Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-03

NO INCREASE IN
DOVER'S BUDGET
Mayor Objects to Larger School
Fund, Scoring "Fads and
FriIls.'
Especial to the Evening star.I

DOVER. June I'm adopting the
budget for the fiscal year OF l9l4-l9lo
the members of the Board of Educa-
ton. at a meeting in the High School
building last night. considered the
business depression throughout the
country and decided to appropriate
the same amounts as were allotted
during the past year. amounting TO
$26,100. divided as follows. Current
expenses, So, 200; building repairs,
So, 300, and manual training, $500.
Mayor w. L. r. Lind, chairman of
the finance committee, objected to
any increases, stating that the tax
payers would be unable 10 pay
higher rate of taxes this year.
1--WE have no moral right to ask
poor man to pay for an expensive
school system under present business
conditions said Mr.. Lynd, and, II
necessary, some of the fads and frllls
maintained IN our schools could be
eliminated and more of the essentials
of education taught"
The original plan of the finance
committee was to present budget
amounting to S1S,1 100 but the necessity
of building fire escapes on the North
Side and South Side buildings brought
the amount to the same as last year,
which resulted in deficit OF VI, 42S
that is included in the new budget,
The figures will be submitted TO the
voters Tuesday evening, June 10, at
a meeting in the High School build
ing.
Too Much Latin.
Mr.. Lynd took occasion to criticise
the present methods in the schools,
being given to the higher subjects,
such as German. Latin and botany,
while pupils who are compelled 10
leave school at an early age are not
prepared to enter any field oil lapor'
as their education is not of the es-
sentials. 49,.
G. II. Benedict. chairman of the
special committee to procure SUIT
able building site, reported thal lne
members of the committee had nelu
several conferences and decided that
Central High School building MAS
needed in Dover. Among the sites
proposed the committee chose the
Mase property on Myrtle avenue and
recommended that q committee De
appointed to secure an estimate OF
the cost of the land and the approx
mate cost of the proposed building.
IPresident j. willard Farrow APP
nOinted MesSrS. Lynd, Benlulcl,
Vreeland and Singer. This commit
tee was instructed to report at the
meeting of the board to be held June
16.
Number of Pupils Increasing.
The statistical report of Superin.
tendent Singer revealed that the total
enrolment is now 1902, an increase of
| fOS over last year and 2ff over 1917.
| Each month the enrolment has in
| creased until the average number OF
/ pupils to a room is forty-siX. 1t is
! the intention of the board to hasten
/ the building of a new school in order
that the overcrowded condition may
| be eliminated.
Mr.. Singer also reported that he
had completed an investigation into
the cost of educating out-of-towr
pupils. Deducting the amounts re-
! ceived from the State for school pur-
poses and figuring the actual cost tc
tn taxpayers of Dover the maximum
amount that could be asked, accord
| ing to Mr.. Singer, is $35. The present
! tuition charge to foreign pupils is 800
No action was taken by the board
but the rate will undoubtedly be in
creased to S35 next year.
The resignation of Miss Dorothy u
Jenkins, a teacher at the Northsid'
School, was accepted and James Boyt
Hunter, jr., and Miss Marion Malone!
We're elected teachers upon the recon
mendation of the teachers committee