Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-17
A Wde-Awake School Board
Meeting At Cifside Park School
Ordering Site Title Be Searched
Applicants For Teachers Positions Required Nou To
Appear Before The Board of Education QuaLity
Of Brick Work Changed To Get More Artistic
Effect Shakeup In The Janitor Service

The sovereign borough of Cliff
side Park, through it's sovereign
board of education, faced the import
ant questions of its jurisdiction last
Friday evening, July 9. All men,
bers were present but Mr.. Neumann.
Supervisor Bray, too, was on hand,
as well as other interested and dis
interested persons. Among these
latter were Editors Demarest and
Underwood of the Bergen Record and
Borough News, respectively, and
Mr.. Dana, of "The Palisadian";
high school architect Sibley; con-
tractor of new school, De Kimpe, and
Messrs Coysh, Roden, Tobias Chieffo
and Fleischer. Even this small
group of citizens somewhat taxed
the capacity Of the diminutive board
room, and this suggested the query
whether an occasional meeting might
not be held in the fine Grantwood
auditorium, where a large number of
those interested in the welfare OF
their schools might be accommodated.
AS result OF the meeting, hand
some grade of brick work was decided
upon for the coming high school, new
applicants for teachers positions dis
cussed, the payment of bills author
lied, supplies ordered, and the
guarantee for the title to the high
school site sought.
An event of some little interest
was the appearance of Dartmouth
and New York University graduate,
as an applicant for the position OF
INSTRUCTOR of mathematics in the high
school. Mr.. Jones was given the floor
and made pronounced impression
by his able presentation of his teach
ing platform" Other teachers who
had been notified to be present failed
to appear. The salary asked by Mr..
Jones was $1,000 At the end of the
first year if he was not worth more
than this, he said he would expect to
be dismissed.
Other candidates submitted by the
teachers committee or Supervisor
Bray were, Miss Yale, of Grantwood,
to teach drawing, $3.50; no experience
or training reported; Miss Walker
and Miss Park, the latter from Mas
sachusetts, both submitted by Mr..
Bray, were rejected by the commit
tee. Chairman Herschler, of the
teachers committee continued to read
the list of applicants submitted by
the committee. They were: Miss
Flood, just graduated from normal
school, fifth grade teacher, salary
$3.50; Miss Mccall, Little Ferry third
grade, $3.50; sixth grade, Miss Pat
ten, $3.50; eighth grade, Mr.. Totten
$500; supervisors clerk and sub
stitute teacher, Miss Murtha $3.50.
Mr.. Pell, who had been considered
for a position, withdrew his applica-
ton. Mr.. Calligan failed to appear.
The selection of these teachers by
the committee, it was evident, had
not been an easy task, as between
the supervisor on the one hand and
the committee on the other. Each
thought its opinions were the right
ones, and that they were not given
the proper consideration by the other
party. Finally on motion of Trustee
Smith, seconded by Trustee Goe-
mann, the teachers committee were
requested to prepare a list of pro-
posed teachers, the same to be passed
upon for fitness by Supervisor Bray,
and the resulting list submitted for
the action of the full board on July
l6. 1t was requested, also, that ar
rangements be made to have the APP
plicants appear before the board at
the same time.
This it would seem is most ad-
mirable arrangement, as it will give
the entire board, as we'll as the pub
lie, an opportunity to judge at first
hand of the qualifications of the
teachers of their children and bring
to a peaceable settlement the evident
causes of friction of the officials con-
cerned. Chairman Herschler, of the
committee, thought that the super
vising principal ought to have some
say in the matter. Mr. Smith thought
that the latter ought to be able to
pass definitely on candidates, or if
not then he should quit.
Attorney Sammy" Wright, for the
board, presented two checks for the
boards signature which were to pay
for the land on which the high school
is being built. One check was for
the payment to Mr.. A. E. Neumann
for taxes on the property; the other
to the owners of the land, the Ruschs,
Neumanns, Iselins and others.
This move came as complete sur
prise to the members of the board,
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