Evening journal., 1918-09-24

ing. and 81 classed as truants.
Section 2. Bounded by East Eleventh
street East Fifth street, Church and
Froach streets, 1903 families with chill
dren, 1909 children between > and IS
years, 696 per cent American: 4i9 not
in school: i32 truants i7i working; i53
children between 6 10 50 years out Of
school.
Section 3-Bounded by Rockford Park
and Lowering Avenue, West Fourteenth
street, Union street. Brinckle avenue /;
233 families with children; 292 children
between and IS years; 70 out Of
school, 40 working: 3 truantS; A chill
dren from 10 80 years not in school.
Section A.-BOunded by West Twenty
fourth street, West Eighteenth street.
Market and Van Buren streets; 4S6 fam
lilies with children; $50 children be-
tween > and IS years; SO per. cent. ma
tive American; 6S out OF school; Is
working; % tTuants; 26 children be
tween 6 and 50 years not in school.
Section 5-.An the Second Ward south
OF the Christians river; 3J2 families
with children: 55i children between >
and IS years; III out OF school; u
working. 80 trusnts: 81 children be-
tween 6 TO - years not In school.
Section 6. Bounded by West Seventh
street, Lancaster avenue. Tatnall street
Adams street; 75i families with chill
dren; i.i2i children between and io
years: 50 per cent. American; 2s2 not IN
school; III working; 40 truants; 6o
children between and i3 years not in
school.
Section I. Bounded by Linden street
20 City line; p, B. and W. railroad
Union street; 4 i,i25 families with chill
dren: 557 Polish; i,77i children be
tween 5 and IS years; 520 not In school;
POS working; i2i truants; i9i children
between and i3 years not in school
Miss Katherine Pyle and Mrs. Paul
dupont gave an account OF the expert
mentally established summer school In
No. A. School Miss Strickland, Miss
Greenstein and Miss Robinson We're the
teachers. The school was to help tDree
classes OF children; those who had fall-
ed TO pass their grade and wished to DO
so by September; children who were SO
far ahead Of their class that they could
easily do q grade in summer and thus
skip a grade by autumn; children who
had barely passed and needed strength
ening in their studies. out or tO3 at
tending. 100 passed their examinations.
Two were children who understood
little English, and the other who failed
was mentally weak I'm that ncighbOr-
hood Juvenile delinquency had kept
probation officers busy, but the school
and playground opposite solved this
problem by keeping the youngster of
the street, and motto case Of delin-
quency occurred during the summer in
this section.
Tile children were given healthier
lunches. most Of which they paid for.
Mix was a novelty which they had TO
learn TO Ike. most OF them being ac-
customed 90 coffee. The children
taught their home folks to make 1nans
Of the dishes served to them at school.
Miss Pyle and Mrs. dupont asked the
Board Of Public Education % establish
several Of such schools next summer to
equip them TO teach domestic science
and 90 allow the use OF No. II for Boy
Scouts. a Girls Club and a Mothers
Club this winter. They also asked for
the free serving Of milk 20 children in
poor districts I'm the morning that hun
ger might not affect the children's pro-
gress.
The board thanked the women for
valuable work and promised 10 give
earnest consideration to their requests.
The meeting closed with an informal
as lack OF a quorum pre-
vented a business meeting.