Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-06
No Additions Made to Any
City Schools During the
Summer
TWENTY NEW TEACHERS
Expect Big Enrolment To-
morrow - Continuation
School Starts Also

The public schools of Perth
Amboy open tomorrow morning for
the 1929 term, the outlook being
that more congestion than usual will
result owing to the failure of the city
to provide additional schools during
the summer. Owing to the fact that
hundreds are out of work and many
of the older school children cannot
secure Jobs there is expected to be a
larger influx of pupils than is GUS
tomary at the opening of the school
term. Superintendent Samuel e.
Shull, when interviewed this MORN
ing, said he could not make any def
mite statement until Thursday when
some estimate would be received of
the number of pupils at each school,
thus making it possible to find where
congestion prevailed.
Examinations were held today at
the high school and grammar school
for those having deficiencies last
spring but who studied during the
summer months in order to go ahead
with their classes.
Continuation school boys and
girls under sixteen years of age hav-
ing their work papers must report
at the high school auditorium at IL
O'Clock tomorrow morning Tor In
structions and assignment to rooms.
They must attend school one day
each week.
Twenty new teachers will COM
mence their duties tomorrow, four
teen of whom are grade and kinder
garten teachers while the remaining
six are in the high school.
The new grade school and kinder
garten teachers are: Misses Ruth
Larsen Mildred Foster. Augusta Ok
sen. Sarah Fine. Yetta Katz, ELIZA
beth macan, Cora Jensen. Estelle Ell
more Rae Goldstein. Emma Avchen,
Mary Stack, Hazel Green. Lillian
MARTENS and Myrtle Eldridge.
The new high school teachers are:
J. X, Canonico, Spanish; Victor WIS
ner. general science; Robert 5. Wao-
dell. physical director; Miss Gertruoe
Pentz, cook; Miss Sarah zimmerman
civics and history: George c. Geary'
manual training.
Owing to the large freshman class
entering the high school tomorrow
one more room must be utilized to
accommodate them. This will mean
that there will be one less room OF
eighth grade girls in the high school
this year than last. Last year there
were four classes of eighth grade
girls. This year, provisions are MADE
:or only three.
The grammar school will accom-
modate the remainder of the eighth
grade classes, all of the city's sew
enth grades and part of the sixth
grades, Some of the slxth grace
pupils who have been attending No.
school will be shifted to School No.
/. Sixth grade pupils who cannot be
accommodated at schools Nos. and
Q will also be sent to the grammar
school. Many of the other schools
will have as many of the sixth grade
students as room will permit.
Superintendent Shull points out
that there is always a large amount
of uncertainty as to the NUMBER OF
pupils who will enter the schools
each fall, owing to the fact that
MANY of those who graduate from
the grammar school fail to enter
high school, others move from the
city while still others move in and
many. upon becoming old enough TO
work, leave school to accept posi-
ton.
The number of children accommo-
dated at the city's parochial schools
also has a big effect upon the city
schools, their presence helping con-
siderably to relieve the congestion in
the other schools. Half sessions for
certain classes now seem likely.
Matawan Schools Open
MATA WAN, Sept. 6.-The Mata-
wan Public Schools opened for the
year 1921-22 today. The buildings
have all been put into first class con-
dition and everything is ready for the
regular routine work which will pro-
badly begin tomorrow. Today Will
be taken up with arranging the var
ious classes. giving out books and
supplies and other matters necessary
before the regular class work for the
year begins.