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The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06
SCHOOL NO. 4.
NJ. Tillman Johnson, Principal.

absent nor tardy during the month:
SCHOOL NO. 4.
NJ. Tillman Johnson, Principal.
Best attendance, Sth Grade, Miss
Keesey, teacher, $50 attendance for
entire school, 9126; 1875 pupils on hon
or roll
Kindergarten: Miss Emeline Hepler,
teacher; attendance, 762o: Helen Nc
Gowan, Marie Schilling, Walter Yates,
Charles Collins.
Grade l, Miss Macpherson, teacher;
attendance, S4.24R: Nelson Doherty,
Anthony Di Giorgio, Jack Mallen,
William Sehneeweiss, Edwin Wool
bert.
Grade 2, E. M. Bailey, teacher; at
tendance, 940226: Robert Gale, Robert
DeVinney, John Glendenning, Kingston
Hackney, Laird Royer, Henry Schnee-
weiss, Dorothea Bates, Ruth Eicholz,
Dorothy Seymour, Charlotte Smith,
Ruth Steer, Pauline Shea
Grade g. Miss Adams, teacher; at
tendance, 92ao = William Collins,
Franklyn Downs, Robert Guenther, Al
bert Long, Frank Lee, Maurice Thomp-
son, Harold Peterson, Elizabeth Al
DSA Nf1OAAf lAiiiliA &AlibRl9oAif NiSAeA
Maholland, Charlotte Marshall, Alma
Maxwell, Angelina Pizzichetti.
Grade "A, Mary H. Cramer, teacher;
attendance, 97795: Charles Andrews,
David Crawford, Sherman DeMill, Har-
old Essington, William Guenther, Billy
Policy, Dorothy Collins, Nerna Franz
bes, Charlotte Koehler, Dorothy Myers,
Mildred Watt. Margaret Rossiter.
Grade Alb, Myrtle X Collins, teach
er; attendance, $3.50: Viola Hess,
Harold Band Burrit DeMill, Earl
Hackney. William Harper, Louis Irwin,
Earl Jordan, Richard Stephens.
Grade 5, Georgia c. Lutz, teacher;
attendance. 95.539d Robert Green,
Sheridan Risley, Jack Steer, Jack
Sharp, Elizabeth Bradley, Frances Car
men, Dorothy Frech, Edythe Guenther
Frances Gordon, Anna Helms, Lillian
Keller, Verna Rabeau, Emma Schnee-
weiss, Helen Weist, Anna Mae Rad
cliffe. =.
Grade 6, Mrs. Lull, teacher; attend
ance, $500: Frances Boice, Margaret
Fenimore, Lila Gerew, Eleanor Gilkey,
Emma Jackson, Mildred Marshall
Violet Morris, Josephine Policy, Cert
rude Schneeweiss, Estella Shaw, Ruth
Thompson, Emma Thomas, Madeline
Way, James Crawford Frederick Dun
can, Walter Glenn, Walter Gordon
Owen Koehler, Frederick Radcliffe,
Salvatore Santangelo.
Grade 6B, Mrs. Maxwell teacher;
attendance, 93.4Gt: Edwin Benner,
Paul Callaco, Matthew Ellick, Edmund
Fenton, Raymond Click, William Hos
bach, Vernon Miller, Edward Rossman,
owen Williams, Alonzo Boggs, Edward
Smith, Arthur Eve, Pearl Brown
Maud Hartman.
Grade T, Clara B. Cummings, teach
er; attendance, $3.50 Milton Band,
Norwood Band, Weldon Fenimore,
Howard Hudson, George Kinsey, Mau-
rice Shultz, Eva Collins, Arlene Dew
ey, Violet Glenn, Viola Green, Eta
Happersett, Mildred Helms, Amelia
White.
Grade s, Clara Keesey, teacher; at
tendance $50: Silas Boice, Edward
- s ~ p . Il Tls,-11-s sGo1dnu
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06
LIE YOU WENT AWAY

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content to hear from home every
three months? You can't find time to
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LOCAL EVENTS

st. Marearees Guild will hold card
party in the Parish Hall on Monday
evening, Feb. 18th, beginning at o.
clock.
st. Marks choir will meet for their
weekly choir rehearsal this Nednes-
day evening, at s o'clock, instead OF
Thursday. as usual.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06
PARTY FOR MRS. RREcKLEY

Mrs. George NJ. Breckley. Sr.. of
Ocean City, who was 81 years old last
Tuesday, was given a party by her
children and friends in the afternoon
and evening She received many post
cards throughout the day. Friends
from Ocean City and Atlantic County
called during the afternoon, and there
was a family gathering at night. Mrs.
Breekley was born in Pleasantville,
and she and her husband We're among
the pioneer settlers of Ocean City,
going there in 1881.
Mr.. and Mrs. Breckley have four
sons living in Ocean City, Lewis.
George NJ, Jr, Capt Clinton L. and
Charles Breckley, and one daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Breckley.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06
ANOTHER FREEHOLDER?

The Atlantic County Board of Free
holders will have still another member
if bill introduced by Senator Rich
ards last week becomes a law.
The measure is Senate No. 173, and
incorporates "Estel Manor" This is
understood to be a section of Wey-
mouth Township now or soon to be
under intensive DEVELOPMENT.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06
SENIOR CLASS SUPPER.

The members OF. the Senior Glass of
the Pleasantville High School are, plan
ming an elaborate New England sup
per, to be given on the evening of
Tuesday February ~, in the gymna-
sium OF Jhe high school. A committee
has been appointed to take charge of
the affair. which promises to be a
great success. Tickets will soon be
nlaced On sale
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06
RUN DOWN BY AUTO.

Joseph Otter. son of Joseph H. OF
tel a plumber of Main street and De-
catur avenue, while riding his bicycle
at the intersection of Doughty and
New roads, last Tuesday. was thrown
from his wheel and suffered lacera-
tons, cuts and bruises when a speed
ing automobilist crushed into him go
ing al sixty miles an hour.
Witnesses gave the police descrip-
ton of the car and a search has been
started for the driver who sped on af-
ter the accident.
Otter was rushed to local physic-
ian who pronounced his condition not
serious. His bicycle was totally de
mOlished
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06

Napoleon said: Fortune is like a
woman; il you miss her today you
will probably find her tomorrow" Or,
as a modern has put it: "NeYer run
after a street car or woman; there
will be another along in a minute"
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06

THE bicycle had some advantages
over the automobile" sighed the own
er of a secondhand car.
We'll, name them," said bis wife
wearily.
you couldn't have more than two
blowouts at one time.' he replied
Cincinnati EnQirer.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06
"DoNT's" FOR WISHING.

Don't wish you could rent your prop
erty-Rent it.
Don't wish you could sell your house
or something else you have to dispose
of-Sell it
HOW ?
By using the Cent-a-Word Column of
The Pleasantville Press.
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Efficiency Expert-You are, wasting
too much time on your personal ap-
Dearance.
Stenographer-It's not waster. I've
only been here six months and I'm
already engaged to the junior part
uer-Legiou Weekly.
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/6cl!eV !

Rodney Smith was home over the
weekend from State Normal School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hommel
spent the weekend in Washington, D.
Mrs. Wm Daugherty. who has been
quite i'll with pleurisy, is improving
nicely.
Mrs. Blanche Shaw will entertain
her sewing circle next Thursday at
fher home.
Mrs. r. A. Ireland spent Tuesday
visiting Mrs. VIM. Daugherty, of n.
Main street.
Mrs. Stanley Zippler spent the week
end home from the University OF
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Brasier Wescott, of Glassboro,
is ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Umbrine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hackney. of
Floral avenue, spent part of last week
in New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Somers enter
tanned Miss Elizabeth Scull, of Eng
lish Greek, on Sunday.
Mrs. Bert Conoyer was the guest of
uGI HlSLEls MI - 1IuAAlCL 0OAihNAtSf VI
Pennington, on Sunday.
Harvey Allen, of Rutgers College,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen.
Mr.. David Somers has returned from
Jersey City. after spending a couple
OF weeks with his son, Wilbert Som
ers.
Mrs. John Mitchell, OF Linwood, has
been quite i'll for the past TWO weeks,
but is improving in a satisfactory man
ner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Helfrich enter
tained this past week Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Bien and TWO children of Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. Norman Reed, of Frankford
court, is spending a few days of this
week visiting friends in Elizabeth
town, Pa.
Miss Dorothy Thomas returned to
Normal School, Trenton, on Sunday
after ten weeks Of practice teaching
in Atlantic City.
Mrs. l. G. Adams, of Linwood, left
on Tuesday afternoon for st. Peters
burg, Fla, where she will spend the
balance OF the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Pennell, of
Linwood, entertained on Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Miller Shank and son,
Lawrence, of Malvern, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Cook, of
Philadelphia, returned to their home
on Saturday, after visiting their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
John Cook, for a week.
DR.. and Mrs. w. J. Hudson enter
tanned at dinner on Sunday. Their
guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hell
frich, Miss Elmira Day George Mar
tin. and George Frings Of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bradley, of S.
Main street, entertained at dinner on
Sunday, Mrs Edward Southall, of Phil
adelphia; Mrs James Hamilton, Miss
Alice Hamilton, Mrs. John Fleming
and Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Atlantic
City.
Among those that attended the con-,
cert and dance given by the Haverford
College Musical Clubs, in the Vernon
.iLsse J01iuIE E. III essJda.l lAtlantic City
II 5PtsS 0H1ns 2
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06

No person interested in Pleasantville
and vicinity can afford to be without
The Pleasantville Press.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-06

George Hess, Paul Koehler, Wesley
Lee, Jack Sykes, George Shilling, Ruth
Ewing, Dorothy Glendenning, Eliza
beth Hallam, Elsie Lloyd, Rae Madara,
Margaret Risley, Eleanor Sharpe,
Kathryn Steelman, Virginia Weeks,
Bertha White.
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49s Interest on all time accounts
paid by Pleasantyille Trust. Co.-adv.
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on Saturday evening, were: Mr., and
Mrs. Scott NJ Long, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sherwood Risley, Mr.. and Mrs. August
Bolte and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c.
Tomplins.
Mrs. P. K. Hilliard, 81 Lorraine ave
nue.. is spending some time with hel
son. Marshall Hilliard, who underwent
an operation for a serious case of ap
pendicitis in ST. Josephs Hospital
Philadelphia, three weeks ago. Mar
shall is improving each day and his
friends hope TO see him home in {
, short time.
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Advertise in The Pleasantville Press.
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HTONOR ROLL
Il . JANUARY

The following pupils have been neither
absent nor tardy during the month:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27

in 1922. The building is three stories in height without basement, of fire resistive construction. and has beau- tiful site of ten acres: As the normal capacity of the present unit is only sol and there were in January. 1923, 1,106 students on the rolls, 1t Is evi- dent that 2O5 students were in tempo rary quarters, viz, number or de- tached frame annexes. Unfortunately, on account of the crowded conditions, the organization of halliday sessions has been necessary.
 According to the plans for the Wood lawn High School, its capacity when completed will approximate 1,S0O. The present unit will also function to greater advantage when the additions are completed. Fortunately, this school together with the Phillips High and the remodeled and enlarged Ens- ley High will, when finished, give Birmingham three modern, we'll planned, enriched and substantially constructed secondary schools, two of them fire-resistive and one partly so. But until these are completed, the boys and girls are being deprived of high school opportunities, such as are now being offered to the great majority of high school students in the country.
 Adequate Play Space Required
 Health has become a fundamental
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pacity of the completed building, as planned, is 2,500. The present build ing, however, represents but the first unit and it's capacity is 1,500.
 Table shows the normal capacity, the enrolment; the number of tempo rary quarters and the amount of con- gestion in the three high schools.
 Congestion in Former Central High
 School
 Reference has already been made to the Central High School Group which consisted of the Medical College build ing, the Paul Hayne School and the group of detached and scattered an nexes. There were in January, 1923, permanent accommodations for only 61S students or about 25 per cent of the enrolment, leaving a congestion of 1885 students. As stated above. the new Phillips High School has taken over 1,500 of these students. Nearly 1000 are left for the Paul Hayne School and group of annexes.
 Due to crowded conditions in Phil lips High, halliday sessions have al- ready been inaugurated.
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 d) All rooms in the Medical College dispensary or temporary buildings erected following the fire at Central High are included as temporary.
 t2) All the rooms in the Paul Hayne School building are included as normal, all others as temporary.
 (3) The new John Herbert Phillips High School has taken over all pupils formerly housed in the rented Medical College building and its annexes.
 Congestion In Ensley High School
 The Ensley High School was built in 1910. IL is a 3-story building of non-fire-resistive construction. As it Is also congested, a number of de- tached frame anneXes are serving tenn porarily. There were in January, 1923, l ,260 students on the rolls but the nor mai operating capacity of the school including it's special rooms was only 947. Considerable alteration and ex- pansion of this building are necessary if the high school enrolment and the educational program are to be sue cessfully accommodated and served. Congestion In WOOdlawn High School
 The Woodlawn High School repre- sents the first section of a modern secondary school plant for Birming- ham. This initial unit was completed
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objective in education. But health cannot be realized unless adequate provisions in the school plant have been made for physical education and recreation. Organized out-of-door- play, as well as indoor gymnasium ac- gressive schools as reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic. Fairgrounds are, therefore, as important as class rooms, and schools lacking sufficient play space are simply depriving chil- dren of one of the foremost educa- tional essentials. ..
 The health program in Birmingham includes a daily period of play for all children. Owing to the lack of gym nasiums in most of the schools and to the restricted playgrounds, the for ward-looking physical education pro- at present.
 Fortunately, small city parks are lo- cated adjacent to five of the schools These are used by the schools for play purposes and ameliorate the play ground situation to some extent. Still, parks, fifteen of the schools have play ground space far below the minimum standard.
 Playgrounds of Elementary Schools
 The American Playground Associa- tion recommends 150 square feet per pupil as the minimum when determin- ing playground areas for elementary schools. The National Education As sociations recommends PIP square feet per pupil. The 15o square feet mini mum has been used in measuring the elementary school play areas in Bir- mingham.
 Twenty-one of the schools fall below the 150 square feet standard. Four of the schools have less than 20 square RAA nIa nkA 4NA standard. It must be borne in mind, however, that the entire site area was used in determining playground space. If reasonable lawn area in addition to the space occupied by the building had been deducted from the total area, materially reduced. In fact, there would be no playground at all at some of the schools. Table lists the site areas of the white elementary schools together with the total and per pupil playground space.
 High School Sites
 High Schools require larger areas for sites than elementary schools ow- ing to the type of out-of-door physical education activities. Ten, twelve and fifteen acres arc becoming quite com mon areas for high schools even for the larger cities where site costs are excessive.
 In Birmingham the woodIawn site Is the only one that provides ample acreage for the proper setting of the building and for physical education activities. The Ensley site Is sufficient for the expansion of the building but insufficient for out-of-door physical education work. The public park close by, however, may be brought into use for the out-of-door activities There is no playground space at the Paul Hayne School.
 Table 5-Site and Playground Areas White Elementary Schools:
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the number of children in regular. basement and temporary class rooms, together with amount of congestion at each school.
 Congestion In High Schools
 There were 4,S19 high school stu dents enrolled in January, 1923, but there were normal accommodations for only 2,466. It is evident, then, that g. 353 students were in temporary and makeshift quarters where lighting, ven- tilation and sanitation were problems and where necessary equipment was to- tally lacking. The discouraging note about the matter is that the initial unit of the John Herbert Phillips High School will only accommodate the stu dents formerly scattered about in the rented medical college building and some temporary rooms. As previously stated, the use of the unsightly and dilapidated Paul Hayne School with a number of its temporary rooms must be continued. If the Phillips High School could be completed in accord ance with the developed plans, the out look would be brighter since the ca
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
I5.OOO CHILDREN HERE 7 ARE FAULTILY HOUSED
Deplorable Conditions Found In Many Archaic
 ,. And Dilapidated Buildings Leading To Grave . Alarms On Part Of Those Responsible For '5 Potential Catastrophes Foreseen

keep children In a healthy, physical ana mental condition, as well as teacn them the Fundamentals to successful nvlng. Hence, safety, good lighting, cheerful ness, sanitation and beauty are as es- sential to modern school plants as the various instructional quarters.
 Modern In Plan and Construction
 The recently erected schools represent the beginnings of modern schools for Birmingham. They are of flre-resistfVe construction, well-lighted and success fully ventilated. When the complete plans are executed. these schools will contain all the facilities necessary for Birminghams educational program and type of organization. Aside from being educationally efficient and eco- nomical. these schools will also consti- tute distinct architectural assets to the city. They may be used as models for the new schools recommended for Bir- mingham.
 As to secondary schools, the plans for the Woodiawn and the John Herbert Phillips high schools developed several years ago, but only partly executed at present, are as comprehensive in edu- cational content and as modern in plan and construction as the best high schools in the country. When com pleted they will rank as models in edu- cational efficiency, architectural fit- ness and sane economy.
 Per Capita Cost of School Plant
 The unusual point about the present day school plant with It's variety of ed. ucational facilities and it's cheerful and inviting exterior, is the fact that this new type of school building lies with in the financial ability of all communi- ties. Fortunately, with an enrichment of school life and an enlargement of the school, came a change in school or ganization and management. There fore, children today may enjoy the wealth of educational opportunities of fered by the modern school plant at ap- proXmately the same cost as that of the backward looking class room school. In other words. the per capita cost of the modern school, if skillfully planned, executed and administered is no greater than one including nothing save a sufficient number of class rooms for all children.
 Scope of Report
 The following report on the public school situation in Birmingham will re- veal whether the Birmingham schools compare favorably or unfavorably with present-day school building ideals and standards. It will reveal whether or not the Birmingham school buildings are capable of serving the enriched curriculum being developed, or the re- stricted school life of yesterday. The report will also analyze Birmingham's particular problem and recommend a solution in line with her financial ability. The report consists of four chapters as follows:
 Chapter l. Birmingham's present school building situation.
 Chapter 2@The number of children for whom school accommodations should be provided.
 Chapter 3-The recommended build ing program and cost estimates.
 Chapter 4-Birmingham's financial ability versus the estimated cost of the recommended building program.
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ings Birmingham ychools 15e92 out of toai enroll
 pef The enrolment at the end o the year. s222S 4017 with resultant increased congestion included all children in excess o the normal cd s5 white pupils and 40 negro pupils tory all children in underszed roos Tn basement rooms portable structures in store oid dwell
 ng churches In other words nearly the total en- roment satisfactory housing accommodations
 be realized unless adequate provisions are made in the plant for physical education and recreation Ade quate should therefore be provided for all There white elementary schools having less than the requredd but five of these adon city parks -,r. ,,., only formerly housed the rented Medical college and its The proposed units of the Phillips the Ensley and the WoodaWn High schools are
 It evident congestion both white and schools and existing conditions of most of the buildings and prounds that Birmingham faced with the necessity of school building program of large proportions.
 Of the elementary schools IT are housed in old buildings churches lodge buildings and in dark nsansry Seven thousand hundred sevenytwo children without suitable school Only two schools have adequate school improved when the building completed
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PART INVITE SCHOOLS

Number and Classification
 There were in Birmingham In Jan uary, 1923, a total of 57 schools, ex- elusive of the new John Herbert Phil lips High School, which, had not been completed. Of this number 35 were white children, 32 were elementary and 3 were high schools, not including the new Phillips High School. For the me- gro children there were q elementary schools and one industrial high school.
 Present Type of Organization
 Up to the present school year the type of school organization in Birming- ham has been the "A plan, viz, seven grades in the elementary schools and four in the high schools. The major ity of the elementary schools, therefore, included the seven grades. Exceptions to this were a number of primary schools which had been established on account of distances. There are at present no public kindergartens. Be- ginning September, 1923, a sub-primary grade was organized in the elementary schools, making a total of eight instead of seven grades, as heretofore.
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these dates back to 1907 when an addi- tion was constructed at the Gibson School. Three additions were built in 1909, one in 1910, one in 1912, another in 1919 and the last in 1922.
 Table l gives the dates of the erec- ton of the elementary schools and ad- dtions, together with types of con struction, number of grades and enroll ments. The date of erection of the Thomas School is not listed, since it Is but a dwelling taken over for school purposes and not owned by the city.
 Present High Schools
 Aside from the new John Herbert Phillips High School which was opened in September 1923, there are now two white high schools. the Ensley and Woodlawn. Until June, 1928, there was also the Central High School, occupy ing a group of temporary buildings. The new Phillips High School has now taken over approximately 1.500 students from the old Central High School, but leaves nearly 100 students housed in the Paul Hayne buildings. The age of the present high school buildings, the en- rollment, and types of construction are indicated by Table 2.