New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1925, Page 2

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Perfume Atomizers | Select your Christmas Atomizer from a complete assortment BUY NOW to $7.00 THE DICKINSON DRUG CO. \ $1.00 169-171 MAIN ST, —_— | OVERCOATS ! that Men Buy on Sight l enap week | who had no more than Fven mer of buyin n had of flying, for the fun of it it on “jnst idea | they | and then keep Sulesmanship totally nnne You simply buy v Overcont lien pat yoursel rn'\\}im; the landsomest coat { your repertoire of hirthdays, HORSFALLS 93 '9‘) dsylum Slrccl HARTIORD ' it and sell yourself rsfall's and back for in Pays to Buy Our Kind” MIDDLEBURY s, Middlel Noy ury finist repari ur the ol mt VERMONT 14.—Middle- tion yesterday today with lent body special Verin Vil go valn to attend the an t Gre ington 1l ¢ c be- n Mountain Costs Only 3 Cents To Remove Your Wrinkles DENTIST DA B, D.D. DraeeRe D.D.S. N-RAY, GAS OXYGEN Johnson, Johnson, and SMOKE PIPE REPAIRS NEW BRITAIN SHEET METAL WORKS E. J. GOOBY & SON Mai Tel. 196 So. St ABINET WORK O ALL WINDOW SCREENS New Britain Screen Mfg. Co. <er — W1 WY HILL Tel. 3738-5 KINDS 1 Carl Spletiet Tohnson N RO A e : f_’_—*\ J. D. DONAHUE ‘ Voice Culture Yoies tested Tuesdays ani br M. C. LeWitt’s UPSTAIRS JEWELRY SHOP Room 1 299 Main Street New Phone 3100 TEACHERS DENIED \ School Board Adopts Adverse | committee on { ule for an 2 | from $400 | sehools | |report [ Neal, | Pomeroy | sehool b - ALARY INCREASES ... Repor[ on Instructors” Pefition An adverse report of the salary the proposed sched. tomatic year of teac) ceepted at e meeting of 1 board yes- terday afternoon The item was disposed of with it comment from the hoard Following {8 the report of commlittee read by Prestdent P, I, King, of the school board nmittee, to whom 11 y Beatric Iward E. Weeks and oy requesting the ado a new schedule of teacher has held three meetings to onsider the question, one of vas referre | B Neal Anne Pome ton of salaries, which was in cr ction with a committee )y the Teachers' council “We have gone into the very carefully and find that the pros 1 schedule would involve an in- ase in salary item of the school budget of approxim $160,000 matter tely “The schedule fs roviding the and womer It would involve in the elemen- tary grades an increase of $150 per tenth year; For the Junior high school women, an incre the first year to Senior High rease of $50 the year, $200 the 10th year. committee feels that even omical manage- ds of the heavy de- spayers and it most inopportuns to maks ical increase in the cost tion at this time. edules in use fn . generally speaking, in for cities of about our size in this neighborhood. There are some features of our nt schedule which could he advants to the and these will recefve fur- ther consideration on the part of the committee, but we feel compelled 1o unfavorably —upon the present petition and would recom- mend that the proposed schedule be ot adopted.” A petition signed by Bdward E. Weeks, and Anne a committee representing hers, was presented to the ard sometime Teachers Eplain Reasons In its petition the teack nitte compured the hed- s for single same salar most ¢ ment, grov schools require mand upon would be the the inged with Beatrice T, the t ago. v com- itics paid here, statistics and towns anging £ The com- > gmaller its conclusions on gathered from 1387 vith populations 0 to more than 100,00 mittee that *“Many New some cities rcalities igh around and in A than itivs nearer £ New Britain h a higher maximum, cities in Rhode Island tiod financia past four yo have ces a itain, and ery ars, § e cotton, in- Increase every | our s pald fn| B teachers NEW BRITAIN chunges as wo deem cxpodient, your| committee does recommend a change | because of the following definite | reasor calo 18 below that of hich make no higher elr teachers, | salary schedule detcrmines uh. school board's chances of retain- | ing in Its sorvice better teach- ers when one &chool board fixes the certain level and that of | city maintains a level to $1000 higher, it 18 in- | evitable that the latter ity will at- tract the etter teachers and that | the schools of that city will bene- largely. | clttes 15 upon t | other mn(H the salary g a nelghbe from $500 The salary schedule 120 afded Ne adopted in| ain in retaining cut in been much previous five in lts ervi any doubt the the past ow five years that of the This {8 exact yols as a b yeand, for t rn- r any indus however, that unless! in the present he competition fes will be felt in achedule at this tim New Dritain. 1 “The ts salary schedula { termines the quality of people rracted to the schools of New uin “To administer system ained Drit- the Laboratory successfully, and skilled To sccure must teachers such, a schedule offercd at cnough 1o oftset what to candidates look like disadvantages, namely: the noed of preparation for st examinations, the long working day, and the time and labor required in making out the laboratory assign- ents, | “The salary schedule Aetermines the professional growth of the teacher in service. After the chahge in the schedule in 1920 and the; honus ance, moroe and more of | the teachers of this city have been tngaged in professional study during both summer months and the school year. A further increasé will tend to increase the number of such teachers “The cost of commodities ham ris en sinca 1920, Hence, by dey tion, the salary is less. “The maximum should be enough to enable the teacher who teaching his life work to tn a standard of living con- with his greatest usefulness to make pro- salary | be ctive the high ststent to the community and { vision for his old “The town's ability to pay is evl- dent from its own prosperity as shown Dby ts consistent growth, stendy work, and bullding and fac- tory apprecation. he members of the commitiece are unanimous in the opinion that the time is ripe New Britan to adopt an identea lary sched for and women tendency podern salary the committe to the Now schedule | fairness that their ms it only <chedule may this type. T¢ it is future time the : alarics of the ¢l of the salarles of much greater, Iso feels th a his third year + more stable ssion g accepted work, and igher in- nay b committer t the end o has e tin rafeed the mini entary grades o ool sched- the minimum of the maximum of for former o Senior men High school minimum ¢ minimum maximum the former Senior fol- ‘t to and have it to you this hedule worked out as hmitted NEAL T WEEKS POMEROY Teachers Seek Inercase (%ur doctor likes THIS break asr, - The "Ideal Breakfast Food” cause it is <o rich in noun ment and yet so appetizing. S he <h- Heckers' Cream Farima s nothing bearrs of whear aliry hidden by narure in of each grain—the part rid shment and full ripened fa that A smooth. creamr breakfase dish Pearly the heer vor | the New Britain school department | to write to the ! tafled 1t was better to cooperate, DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, referred to the evening schoo! mitt Miss Margaret Loomls gaged to teach foreign women ln afternoon classes at the Roc k\«\*'[ school, Tuesday from 2 umll ¢ o'clock; Osgood Hill school, Thurs- | day from 2 until 4 u'«'Im-k | Friday from & antll 4 o'clock. Hf-r‘ Cornsasatian ndiiins $1.50 an hour, | When one of the board objected | to the salary Superintendent nmm«\ explained that the evening schoo teachers are getting $2,75 for U\n{ hours which is practically the same, | he said, A letter was received from the trade school stating that there is a waiting llst at the schaol as follows: 57 full time day students, 10 part time day students, 173 evening school students, Superintendent Holmes explained that inasmuch as | And The school ents of childre with the hours. The vot¢ 1307 to 487 in hundred and 16 it 4 & | did not answe turnished only the bulldings, light, | o po W8 heat and part of the janitor service, ||y " his department could do no more to | '* 14" 1t 18 U | The quest ald In the situation. 1t was declded | o1 state board asking | 1) for additional teaching forces An invitation to the New Britaln | suqjstied now sehool department to participate 10 | (o presont National Echool bullding exhibit was | cantral 1 accepted. The board felt that since thera was very little expense en- | that the questionnal | not answer, 11 Bills of the month amounting 1o | rirmative, and $17.285.43 were approved. | nesaiive. MAKE MANY SAFETIVS Football fsn't going to let hasehall have a thing on it as far as the big games are concerned. In the world serfes trick home runs featured the | event. The other Saturday 14 safe- | ties played a prominent part in the | outcome of & number of hig games. | The most unusual game of the bunch was Dr defeat of Grinnell, 7-6. Grinnell made three eafettes but was eaten, | Burritt music les: none. give a reg Thirty-seven for their desire Central Juntor One hundren thought it son. — e ner: homs MAY DROP DARTMOUTH | given by After threo straight defeats It 1 | the finted that Harvard has finaily de-'| believed traffic cided that Dartmouth is too strong should to get the place it does on the Har- vard schedule. In probability | the Green team will dropped | from the Crimson list just as soon Harvard puts over & win, It isn't considered good form for a “Big Thre m to drop an op- | 1t after three trimmings in a | the school dey 30 o'clock. all be exct on Since the day the first one-cylinder car ran under its own power, the best en- gineering brains on earth have been striving to improve the engine . . .* The one-cylinder car ran, and that wasall The two-cylinder car was noisy as a stone- crusher. Next came the “‘four-in-line.” But, its ailments were many—Valve- grinding was a monthly rite. Carbon, a scourge, And every automotive engineer worthy of the name was determined to get rid of them . . . FOLLOMWED rapidly a myraid of im- provements. Heretofore, all engines had been of the ‘“T-head’” variety. They ate gasoline and oillike a high-powered yacht and they wasted half of it . THEN ALONG CAME one who moved both intake and exhaust valves to the same side of the cylinder. He cut off the overhanging eave—and presto! —the ““L-head’’ motor. A tremendous gain in power. But owners still had to have their valves ground and their carbon per- md ica '(r’lpl‘d away even as all, save “the elect,”” do nowadays . . . ANOTHER TOOK the valves off the side, put them on the cylinder-top, and cut off the other overhanging gas-chamber. Hence “valve-in-head.”” But stil] valve- grinding. And carbon troubles. It crept under the valves. The faces became pit- ted. Tomaintain eficiency—carbon must be scraped as of old, and frequenty. . . FIN ALLY—the new school of thought Came an engine-idea four-cylinder TOURING COUPE COUPE SEDAN SEDAN BROUGHAM 81195 $1395 $1395 Al prices f. 0. b. Toleds. Fe reserve the right t0 change prices and (pecifications withewt motice, 127 Cherry St. and 6 Main St. Wal L LY 8 " PARENTS VOTE FOR OLD SCHOOL HOURS Heavy Ma jority for Former Schedule in Junior Highs lepartment has {In its answers to the sent out last Monday that the n attending the junior high schools are dissatisticd present unaire parents of ihu Burritt school. 500 did not answer and that ior ents numbering Followlng are the I @ too great, ort for dinner ons, and Tt was found that 44 did not 414 not glve a reason High. too great a distance; belfeved the time too short for din- duties was the re three time for musie be considered, None of the objectors offered The board did not take any actlon tesult of awaiting what will be done meeting of a committee of parents of the Central Junior High sc rtment, NOVEMBER 14, 1925, found questionnairos par- two artangement of on this question was favor of a change venty-one parents the questionnaire. tion to the schedule short for dinner, was sent to children in the Tt was found 258 were 620 wanted n changed. high school par- 1057 also received . Seventy-one did swered in the af. 87 answered in the reasons: Elthu 140; too home duties, | Betting the 4; unreasonable |larity contest, traffic danger, [son 21 for a change at the Supt. twelve parents 594 | meeting. He 1 son | wanted nd 15 r which parents lesson was a dan; the This dissa by t soclation an unrcasona of the questionnaire at a the superintendent answers to the superintendent ool at| remark that he Monday | schedule wa found, next becanse which absolutely and completely revol- utionized the automobile engine! . . . Charles Y. Knight produced and patented the sleeve-valve engine . . . ‘‘I'll go them all one better,”” said he. ‘‘At one fell swoop I'll scrap all those cams and push-rods, all those springs and rocker- arms—and by makingacylinder-head with but a single opening for the spark-plugs, I'il increase compression’” . . . RESULT: . . « Multiplicity of valve-parts completly disappeared. Exit valve-grinding . . No more pounding cams—noise cut to nothing . . . Absence of all spring press- Cops’ Belle The Kansas City American Legion offered a motor car to the matron aviest voto in a popu- Mrs. Clara Thomp- was backed by | partment and she won over a hun- — The situation was summed up by Holmes fn a short talk to the | members of the school | board decided to change the sched- | ule of hours thers has been growing | istaction among the students at Junior High school. action > parents at a recent Parents and the school. mittee was appointed to confer with concerning questionnaire, concludod w thought as good it gives the student a chance to factory crowd, tactory employes are The hours in change were o'clock untfl noon 1:20 o'clock Thie new arrangem:nt | but it shortened the 20 minutes, school at 1 o'clock. the police de- board at the t since the parents of was expressed | meeting Teachers' as- A com- the The the the old s could be ure—added horsepower . And car- bon troubles, the disease and eventual death of all other motors, were cured, once and for all. Carbon cannot harm the engine of a Willys-Knight. Tt is actually a help- ful a(zrnt. Its serves to seal cnmprrssinn Its only effect is to better this engine’s Sunctioning! IT IS NOT EFFICIENCY to constantly tear down so fine a mechanism as a high- powered motor for the removal of a for- eign substance and the grinding-away of its metal . . . ITISNOT EFFICIENCY to have from 65 to 118 mere engine parts when 65 to PRI Lokies R. C. RUDOLPH Phone 2051-2 M Have You Joined The Red Cross Yet? Help Us To Make It The Biggest Year On Record start home before the and to returp after back at work. vogue, until the| it as follows: 11:30 o'clock; until 4 o'clock. was similar in every respect to the old system noon The students returned to No action on the hour change will be taken until Friday, Decem. ber 11 when the board meets agatn, 1s expected, morning, § after-] League members are nations that can't have their own way without threatening to quit, Doubtless Museolinl is sincere and Just thinks it a sign of weakness to }he reasonable, hour by oa & N dhink"™ therey health mmy/mp/ ¢ cup of Health at the Brmkfa table that means Efficiency @t the Business Desk, BAKER’S BREAKFAST COCOA Has a full rich flavor delicious to the taste; it is invigorating and sustaining. Henry C. Sherman, Professor of Food Chemlstry, Cor lumbia University, in his book “Food Products” says: *Cocoa, in addition to the stimulating property, due to the alkaloid theobromine, and the flavor which makes it popular bothasa bc‘erayc and in confectionery, has a considerable food value." WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. ESTABLISHED 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS. CANADIAN MILLS AT MONTREAL Booklet of Choice Recipes sent free. 118 parts /ess can be madé to serve the same purpose better ITISNOT EFFICIENCY to have from 40 to 50 pieces of metal coming together, in violent contact many times a second, causing distasteful noise, damaging’ vibration . . . IT IS NOT EFFICIENCY to depend on coiled springs to open and close a valve=' mechanism 1100 times a minute. Those coils must weaken. That is inevitable, : with every coil or recoil . . . IT IS NOT EFFICIENCY to carry valves requiring periodic and costly ade' justment to the fraction of a hair—nor to depend upon small inadequate poppete ports for intake and exhaust service . . . IT 1S NOT EFFICIENCY to be obliged: to lose the use of your car for hours and days, at the same time contributing easilyt one-half of the repairman’s total yearly ine come as he grinds your valves and corrects. your carbon complications . . . In the patented slecve-valve engine of. the Willys-Knight are twe metal shever’ operating with a gliding motion. . . Nothing to adjust. Nothing to replace or repair. . . Simply two single sleeves work- ing smoothly, silently, up and down, one! within the other, in a protective film of o For fine automobiles, the ultima engine is the simplest engine. And the, Knight sleeve-valve engine—the power= plant of yourWillys-Knight—is the sim-: plest of them all | Convenient terms. Your present car applied as part payment. Ax-gplinder TOURING - - ROADSTER COUPE COUPE- SEDAN SEDAN BROL GHAM dil prices f. 0. b, £1750, $1750' £2198) $2098! $2298) $2098

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