. Essex county, , illustrated . VVALIKK T. CKANE, SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Secretary, Robert D. Argue, wlio hashis office in one of the education roomsat the City Hall, where he may befound every day from 8 A. M. to 5 p. Argue seems to be peculiarly welladapted for the place he fills so ad-mirably. He attends all the meetingsof the Boaid of Education and keepsa faithful record of all their proceed-ings. The Assistant Secretary of thelioard is Samuel Gaiser, whose dutyis to help Mr. Argue bear his Superintendent of Erection andRepairs is Mr. George W. Reeve. By a resolution of
. Essex county, , illustrated . VVALIKK T. CKANE, SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Secretary, Robert D. Argue, wlio hashis office in one of the education roomsat the City Hall, where he may befound every day from 8 A. M. to 5 p. Argue seems to be peculiarly welladapted for the place he fills so ad-mirably. He attends all the meetingsof the Boaid of Education and keepsa faithful record of all their proceed-ings. The Assistant Secretary of thelioard is Samuel Gaiser, whose dutyis to help Mr. Argue bear his Superintendent of Erection andRepairs is Mr. George W. Reeve. By a resolution of the Board of Edu-cation the school term of the year hasbeen fixed at forty weeks, the schoolsopening generally on the first Tuesdayof September anil continuing till thelatter part of June. A week or ten(lays is termed the short vacation dur-ing the holiday periotl. During thepresent school year, beginning Septem-ber, TS96, and ending June, 1897, therehas been an attendance of pupils num- -^ ?»?. A. N. LEWIS. SCHOOL COMMISSION K U. bering, as per roll ke]it, a little more than 30,000. about e(|uallydivided between males and females. In order that theteachers may have the advantages accruing from lectures oneducational subjects. Teachers Institutes are held on the thirdSaturday of February. April and November, the session from 9 A. M. to ]2 M., and from P. these institutes designed and carried on for the specialbenefit of teachers employed in the city schools, there is theregular County Institute at which all the teachers in the countyengaged in teaching in the public schools are expected toattend unless excused by the County Superintendent on pre-senting some good and sufficient reason why they desire for a non-attendance. These Institutes the teachersusually attend with alacrity, and especially is this the casewhen men who are thoroughly versed in educational mattersand are qualified to instruct in the art of teaching andunderstan
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