New Britain herald., 1917-04-05
I@x3u " 111V lNS ~S TEACHING STAFF
 ID REMAIN INTACT Principal Judd'S Assistants to Re-
 turn After Easter Recess TO FORM MEDICAL CORPS

Home Guard Company-school Board Delays Report on Addition Until Town Meeting Monday. Holding until the special town IT. eeting next Monday night a report concerning the proposed addition to 1 the Broad street schoolhouse, the school committee at it's April meet ing last evening devoted it's attention to matters of routine character and made preparations for the re-opening of class sessions for the spring term,
 the winter term formally closing to- day.
 Reports presented at the meeting indicated that for the first time in d humber of years the teaching staff will not be disturbed in personnel when the spring term begins, all of Principal O. l.. Judd's assistants hav- ing arranged to return here after the Easter recess to resume their duties. While the teachers are engaged under contracts which calls for their scrv- ices for period of one year, it in- variably happens that at Easter time some of them want their agreemeNs abrogated and vacancies usually are created at the close of the winter term as result. This year, however, all the instructors propose to live up to their contracts and no new teachers | will have to be engaged.
 Except for cramped quarters con- l ditions at the school are found to be entirely satisfactory as the term closes Although the teachers have l to handle more pupils than educators believe can be taught efficiently, no ! fault has been found with the results l obtained. Principal Judd has an ex-
 cellent corps of workers and they are rendering splendid service consid-
 ering the conditions under which they have to work.
 That the town meeting Monday
 night will agree to increase the ap- p-opriation for the proposed addition
 from $17,000 to $19,000 or perhaps $2O,OO0 is generally expected. The voters have practically no choice in
 the matter. Additional school room
 is required and the addition is es- ! sential to the welfare and proper de- l velopment of the children. There is no indication, according to contJac- IS, materials in the near future and a delay in making the improvement would probably mean additional ex- pense rather than saving.
 The school committee favors build ] ing addition at as cheap figure as can be secured. They are disappoint- ed over their inability to have the extra rooms added at an expense that would be within the $17.00O appro- priation made last January but they seem to oppose the elimination Of de- sirable features in the plans to Keep down the cost. Some of the specihca- tions may be changed without doing any material harm and the bids pre- l sented week ago may possibly be reduced to some extent. There IS little hope. however, that the addi- ticfl will be built at an expense much less than $19.OO0. -.. 1 Complete information regarding the attitude of contractors the school board expects, will be in its posses l sion before Monday nights meeting. The decision of the voters will then be sought and the belief IS held that the extra money required will be ap- propriated.
 Local Boys Enlist.
 | l towards contributing it's share to the | country's defense and there are 1 number of her sons who are now in 1 Uncle sam's service. Six local boys.
 members of the National Guard. left with the New Britain companies this morning to do police duty in other l nlaces. the names of which were not
 made public for military reasons. There are several young men from ! the town who are In the army and navy and others are making plans to enlist.
 1 Yesterday at the Hartford recruit ing office two applications for enlist ! ment were received from Plainville. ! Walter Hirsch wants to join the navy as an apprentice seaman and Albert
 T. Conlin expressed wish to become
 a member of the signal corps. Alex 1 ander Nichol also has presented an 1 application for enlistment in the navy. 1 The military spirit has been ab- sorbed by many of the young men | and there is reason to believe that 1 Plainville will bear it's full share Of the burden in the event of conflict ] of much duration.
 l Randolph Stewart, son of Alfred Stewart, has joined Co. D of Bristol and leaves tonight for duty. 1t IS
 not yet known where they will be sta l tioned.
 | Lieutenant Duffy Drillmaster. | Peter F. Duffy, first lieutenant of the Plainville unit in the Home Guard, 1 was inScharge of the squad which re-
 ported at the Town hall last evening
 for. drin Captain Trumbull was also l present. There is considerable local 1 enthusiasm over the showing that is
 l being made by the various divisions as they meet for ill instruction and the
 officers expect that the town will have