New Britain herald., 1926-11-04
BAR RADIO FROM
 BRISTOL SCHOOLS
Board Of Education Votes Down
 Proposed Programs
CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION
Streets, Sidewalks And Grade Cross ings Come Up For Discussion- Death of w. H. Hagarty A. s. Barnes Spent $~S In Campaign.

Barnes Spent $-S In Campaign.
 At a meeting of the board of ed- ucation last evening, Judge Newell Jennings, appointed 6 member of the body on 3vember 1 to succeed Noble E. Pierce. was elected chair man for the year 1926-27. Superin- tendent of Schools Kari A. Reiche was selected ~""ratary and the following committee were appointed: Committee on examination of teachers: Chairman, Commissioner Judge Newell Jennings; committee on library and apparatus, Judge Jennings; committee on High school teachers. chairman, Commissioner Joseph P. O'Connell and Principal Henry F. Cottle: committee on high school building. chairman, Commis- sioner Arthur c. Hitchcock; Arthur $. Barnes, Joseph P. O'Connell and Henry E. Cottle; committee on eve ming schools, chairman and Commis- sioners Arthur s. Barnes and Alice F. Brown; committee on special teachers, chairman, Commissioner Dr. John J. Grimley and Arthur c. Hitchcock: committee on rural schools. chairman. Commissioner Alice F. Brown and Arthur s, Barnes; committee on health school. chairman, Commissioners Arthur C. Hitchcock and Dr. John J. Grimley; committee on athletics, the entire board of edrcation.
 At the opening of the meeting, Commissioner Barnes was elected chairman pro te-- and the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as recorded.
 The bills for the following depart ments were approved and ordered paid: board of education, $61.7S; in dustrial course, s1S7oS; drawing, s6; evening school, sS4,97; health school, J7.eo; home economics, s75.25; manual training. S9.6l; medical examination, S24; medical inspection, s21; music, s17-S9: phys ical education, s23.6o: high school s510.S2; total, sl,0SS.5S.
 The report of the Medical Inspec- ton department for the month oi October showed that there had been 2,703 general inspections by the school nurses, 2O7 by pr. Brackel1' 256 dressings attended, S1 home calls made by the nurses and 3St eye tests given at the high school by the nurses, making total Of s5'- 5S4 cases for the month. Ihefe were 61 children excluded for the following reasons: Pediculi 50, fever 17, chicken pox 6, impetSo D sore throat 8, scabies l, conJunc- tiyitis ].
 The report Of the attendance de- nartment showed that 77 cases were investigated and the following req sons for these investigations were herewith given: Truants 23, moved from district 10, kept at home by parents g, personal illness !, under legal school age G. moved from the city 6, illegally working 4. legally working 4, attending another school 2, attending private school 7, kept at home by illness in family ?, above legal school age 1, wrong address l; making a total of 77. Although the number of cases investigated was larger than usual there was a very definite decrease in the proportion of truancy.
 The secretary read a communica- | +r1l r. | the practical completion of the electrical work in the north wing.
 The matter of having the schools of the city participate in the re- ceiving of the musical radio pro- grams which are being broadcast every other week under the auspices of the state board of education was discussed and following a discussion i it was the unanimous opinion of the commissioners that all former votes
 of the board be strictly adhered to-,
 namely, that there be no activity
 permitted to interfere with the regu-
 lar school program of the curri-
 culum.
 | The secretary Feau GoiiiI uliiN1-
 ton which had been sent to the i Reverend Father Bartlowski con-
 corning the matter of keeping boys
 out of school for religious services. ! The secretary reported on the
 eye sight test for the public schools
 of the city which test has recently l been completed. The test showed that of the BIOS pupils enrolled in
 the public schools of the city 5,o47 1 had their eyes tested. the balance being absent and will have eye 1 tests as soon as they return to school. The number with defective
 vision was 492 which was practical ly the same as last year. This re-