New Britain herald., 1925-05-09
t1::Il4i0NS SEX 0NI EDUCATION R0AR'
Mrs, Kimbal Wants Woman on
 Teachers Committee

\ moyo by Mrs, EnuhaM to place a woman on tHo toachers' commit. t"e of the school board was mado ot the meeting o, tho board yester,yay in 'w' Walnut lIUl school. bpt an t'r'as' of the membership Of h" oonpittc" met with the IiH,n- nrovn' Of Pr"siIcnr Patrick F. Kine | Secretary Edward M. Pratt. anI o'A"r m"mlmrs. TLe other con1mi- t's w"r' named with tho mere rormaHty of having the secretary cast a )@liot. Mrs. Kimta1 spoke for having a woman on the teachers .' 'oumifrae in order that the rro- Wems of tho teachers might he bet for met.
 Thts rommi,too IS qt prrsert m ey ofJiajo body composed Of PrcSi- 1.nt King, Secretary Pratt. and Superintendent of Schools Stanley #. Holmes, ard my change will TO- nuira au alteration Of the rules, q . written notice o' which must be made at the meeting o' the board . ore month before any action can he . taken. The rules ware made before there wore any women on tho board. and Mrs. kimball thought these should have some representation, 1. Secretary Pratt said that the teach 1. era should appeal 10 the principals o' their respective schools, but Mrs KimbaU replied that she was in con- stant communication with the in- structors and that they sometimes felt helpless. Asked if she took these matters up with the board. she an- swered that she hand never got IuaH place"
 Mir Pratt repeated that any he?p- full suggestions should be made through the principals. Mrs. Kim nall hoped that the question would not line the men and women on the board ID against each other, eTlis possibility was denied hv President kng, who however, said he would not welcome any fourth member on he committee as 1t would not i'm prove lis working and lay it open 10 further criticism, Mrs. Laura P Nangan intouncd the board that she would bring in the required written notice at the June meeting for action in September.
 King Reelected President Patrick r. King was ununimouslv reelected president of the board and Edward M. Pratt was again chosen secretary without 3 dissenting vote, l Committees were chosen as follows. | finance, George ", Traut Henry T.
 Burr, and Joseph N HalIoran: text books, William J. Kerin, Mrs. Fife | c. Kimhalj, Mrs. Laura ?. Manean. l and Superintendent Holmes. cx off | cio; school accommodations Joseph ! VI. Haftoran, William J. Long George ". Traut, Morris D. Saxn, 3 Louis ". Young, and George Le 1 Witt; health and sanitation, Mrs. [ Fife q. Eimha', Morris n. saxe, / and George Levitt: trada eduna -
 ton. Edward N Pratt Mrs. Laura . ?. Mangan, and Henry r, Burr,
 evening schools. Mrs, Efte G Kim
 ball. William Kerin, and George
 Levitt.
 - The High school graduation az 'orcises were set for Friday, June cf.
 Tt ?, m; those at the Film Bur
 rift Junlor High school for Thurs
 1ay June 25, at 1o g. m; and thos"
 If the Central Junior High tohool
 or Thursday, June a, a' ? r. m,
 No Near Fast Relief Work
 A letter From the Near East Re
 'jc', requesting permission to rre- - sent it's work before the school chit
 dren, was read and the request do- tuod. 4 short while ago resolution
 was passed hy the board naming
 specifically those movements which = should receive school time. and this T was not among them. suDorjn'"~- D dent Holmes said it was one of tht l. good causes which must be omitted
 and President King also declared = himself against granting the permis-
 sion on the grounds that grantire
 time to extra-rurricular movements , was q serious mater in m alr"ad}
 crowded school program. Cn motior 0f .NT, fOOnE, It was 0teQ 10 FN. bF'
 the permission.
 Failure to prepare definite pro N gram for thn Hartford county traoh " ors' convention on May IS allaucof hy Superintendent Holmes as sufFi~i
 cut reason 10 keep in" schools orer
 o0 that date, az tho teachers did no
 vot know whnther the cOrTent.o!
 ~o~l he worth attending. The mat y rar was rnterrcd 10 him with ro0'o' y +g ao-
 Copies of New Britain History Six 7u@r-i copies of "The Stor,
 # Nrv. R~ttar" will he presented t
 inc sotooI department by Estf" - Stan'oy Post, T A, R., far ref"ro"c'
 work. it was an0olrcrd. and the Of