Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-24
DIR. ]. c. CORL|ES
HITS VACCINATION
Educational Board Members
Hear President of Anti
Compulsory Society.

The question of compulsory vaccln-
alton in the local public schools was
again aired at the educational COM
mittee meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation last night. That the New Jer-
sey i-Compulsory Vaccination So
ciety has determined to take a hand
in the matter was evidenced by the
talk given by it's president, DR.. James
C. Corlies. Charles NJ Myers, coun-
sci for the board, was instructed to
render an opinion.
DR.. Corlies said he was present TO
represent a mother of two girls, who
was opposed to vaccination. He said
the woman recently moved to this
city from Montclair, where vaccina-
ton was not compulsory, and that the
mother desired to have the children
attend a Newark school.
''She is justified in not allowing her
children to be vaccinated," declared
Dr. CorlieS. "One of her children died
as the result of being vaccinated, and
she cannot bring her mind to the
point to have the other children vacci-
mated. She desires the board to per-
NIT her children to attend school
HAthoob bCtbb Neb1SiiioLShs liiiilrN
the board should be charitable and
intelligent, enough to allow the chill
dren to enter school"
DR.. II. w. Collins, of 120 Roseville
avenue, stated that he also was OPP
posed to vaccination. He said his
brother had a running sore for ten
years as the result of being vacci-
mated. MY daughter died as the
result of being vaccinated and the
physician had to state in the death
certificate that death was due to
tuberculosis" declared DR.. Collins.
In my opinion" continued the ply
stefan, vaccination is a crime
DR.. S. A. Nipple contended that
vaccination was Injurious to health.
Commissioner Edgar r. Brown
asked Mr.. Myers for an opinion on
the question.
The latter quoted part of section
121 of chapter 104 of the laws of 1906
concerning compulsory vaccination.
The part is as follows: "A board
may exclude from any school any
teacher or pupil who shall not have
been successfully vaccinated or re-
vaccinated unless such teacher or
pupil shall present a certificate signed
by regularly licensed physician that
such teacher or pupil Is an unfit sub
ject for vaccination"
Mr.. Myers ruled that the word
may" in his opinion, meant that
the board "shall'' exclude all chill
dren from attending school unless
they are properly vaccinated Com
missioner Brown moved that Mr..
Myers obtain ruling on the ques-
ton from the State School Board
The motion was adopted.
DR.. Collins asked the committee If
- Ill
to attend school while the committee
was waiting for the opinion from
Trenton. The committee decided that
unless the operation would be in
furious to the health of the children
they would not be allowed to attend
school unless they were first vacci-
mated.
A communication was received from
DIR. George j. Holmes, supervisor of
medical inspection, regarding the case
of the six-year- old son of William j.
Frost, of SO West End avenue, who
was suspended from the Alexander
Street School on account of not hav-
ing been Vaccinated
In his report DR.. Holmes said:
"Since the last examination, conduct
ed in May, 1914, this boy has gained
two pounds in weight and over one
inch in height. His general condition
has improved over what 1t was when
l saw him before. As / am unable to
find any reason for exception to
vaccination in this l would recon-
mend that vaccination be insisted
upon before the entrance of the pupil
to school,"
A communication was received from
the Jr. o. u. A. NJ. councils in this
city and other patriotic organizations
entering further protest against the
alleged American program which
was presented during the graduating
exercises in the Thirteenth Avenue
School. At the board meeting two
months ago a delegation was present
from that organization to protest
against the program. 1t was alleged
at that time that Irish songs and
selections made up the entire pro-
gram and the children did not render
an American song OF selection.