New Britain herald., 1928-06-13
[|kIWAN|ANS QUIzzED 1 0N SCHOOL SYSTEM
"Class' Conducted at Noon Luncheon by Principal Vessels

day learned what they know or do not know about New Britain school affairs. The speaker Harry Wes- sells, principal of the Nathan Hale Junior high school. prepared a list of o7 questions, which he asked the members to answer in writing at their weekly luncheon.
 Mir. Vessels then gave the cor rect answers. Most of the kiwanians had high percentage of correct answers Some had as many as seven or eight incorrect. No one has been reported as having had 100 per cent. although all the "examin- ation papers" have not yet been cor rected.
 The questions and answers were as follows:
 l-Is health education taught in our elementar! schools?
 2-Is the superintendent of schools college graduate?
 3-Do the public schools provide l2 years of education?
 4-Can a boy or girl learn short hand and typewriting in our public schools?
 5-Do New Britain school teach- CTS remain in the service on the average as long as , years?
 s--Does New Britain provide school during the summer month for those who care to attend?
 7-Are the members of the school committee appointed to office by the mayor?
 s-Does the city have any small portable school buildings in use now:
 g. Does the city receive any money from the state to help pay the cost of public education?
 10. Do all pupils in the eighth grade take the same school work?
 II. Does the state prescribe what is to be taught in the elementary school?
 12. Are the regular meetings of the school committee open to the public?
 13. Do all the schools of the city teach the same work in the fourth grade?
 IA, Must a pupil study Latin to graduate from the senior high school?
 Ia. Are five acres more land than needed as a site for large elemen- tary school:
 l6. Arc members Of the school committee chosen to office for a term as long as five years?
 r.. Are special classes provided for mentally defenctive children?
 Is. Are forty cents of every dol lar raised by taxation for all muni- cipal purposes spent in support of public education?
 1a. Are there as many as two hundred school days in the regular school year?
 20. Are there as many as 1".e00 pupils in average daily attendance in the New Britain public schools |:
 21. Docs the city receive any money as school aid from the fed eral government?
 22. Is the annual school expcn- allure per pupil as much as s9o?
 2s. Does the state prescribe cer- tain text books which must be used in the public schools?
 A. Does the school committee consist of ten members?
 25. Is the annual expenditure for schools in New Britain as much as a million dollars?
 aG. Do the junior high schools try to teach boy or girl d trade?
 27. Is the total valuation of the school property of the city as much as g.. 900. 900?
 Mir. Vessels answered the dues- tions by number, as follows.
 1. Yes. New Britain is one ot the leaders in health education in Con- necticut schools. There are two full time physicians. one man and one woman, a corps Of nurses, dental hygienists and nutritionists as well as a teacher of hygiene and physi- cal education in every school That this is important is shown by inc fact that recently in ono school. out of l.2O0 children whose teeth were examined. 1.05o of them needed dental work at once.
 2. Yes. he also has at least two degrees. II is difficult if not im- possible for anyone to get an eXecu- tive position higher than the ele- mcntary grades in New Britain without a college degree. N }. Yes, six in the elementary schools, three in the junior high and three in the senior high. f. In the senior high school only. They get some practice in the jun for high.
 ,. The average number of years of teaching experience among 56 teachers in one school is ?. 6. Yes. summer school at several buildings as needed. :. No
 s. Yes.
 2. Yes. the city gets from $40,na0 10 $50. GOO approximately annually.
 10. Yes. In the ninth grade they begin to choose their individual progra ms.
 II. Yes, but the method is left to the local authorities.
 l2. Yes, but the public seldom at tends. The public usually leaves it to tho press to represent it at these meetings.
 13. Yes, but there is a variation in method. in trying to it the work to the needs of the children