New Britain herald., 1923-01-27
Chairman Gaffney Objects to Plan Which He Believes Would Promote Hyphen. ated Americanism.

Estimated expenses of s9i0,s ,sol were approved for the budget for ReN years work by the school eommiiie' ', steHday afternoon at q meeting tha Was eRliNenad by spirited discussion on two additional questions af i'm nerianee, namely, the deciding Of [ school hoard policy relative 70 raeia organizations and proposal 10 re- seind a previous action oF the board in adopting AS a policy the awarding Of architectural work hy competition
 number Of proposed works sub mlitsd 10 the board under the head Of special appropriations were reject ed, Of chief interest among those noi approved being the item for grading the land surrounding the Monroe street school. providing an open air gymnasium for girls on the roof of the Vocational High school; providing cafeteria service at The Senior High school, and constructing fence around the Elihu Burritt school.
 Large Increase in salaries,
 An increase from sia3.St2 10 s6i6.- s00 in the salaries Of teachers in the fIHpnlss NAH 'f "'hsNh Of E. Clayton Goodwin after it was explained that more teachers arc to be hired An increase from s5,0o0 to sa,250 in the medical item of the school accounts was approved also be- cause Of the fact that more help will be needed. Because many policies must be renewed. the insurance item was raised from ss.000 10 si0,000. and because comparatively little has been spent on school repairs in recent years the repair item jumped from sis.0 10 s30.000. which Mir. Holmes explained was about l per cent of the investment in schools
 special Items Rejected.
 The special items that were rejected were: Covered walk between Aca- demic and Vocational High school buildings. s12.000: cafeteria in Voca- tional High school 5000: furnish irgs for Academic High school stage. s1.50o; six calculating machines, s1,- 5Go: floor on roof of vocational build ing. $500: linoleum for halls Of pre- vocational school. $500; piano for Central Junior High school. $500: cur tain for Eihn Burritt Junior High school stage. $500: fence for Nathan roe school s1.300. Wants Changes at Central Jr. H. $. A communication from Principal w. C. French of the Central Junior High [ school, asking that consideration be given needs at that school, was re- ferred to the finance committee. The | following items were included in the | principals letter: Removal of the | principals office to the first floor, pro- viding for rest room on the main floor. installation of two electric clocks, construction of an enclosure for the east entrance. building of a retaining wall at the prevocational building. hiring of an assistant prin- cipal to take care of detailed work | and relieve the principal for closer supervision of teaching, construction of fireproof stairways, and removal of the auditorium from the third to the first floor
 Evening School Recommendations.
 The report of the evening schools committee that met opposition is as follows:
 The committee on evening schools . recommends that the school commit tee authorize the superintendent of schools and the director of continual tion evening schools to conduct a series of community meetings between February 1 and July 1, 1923, in ac- cordance with the following plan:
 "a. A series of community meet
 t1 Ia hp afh |
 Hale school.
 "b. Educational and patriotic nov
 ing pictures to be a feature of
 these meetings.
 'c. A small admission fee to cover
 expenses to be charged for the
 meetings. I'd. The distribution of advertising
 matter through the school
 children to be authorized. ''e. The printing of tickets and ad-
 vertising matter by the print
 ing departments of the Junior ,
 High schools to be authorized. , "The committed further recom- mends that the policy of the school { committee through the superintendent { of schools, the director of continual ( liOu tNtIlHS SCilOOlS UT US OlHtT du- thorized agents, with reference to all clubs or organizations representing ( distinct national or racial groups be ', defined as follows: I The school committee not to take I the initiative in the organization of I such clubs or organizations, but to such an attitude or friendly interest and cooperation toward all I clubs or organizations now existing or . which may be organized as will con- tribute to the promotion of Ameri- can ideals and better citizenship"
 Judge Gaffney Opposes Hyphen
 Chairman B. F. Gaffney objected to the move to place the school board on record as in any way favoring clubs in which the natives of any country 1. might be segregated as apart from all other foreigners. He believed that ' 1t was not the proper way 10 carry ! on Americanization work; that Ameri- ' classes should be formed at !, which those foreigners might be thrown together so that they would learn the principles of Americanism. !, The chairman favored a policy of in difference. but was unqualifiedly op- posed to anything that might be in terpreted as move to further the