Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-19
WOMEN URGE
AUDITORIUM
Parent Teachers and Others Act
in Hall Ave. School

The main topic at issue at the Par
| ent-Teachers Association of the gram
mar school meeting yesterday after
noon was the resolution which had
been drawn up following the last
meeting and presented to the Board of
Education and the Board of Estimate.
The resolutions was as followS:
Realizing that a suitable Assem-
bly, room or auditorium In every pub
lie school, where all the pupils may
come together at n time, ID a vital
| necessity for the successful instruc-
ton and training OF children, the
Parent-Teachers Association OF the
lions the Board Of Education and the
Board of Estimate to consider the
construction of such a room IN the
Grammar School; this room could
also be used for physical training.
At the present time, when it is de-
sired to have h whole student body
| assemble, the pupils are turned out
of doors-exposed either to the broll-
ing sun or the chilling air, because OF
lack of accommodations inside.
This ASSOCIATION deems such a
practice not only detr mental to the
health of the children, but a reflec-
ton on the city. which proudly boasts
of it's excellent educational facilities.
Because our schools are lack ng
III ln4S DlS GSSeIlLIdlJ VIC hiOSb ohhSS
ly insist, that in al future school
buildlngs,( a suitable assembly room
be provided for, especially does this
apply to the new school bu ldlng
about to be erected in Hall avenue To
buid a school in these modern times
without such an auditorium, would
be a serious mistake that would not
only lessen efficiency in ~instructtns
the pup Is, but would renec on the
reputation of the city,"
This resolution vas signed by the
secretary Of the association in that
amer representing every
or eligible member of the association
and by the secretary of the Woman's
Club of Perth Amboy following o
reading at the club meeting and the
sanction of the club. This means
that over three hundred women in
this city have sanctioned this reso-
luton. Yet it is said that for some
mysterious reason at both meetings
the resolution was what Is known in
legislative circles as "|pigeon-holed.
The matter of having individual sig
natures of the women throughout the
city will be taken up at the next
executive board meeting of h asso-
citation.
The meeting opened, Mrs. Fred J..
Cox, the president, presiding, with
Zig SlHSlIS u Two OIll otihbo N0A CiS
by a number of the pupils of the
school. The singing was led by one
of the pupils who showed remarka-
bic talent in that direction.
1t was announced that the matter
of lunch eaten and taken to the
school by the pupils, the
place allotted by authorities for the
meal and the supervision of the chill
dren would be taken up at the next
meeting.
The ACCESSIBILITY of holding the
next meeting of an evening was taken
up and the president announced that
Miss Nancy Thompson. who spoke at
the local Woman's Club q short time
ago and who is speaking today be-
fore the Woman's Club of Wood
bridge Township, has been secured
to address the fathers as well as the
mothers and teachers at the next
meeting which will be held Thursday
night, January 16, in the grammar
school subject to the sanction of the
Board of Education. The securing
of the latter Is IN the hands of Henry
s. Hulse, Jr., principal of the gram
mar school.
Following the business meeting the |
members adjourned to a room down.
stairs where tea and crackers were
served by a committee headed by
Miss Marie Brown. The room where |
the little reception was held was a
breath of summer on a snowy day. |
Green plants were placed about the
room and the table was completed by
two stately candlesticks.