Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-14
EAST BRUNSWICK
TEACHERS MEET
Get Announcements of Arbor
Day, Aiding Farmers by Boys
Working on Places This
Summer-0ther Business.

Old Bridge, April 14:-The regular
monthly meeting of the Teachers
Professional Circle of East Bruns-
wick township met at Summer Hill
schoolhouse for the April meeting
yesterday afternoon. The meeting
was called to order by the president,
]. f. ID. Heineken. NJ. b. Carpenter
as secretary pro tem called the roll.
to which the following teachers re-
sponded: Messrs. Heineken and Car
penter, and Misses Serviss, Katheryn
Newmeyer, Freeman, MacAvoy and
Levy. This was followed by the
reading of the minutes of the March
meeting, which were accepted as
read.
Mr.. Heineken announced that Ar
Dor Day had been set for April 13,
but had received the notice too late
to notify the teachers of the same.
Reports were made, though, showing
that the day had been observed by
the schools.
The president called attention to
the several articles in the state pub
lications. the Educational Bulletin
and the Public Health News, that
were of interest to the teachers. He
also read a communication from the
Department of Public Education OF
the state in regard to the public
school pupils aiding in the agricul-
ture service during the present sea-
son, in which 1t stated that pupils
over fourteen years of age who were
obliged to help on the farms or who
voluntarily offered their services on
the farms would receive credit for
such work on their school work. Also
in connection with this same thought
he read a bulletin from the state on
the Food Problem in New Jersey"
which urged all to help in the matter
of food supply for this year.
Mr.. Heineken then read a lengthy
comm nication from the county SUI
perin.endent, Mr.. Willis, which had
many items of special interest. 1t
gave information in regard TO the
coming state teachers examinations
and in regard to academic credits for
teachers certificates. The spelling
contests in the different districts are
to be under the charge of the super
vising principals and they are to be
held In the different schools of each
district not later than May IL, and
the contest between the highest from
each school Is to be completed by
May 10. The date set for the county
contest has mot yet been set. The
state efficiency test for the eighth
year in thsi district will be on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, June
H.. IL and 13. The Summer School
for teachers at New Brunswick will
begin on July 2. All teachers who
wish to take courses then will hand
their names and the subjects they
wish to pursue to the supervising
principal at once. Mr.. Willis called
attention to the state of warfare and
urged that the teachers use all means
to teach patriotism to the pupils.
The supervising principal then
called for the monthly outlines of
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been handed in.
Papers were given by Miss Hilda
MacAvoy on Does 1t Pay?" and by
Miss Katheryn Newmeyer on Gram
mar" discussing the subject as out
,iaed in the book under study, Ken
=, ~. y ,ss al,esch the Elementary
.sitaer, who Is 4 ~ sasnEs ssaisS i;ss e.. -
.o.--s.,-..ss ws:z 81 rtr-vsre pabsfs.
Mr.. Heineken announced that the
teachers who wished to change their
positions or who wished to make ap-
plication for future service should
hand in their applications or resigna-
tions to him soon so that he could
bring the. matter before the Board of
Education at their next meeting.
In the table which the supervising
principal presented 1t was shown
that the attendance for the month of
March was considerably better than
for the several preceding months.
The following shows the per cent. of
attendance of the various schools of
the district for that month:
School No. 2, 70.47 per cent;
School No. ga, 1910 per cent; 3b,
S2.39 per cent; &c, S5.47 per cent;
Sd. 91.37 per cent; School No. 6.
1851 per cent: School No. Ia, 1882
per cent; 7b. 81.19 per cent; &c,
S7.53 per cent: School No. Sa, S1.S4
per cent; 8b, S6.15 per cent.
The following list shows the num-
ber days lost by the pupils and the
reasons for them: Sickness, 467
days.: quarantine, days; religious
holidays, 22 days; bad weather and
roads, 402.5 days; at work, 160 days;
unfit clothing, 10 days: truancy, one
day; pleasure. Al days; other reasons,
272 days; total days lost, 1895.