The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-05

n the prosecution Of the charges un-
ess legal technicalities are lnterposed
% prevent an early decision. Such a
iecision is needed in the public i'm
terest for utility regulation in a legal
anner is now at a standstll.
Opposed to "~centinuatiom Law"
Some homely thrHsts at the new
state Continuation law" requiring
working boys and girls % to sixteen
years to- attend day schocd Sax hears
a week are being pwbiisAeA, 1t being
charged that the new statBte inter
feres unnecessarily with beth en-
ployer and employees. The routine Of
a workshop Is upset and. N the ether
hand, the boy or girl who needs fur
Their schooling, 1t weafd seem, could
get it at the night classes Incidental
ly, the critics are not far eat Of the
way In some criticisms passed on the
multitude Of topics crowded into the
'ublic school curriculum.
Let drawing, music and ether special
branches be reserved for those who
evince a decided talent In those di-
.rections, Is the argument. That In
stead of keeping the younger pupils
On part time through Overcrewding of
the schools, those over IA who prefer
+ go to work should be released and
thus room be mace for the little folks.
OF course, all properly should have an
opportunity 10 get an education, bit
as "a emergency measure it VIII APP
pear to many that the arrangement
suggested Is not without merit.
1t seems sometimes as If our com
pulsOry education laws are pushed TO
extremes. There are boys who will
get more useful knoledge in a work
shop after IA than in school room. Not
all are equipped by nature to take
advantage of the higher branches.
Savings of School Children.
Aiming for a broader scope in edu-
cational work on savings, DR.. Calvin
N. Kendall, state commissioner of edu-
cation with the government loan as
ISOLATION of the Second Federal Re-
serve District, has annuenced that a
five cent savings plan will be intro
duced in the schools of New Jersey.
Similar announcement has been made
by Commissioner of Education John
a. Finley of New York.
The introduction of the FIVE cent
plan is the outcome of the success of
the penny plan formerly in use, which
convinced the sponsors of the move
ment that the scope of the savings
should be enlarged.
The commissioners message. which
Is to be sent to teachers and principals
throughout the state, calls On them
to aid the children in accommodating q
fund through the medium Of regular
and systematic savings, stating that
there is a growing feeling Of the need
on the part of every growing boy and
girl for a reserve fund for a start in
life, either by the road of business or
by a college or business school edu-
cation.
A savings record card has been de-
vised in connection with the plan.
Children upon making the initial five
cent savings deposit with the teacher
will receive one Of these cards, which
contains eighty spaces, divided Into
sixteen squares. Upon the fifth de-
post, the teacher cancels one of these
squares and gives the child a card
containing one Thrift Stamp.
To stimulate greater interest In the
plan, the children will be divided into
teams to compete against each other
in total savings.
Need of Health Homes.
The immediate need In this State
for three ~convalescent homes for nurs-
ing mothers, similar to the n now
in operation in Ivy Hill, is stressed by
DR.. julius Levy, State director of the
Child Hygiene Bureau Of the Board
of Health. The convales"ent home for
nursing mothers has been in operation
for the last eighteen months and since
last January 1873 mothers have been
admitted with their babies. Of this
number, seventy-one mothers returned
to their homes with their babies. three
mothers married the fathers of their
children, three babies were placed for
adoption and twelve are at service
with their babies, receiving not less
than $25 a month. OF the entire 1873
babies, fourteen have died, giving an
infant mortality rate of 76 plus, which
IS the same as the rate for Newark
in 1919, which represented the lowest
infant mortality rate in the city's his
tory. According to DR.. Levy, the in
FAINT mortality rate for Legitimate
children is usually two and three times
as high as for the community in gen
eral. Last year there were reported
in Newark ia illegitimate births with
only six deaths under one year of
age-an infant mortality rate of 43
per 1000.
New Jersey, according to DR.. Levy,
is taking the lead in protecting its
mothers and infants. The supervision
of unmarried mothers and their in
fants, through prompt notification of
their admission 20 the hospitals, offers
one of the most effective methods at
hand for keeninp infant and mother