New Britain herald., 1927-01-06
MAY HAVE NURSE IN
 PAR0CH|AL SCHOOL
Board Of Education Believed
 Favorable Toward Project
MRS. GEO. A. WARNER DEAD
Wife of EN-Postmastcr Dies at Hart ford HospitaI-Mrs. F.. T. Bcldcn Injured In Fall Down Stairs DorcaS Chapter Officers.

At a meeting of the board of ed tucation last evening, the question of a nurse for inspection and supervis- ion in the parochial schools was Drought up by Dr. John J. Grimley, 8 member of the board and after some discussion it was voted to au- tthorize the chairman and the secre- i tary 10 write q letter 10 Mayor John F. Wade embodying the opinion of the board. Due to the absence of Judge Newell Jennings. the chair man. no definite opinion was contain ed in the minutes.
 l Superintendent Of Schools Karl A. i Reiche today stated that he felt that l. all members of the board believed ! that some inspection and supervision should be furnished the parochal i schools. which are not under the 1 jurisdiction of the school nurses It was felt that in many instances. par ticularly in houses containing two or more families the children Of one tenant might attend the city schools while those of another tenant might iattend the parochial schools. In such case, the reason for such supervision by a nurse was all the more required to make such super vision general throughout all the schools Of the city.
 It is very probable that solution will be arrived at by the appoint ment of nurse to the city depart ment of health. Dr. B. B. Robbins has urged the council 10 make the necessary appropriation for this year and believes that by taking such a step at this time, the city would ulti- mately save thousands of dollars. It was pointed out that Waterbury,
 Bridgeport New Britain and other cities have solved the parochial ischool supervision and inspection problem in this manner and it is be- lieved that Bristol will follow in the
 footsteps of the cities mentioned.
 The report of the attendance de- lpartmcnt for the month of December showed that there had been 30 in ,vestigations and they were tabulat- ! fI ttS IOlIONS. IlOl lfSdIlN dbotilJ-
 or S.S per cent: absent pupils who had legitimate excuse, l4 or 46.6 per cent; absent pupils who had no le- Igitimate excuse, or 80 per cent; land truants, or 20 per cent.
 The report of the medical inspec- ton department for the month of December showed there had been 1.- 1915 inspections by Dr. Bracket and
 the school nurses, 240 dressings at
 tended by the school nurses. 1 emer- gency case attended ana 3 7home visits made. There were 42 children number inspected. With the eXcep- i ton of October this is the lowest i percentage of exclusions since the opening of school in the fall. | The secretary presented a sum- mary of the 1925-26 school budget which showed that of the amount appropriated for the grammar schools there was a balance of s. 393.20; for the new high school the account was ovcrdrawn to the ex- ltent of S2.0S0.56 for the old high school the account was overdrawn to the extent of s419.3G: and for f the special high school appropriation there was a balance of S2l425: mak- | ing a total net balance at the end
 of the fiscal year of s101.53. i The secretary read a report made by Miss Mary Potter assistant state | director of evening schools. in which Miss Potter commented very favor ably upon the classroom conditions | and teaching facilities of the scv- ieral evening school teachers and o2ii q splendid tribute to Miss Lela O'Conncll of the evening school de- par1ment.
 ! The secretary read letter from Mrs. Helen Philips Cook representing | the w. C. T. L.. and offering a prize 1 for the pupil of the Americanization class writing the hest essay on group of offered topics.
 | It was voted that he offer Of the 1 local chapter Of the W. C. T. L. be accepted with appreciation and that the school superintendent he author | 4A'h lp il dllSt loi tlllS tuHlfSl. The secretary reported on the splendid manner in which the high school basketball team started out 1 this winter and has been unusually successful both in the winning of games and in drawing an unusually large attendance for each game, the vor@ge mp 10 date being 92o per game.
 i Ethan Lodge Ncctin"
 Tho regular meeting Of Ethan
 lodge. Knights of Pythias. will be
 held at S o'clock this evening in . Arcannm hnll