. Essex county, , illustrated . lower hall off the Grammar boys , hangs theonly rule which they are CNpected to observe— Lets all bi-gentlemen, The standard of scholarship is high enough make the securing of special honors a positive cretlit to faithliiipupils. Principal Bissell firmly believes that the present systemof marking is one of the best ever devised, if properIv us,-lie is also heartilv in favor of the honorary system, but believthat it will work incalculable harm if not used with great (hcretion, -Since the honorary system went into effect in i8>Burnet Street .Scho
. Essex county, , illustrated . lower hall off the Grammar boys , hangs theonly rule which they are CNpected to observe— Lets all bi-gentlemen, The standard of scholarship is high enough make the securing of special honors a positive cretlit to faithliiipupils. Principal Bissell firmly believes that the present systemof marking is one of the best ever devised, if properIv us,-lie is also heartilv in favor of the honorary system, but believthat it will work incalculable harm if not used with great (hcretion, -Since the honorary system went into effect in i8>Burnet Street .School has sent, upon an average, one-third of wsixty-five or seventygraduates to theHigh .School eachyear as honorarypupils. Accordingto reports receivedfrom the Princi|)alof the High School,very few of these|)upils fail to sus-tain a fair stand-ing, and a goodlynumber continue todo h o n o r a r v work. .Such resultsprove conclusivelythe wisdom ofmaintaining a highstandard. In Bur-net -Street .School,the marks placedupon the pupils. ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED. SI niontlily cards always represent accomplisJimenl—notintention. The marks are not given simply to fill upcertain spaces on the cards, nor to please parents; butthey are given as reliable statements of ivhat thepupils have done. Any other record is considered agross fraud practiced upon parents and pupils. In Sei)t., 1894. the teachers of the Grammar depart-ment suggested to Principal Bissell the advisability oforganizing among the pupils a society whose objectshould be two-fold, first, the exaltation of gentlemanl\and ladylike conduct; second, the suitable rewardingof such conduct through enterlainments of an educa-tive nature held at stated periods. iMr. Bissell heartily seconded the motion, and the result was the estab-nient of the Loyal League. Many naines were pro-posed for the new organization, but none seemed sosuitable as the one chosen, conveying, as it does, themeaning of the societys motto— He conque
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