New Britain herald., 1925-10-10
ROOSEVELT, NAME
 CHOSEN FOR SCHOOL
Edifce in East End to Con-
 mNmOrate Ey.PreSident


 the purchase of the Walnut Hill school property and the turning over of that property to the GUS tody of the school department were taken yesterday afternoon at the regular monthly meeting of the school board when 1t was voted that P. F. King. president of the board, be instructed to present the ] request of the board to the com mon council and also act as the boards representative in the trans- action.
 MT. King was out of town and Joseph M. Halloran acted as chair man in his stead. Superintendent of Schools S. H. Holmes explained 10 the members present that the city had never acquired complete title to the Walnut Hill property and added that an insurance ad- iustment made 1t necessary that such title be obtained.
 Roosevelt School in East End
 Early in the meeting Mir. Hal loran, chairman of the school &C., commodatons m m t e e, an- nounced that that committee had decided to name the new school now under construction in the east section of the city the Theodore Roosevelt school. He said that sev- eral other names had been suggest ed; but that the committee thought the one chosen the most fitting, subject to the approval of the full board.
 board. Other names suggested were Woodrow Wilson, Israel Putnam and Thomas Jefferson.
 Mrs. Laura Mangan took excep- tion to this committees naming of the school and asked Mir. Halloran to read off some of the other names submitted. After this was done, Mrs. Mangan made the re- quest that in any future naming of school buildings, the full h-urd be >2 empowered to choose the name and not the school accommodations committee alone,
 As MT. King was not present at the meeting. Mir. Halloran was delegated to call him on the tele~ phone and inform him of the se- lection of the name, giving him at the same time the right to veto it. 1t vas necessary to decide on the mama at yesterdays meeting ss otherHise the, preparation of the stone 1og which the name Is to be carved would be seriously delayed, this hampering the swift comple- t,tion of the structure. 1t was ex- plained.
 The superintendent of schools report taalnd at the September 1p"7tinn Of the board was once .snor" considered. On the motion Of '''"r' .' .uan Saxe it was voted AythHH H con,altco he appointed to ..t-'>s f Con on the report. especial t.lt H .f,}ir:; several recommenda- V " "o'""l therein.
 \ F 'n in,trHrtion Successful 4 ', >7F"rs' committee, through 5>lr ,5,a&.>, reported the early $'F'", rf th" afternoon religious r nrw departure locally. "jt'rn showed that more 2 slll.> yer cent of the children ~ ,'nl",ar grades. and more .A"'.:>~, .41or cent of those in junior 'o,s. were in regular at q er.A4 &t the sessions of these N f conducted in churches 4 ,.,r....2u, the city. Mir. Holmes St ''.}:,a )rio0y on the value of these %sF"AQslA G"c,aring that there was .not cI" single phase of the entire 7pro@;am unsatisfactory, and that Ion thG contrary. everything was hworhi~g nut much better than an- 't:cipa;,l,
 4 sMh"titutc Teachers
 ! The Ht!,0intmcnt of Miss Ada SnhnurM"hEtr of New Haven as teacher in the Smalley school kin .dorgarl'n at' salary of s950 was eapproNpI The names of 3S substi- tUf6 fcachcrs were also approved. Thcy were Us follows: Mrs. Boil lard, Bartlett: Mrs. Gerrish. Nathan Hale, Washington; Mrs. Babcock, Central Junior High: Mrs. Sallce. Maj han Hale, Bartlett. Lincoln; Mrs. A.. Anderson. Smalley, Osgood Hill: Mrs. Mayo, Osgood Hill, Smalley. East. Washington. Nathan Hale Miss Riley. Northend: Miss Millstein, Nathan Hale; Mrs. Solo, mon. ElihU Burritt: Miss Bayer Lincoln; Miss Bromley. Bartlett, Nathan Hale, Smalley; Mrs Booth, Smaney, Lincoln. Rockwell, Osgood Hill, Nathan Hale; Mrs, Fitterer, Elihu Burritt Washington. Bart lett; Miss Gross, Northend, East, Washington; Mrs. Reynolds, Ma than Hale, Bartlett. smalloy: Miss K@nney. Smith, Smalley; Miss Le- Witt, Central Junior High, Elihu Burritt Junior High: Mrs. Camp hell, East, Washington, Smalley; Mrs. Steed. East, Bartlett, Nathan Hale: Miss MilkoWitz Smith, Washington. Smaley: Miss Paul. son. Smith Washington: Miss Thompson. .t,lihu Burriti; Miss Dixon. Washington. Smallcy: Mrs. Jones' Central Junior High, EIihu -. :-=-.e-s-=====--=- -