New Britain herald., 1921-07-14
LOCAL SCHOOLS TO
 ALTER CURRICULUM
Plans for Entrance to Junior >n High Considered
ROGERS IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Church Social Nets $4O-Thieves Steal Clothes From Local Youths a, Accidents Yesterday-Brief Items.

Pennington River Banl-Two Auto
 Accidents Yesterday-Brief Items
 Just at present the school condi tions in this town are engaging the | serious attention of the school board and. it's members realize that now as never before they have very serious problem to meet in order to assure the youngsters of this town the es-. sential details of general classical education as we'll as the more ad- vanced learning of the present day schools.
 Last year Plainville appropriated total of $45,000 for the maintenance of the local schools This amount in- cluded the amount necessary to pay tuitions in New Britain and Bristol High schools as well as covering transportation to and from school in those cities. The amount appropri- ated seemed very large and met with opposition from some of the leaders of the town. The school board and it's packers made firm fight, how ever, and won out. Their wisdom and foresight has been justified for the records of expenses for the year show l that the amount was barely sufficient and if more outstanding debts are to | be paid it may not prove sufficient Plainville, at the present time, is | financially poor. There is no surplus here to expend in building new l school; but that such is evident is seen in the fact that a semi junior high school system will have to be installed here in order to meet the requirements of the junior high school in New Britain. Many cities in the | east have changed their systems of | education and include the junior high | school with advancement from that l to the regular classical high. This l means that the small towns, which l send their children to be educated in l the6e advanced schools of learning, l must also change their school curri- l culums so that their respective chil-l dren will be able to meet and compete with the children entering from the | city schools. This is the problem now | confronting Plainville and some changes must be made in the currl- 1 culum at the eighth grade of the | grammar school in order that the children graduating will be able to go to New Britain. Just what these l changes will be, a member of the school board could not state this l 5, be quite important and will change l the eighth grade work considerably.
 For the first time in years Plain | vile is not facing the situation of making more room for the pupils who | will enter this fall. This does not mean that Plainville has large enough
 school accommodations at present. | But there has been a large number | of school children moved from the
 town during the past year and over croWding does not seem imminent l from the present outlook.
 | P1ainville does not send children i to the Bristol High school at the pres ent time and has not for the past two years There are possibly four pupils | there now who started school the
 year before the change came. These | will be permitted to finish their l course Bristol's order came because | her school was overcrowded. The Bell City will have g. new school very
 soon and vii! then not only admit Plainvil1e children but Will also be
 particularly pleased to have them reg ] ister there.
 Rogers in Auto Accident.
 Myron Rogers, owner of the Plain | vile Baking company, and Woldemar l Hermann of 103 Henry street, New | Britain, figured in an auto accident
 yesterday afternoon at the corner of | Washington and West Main streets. The local man was driving his Hudson
 touring car and the New Britain man l was in a Maxwell. Rogers car was
 quite badly damaged with smashed l mudguard, side and wheel. The New
 Britain mans rear axle was badly | hnn fn
 Rogers car was proceeding out or Washington street, with right of way, | going at a low rate of speed. The Hermann car was going toward Brls- | tol and seemed all at once to shoot ahead with the result that Rogers | car was struck while on the cross-over 1 of the trolley tracks. This would | prove that he was right according to
 traffic. MT. Rogers reported the accl-
 dents to the state department this
 morning.
 Church Social Successful.
 The novelty social given by the Ladies', Aid society of the Methodist
 church on the spacious lawn at the
 home of Mrs. Frank T. White on
 Whiting street last night, was very
 successful A total of over $40 was
 realized. The lawn was gaily deco
 rated with large electric Japanese
 lanterns and set with many dainty
 tea tables The social started at o'clock when ice cream and cake
 were served. A pageant of Little
 Patriots was staged by members of
 the Sunday school later in the evening
 and their efforts were well received
 by the older folks. The Sunday school
 orchestra furnished music for the oc- casion. Contributions were made ac- . cording to the height of the persons
 and their financial position.
 l Clothes Are Stolen.
 Plainvil1e has not its old favorite
 swimming holes of former years due
 mostly to the pollution of streams in
 this city by the various factories and
 other sewage disposal. Therefore the
 young men of this town have had to
 go our of town to go swimming and of them oh