Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-05-03
Boy Mayor Tomorrow
Morning at City Hall
Boy Will Also be Chief of Po-
lice and Another to be
Grammar School Principal

In keeping with the practice put
into effect in many cities through
out the country in the observance OF
Boys Week" Perth Amboy will to-
morrow be governed by boy mayor
for one hour, boy chief of police
assume those duties for a like period
and in the grammar school one of
the undergraduates will occupy the
chair of the principal for a part of
the day.
The high school students will
elect by popular vote early tomor-
row morning the boy they favor for
the position of mayor. Present plans
call for this successful candidate to
present himself at the City Hall at
1880 o'clock, taking over the office
from Mayor William G.. Wilson for
sixty minutes and becoming acquain-
ted with some of the duties of that
office during his short term as chief
executive of Perth Amboy.
Joseph Budney, fourteen years old,
of S02 Central Place, chief of the
Safety Patrol Squad of the Grammar
school, has been selected as the en-
bryo chief of police and he will as
sumo the duties OF Chief Niels j.
Topnesen at 10:30, continuing as
such until 1890.
An election is being held in the
Grammar school this afternoon for
the purpose of electing boy to as
sumo the duties of principal for part
of one day. Principal Paul Steele
will vacate his seat some time during
the morning and an eighth grade
boy will take up the duties as head
of that large school.
The selecting of boys to act as
civic officers is an innovation this
year, the general scheme being to
give the youths civil training In or
| der that it might assist them in bet
| ter understanding city government
and executiv work.
Boy Problem Discussed
"The Boy Problem was the titlt
| of an address by Paul Steel. princi-
| pal of the grammar school at the
weekly luncheon of the Lions Clut
in the New Packer House today. As
a result of this talk by Mr.. Steel
there is possibility that the Lions
club may offer cup as prize al
the county meet to be held in New
Brunswick in the near future.
Mr.. Steel told of the need of
such organizations as the Lion
Club to look after the interests .of
the boys when they reached the
ages of sixteen to eighteen. furnish
ing them something to do instead Of
following out the old custom If
suppression. He lauded the good
work Of the Y. M. c. A., Y. M. H.
A, Boy Scouts and other organiza-
tions of this kind. He declared
that he believed the work would
be much improved when the ne Y
Y. NJ H. A. is completed.
The Boy Scout movement was
given much credit by Mr.. Steel for
the work it is accomplishing and he
urged that help be given this organ
ization so the work done by it could
be extended. He held that a city OF
this size should have a Boy Scout
total of at least 400 boys, while al
the present time the membership is
only 135.
The new movement for boys
known as the Friend of Boys move
ment was discussed at length by the
speaker. He also lauded the work
of the play grounds and told of the
prizes won by students of the gram
mar school at the school meet in
New Brunswick last year without
any training for the occasion.
Louis p. Booz. Jr., was chairman
of today's session.
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