Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-10-04
EVENING SCHOOL J
OPENS MONDAY
Board of Education Discuss
New CIasses--M Com
mends Action of Board

The opening of night schools In
this city, the employing of Samuel J..
Henry to fill the vacancy caused by
John H. Hitzelberg going into Y. M.
c. A. service, the condition of the
sewer system at School No. 8. the
granting Of leave of absence TO q
medical inspector and the refusing OF
one to Miss Ida Polensky, and the
reading of several reports by Super
business coming before the Board Of
Education at Its meeting last night,
With the opening of the meeting
Secretary A. II. Crowell read a letter
from Mayor John F. TenBroeck COM
mending the board on the establishing
of free evening school.
Principal Of the evening school
Royal 8. Predmore was present apd
informed the board that within the
past. two nights forty-six people had
been registered to attend the school,
which opens Monday night in the
grammar school. This is a big in
crease over last years registration.
He informed the board that church
in Easton street and a tobacco factory
within a block, of School No. 6 had
rooms suitable for evening classes
and that last year class held at the
church had proven very successful.
He stated that both the church and
tobacco company desired to hold
evening classes In their buildings and
asked the Board of Education to fur
ing teachers out of the school and
board did not favor the idea of TAX
| in gteachers out of the school and
decided that If enough scholars could
be obtained in that section of the city
they would open rooms In School No.
5 for evening classes. He was in
structed to have the manager of the
cigar factory canvass among the en-
ployes who might attend the school.
and to have a similar canvass carried
out by the church and If 1t is seen
that enough people will attend,
School No. will be opened.
Samuel ]. Henry, supervising prin-
cipal of Blairstown, received the ap-
pointment by the board at salary
| of $3.50 as a teacher of latin in the
high school to succeed John II. Hitz-
elberg.
Victor w. Main. of the building
committee, said people living near
School No. 0 had complained about
an odor arising from the overflow
from the septic tanks and he had
been notified of same by Health Off
Ger Willsey. At the time the school
was built there was no sewer in the
street and 1t was found necessary to
build the septic tanks. Since that
time, however, a sewer has been laid
and the health officer has notified Mr..
Main to have the school connected
with 1t right away.
Mr.. Main said that he had visited
the school and looked over the tanks
and found nothing Objectionable with
them. He also said that he had been
Informed by an alderman that the
sewer running through the street Is
defective and has been advised by
J him not to connect the school system
to 1t. Mr.. Main was advised by the
board to take the matter up with the
city engineer.
Medical Inspector DR.. William III.
Mccormick asked for leave of alb
sence from his duties for the dura-
tion of the war. DIR. Mccormick re-
ports for service on the fifteenth OF
this month. The request was granted.
A similar request was received from
Miss Ida Polensky, a teacher. Miss
Polensky's brother has a dentist office
at South River and as he is drafted
into the service of the United States
Miss Polensky requested three
months leave of absence so that she
might look after the Office. 1t was
pointed out by Victor w. Main that
the policy Of the board has been to
IOl BIdill lcebbC Cd Va ehbSChNS niCA y tAO
person themselves were not going df-
rectly into the service. A motion was
made and passed that unless Miss
Polensky reported for work Monday
morning her position will be declared
vacant.
The secretary was authorized to
furnish the desired information to the
state commissioner OF education con-
cerning manual training SO the $1,000
allotted to this district might be OBJ
tanned.
The following reports were read by
Superintendent Shull:
Monthly report: Total enrolment
for month. boys 1894. girls 3.T25; to-
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