Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-14

project were taken by the board of
education at their meeting held here
last night, following the passage of
a resolution authorizing the COM
missioner to proceed with the pro-
posed plans. The resolution as in
trodueed by Commissioner Harry
Morecraft and seconded by Com
missioner c. c. Sheridan, follows:
Whereas, In this enlightened age
o advancement in education, science
II invention when the world at
large is exerting its greatest effort
to advance to the highest pinnacle
possible and to insure the greater
progress and contentment for its
respective individuals; and
Whereas, The greatest minds of
the age have laid down the rule that
the progress and advancement hat
generations will attain depends fun
damentally upon the individual pre-
paredness of the growing citizens
n upon the amount of learning
an deducation that each child shall
receive; and
Whereas, It is necessary in these
days to garnish the child with the
saber of learning in order that he
may successfully combat the short
comings and set backs that will nee
GSSdIlly Dc HIS lOI II lie must SUI
cumb before competition hat has
at its basis a thorough and higher
education; and
Whereas, The citizens of Carteret
are ever DESTROYS o fgiving to their
children all the advantages of edu-
cation that are afforded other chill
dren in towns and cities less for
tunate in civic progress than the
borough of Carteret, and
Whereas, in the fall of 1925 a high
school was established in this Dor
ough in the Columbus School for
students of the freshmen year, which
fact at hat time caused a serious
congestion; and following upon that
there was added in 1923 a sopho-
more year bringing the amount of
pupils in high school greater by
81 and this increment in the face
of an enrolment of 33s new pupils
in the grammar schools and with
the possibility of a greater class of
pupils in high school next year there
Will cause a greater congestion which
will be of little aid and assistance
to the pupils in this desire for edu-
cation; and
Whereas. In June, 1924, there will
be enrolled about 100 pupils in the
high schools which will necessitate
the having of four additional rooms
and unless constructed Immediate
1y will place most primary pupils
on half time; and
Whereas, If the high school is to
be maintained and is to advance as
time goes on, there must necessar-
lily be provided a high school build
ing worthy of the borough of Car
teret, and such as will afford the
ahf1dpon i, tho f1t11rp an nnnOT-
'tunity to become citizens of learn
ing and clture that will bring credit
upon themselves and upon their
b%enefactors; now therefore, be it
Resolved, That the boar dof edu-
cation take immediate steps to pro-
cure one or more sites of sufficient
size upon which to build a high
school and further that the board
Immediately have prepared plans
and specifications for the erection
and construction of a suitable high
school TO rthe borough of Carteret,
and further that the board be con-
stituted a committee of h whole
to take such steps as may be neces-
sary for the successful elimination
OF this project.
President He'll relating how the
movement for a high school started
All III pOAOaol go 80 oOAHC "
years ago the Railway board of edu-
cation which takes care of many
Carteret high school students mott
fed the commissioners that they had
no more accommodation for addi-
tional students. With this notifica-
ton Mr.. Hell says, some thought
was given to have a high school
course for freshmen in the borough
and consequently in 1922 a high
school was established in the Co
1umbus school for the first grade.
Higher grade students continued to
attend the Railway school.
when we opened the first grade
OF high school we used only two
rooms" Mr.. He'll said. I'm these
two rooms we took care of forty-two
students. This year we have some
ninety students in five rooms, which
are also inadequate not only for the
present time, but for the future.
We expect at least $50 students next
year and we have no place to put
them, unless we rekarrange the
classes of the primary and gram
mar school back to the old time
and part time study, which nsues
much hardship to the children"
The rooms allotted to the high
scl$ol students are needed by the
grammar and preliminary grades,
MIR. He'll pointed out, and therefore
the commissioners are strongly in
favor of the erection of a high school
When the matter is finally put up to
the people at a referendum in the
spring, it will receive an over
mhelming approval, Mr.. He'll con-
cluded.
The planned high school would
have three stories. In the base
ment will be located the boiler room,
GOAL bin, domestic science room,
closets, manual training room and
the gymnasium. On the first floor
there will be a board room and lib
rary, the superintendent room,
eight class rooms, an auditorium
seating 600, and various closets.
The second floor will hold two class
rooms, typewriting room, CONNER
cial room, bookkeeping and banking
room, study hall, physical labora-
tory, instruction room, lecture room,
instructors rooms chemical labora-
tory, drawing room and toilets.
The high school according to the
present Indication will cost in the
vicinity of 100000 to construct. BY
a resolution introduced by Commits
sioner Morecraft, George w Brooks