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Palisadian., 1922-12-23

at our modern dances-as senseless,
immodest and vulgar I sincerely hope
that the many right-minded and de-
cent young men apd women in Hack
ensack High School VIII speedily de-
wise ways and means and adopt dras-
tic regulations governing all school
dances so that the good name of Hack
ensack High School may be esjustly pre-
served in dancing as we'll as in any
other phase of our school life. Until
that time, however, all forms of dane.
ing are prohibited in Hackensack High
School,"
The feeling against such dances as
the Chicago" and dances of such ilk
is widespread at the present time and
an effort is being made in such cities
as New York, Boston, Buffalo and
many others to have this type of dance
prohibited by the police if necessary.
Principal Marlatt suggests as a
committee of students, to be
augmented by a committee from the
alumni, to hold meeting and formu-
late plans whereby dancing can be
enjoyed in the school with the proper
regard for decorum. - Hackensack
Record.
Palisadian., 1922-12-23
Dancing Stopped in
Hackensack High

Principal e. F. Marlatt, of the Hack
easack High School issued orders yes
terday to the effect that dancing has
been banned in the high school build
ing. The announcement was made at
geaeral assembly. The principals ac-
ton followed considerable unfayoraDle
comment on dance held in the school
ron last Friday evening after series
of one-act plays. The order means
that no dances will be allowed after
affairs at the school or between lunch
periods, when it has been the custom
of the students to hold impromptu
dances.
The following is taken from "The
Buzzer," the official school paper:
"Mr. Marlatt said: Dancing Is one
of the most ancient of the fine arts.
"'As Tar back as we have any his
tory az fman. we ind that dancing is
gtyea honorable mention with the
worthwhile activities of the race. 1t
has been and still is connected in
separably with the best in literature,
in painting. in music and in sculpture.
II is a form of emotional expression
that has been adopted by all grades
, Of society from the most humble to
the most exalted.
"sDancing in our High School is on
an entirely wrong basis. Instead of
its being a casual, incidental matter,
It should be a required art course
where. every pupil would be taught it
as fine art by, competent instructors.
Why should boys and girls be allowed
to get their own training in dancing
from promiscuous and often question
able sources any more than they
should be allowed to read any and all
kinds of questionable books without
competent direction and supervision?
As I view dancing from the side lines,
Il. has in the last twenty years degen-
Grated from a being OF beauty and
rhythm to an awkward. unrhythmical.
discoruant hobble to the accompani-
Hent of the sensuous screech of the
saKophone.
"'Spme really artistic dancing can
sim be seen in our theatres. No dis
Great. audience would sit through
many OF the performances as staged
Palisadian., 1922-12-23
Treat in Store at
Grantw'd Theatre

It's been a long time since a pic
ture with so many thrills as ITO Have
and To Hold" which will be on view
at the Grantwood Theatre, Sunday,
has been seen in Grantwood. Betty
Compson and Bert Lytell have the fea-
tured roles, and there are rapier duels
galore. Theodore Kosloff fights young
Arthur Rankin cousin of John, Lionel
and Ethel Barrymore and nephew of
John Drew; Lytell and Kosloff fight
aboard a man-of-war, aboard the pirate
ship and later in the court of King
James /. These are real fights.
Palisadian., 1922-12-23
His Aunt's Mistake.

A Fort Scott (Kan.) boy sad been
reprimanded in school, the Tribune
reports. He was required to explain
the incident to his aunt. Junior, you
forgot yourself. didn't you? she asked
him. "No," he corrected, II forgot
the teacher was there"
Palisadian., 1922-12-23
Halloween Party
Made Net $438.36

The public accounting in regard to
the Halloween Party has been delayed
due to the settling of various amounts.
The account now stands:
Received net from all exhibits
and sales S24z.1U
Received from advertising -. 1890
Received from a friend in
Brooklyn for the Gymnasium
Account .................. 125.00
S4S0.10
Paid on account of expenses. 31.74
The printing bill is still to be ad
justed and paid.
1t is hoped this showing will be
found satisfactory to those who par
ticipated in the Halloween Party, and
particularly in view of the fact the
occasion was arranged and carried out
more for the enjoyment of the par
ticipants than for the profit
Committee,
w. R. GOODMAN,
Chairman
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Thursday
In Stratton Case
Coroner William Parsels Will
Conduct Inquiry at Pleasant
vile City Hall at 10 A. nj.

Following the killing of John II.
Stratton and his family by the Penn
sylvania Railroad train on Saturday,
at Absecon, there will be an inquest
held here on Thursday morning, at ten
o'clock, when Coroner William B. Par
sells will sit at the City Hall to hear
evidence connected with this case. In
addition to hearing the Stratton case
an effort will be made to widen the
scope of the investigation to ascer-
tain what methods have been pursued
to protect other grade crossings in
this city and nearby places, for which
protection the public, City Councils,
Board of Freeholders and civic organi-
cations have been clamoring for a long
time without much result being OBJ
tanned.
Every time somebody is killed or
badly injured the public raises a howl
and the governing bodies pass resolu-
lions and send them to the railroads
demanding action in protecting dan
gerous grade crossings and the Public
Utilities Commission is asked to act.
Then the matters cool off after a sea-
son until some other life is sacrificed,
when the same old routine is pursued.
When Professor E. D. Riley, of Abb
secon, was struck and injured at the
New Road crossing, in Pleasantyille,
there was a great stir made and gates
We're demanded at several grade cross
ings. The railroads responded with
lots of promises and probably a new
sort of warning signal and the public
and officials growled a little and for
got it. 1t does see that this time,
with the County Physician, Board of
Freeholders, County Prosecutor, and
Public Utilities Commission all taking
official notice of the latest accident
and all anxious for a deep probe, that
something can be done to safeguard
the public who use the roads which
cross the railroad tracks at grade. 1t
is recognized, of course, that the rail
roads must run mile a minute trains
to satisfy their patrons and properly
care for all traffic, but in doing so they
should be willing to erect safety gates
and thus insure the safety of the pub
lie who travel the roads. Safety gates
and a man to operate them cost less
than settling for lives of men, women
and children, after they are crushed
to death under the wheels of a fast
EXPRESS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Travellers Defeated
By Hammonton Team
Jacobs Held PleaSantville Team
to Seven Hits-BOOye Allowed
HammOntOn Nine.

The Pleasantville Travellers were
defeated at Hammonton on Saturday
by the score of 13 to 4. Jacobs, the
Hammonton twirler, was in fine form
and only allowed the Travellers seven
hits during the game. Booye, the
Travellers pitcher, allowed the Ham
monitor team nine hits, which, coupled
with errors, gave the game to Ham
monitor.
Hammonton took the lead in the
opening inning when they pushed four
TALES across the plate. Three more
were forthcoming in the third frame,
enough to give them a victory. How
ever, they continued to pound Booye's
slants and in the fifth inning his sup
port blew, Hammonton scoring six
more times.
Stockwell, the Hammonton center
fielder, was the bright star of the day,
leading with the willow, with a quar-
tet of safe wallops to his credit.
Porter and Mitchner, with a pair of
hits apiece, performed best for the
Travellers.
The score:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Week OF Activity
For Local Students
Class Day Exercises This Tues
day-COmmencement Thurs
day Evening at High School.

This is a busy week for the gradual
ing class OF 1922 of the High School.
This Tuesday evening, at the High
School Auditorium, the annual Class
Day exercises are TO be held. On
Thursday evening will be held the
commencement exercises, also at the
High School Auditorium.
For the Class Day exercises a fine
program has been arranged. 1t is in
the form of a Beach Party, at Atlantic
City, a n act play, bringing out sew
eral amusing and interesting features,
which will include several original
songs, composed by members OF the
class and set to popular music. The
class yells of both the Seniors and
Juniors will be heard at various times.
included in the program are the fol-
lowing numbers:
Glass Yells, by everybody; Class
History, by Edyth Samson; Class
Prophecy, by Frances Ambruster;
Glass Knocks, by Eleanor Conoyer;
Faculty Knocks, by Esler Helms ;
Class Poem, written by George Nc
Ginley and given by Theon White;
Glass Will, by Edwin Krouse; Mantle
Grafton, by Joseph Walker, Senior,
with a response by Somers Steelman,
a Junior; Distribution of Glass Pres
ents, by Ella Adams and Dorothy
Thomas; Class Day Song, by Senior
Class. Al the close Of this program
the several class yells will again be
given.
On Thursday evening thirty-eight
scholars will take leave of their school
course when they graduate from the
High School and receive their diplo-
mas from the hands of Arthur II.
Stiles, President of the Board OF Edu-
cation. The class will be presented
by Superintendent William G. Sulli-
van.
DR.. Francis Greene, Head Master of
Pennington Seminary, will deliver the
commencement address. There will
be an invocation by Rev. Walter Shaw.
The Salutatory will be by Esler
Helms, whose subject will be Sue
cess" The Valedictory will be by
Frances Ambruster, whose subject
will be Better Schools in Pleasant.
WILLIE. The Auditorium will be crowd
ed TO It's fullest capacity on this occa-
sion, as each graduate has had ten
tickets allotted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Teachers Elected
For Local Schools
Principals and Special lnstruc-
tors to Return Next Year
Some Vacancies Yet. =

While there are some vacancies yet
to be filled in the list of teachers for
the public schools of the city, the ma
jority of the teaching staff for next
year has already been selected. One
of the vacancies is for the position
of school nurse, recently made vacant
when Miss Ida Stephenson accepted a
very promising position at North
East, Pa. Another vacancy is that of
manual training instructor, made "a
can by the recent resignation of
Samuel o. Myers.
The list of instructors already elect
ed includes the following:
Special teachers-Music, Miss ITma
Stiles; Drawing, Miss Laura Carpen-
ter; Physical Training, Miss Hazel
Worcester; Printing, Thos f. Barnes;
Domestic Science, Miss Anne Uzzell.
High School-Principal, C. o. VIII
son; Sara Van Glider, Lena Bates,
Emory Helfrich, Nancy Miller, Alice
Macmillan.
School No. Principal, William r.
Richards; Nettie Adams, Helen G. Lutl,
Carrie Bowen, Mabel Bailey, Ella NC
Anney, Catherine Morris, Emily Reep,
Mary Cobb, Nellie Ceilings, Ida Won
Media. Maude Channel, Elizabeth
Conoyer, Lydia Beidelman, Mildred
Smith.
School No. principal, Charles W.
Ingersoll; Helen Souder, Jessie White,
Abbie Leeds, Elizabeth Hopkins, Julia
Williams, Mabel Scott, Florence John
son.
School No. 3-Myrtle Collins, Eva
Risley.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
EXCITING FIRE BURNS
TWO BUILDINGS MONDAY.

A lighted match carelessly thrown
10 the ground caused a bad fire IN
Monday afternoon, in which a bunga-
low under construction on Mulberry
avenue near New Road, and a barn
belonging TO Daniel Martin were de-
stroyed. The bungalow was being
erected by Parrish and McNamire and
the loss is placed at $1,000. Martins
loss is probably $500. The blaze vas
famed by a high wind and soon a
large area of trees and brush was
burning fercely. The smoke was so
dense that it attracted attention at
Absecon and Fire Chief Kessler came
down 10 give assistance. A call was
also sent to Atlantic City and Chief
John Barnett and engine company
number eight came over to assist the
local firemen in their four hour fight,
Several times a number of dwellings
were in danger and only hard work
prevented their destruction. All The
furniture in the home of Joshua Carly
was removed, as that house was
scorched and in danger of burning,
just as the Atlantic City iremen ar
rived and assisted in queliing the fire.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Company
Offers More Stock
Atlantic City Electric Company
Will Sell Limited Number
of Preferred Shares.

Local people have another opportun-
ity to become stockholders in the AT
lantic City Electric Company. A
limited number of shares of it's pre-
ferred stock have been issued with
the consent and approval of the State
Board of New Jersey Public Utility
Commissioners. The company is Of
fering $4,000 shares of stock for
$4,000 and dividend per share. At
this price the stock pays over $3.50
on the dollar. A large number of
local people are already stockholders,
having invested in the stock when it
was previously placed on sale. Each
of these shares is fully paid and non
a~ssessable and the dividends are ex-
empt from the present normal Fed
eral income tax. The company has
paid dividends on it's preferred stock
every three months-February l, May
l, August l and November without
a break eVer since the first shares
were issued some twelve years ago.
The stock has every safeguard that
could be devised and is in no sense a
speculation, but a safe, dependable,
dividend-paying investment. 1t is
cumulative" which is an important
item to consider when investing in
stock.
The last time the company offered
its stock for sale every share was
taken in two days. Only a limited
number of shares have been issued
now, and those wishing to avoid be-
ing too late are getting their subscrip-
tons in promptly.
If desirable, shares may be purchas-
ed ON an easy payment plan of IS per
share down and IS per share per
month. The stock is on sale at the
company's Office or subscriptions can
be placed through any employee of the
company.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
~ Mce(A a.
President Harding
Members of Graduating Class of
High School Visit National
30 Capital Four Days.

Thirty-nine members of the Senior
Glass returned home last Friday after
a four days trip to Washington,
where one of the pleasant features
was the meeting and shaking hands
with President Warren G. Harding.
The Seniors of Ocean City accom-
panied the local graduating class on
the trip. The party was c%haperoned
by Mrs. Alice Macmillan.
The party arrived in Washington
Tuesday afternoon and made the
Hotel Driscoll headquarters. The af-
ternoon was spent in inspecting the
Capitol grounds. Tuesday evening
was spent in the Congressional Lii
brary.
Wednesday morning the students
shook hands with President Harding
and inspected several government
buildings. In the afternoon Congress
man Bacharach showed hen through
the House Office building and later
piloted them through the Capitol and
the House of Representatives in ses-
sion. Senator Frelinghuysen then
showed them the Senate in session.
The balance of the afternoon was
spent in Arlington Cemetery. In the
evening a moonlight sail on the Po-
tomac River was enjoyed.
Thursday the students climbed the
Washington Monument and travelled
to Alexandria and Mount Vernon The
evening was spent at Glenn Park
among the several amusements.
Friday morning was spent in tour
ing the Old National Museum, the
Smithsonian Institute and the White
House. During the afternoon grips
were packed for the journey home, as
they left the hotel at 2.30.
Among those who made the trip
were: Ella Adams, Flora Belle Adams,
Frances NJ. Ambruster, Bernhard w.
Albrecht, Walter M. A~ydelotte, An
drew A. Barry, Finley B. Campbell,
Laoma z. Byrd, Eleanor A. Conover,
George A. Field, Nina Dreyer, A. Mar
garet Gordon, D Evelyn Hamilton,
Thelma L. Hilton, Esler Helms, Jonas
A. Henry, Edwin w. Kraus, Marie
Lee, Edward S. Mckinley, Geo. s. Nc
Ginley, Fannie V. Moberg, Eliza G.
Mack, Albert J.. Osterman, Elizabeth
Price, Rose S. Price, Stanley l.. Price,
Edythe B.. Samson, Ethel M. C. Scar,
Ella H. Shovel, Arelda M. Smith, H.
Russell Swift, Rodney R. Smith, H.
Dorothy Thomas, Catherine R. Taylor,
Theon F. White, Nevin H. Wike,
Conan Van Lew, Mrs. Alice Macmillan
and Joseph W. Walker.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Eighth Grade Pupils
Graduate Wednesday
One Hundred Students Prepared
to Enter High School Next
Term from Lower Classes.

The promotion exercises of the
pupils of the eighth grade of Schools
Nos. 1 and 2 will be held this We'd
nesday evening at the High School
auditorium. This years classes num-
Der one hundred scholars and the
great majority of them will enter the
local High School at the beginning of
the next school year. This will fill
the High School to more than it's ca
pacity as only thirty-eight are to grad
uate this week.
In addition to the numbers on the
program for the several pupils, there
will be an address delivered by Rev.
Thomas M. Simanton. The diplomas
will be presented to the classes by
Superintendent William c. Sullivan.
The list of graduates are as follows:
Fred A. Albrecht. Elwood M. Ash
ton, Catherine l.. p. Arnold, Eleanor
j. Arnold, Mary l.. Boice, Ernest w.
Booth, Calvin Bowen, Elwood Bowen,
Mark Bowen, Jr., Hilda %. Bowen,
William Brooks, William +. Buckley,
Jack A. Bradley, Thomas Brooke, Earl
Delmas Brown, Dorothy Boice, Lottie
r. Carly, Martha Collins, Anna Marie
Conway, Mary Frances Cramer, Flea
nor X. Crowder, William Charles Co
hee, Margaret NJ. Condell, Elizabeth
NJ. NJ. Doherty, Sara Caroline Doherty,
Jennie G. DeVito, Edward DeMill,
Harry Bates Dilks, William c. Dix,
Earl G. English. Alice Dolares Ellick,
Bruce p. Eckman, Mary Foster, Rose
Fox.
Edythe NJ. Gaskill, Arthur w. Gilling-
ham, William Alfred Green, Harry
Charles Grimm, George Fillmore Gut
hoff, Florence L. Greenidge, Claude
Irwin Higbee, Lemuel Henry Hires,
William II. Kingston, Maud E. Hing
ston, Harold Irwin, Anna r. Joyce,
Joseph Alsepeard John, Jack Free
mont Kellum, Delmas S. King, Jack
Kinsel, William II. Kruger, Richard e.
Kane, Estella G.. Lovett, Theresa
Marie Layigna, Clara Leeds, Frederick
Weaver Lake, Margaret Marie Lochel,
Alice Brown Lustig, Helen Marasco,
Ida May Martin, John G. Mason, Edna
M. Miller, Margaret b.. Maison, Edith
A. Morang, Beatrice M. Murray, Anna
K. McAnney.
Gertrude Marlborough, John +. Of
tenheimer, Bertha Alice Olsen, Will
liam A. Olsen, Doris II. Painter,
Edythe j. Pomelear, Dorothy l.. Park
err, Randolph A. Reitmeyer. Nathan H.
Rambo, Walter Smith, Townsend G.
Steelman, Anna Myrtle Schussler, Lila
Mae Smith, Ruth Elizadete Seiwell,
Marguerite r. Simpson, Naomi S.
Smith, Elizabeth M. Stephens, Dorothy
L. Stiles, Sarah A. Sutton, Charles M.
j. Stringer, Margaret G. Stapleton,
Winifred st. John, William Taylor,
Paul S. Terry, Marion Adele Trum-
bore, John H. Vielhauer, Helen e.
Walker, Lee e. Weller, Albert e.
Woodruff, Catherine M. Weist, Alma
Lynd Wright.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
SCHOOL MATTER
ABOUT SETTLED
Council and Board of Education
Hold Meeting and Agree on
Twelve-R Room Building.
No High School Change

After a long period of time, during
which court intervention was at n
time imminent, the matter of providing
additional school room for the pupils
of the lower grades of the city seems
to be about settled. Last Friday eve
ming the members of City Council and
the Board of Education held a joint
meeting at the High School audi
torium. During this conference an
amicable agreement was reached and
a decision arrived at whereby the
plans for the new eight-room school
building for graded pupils should be
enlarged to make the structure a
~twelve-room building.
1t was decided that the new build
ing should be erected on the plot of
ground or Decatur avenue near the
Shore Fast Line Railroad, on which
the Board of Education ONE time ago
secured an option. The proposition
for the erection of a four-room addi-
ton to the High School building has
been abandoned for the present time.
The Board of Education also agreed
to withdraw their proceedings which
have been pending before. State Com
missioner of Education Enright to
have City Council provide the money
for the eight-room building and the
four-room addition to the High School.
The meeting between the two city
bodies was harmonious throughout
and it now looks as though the plans
and specifications for the new twelve
room school would soon be completed
and ready to be submitted to contrac-
tors for bids for construction. OF
course the time is o. far advanced to
expect the building to be completed in
time for the opening of schools in the
fall, but if matters are carried through
without further hitch of any charac-
ter the new building would be avail
able some time during the next school
term. Citizens will no doubt be
pleased to learn of this amicable ar
rangement, as the question of ade-
quate school room was one that had
ben worrying parents who had chill
dren going to school On half time this
year. The matter is one of vital i'm
portanee to Pl%easantville, which is
growing with leaps and bounds, in the
n&tter Of population.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Coliday Led Field
Al Crescent Traps
Newcomer Broke rs Straight
Targets in Three Frames
Plum Missed One.

A newcome at the Crescent Traps,
Colliday, of Philadelphia and Atlantic
City, led the field on Saturday after
noon when he broke twenty-five
straight targets in three frames and
then missed two in another frame.
His total was SO for the hundred blue
rocks. Fred Plum, the South Jersey
champion, came over from Atlantic
City late in the afternoon and shot
twenty-five times. He let one target
fall without puncturing it. DOC"
Powers stood next to him and cracked
a loud smile when Plum missed and
her Powers shot and followed in the
wake of the champion as his target
also dropped to the grass without
having been shattered. Then every
body else smiled out loud. Colliday
also let one get away in that frame.
The squad in which Plum, Colliday
and Powers shot was a very notable
one. 1t contained beside these three
crack shots Resell and Leek. The
scores for the twenty-five birds was
Plum, Powers and Colliday, "a each;
Leek 20, Resell 81. Had they been
shooting for a prize this time it would
probably have resulted in each man
breaking 25 straight as the weather
was ideal for shooting.
The attendance on Saturday after
noon was way below normal, probably
owing to the extreme heat. No club
match was held, but those who attend
ed INDUCED In a practice match at
100 targets With the following results:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
CHARTER NIGHT WILL BE
VERY MEMORABLE ONE.

The local Kiwanis Club intends to
make its charter night, which will be
held at the Atlantic City Country
Club this Tuesday evening, a very
memorable one in the annals of the
organization. There will be at least
three hundred guests at the elaborate
banquet, which is to precede the pre-
~sentation of the clubs charter and en-
tertainment. Walter c. Kelly, known
as The Virginia Judge" will be the
principal speaker and entertainer.
The charter will be presented by Will
liam S. Emley, of Atlantic City, and
received by President Zippler.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-14
Egg Harbor.
LARGE CLASS CONFIRMED
BY BISHOP THOMAS WALSH.

Rt. Rev. Thos. j.. Walsh, Bishop of
Trenton, administered the Sacrament
of Confirmation TO a class of sixty
seven on Sunday in st. Peters r. C.
Church. The little boys, dressed in
black and the girls in white, made a
very beautiful setting.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop was assisted
by Rt. Rev. Monsignor Petri, of Allan
tic City; Rev. James Moroney, of
Wildwood; Rev. Thos. Blake, of ocean
City; Rev. Frederick Halloran, of
Mays Landing; Rev. Gregory Moran,
the former rector, and Rev. c. R.
Prendergast, the present rector.
Monsignor Petri built st. Peters
Church here, and it was attached to
the Star-of-the-Sea Church for many
years as a mission before being made
a separate parish.