
penmanship in the schools, which he
recommended in his second report in
the interest of securing uniformity in
the system of writing taught
throughout the diocese. In two years,
he states, certificates have been re-
ceived by 400 grade teachers and
1868 pupils.
Teaching Efficiency.
Greater efficiency on the part of the
teachers in the schools is reported by
the superintendent. The report also
shows that attendance at lectures and
summer school courses for the
teachers has been remarkably high.
New schools were established dur
ing the school year covered by the
report in the parishes of Our Lady of
Good Counsel, Newark; Immaculate
Conception and st. Peter and Pau's,
! Elizabeth; st. Aedan's, Jersey City,
and st. Joseph's. Roselle One school,
that of st. Roccos, in Newark. was
discontinued.
Enrolment Increase.
Suburban schools and those situated
in the higher portions of the cities
showed decided increases in enroll
ment, This is aseribed as due largely
to the shifting of population away
from the lower to the higher sections
and from the cities to the suburban
towns.
The most notable fact shown by the
statistics, as viewed by Father Dillon,
is that the greatest increase has been
in the Polish and Lithuanian schools
and the greatest decrease in the
Italian schools. The superintendent
points out that 1t is of vital i'm
portance to be prepared to meet the
increase on one hand and regain the
loss on the other.
1913 Schools In Diocese.
Statistics contained in Father Dill
Ions report show:
During the year the number of
schools in operation in the diocese
was 1923, the number of boys registered
in the beginning of the year was
1884. the number OF girls. q, $685.
making total of 81, S3s. The number
Of boys in attendance at the end of
the year was 27,008, the number of
girls % 2lO, making a total of 55,21S
The total enrolment was 5S,414 The
average daily attendance was 81, 900
and the number of teachers, lay and
religious, LIS.
These figures showed that the num-
Der Of schools was increased by four, |
the attendance was increased 1858, /
the total enrolment increased 1,4Ss,
the average daily attendance was in
creased by 1909 and the number of
teachers increased by 43.
Cause of Increases
These increases are due to five
causes. in the opinion of Father Dill
lon. They are: Opening of new
schools, higher grade of efficiency in /
teachers, better material condition OF
buildings, location of schools and the /
compulsory education law.
Eight new school buildings have |
been erected, the report shows, five
or them for the new schools started .
and the others in the following par
lshes: st. Andrews, Bayonne; Sa- |
cred Heart, Jersey City, and St. Vim !
cents S, Madison. Three new buildings |
are in the course of erection for the |
schools of st. Johns and ST. Mary's. !
Jersey City, and st. Mary's, Paterson. i
Teaching staff.
A summary of the teachers In the |
schools shows that there are 81 mem |
bers of the order of Sisters of Charity |
teaching in fifty-seven schools. This !
is the largest number Of any religious
order engaged in teaching work in
this diocese. The Feician Sisters and
the Sisters of st. Dominic, of Cald-
Wen, have 81 members each in this
field. The Sisters of St. Dominic, of
New York, have 50 of their number
engaged here; the Missionary Sisters
OF st. Francis number 4S; the Sisters
OF st. Joseph, AZ; the Sisters of ST.
Benedict, of Elizabeth, 81, and the
School Sisters of Notre Dame. %.
The Chris tan Brothers has 20 MEM
bers of its order and the Xayerian
Brothers, ..
Other religious communities and
the number of members of each
teaching in the schools are: The Sis
ters Of Christian Charity, "a: Sisters
of st. Francis, of Syracuse. II; SIS
tiers of St Benedict, Of Ridgely. 7;
Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene. 2:
tese7 A'tSiS "a +hAoly 11tip Oh A|nTlS- |
tians, 3, and the Franciscan Sisters of
the Immaculate Conception, g
The total religious teaching staff is
99S and this is supplemented by sc
lay teachers and "a special teachers.
Teach sO.Sss.
The Sisters of Charity taught 80
9s2 children; the Christian Brothers
in four schools, taught 797 boys, and |
the Aaverian Brothers, with four lay |
teachers, instruct 631 boys
The number of schools taught by |
each order and the number of pilnils |
is as follows:
The Felician Sisters, o. S. F.. 8 |
schools, 4.90S pupils; the Sisters of |
St. Dominic, Of New York, 10 schools, |
3,277 pupils; the Sisters Of st. Domi- !
mic, of Caldwell, IL schools, 3.198 |
pupils; the Sisters of st. Joseph, s |
schools, S,124 pupils; the Sisters OF |
st. Benedict, of Elizabeth, schools, |
2,101 pupils; the Missionary Sisters |
of St. Francis, 10 schools. 1905 pupils; |
the Sisters of Christian Charity. 9 !
schools, taught 1.1S6, and the School
Sisters of Notre Dame, 4 schools, |
LOSS pupils.
The Sisters Of ST. Francis, of SYRIA
cuse, 2 schools, SAT pupils; the Sisters |
Of st. Benedict, of Ridgley, 1 school, |
800 pupils; the Baptistine Sisters of |
the Nazarene, / school, 207 pupils; |
Daughters of Mary Help Of Chris |
tan, school, IT'S pupils, and the |
Franciscan Sisters of the Immacu- |
The Christian Brothers teach In
fo11r- schools tho (fafhaara1 in Is