Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-01-28
NOTES. OF
co. SCHOOLS
Paragraphs of General In
tereSt.
SUGGESTIONS.
County School Superintendent
J. }. Unger Tells of Happen
ings In Cumberland
Schools.

(Written for the Pioneer by County
School superintendent J. J. Unger.)
\ At a meeting of the Lawrence
Township Board of Education held
recently at which the county super
lntendent was present, important ac-
tion was taken relative to the COM
pUlsory education law. By unanimous
vote the Board of Education decided
to enforce the compulsory education
law, and requested the attendance
officer, Mr.. Alonzo Burt, to serve five
day notices on all parents and guar
dams Who continued to be delinquent
in keeping their children in school.
Tie Board also decided to submit the
question of remodeling the stairway
in Cedarville High School building to
the voters of the district. The coun-
ty superintendent has requested the
State Inspector of Buildings to come
to Cedarville for the purpose of as
certainlng how said stairway may be
remodeled to comply with the require
ments of the building code at the. least
possible expense to che district. This
stairway being OF the winding type
without intermediate landings, is con-
sidered dangerous from the fire and
panic standpoint
The Lawrence Township Board of
Education also decided to submit the
question of closing the Jones' Island
School to the residents of that dis
trict, and a meeting for considering
this proposition will be held at this
school on Wednesday evening, Janu-
ary 9th.
A meeting of the Board of Educa-
tion OF Maurice River Township was
held at Leesburg On Saturday, Janu-
ary Esd. This Board of Education
also took action on the matter of COM
pulsory education, and voted to re-
quest the district clerk to notify the
attendance officer to serve the legal
five-day notices to all delinquents
who have been seen or informed by
mail concerning the irregularity of
attendance on the part of the chill
dren. The matter of transporting the
very small school known as the Union
School to Eldora was briefly discussed
but no definite action was taken. The
old building at this place is made
Guate and the Board of Education
should either transport this school
or provide a new building. Under
present conditions it costs about fifty
dollars per pupil to keep this school
open. The school has an enrolment
of tea pupils ,and an average enroll
ment of eight.
A local teachers institute was held
at Mauricetown on Saturday Through
a mistake in the notices, the meeting
was attended by only nine teachers
from Maurice River Township and
ere teacher from Commercial Town
ship. The subject for discussion was
The Teaching of Reading" The
State monograph formed The basis of
Similar meetings are scheduled as
follows: January 27, 2.45 p. M, New
port High School; February Sd, 2.SO
Z. M. Greenwich High School; Feb
ruary 4th, 200 p. M, Rosenhayn
School; February 5th, 200 p. M,
Shiloh High School.
On Friday last, Mr.. c. NJ Arthur, OF
the New Jersey Agricultural Expert
ment Station at New Brunswick, and
the county superintendent, made
tour over the county, taking in the
schools at Gouldtown, Shiloh, Bridge
ton and Cedarville, with a view OF
arousing more interest in the county
agricultural and home culture con-
tests, and agricultural education in
general. In this trip they were ac-
companied by Mr.. c. W. Hiester,
graduate of Syracuse University and
now located at Reading, Pa, and Mr..
Willis Unger, of Vineland. Mr.. Ar
thur works under the direction OF