Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
STREETS
AS FEW STUDY
Students in Protest to Attend
ing School so Soon After
Christmas
MOVEMENT IS SPREADING
Go Through School to Get Few
Cautious Ones to Join
in Strike
MOVEMENT IS SPREADING

1t would appear that the spirit of
Bolshevism and the attitude of the
Sparticides had seized upon the STU
dents of the schools of this city, espe-
cially those of the high school, who
have absolutely refused to attend
school today and tomorrow and 1t also
appears that there is no power tina,
can compel them to take up the
drudgery OF classroom routine.
At a quarter past eight o'clock this
morning somebody among the pupils
raised the question about the advisa-
bility OF going to school today be-
cause they felt that they had not had
a long enough period for their Christ
mas holiday. This spirit was soon
predominant among the students of
the high school and they persuaded
everybody in that institution. except a
few of the cautious ones, 20 remain out
of school today and tomorrow; but
they were not satisfied with meekly
going home apd quietly enjoying n
self-appointed vacation. instead they
were imnped with the idea of trying to
persuade the pupils of the grade
sch ools to participate in the wholesale
walkout and marched up and down
the streets cheering at the top of their
lnsty voices.
After the mob had tired of snake
dancing and cheering they formed into
an organized company and marched
up to the high school and then de-
cided that they would clean the
school out of any who had not cour-
age to join them in the beginning of
the strike. They marched through
the building, picking up on the way
any stragglers they could lay hands on
and then marched out of the back
door and came around to the front
of the school and formed in squads
of four and marched off determined to
have the rest of the schools in the city
poin them in their agitation against
the order issued by the Board of Edu-
cation that they come back from their
vacation today and then have only
one day for New Years.
Edgar H. Kleinhans, principal OF
the high school, stated that as far as
he was concerned the pupils could
stay out because he had no authority
to command them to return to their
studies, II they did not feel so inclined.
Mr.. Hope. the truant officer, also said
that 1t was not within his juricdiction
to bring the students back and - is
evident that they will stay out as long
as they please. and it has not yet been
ascertained just how long that will be
- q 10 nrohable that thier Bolshe-
vistic inclinations will be sufficiently
q { they will again return
ing the New Year.
Slrther reports from the walkout
of pupils in this city who object
ed to the shortness of their holiday
vacation, indicates that there are
about 1000 students out of school
and that more may stay home when
the school is dismissed for the noon
hour. There are 141 pupils absent
from Number One School and 1T
who did not attend their classes in
Number Seven. When the mob went
down to Number Seven School and
tried to incite the pupils there to
walkout, somebody got too hilarious
and q gas pipe was broken, but il lis
reported that this was purely acciden-
tai and not Intentional on the part of
the students. The flow of gas was
Immediately turned off, so that no
serious results occurred from the ac-
cident.
The leaders of the pupils have an
nouncc1 their intention of remaining
away from school tomorrow as well
as today and then come back to their
studies on Thursday. They are plan
ming to meet tomorrow morning and
have another grand march through
out the city and try to persuade any
pupils who may be in the schools to
come out and join them. The mob
was not very successful today when
they went around to the various
schools because they could not en-
courage many to quit
John K. Sheehy, president OF the
Board of Education, said that he had
not looked into the matter at all as
yet, and does not know whether the
board will take any action about the
strike or not.