Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-08
SHOWS NEED Of
NEW SCHOOL
Immediate Building in Hail
Avenue Urged BY School
Supt. in Annual Report.

system for the immediate constyuc-
ton of the proposed Hall avenu
building is ~forcefully set forth vs.
Samuel E. Shull. superintendent OF
the city schools. in his annual de-
tailed report TO the Board of Educa-
tion.
Mentioning a growth of 6 per cent
In enrolment during the past year
Superintendent Shull refers to his re-
port of last year. in which he re-
parked that the means of d~isposing
the city school growth merited the
serious reflection of all who had
the educational welfare of the youth
of the city at heart, and then points
out that if the situation were serious
then it may be readily said that faci-
iities are now woefully inadequate.
Mr.. Shull sees the immediate rem
edy lying in the Construction of the
Hall avenue school. He comedies
that the situation was alleviated TO
ZONE extent by the addition to the
high school building but also notes
that even with the addition ii is
found necessary to use two court
rooms, partially underground. fer
the CONTINUATION school that COM
prises $50 girls.
Mr.. Shull's comment upon the sit
nation is in part as follows:
AS has been stated in previous
annual reports, the proposed Hall
venue building would relieve the
congestion IN every part of the city
at once providing full-day sessions
for all pupils; it would mean the
elimination of the use of court
rooms. and would enable all pupils
of grammar grade to cover the
ground specified in our course of
study. However, at the present writ
ing. a meeting of the Board of Esti-
nate is in contemplation, n IL is
our hope that the meeting may even
tuate in provisions whereby means
can be made available for the erec-
ton of this greatly needed building.
THE setting forth of the lack of
schoo! room is actuated solely be-
caLse of it's tremendous importance
to tie youth of this city. In but a
short time the youth of today will
be men and m The question
that ought to lie heavily on our
hea rts is the type of men and wom-
y these youth are to be. A nation
an aggregation of individuals,
and ar. individual never rises above
he abilities he has developed; hence
10 nation can rise above the gen.
era. character of the individuals that
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greater in the future, then it be-
The %citizenry of tomorrow every pos
siDle advantage conducive to a
higher idealism that must charac-
ter ne a higher social and civic state
of the future. All this means the
maximum amount of mental, moral
AMI physical training. Here tn en-,
is q question that the people of
Perth Amboy must answer: Are u
boys and girls under present condi-
tions getting a preparation for life
that is the best possible within the
ability of the city to provide?
A logical conclusion to be arrived
at from a study of the statistics is
OF a three-fold nature, namely, the
sSy IS growing in population: second,
there is a growing disposition on the
part of the school populace to take
advantage of all the educational op-
portunities afforded in the school
system; and third, a revival in the
Industrial establishments which emf
ploy miners as operatives.
In the report of 1921 it was re-
marked: 1.-THE mean of disposing of
u school growth merits the serious
reflection of all who have the edu-
c~ational welfare Of the youth Of u
city at heart" If conditions .hen
were serious, it a safely be assert
ed nov that our facilities for car
ing for those now knocking at
school doors are embarrassingly in
adequate. 1t can not be proclaimed
in tones too stentorian that children.
school children, have rights that
can not be alienated by a norma
civic conscience. Among those rights
as that of enjoying a full day in a
safe and healthy school home. Over
crowded classrooms, halliday atten-
dance and the use of court rooms
are not conducive to health and edu-
catiOnal progress. Furthermore,
such conditions are not in harmony
with the thought and action that
ought to dominate the spirit of any
and all communities laying claim to
solicitude for the welfare of it's citi-
zenship, either present or future.
The Board of Education has re-
sorted to about all its legal means
in recent years to meet the pressing
needs for accommodating the school
enrolment. Efforts have been put
forth for both an addition to the
High School and a building on Hall
avenue. The high school addition
was completed and Immediately oc-
cupied in February. Even with the
completion of this addition we are
still under the necessity of using
two court rooms. partially under
ground, in the building for the ac-
~commodation of Jul continuation
classes composed of $50 girls.
To visualize more clearly our con-
ditions it nay be stated that we now
AVE seating capacity for 6,949 pu-
pits. During the yea just closed,
we had an enrolment of $685. pu-
pills in the day schools, not counting
597 continuation pupils who must
attend school during regular school
hours. With the shortage of -,oorn,
1t was necessary to place 473 pupils
on half-time during part of the year
and. in addition, to utilize eleven
court rooms in which were placed
NAB pupils.
The results of a highly success
fui experiment in grading within
grades, or separating brilliant stu
derts from those of ordinary ability
are shown by the following excerpt:
There have been in process of
development of late years methods
of more accurate determination of
the mental ability of childhood For
merly, it was thought that stated
academic examinations fixed the niche
into which the child was to be fitted.
Later on the examination plus the
teachers knowledge of che pupils
ability was the test of graduation.
Present-day knowledge of juvenile
mentality is better determined by
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