Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-24
BOYS PATROL
IS SWORN IN
m School Pupils Told
OF Plan at Meeting at the
High School

"That in order to make the gram
mar school patrol the best in the
city, and / might say the best in the
state, every child here, boy and girl,
must get out and help the twenty
one boys who have been appointed
to protect your lives" So spoke Of
ficer Felix Dunn of Newark, presi-
dent of the patrol organization
throughout the state. to the chill
dren of the grammar school yester-
day afternoon in the high school au-
ditorium. The meeting was attend
ed by a large crowd of school chill
dren.
Besides Officer Dunn. the speak
ers were: Officer Harry Gourley in
charge of the Paterson patrol; May
or Wilson. Chief Tonnesen, Officer
Seiboth, head of the patrol in this
city, and Paul Steel, principal of the
Barracks street school.
Without exception all the speakers
asked that the children assist the
patrol in their workings and in hat
way make it easier for the boys.
Mr.. Dunn pointed out to the chill
dren how easy it would be for the
patrol boys if the children would
only be obedient and do what they
wers told He pointed out an in
stance of this obedience in his w
city of Newark.
I'VE have in the city of Newark,
sixty-two public schools, twenty-five
Catholic schools, and one Jewish
Synagogue. To protect these schools
we have only 1,160 patrol boys to
take care of the children who num-
Der around $4,000, and for six years
we haven't had one accident. That's
why we have this patrol in your
school to safeguard hat life thai was
given that you might enjoy the
pleasures of manhood and woman
hood, and that is why we have ap-
pointed the older boys to see that
the rules and obligations laid down
by the principals, are carried out"
Mr.. Dunn then spoke to the MEM
bers of the patrol saying: II want
to congratulate all of you boys on
your being appointed to be members
of the best organization existing to-
day. You should feel honored to
stand here today and gaZe on those
children, whose lives have been laid
in your hands to protect. You may
never have the chance of pulling a
child from the tracks of an auto
mobile, Or from the tracks of a troll
ley car, but you will always nave the
opportunity of preventing many and
many accidents, and at the enc of
the year you can safely say, Well.
no one was hurt from u school, "
Mr.. Dunn concluded his much en-
joyed talk by saying that if the chill
dren entered into the spirit of the
organization it would come out on
top at the end of the year.
Mayor Wilson in a short address
told the children that if they kept
their minds clean and took the old
saying and kept it in their minds,
Look before you leap" the patrol
boys would have no trouble in pre-
venting accidents.
Offcer Harry Gourley, of the Pat
erson police force, told the children
in his short but interesting talk that
they had an enemy. and that enemy
was the automobile. He told them
that 95 per cen of the car drivers
do not obey the laws laid down by
the traffic commission. He also told
them Thai if they got into the habit
OF doing the things they were told
by the patrol boys, that in time
when they got older and had to take
from others it would come
to them much the same as second
nature. He also talked to the boys
of the patrol telling them that like
every other organization of its kind,
firemen and others, they
would find very little Sunshine"
He CONCLUDED by asking all the chill
drep %ho would promise to help
rneir patrol boys in their doings to
raise their right hands. This was
responded to by every child in the
hall.
The other speakers, Chief Ton
nesen, Paul Steele, and Officer Sci
both, all asked the children to sup
port the patrol boys IN whatever
they thought was correct and re-
minded them of the fact hat there
were only t~wenty-one of them to
take charge of 1,400 children.
The boys were then drawn up
in two lines on the stage where in
took the following oath which was
read to them by Officer Dunn.
/ promise on my honor.
To do my duty to God and my
country, and to obey the law.
TO work for the safety of the
public schools as ! would want
those appointed to safeguard our
city to work for my safety and tae
safety of my family and friends.
To try to protect myself and
those with whom l come in contact
from the FISK OF Unnecessary
chances.
To keep myself clean, morally,
mentally and physically, by being
honest, trustworthy, loyal, helpful,
obedient and brave.
To do my part in helping to re-
duce the number of accidents duf-
ing the year and by my example to
Try TO make my school a model one
for safety.
TO faithfully perform the duties
as outlined for a Public Safety Pa
troll officer.
The boys reported to Officer Sell
both this morning at $40 o'clock,
'after which they were sent to the
different schools where they started
on their first days duty.
TnIIR PI EASES G0UNTY