New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1919, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY KEENEY’S THEATRE YOU stop at a little village; you see the peaceful life, the lovers with their gentle wociig, the twilight minstrels under the faithfu: moon, the happy homes, the contented villagers. YO hear war’s alarms! YOU French people whom .sworn to save from destruction. YOU SEE A Million Fighting Men 20,000 Horses NMiles of Artillery The KMarch of Legions Taken on the Battlefields of France-—-18 Months in the Making. But the right is more precious than I, peace, and we shall fight for the thing which we have always carried nearest our hearts--for Democracy.” President Wilsen. HALF MILLION DGOLLARS IS NEEDED TO RUN PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR Board Will Ask For Appropnatmn of $509,565, Which is An Increase of $113,415 Over That Granted For Current Year. meeting of the school board was held Gaffney presiding. The estimate was adopted, calling for an is an incre of $113,4150ver vesterday afternoon of appropriations for the en- | appropriation amounting to $509,- | the amount allowed for the cur- | with year , which year The imates is as follows Appropriated 1918-19 | schools S isas1.000 board of education 500 000 800 1,000 500 1,050 800 800 65 tabulaton of the Expended 18-19 31,000 24,500 19,800 1,000 2,800 450 1,050 800 99 Teaching da ‘i ‘!n 000 Tuition, state alaries supplies school supplies inspectic Janitors Jjanitor: Open g arten m schools tion sndent H 4 department Vacation Compens Superint ruancy Census “lerks Printing Eveaing Evenin Trade Supplies Text and Library and Furniture Repairs Light and Fuel insurance e R e 5 1500 Miscellaneous . . i 900 1,400 500 5,000 900 835 040 700 2,800 800 0,000 000 5.000 3,800 000 (elementary) . chool (vacational) school department and stationery supplementary \pparatus chool books. . 3,500 1,000 2,000 10,000 500 500 18 500 Totals .$396,090 $476,465 Extraordi E ,100 $509,565 ary repairs | clerks are to get a slig ‘toward Provides For Salary Raises. Chairman L. Hoyt Pease of the | finance committe reported for the committee and he was questioned by some of the members regarding some of the items which were not enumer- y ated in the explanatory note. principal increase was in teachers’ salaries which was vaised from $231.- 000 to $280,000. Owing to the low minimum prev cult to employ Kin- teachers for the The . vailing it has been diffl- | Then the troops go marching off, sweethearts part:d, husbands, fathers urder arms; the tread of trampi and rear of battle, 'the galiant charge, see the lives and emotions of these beloved legiops, the thrust mlfiie massed combat. you and yours have lergarten and grades up to the sixth 11 inspection work will be in- creased and the amount for this work is increased from $1,050 to $2,300. At the present time one school nurse is P It is planned to secure res of another for the coming The increase for clerical work $5,400 to $7,200. Th the fact that the pr ht increase and another clerk for veat is from plained by it is planned to hire the Iligh school. Auto Repair is planned to increase and usefulness of the trade next vear by adding a course in vepair work. An appropriation $3,000 is wanted for next year this department. New tubing for the boiler the academic High school will amount to $1,000 and this work will have to be done during the coming year it would be unsafe to go another year without its being done. The cost of making the stairs at the Academic High school fire proof would be $13,- 000. The sum of $10,000 is wanted to A new boiler in the Vocational school. - Judge Gaffney brought out the fact that this would be a step heating both High hool buildings from the same heating ap- paratus $1,000 is wanted to place fire escapes on Lincoln street school building, and $3,000 is wanted for the same work on the Smalley street school. The sum of $700 wanted for repairs at the Smith school. A report w made for the com- mittee on health and sanitation by Dr. E. T. Fromen. The proposed course in hygiene in the seventh and elghth grade w referred to committee to investigate and report on. Dr. Fromen, in his reports, said the course was all right but here it is a little too extensive. The study of typhoid and other bacilli was recom- mended to be eliminated as it is con- sidered unnecessary. Upon inquiry from Dr. Martin as to Course. the scope school auto of in It the is this ' the teachers of this course Mr. Holmes Teplied that it is proposed to have the physical instructors do itf. Judge Gaffney, upon hearing this, inguired as to their fitness or qualifications for it Harry such were the be onc the ¢ for it we tukc resul movi The chan esig Ever frade h hool. gran en truc de L \TURDAY see the very trenches wherethese souls of * men rise to new and dazzlmg heights of valor, YOU SEE Equadrons of Airplanes Fleets of Zeppelins and the Sweetest Love Story Ever Told YOU Prices—25¢ Night Prices—23c, 3 War Tax in Addition. Seat Sale Now Going On. All Seats Reserved At Night. and 35c—Few at 50c¢. 50c—Few at 75c¢. ** We will line the cannon wheel to wheel, and with shot and shcll pound Demoacracy's argument home. Dawd Llyod George. work trained course Holmes said ene each th and would ron for 1t the course He said upiis to often sons and more careful investi absentees. In three wel es were investiga and visits to homes were requi the investigations. The res that 143 of the absentees 46 due to truancy, and 37 of dren were placed back in school. S} cial investigations were givén to sentees from the kindergarten gra the Rockwell, Smalley and El Burritt schools. In some cases children were found to be still on sick list. Clothing was furnished| ono case and out of 18 ca investigated, 12 of the children returned to school Many inaccuracies in the sof classes were corrected and some ¢! dren were ordered back to school. results of 52 Investigations of this resulted as follows: Children leg cmployed, 25; ordered to get cer cates, 6; placed in schools, 11; sentees on account of sickness, found to be epileptic, 1; found m| tally deficient, 1; reported in hospi] left city, 4. Yin tlons better of absentee ¢ “hool. There are many tempo- “hers employed. They are: . Holmes, L. Marguerite Wal- Mrs. Agnes Spear, Mrs. Lucy Anna Riley, Mrs. Inez Bab- cock, Lucy Doherty, Marion H. Briggs, Minnie I. Littlefield, Susie /Brown, Harold Dempsey. Substitute teache- ‘ers employed Mrs. Myrtle D. Booth, Nettiec Gammerdinger, Mrs. Virgil Pal Mrs. Daisy Jones, M Ierbert Mrs. 1dith Hewitt, Alice Cru Doris Waters, Daisy Kolodney, Arline Root, Mrs. Dorothy *. Cohen, Grace Goldberg, Ruth Cor- S. B. Doolittle, Ruth Loomis, Raphael, Florence Weiant, Greenstein, Lila Byrne, Mrs. ret Deeley, Mrs, Buckley, Mrs. neis Tucker, Helen Finnegan, and Carolin Kingsley. Attendance Increase 800, The attendance report for the vear shows an increase of 800 over the pre- ceding The total attendance in schools now, including the trade and cvening schools, is 9,874. The report of the attendance follows and easily shows the cramped conditions which in very soon: 1917-18 1918-19 936 1,039 1,001 1,031 801 the schools will be they East Street Smalley Elihu Bur rllt Smith Rockwell Bartlett Camp Northend Lincoln . Monroe . Old Burritt Osgood Hill Stanley Open Air Prevocational Grammar Academic High .. Vocational High ... ommittee ady be in too the p show Seriou es have per s from the uy ted ng forei from u T n eve cours with the i of Resi nat cducation department; the Blihu Burr » of the Rockwell school M. Prouty, instructor t Vocational H Miss Jessic Loc leave of absenc of the gnations orted ‘ported. those of of the Miss school, ett of istory eala Leonie Crowe der \iss M cher vir vear Snow Totals Trade o Elementary Evening Vocational Evening. Truancy today is not as easy formerly was. The introduction of the new department of attendance results 1; was elected t« the Iligh scho ol - E vear tor of at the school ypointec o the Academic ASK THOSE WHO COME About the South Church Vespers, Their Beauty, Inspiration, Helpfulness. Sunday Afternoon, 430 Program for Jan. 12 ORGAN (Second Andrews Symphony) . . Becthoven Macdermid Allen Stamitz Weber Lord of All Being Solo for Soprano: Arise and Shine Come Unto Me BRIEF ADDRESS “A REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN” YOU ARE MOST CORDIALLY INVITED Andante Overture