New Britain herald., 1919-03-15

wee considerab ble agitation about it. S,1perintendent Holmes told the board of the many requests for the use of the place and also gave his views on the matter. He favored the use of the place for school purposes. charIt- able purposes and general community welfare. but he did not approve of
 having it used by people in the neigh borhood for purposes of personal
 gain He favored the use of all the school buildings for fostering a fine community spirit. He also expressed himself in favor of fostering neigh borhood fraternity and by the use of the school buildings in the vicinity If possible. A motion was passed that ! the use of the auditoriums and gym l nasiums in all the schools of the city l be limited to such use as would bene- \ fit the school and social welfare of the I community and that the use of them be referred to the finance committed and the superintendent of schools. Junior R. O. T. C.
 The local High school is to have a Junior R. 0. T. c. if plans can be car ried through. A communication has been received from the war depart ment telling of the organization of the units and the members of the board voted in favor of the project after the explanation. These units are being organized in schools throughout the country and are to promote educaton - al and military training com bined. An officer will be sent here if the corps Is abolished. He will be a commits 1 stoned officer Of the infantry and will < be under the command of the govern ment and will also be under their pay. The cost to the city for his serv- ] ices will be nothing. One of the re- 1 Quirements is that there shall be 100 ] pupils enrolled and they must be over ! 14 years of age. MT. Holmes stated ! that New Britain could possibly sup ! ply 400 young men for the corps A ! compulsory military course would be ! included in the school curriculum. The
 uniforms and equipment will be fur ] nished by the government. The only ! expense to the city would be a bond ] furnished to the government to insure l against loss of equipment and rifles ! Insurance against fire would also have to be paid for by the city. MT. Holm es { explained the merits of the corps and ! explained that it would do away with ] one of the two physical instructors IF l the high school at the present time He ] reported that Meriden is thought tc l have asked for a, corps and it is un. ! derstood that the request has beer acted upon favorably. Many of the l large cities in the west have adopted ] these corps Mir. Slade of the High ! school favors it and is of the opinion ! that it would benefit the school. The ! board acted favorably and the sccre- l tary moved that the superintendent ! make application for the unit in the local schools through the necessary 1 channels
 Extra Pay For Teachers.
 l It was voted to pay SIPS to the l teachers who give up their time sev- ! eral afternoons a week to the teaching l of foreign women there are many l foreign women in this city who attend ] school after the regular hours. TheN
 are receiving much benefit and the ! board thought the teachers who dc l the teaching should be compensated ! The women being taught are Swedish
 Hebrew and others of different na. l tionalities.
 Machine Available
 l Superintendent Holmes brought be.
 fore the attention of the board a biI
 which has been introduced to con.
 gross by Congressman Caldwell ot l New York. The bill calls for the dis.
 tribution of $20O,000, 900 worth ot
 machinery which was built for wa, l purposes among the various schools
 etc, throughout the country. It ask! l that the machinery be sold, given ava, 1 or loaned. Herbert Pease of the New
 Britain Machine company called the
 superintendent's attention to the bil 1 and it was thus brought before the
 neetig. The local schools, 1t wa:
 pointed out, would benefit greatly from
 such a bill. The following necessary
 machines could be obtained if proper ly requisitioned: Surface grinders