Evening journal., 1921-10-12
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Board of Education Decides
to Buy Jerseys for Foot
ball Team
Mr.. ROGERS GIVES
TALK ON TREES

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE. oct. 12.-At a.
special meeting OF the Board OF
Education held in the Office OF su-
perintendent Snavely. last evening.
IL was decided to purchase Jerseys
for the varsity and scrub football
teams. If the boys in their effort TO,
finance their own organization have
surplus over the seasons expenses
the cost Of the jerseys arc to be re-
paid TO the board.
1t was also decided to increase
the salaries Of Charles Coulbourne
and Miss NJ. Howard. teachers in
the Negro schools Of this city. IS a
month. William Mitchell, Of Phil
adelphia was recommended by Mr..
Snavely as a teacher in the Williams
Street Negro School, to succeed
Thomas Johnson who was dismissed.
The board instructed the secretary
IS draw an order for the amount
due Charles Coulbourne, from the
removed teacher, for room rent and
board. During Johnson's stay in
town he boarded at Coulbourne's.
The secretary was instructed to
have Theodore W. Cavender erect a
sheet iron protector around the
stove in the overflow room in the
Old Town Hall A steel file cabinet
containing four drawers. large
enough to hold legal size papers. was
ordered purchased from the Shoen-
maker Company to cost S51.
Horace L. Deakyne and Vaughan
c. Lancaster. graduates OF the
school. were approved as coaches
Of the football team. These mer
were selected by the student body
as coaches several days ago but had
never been approved by the board
until last evening The matter OF a
coach for the basketball team wa
discussed and the secretary instruct
ed to have the student body make
A selection in the near future ant
submit same for approval An ad
visory committee on athletics vii
be selected in the near future foi
the purpose Of increasing athletic
activities in the school. AS TIT
state regulations require certaii
physical training provisions for eacl
school in the state. II is the inten
tion OF the board and superintendent
TO have this complied with, as
health provision.
Increasing interest in the schoo
lie and this is attributed TO the ac
tiyities along the sport lines and tn
work is being manifested by the pub
modern methods of school work in
troduced by Prof. Snavely.
Permission was granted the Ath
lctic Association committee i
charge of basketball to arrange
tentative schedule for the comm
season subject TO the approval Of tn
.. superintendent and the board.
was stated that It was not the inten
ton Of the board to attempt TO de
eide just who should be placed o
. the schedule. but the board wants {
say as to what distance these team
come from because Of the expens
incurred in getting them here or {
the local team visiting any remoi
section OF the State or going a gres
distance in any other State becaus
Of the expense.
The following bills were ordere
paid. II found correct by the superb
tendent: J. T. and L. +. Eliaso
Inc. $3.50. for manual training. an
sS1.66 for general repairs and r.
placement; American Book Con
pany. for books and supplies. s45.4l
Allen and Bacon. sup. s19.49; Barn'
g. Company, supplies. s7.SS; Joh
Bungy. labor. IS cents; f. Dietz. SUI
plies. $4,000; A. r. Goudiss. suppl