Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-07-20
.sPOTsWOOD BOARD
. OPPOSES REPORTER
Matter of Alleged Unsafe
School Causes Drastic Action
by Board of Education.
By Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent.
Spotswood, July 2O.-Led by the
+, President Of the board, John o. Coz
zens, the Spotswood Board of Educa-
! tion, at their meeting last night, at
tempted to make a star chamber
proceeding of the session by voting tc
exclude the reported for this paper
from the room.
This was the first business of the
board and after q general discussion
Mr.. Cozzens offered the motion thai
the reported be turned out '.in order
that the board might be free to discuss
things that would not look well ir
print concerning the overcrowded
condition of the school at this tint
that the county authorities severely
criticized. Staunch supporters of Mr.
| Cozzens were John Bell and Charles
| Shelters. The former put the motion
at the request of Mr.. Cozzens and Mr.
Shelters seconded 1t. On the vote on
| the question Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Shell
| ters voted yes" Those who voted
under their breath or did not vote al
all were William X. Irons, Augustus
| Cornell and James Beebe.
Mr. Bell prefaced his few remarks
with the statement that a reporter
1
| tended the meeting
! The reporter refused to leave and
| defended his position that only the
| truth had been used in the paper and
when this was admitted the president
Informed the reporter that the board
were able physically to throw him
out" If they wanted to. After all took
quite a discussion in the affair it was
decided to let him stay II he would
not go out. He stayed SO incensed
became Charles Shelters. vice pres
ident, when the reporter would not
leave that he left with the remark
that he things to say that would not
look well in print" He left for home.
Mr.. Cornell read copy of the
Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS Of
June 80 in which the matter of the
overcrowded condition of the school
was published. This was due to the
fact that letter from Superintendent
III. b. Willis was read in which he said
that the school would not be allowed to
reopen In the fall If an addition was
not built or fire escapes erected The
school was called a fire trap.
The matter of letting the citizens
know why the school has the large
attendance was objected to also. Mr.
Shelters at the June meeting said a
certain woman of the town using her
name. was in the habit of leaving her
child at the school while she went
shopping. This was given as one of
the reasons why the attendance was
so large.
Another item that reused the ire of
the board was the fact that the school
had no record Of the scholars coming
from out of town in manvs-,c,as,s and
thereby loss. -ta me nos ri for t,,ittnr
?, ,.iiSattter WAS recaivod fror, A. 10
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school building For tbaIr n,ao+inns
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WI. ohueI mn ABOUT the matter OF
"pes NJ SoAAehs saiu ne WouiG
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49, 49, Ia. sne oiu piahs were LOST ana
nad. ~ ' wouia nave 70 pe
a aiu 'ia. ene auuitions OF the
se t,s '9s@pes o., i, mouiu nave 10 pe aover.
s'a9a ,issu IN .ne P@pers 10 secure lowest
tha p,oue, anu NJ. PICK one hrm TO 90
,,;. w" s,., was hsreea TO aIter
~. ts.'e ., 49,, us ussion una the matter was
rl4.u ,els IN .ne Hanus VI .he conimlttee. Ine
Io.i'nii''ee ~. MaS instructed 10 rush the
Joo 70 com iplee,oh' II the BOARD ex-
peo.eu 70 open the scnool on Time. AL
ehiS eilhe tnero are 100 enrolled IN four