WOtinC FOR COOD
IS GOOD WORK
^a;g0au IBost
WORKING FORIGOOD
IS GOOD.WORK
Gfculadng in Freeport, Rockville Centre, Baldwin, Rooaevelt, Hempetead. Merrick, Bdlmore, Wantagh, Seaford and the County of Na».au
VoL 2 No. 30
FREFPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1914
Price Two Cent«
FORMAL OPENING OF NEW SCHOOL MARKS EPOCH IN THE EDUCATIONAL DEVEOPMENT
SNIPING EYES OF STATE EDUCATORS ARE FOCUSED
ON HRST TRAINING CLASS GRADl!.4'nON
$58,000 Structure Completed —Public Inspection to be Held on Afternoon of Janu¬ ary 22—Unquestionably the the Most Modern, Sanitary, Well Equipped, Well Heat¬ ed and Ventilated Fireproof School on Long Island
^ The comipletion and formal opening et Public School No. 4 on North Co- IVBibna avenue on January 22nQ ¦arks a new epoch In the educatlon- M derelopment of Preerport. Seldom haa a school dlatriot experienced such remarkable growth. Karly in 1820 the arst Bchool was opened; thirty chll- ^ea attended. Twelve years ago 'tbere was but ono school building in ttils village; there were nine cla^a rooms with an assembly. The attend¬ ance averaged 500. To-day the dis¬ trict, has four handsome, uii>-to-diate hwUdlngs aocoamnodiatlng upwards of 1,700 pupils.
Freeport may well be proud of the a*ruoture opened for formal inspec¬ tion on©^ week from to-morrow, it la •nquefitionably the moeit modern, »an-1 Itary, well-oqulpg>ed, flre-proof school building on Ix)ng Island, fifty-eight ^ thousand dollar.s was appropriated I lor Ita construiction and the Board of I Bducation may justly be proud of their | efforts. I
At two ff'clcK-k on the afternoon ofi the 22nd the building will be thrown ! open to the public. Tho membors I at the Board of Edncatlon, tho super-1 intendent of st-hools and a largo corps | ot teachers will be present to wel- j eome the re.fildenlft ami escort them' through tho .«^hool. At four o'clock j a delightftil musical program will t)e i rendered In the spacious assembly I room under the direction of Mlse Spelr, vwal instructor. Tho program ' win consiKt of solo work ami selec- ( tiona by the High School chorus and i oncheatra. I
Tho "building is a mo.'^t imposing! wlnicturo facing on North ('olumbus I javenue and bounded on tho north and i east by Greene avenue and Rutland | road. The plot i.s SOO x 2«r) foot and i 112,000 was appropriated by the dis-. triot for its purchase, Tho outside! [iralla are consitructod of red ornamen- j , brick with artificial stone trim. | le architecture Is more or less of a | >lonlal design. I The Interior of tho building pre-1 ¦ents a business like and serviceable | aifpearance. The atairway from the Ibvnt doors up to th© main corridor wide and well pUmn^ed. The bulld- % Is trinxmed with chestnut, dull lish- The corridors and staira are lutely of Are proof construction. »o tbe right of the front entrance ¦ the principal's ofl3«e. Beyond this tnd V the southern end of the buHd- >.n^ is the Inrge, well portioned and leapeclally ad»pted kindergarten room, with a large Colonial flreplaice at the tortber end. To the le«t of the en- |trai»ce are classrooms. Directly in flront at the stairs leading from the ; is the sipaclous asseonbly room, .» loKloaHT locaied. As you enter th© aseembly roam tbe corridor the utag© is directly front at yxm. There are two exits, to tbe rigbt and on© to the left. tbe etmge. There ia ample pro- Ion lor yentllatlon and a moat mod- ayetem of Ugbtln*. Th© aseem- will seat four to Ave hundred per a and Is indeed a Qod-send to the ige.
« pu]>ils enfter the building from rear doors, th© boys at the ex- le Tight and the girls th© e«tre<me The siUlre to the upiper floo» both extremes of the school are 4>roof. There are claasroomfS on Fib sldea ot the upper corridor. There are altogether twelve class- is and they are models. Although re is ample provision for Ught, j ;h room Is equipped with electrlcl- j \j. In most Infrtance* black^>oard8 surround two ^Ides of the rooms. Bach I room haa a long children's cloak room, a soparat© teacher's cloak twMn, and a good sized l)ookcas© bulW In the Bide of the wall. The seats are modem.
The foresight of tho Board and the architect Is particiulnrly noted In the eoMrtrucllon of th© l>as©ment. Di¬ rectly under, the kindergarten a large room has been provided for manual training which undoubtedly will be iiMtallod next year. The floor la ce- ] ¦tent and the room of ample i«lze to j jaocommodiate onllrhary sizod classes.! |Tbe s«nltary provisions in the base-1 Inent are model and up to the mln- j te. I
In the mldi<llo of the basement and iVO th© rear of the building is a large Iroom fifty by fifty fo©t and from elght- M»i to twenty feet high. Proper en- rti-ances on either side have been pro-^ Tidied. This will next year ho finished j .nd the glrN and boys of Freeport, have realized their hopes, a gymr | um. j
The heating and ventilating syatem ¦without a doubt, the best to be In-j illed in any school in New York | Xe or In fact In the United Stotea.
The truateea were particularly fortu¬ nate in securing the advice and co¬ operation of Werner Nygren, consult- irkg engineer of ono oT tho boM and most reliable ooncorns in tne country.
This j+ohool is heated and ventilated in tho most up-to-date manner, having the necessary appliances for complete control of tho heating as well as tho vontllating, so combined and l>alancod tliat tho .school oan bo heated entirely l»y or tof:|«thor with the apparatu.s in- .stalied for the ventilation.
Stoain at low pr(«iHur<' is generated in two boilors of the Mills Sectional ^-^ifi'ty type located in a separate room in tho basement. The stoam thus Konoratod Is usod both for tho heat¬ ing and the warming tho frosh air HUjuply of the ventilating system.
Tho heating of tho rooms and tho corridors I.s accompllRhed by diro<'t radiation, oasrt. iron radiators being used throughout, with oxcoption of tho cloak rooms, whore .steam colls aro placed around tho Iwse. This method Is fraught witji oconohiy, as It permits tho building in its ontiroty. '•'> bo hoated up, whon iw>t in uso, with" out the running of the vontilating apparatus.
Tho boating apparatu.s throughout is furthermore automatically con- trollod hy thoraostatfl in the individu¬ al rooms which automatirally shuts off tho sto^m when tho temporature roaohoB a certain dogroo, and auto¬ matically opens up the valves on tho radiators when tho teraperaturo falls below fhe degree at which tho thermo- sitats are set.
The ventilating apparatus installed provides for freah, temiperate air sup ply by mPKjhanical means for all class rooms and the a.ssemibly hall. It also provides for exit of the air forced Into the achool by the fresh air supply ap¬ paratus whdch exit or vent system Is so arranged tbat It can bo convert¬ ed Into a forced' system by merely In¬ stalling an exhaust fan in the roof houae for which all provisions have been made.
The Jresh air which Is taken In through window openings in the base-, ment is first pasised through a fresh air chamiber where room is provided for air filters, should stich prove nec- esaai^^. , It is passed over a series of steam DoilB and thus temipered to a pro(per degree before entering the air stWPly tan. From the air supply fan the air U forced to the yarious rooms through a system of galvanized ducts and flues, terminating with registers near tbe ceiling in each roo;>. The temperature of the fresh air supply, which is very Imiportant. is automati¬ cally controlled by thermostats, and the air supiply druota where they pase through portiona of the building where they may be subjected to a change In t©ma>era*ur© are covored wuh noi. conducting material all with th© ob¬ ject Off fun and complete control.
The ducts and flues fon-'.ing th© oxlt for the air from the classrooms, halls, as well as toilets and other rooms, form one continuous system connecting with the air dlschargt above the roof and is arranged in such a manner that considerable nat¬ ural vent action will be secured. The pxhaus't air from th© classrooms Is passed through louvred openings In the (oat room doors on Its transit to the exhaust reglsiters, which ar© lo¬ cated at the ceilings of the coat rooms. Should It prove that the natural vent action will not be suffi¬ cient to secure the proper air distri¬ bution the contemplated exhaust fan
Suffrage Meeting Postponed Ou account of a recent a(/.ction in her family, Mrs. Raymond Brown, President of the New York State Suf¬ frage Organization, who was sched¬ uled to addTess the citizens of Free- port the week of the 17th, has re¬ quested that the meeting be postpponed to a later date.
Such action was taken by the mem- l>ers of the BVeej>ort Club on Monday at thedr meeting. Miss Pamhall was InatnKted to proceed with plans for the future meeting. *
can lie Installed as a positive medium.
The assembly hail ventilation, al¬ though a part of the general appa¬ ratus, is so arranged that it can be shut off when the hall is not in use.
The' heating and ventilating work ha.s boon installed by Bakor, Smith &. ("orarpany, of New York ("ity; form plans and ftpeciacations pro.pared by Nygren, Tonpy and Ohnios, consulting engineers of New York City and Mon¬ treal.
Although the formal oponing will not take pla<coc until tho afternoon of Iho 22nd, s<'hool work will begin next Monday morning. Tho toachors will spend Friday and Saturday at the ; ihool planning out tho seating and week's work. On© hundrod and flfty pupils from Soaman avonue school and tho same numbor from the Grovo .street .school will be tran.sferred to Iho new school. Owing fo tho caro- ful management of Superintendent Moon, hut a very fow.,. minutes win 1)0 lost in the tran.sfer. Hut throo bundled pupils will bo taught for tho tir.s't half year, although the capacity is five hundred,
Miss Harriet B. Titus, formerly de¬ partmental principal of the Whltes- boro street school at T'tU'a, has t>oon appointed principal of th© school. Tho following teachers will havo cHkrgo it tho respective grades: Miss Ann.-, "olllns, 6t.h grade; Mi.'^s Geneva Pe©t, "i A grade; Mis* Gortrude Townsend, ') B grade; Mi8« Gertjudo Holloway, t A grade; Ml.s« Florence MacGrogor, t B grade; Miss Louie Wright, 3 A grade; Miss Gladys Kelly, 2nd grade; Miss Grace Studor, 2 B grade, ahd Miss Helen Horton, the first graa». But ftv© new teachers were necessary to provide th© instruction; many transfers were made.
The boundaries of tho di.strict for School No. 4 a re the Roosevelt dis¬ trict on the north; the Merrick dis¬ trict on the ©aat; the middle of th© Merrick road on the south, and the middle of Main street on the we»t.
Charles M. Hart, the designer of tbe new building, merits the praise and asn^robation of the people of Freeport. He haa worked hard and consistently for their interests from the very beiC^nning.
The efBolency and adiptAbility of the new building has been assured by tho cooperation and guidance of Superin¬ tendent Moon, who has labored earn¬ estly for th© Bupreanacy of his school.s. Few villages have had a moro capa¬ ble director and a nKyr© ardent worker.
Nassau County seems to have with¬ in Its border one pubUo offlclal who poesesrses sand, and is ever ready to "go to the bat" at a motoents notice. Scudder, J., granted a motion to In- Hrpect the mJnutee of the Grau- /'ary which indicted Mr. Grout. This Is a very common motion in pleadings and it is wholly discretionary with tne judge to grant or deny It. This per- fuxctory act being part of the record under insi)ection by the Bar Associa¬ tion Committee of which former Judge Cuilen is chairman, opiportunity to ap¬ pear and make any statement desired in connection therewith was pllereii the Nassau County Jurist. His prompt reply was in substaiH.x., '-wuy, sure. Why not? I'll be there." And so he will, having nothing to conceal, notJilng to eatenuate, nothing.to ex¬ plain. A similar offer made to other momtKi-rs and ex-members of the judiciary wa,s not accepted. They Htoo<l ur>on thoir "reserved rights," so to .sipeak. Ex-Judge Marean, for in- HlAnce appears to have struggled man¬ fully over the offer but without break- in.g any leash, for he wrote: "I am rot ablo to convince myself of the proprioty of a<x;oipting it." We can guess, per'iaps, who the "hand-picked judigo.s" aro. .so flippantly, not to say irrovorently, dubbod by District Att^TT- ney Cropsey, but Scudded. .T., is not on tho list.
The nolitical engineers in the Brook- i lyn Wator Supply Department omitted ] from the budget tho usual appropria-j tion for the Ponds and Conduit sec-j Uon. on Long Island, thereby elimin¬ ating several faithiful offl<Jals from the ' public service. <unong tliem Del Brow- or, of Uockville Centre. You have hoard that he is therefore dead poir^i tically. Ju.st w-atch hUn. fhcro is a I (lay of resurrection coming.
Ciriiuniistances compel the conclu¬ sion that the annual spring election is at liaml. John Lyon of RocJcville Cen¬ tre, took down hi.^ tru.ity; fowling pieco, tho othoi- day, rarefulli- «-nargon it with road-building and maintonano statistics, and pointing it careles.sly like in tho direction of Freeport,, let drive. Our urlwine Supervisor, If he road Mr. Lyon's letter in the Soitth Side Ob.sorver. may bo justiflpd in bo- iieving that iho .shot was intended for him, and of course he will load hi.-5 42 conliniotro and iKvin'ting it to ward Front stroot. Uockville C^on- tro will roturne his lire. It is up to Archie Wallace, now, or perhaps Iluyler Ellison, to organize a sightseeing expedition on aeroplanes, for there is certain to l>e witnessed much of interoRl while this fusillade Is on. .Iohn says that Hiram exceeded his appropriation of 1913 by $39,4.^3- XT) and ho insists that tho same or a similar process wrll be followed with the appropriation of this year. This is in tho nature of prophecy, I prefer to believo rather that it is-an admoni¬ tion and that llirani will accept It as such. Bond issues for this, that and tothor thing in tihis c-ounty did for a lime, while Mr. Lyon was comptroller, appear to b© "on the biun." as tho Ooeansid© orator ©xprea.sed it. but their popularity seems to be in the ascendant once more. It does appear unju.st to our grandchildren to com¬ pel them to p&y tor the building of roads over which they were never p\en trundled while thoy were kids.
New Chapter in the Educa¬ tional History of the Fmpire State Will be Begun at First Graduation oi Tieeport Teacheis Training Class— Dr. Finnegan, Commission¬ er of Education Will Preside and Present Diplomas.
SOCIETY GIRL ENGAGED i CARMAN CASE UNCHANGED
POPUUR WINTER SEASON
WINTER MONTHS AT LONG
BEACH AND NASSAU HOTEL
HAVE BEEN DELIGHTFUL
The firsfi>art of the winter season at Long Beach has been Ideal. I'p to within a few days the weather has been mild, th© sojourners nume\ius. Th© l)Ooking at tho Hotel Nassau con¬ tinue to increase.
On last Friday evening a dance was held in the violet ballroom ol the Na* sau Hotel under th© supervision of Mr. Barse, himself. Miss Jeanetto Harris and Ed'wiard C. Tarler entortaine<l the participants wllh an exhibition of the modem dances during the evehing.
A concert was given at the Nassau on Saturday morning by the Nassau orchestra to whieh the cottagers were all invited.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Jones sum¬ mer residenta at the beach have been sojourning with friends at the Nassau for several weeks. Mrs. Wells bax acJileved considerable dlsUnctlon by organlrin* the Ladies' Fishing Club ot Long Island.
tf you ar© really interested in see¬ ing that south side waterway project¬ ed from Jamaica Bay to and through Great South Bay 1x) Peconic Bay, you can give It your moral support by be¬ ing at the Army Building, 39 White¬ hall atreet. New York' City, on Mon¬ day next (the ISth in.M.) at 2:00 p. m. For there and then, in Room 707, Major Dent, of the U. S. Corps of En¬ gineers will give the further hearing upon the proposition arranged for by Congressman Lathrop Brown.
Tho .stubborn resistant© of Mr. Hicks and his ISIends to opening the ballot boxee and learning all about those void bailotft is surprising. What is there to corijoeal? There may be In the boxes not enough votes to give Congressman Brown the election; then, again, there may Ih^ At all events he shows his Siporting blood by hazarding all on the turn of a card, as it were. What's the matter wltn Hicks? A margin of only five votes would naturally nuiko the most of us nervous. Perhaps, he's just nervous, and human, like tho rest of us.
rmle (ioorge Wallace still keeps a firm grip on his bible and begins hla series of 1915 sermons vigorously as ever. I admire his devotion to that Rood book ami his profound study of its myfitories nnd many good things. A copy of tho South Side Observer without some intimation of the very friendly relations subslsiting between him and his Maker would. Indeed, ho dull. .\ re<'ent reference to corner lots in Heaven, near the great White Throne, was new to mo and I marvel' lod at tho breadth of his information in realty matters. T^nole's strong holt I.s his s>-mpathetic arguments in favor of the poor and needy ones, his desire that they should enjoy to a larger extent the good things whicb we rich ones enjoy. The clergy here¬ abouts seenj^to side s.t©p him and his many queries founded on biblical re¬ search. I have often wondered why tbey too do not pop hiblical thoughts at him aa freely a» he does at 'esa. Continued on Pag© 4
MISS MADELINE M GRlJFrCWHA- GEN ANNOUNCES ENGAGE¬ MENT TO EDWARD FRIED
Mi.sis Madeline M. Grifonhaticn. daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Max H. Grifoiilu|:©n, \hose homo on Ocean and Atlantic avenues is one of tho show places in Freeport, announced her engagement to Edward Fried of Chicago on Saturday last,
Dolmonico's ball room was chosen for tho party, which was on© of the most elaborate social functions thia winter. Nearly five hui'.dred people were present. Including a number of municipal ofltelals and pontjclan,'. The guests were r©<'©lved by Mrs. Grifonhagon, Miss Madeline Grifen'- hagen, Mrs. Samuel Foibor. Mrs. Lau¬ ra Tigner, Miss Madeline Ilosenblum, Mrs. J. C. Zoitz. Mrs. Louis Morc*r witz, Mrs. Da vin Forman, Mrs. Nathan Sugan and Mrs. II. Fried, mother of the prospective bridegroom
Among the many there were John J. Lyons, Alderman H>-man Pouker, B. W. B. Brown, William rweiin.-.. Judge Otto A, Rosalsky, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C'Donahue, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bedell, Marcus M. Marks, Borough Presddont; William F. Schneider, County Clerk Frank A. Dowers, Under Sheriff. Mr, .-.n-d Mrs, David Weil, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Dopew. Mr. and Mrs. George Bissineor of .San Francis¬ co, MJss Belle Fried, Aaron Fried, Ed¬ ward Lautorlxich, Judge JiNJus M. Mayer, Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Ritterman, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Josephs, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice S Herman, Coroner Israel L. Felnberg. Ronald K, Brown and Ixiuis Mosrowitz,
! DESPITE PRESS URGENCY CAR- MANS AND STATE TO U4s-ClDE OWN AFFAIRS
Ivespile tho recent revival of the ! Carman-Iiailey murder episode by the ' New York and Brooklyn papers, after ' thoughtful interviews with almost 1 every onr connoctod with the case, we I say ad-visidly that the situation Is the I same now. as it was tho day the Jury failed to agree on a verdict.
The Di.'rtrlct Attorney has been flooded with work of a criminal and civil nature that has precluded any thoughtful consideration or dwisioo on what stepH will be taken with a view toward clearing up the situation. Mrs. Carman bas not been snubed or utvduly oanbaras-sed by friends or sojourners but ah© believes that the verdict of the Jury, as it was render¬ ed, and aa it now stands, has not en¬ tirely cleared her name and reputa¬ tion. As an lnno<ent woman, she has asked and instru<-ted her attorneys. Ivovy and ift-aham to look the situa¬ tion square in the face and advise her as to th© best thing to do.
Mr. Levy, speaking for himself and Mr. Graliam, says that thty have not come to a conclusion as to future ac¬ tion; that Mrs. I arman wants a new trial If it will clear up matters, but that she has left it entirely to them.
A new chapter in th© educational history of the Empire .State will ba begun a week from to-morrow in
, Freeport on the occasion of the com- nioncement exercises of tho Teacher* Training S<'hool. The school, tha
I tirst of its kinu, was instituted Just a year and a half ago under the dl-
' rect sui>oi-\i.slon ot Ward C. Moon, Superintcudont of Schools, and the educational eyes of the State have been directed toward Froeiwrt and
. her undertaking ever since.
Th© commencement exercises will bo held in the new school building on North Columbus avenue on l>Ylday evening, January 22nd, under mo«.t au.siplciou.s circunLstancos. Dr. Finne¬ gan, Third .Vssistant Commissioner of
; Klementary Kducalion, in academic costume, will preside over tho uxer-
j cisos anrl present the diplomas to the
I (Iftoen graduates.
Proinjully at eight o'clo<'k tho gradu¬ ates in caps and gowns will march into tho sjuicious assembly room lieaded by the menibor.s of tho Board of Education and tako tliolr seats to
I Iho right of the platform. Miss Emily Werner, president of tlio Training Class, will deliver tho addix'ss of wel¬ come. U. E. Coon, a well known nnd prominent business man of Now York City, will raak(> tho address of the evening. Dlploanas will 1k> pres^onttHl to the
1 following young ladies; Josephine
I Finger, I{oos(H-elt; Magdalen Hoffman, of Quoon.s; Clara Peterson, Mlno^xla;
land Mario Byl, Delia Cheshire, Fannie
' Di'vlin, Myrtle Gissel, Constance Ix)ux, Marjorie Pitcher. Hazel S<*a- man, Eleanor Trayer, Beatrice Vall and Emily Werner, all of Froeport.
This tralnln.g class is the flrst of it.^ kind in New York State. The course ot-oupies a yeai' and a half and High School graduation Is neo¬ essary for entrance. The last half year of work Is praoUcal. Tbe mei»- bers of th© class observe th© meth¬ ods in th© local schools and under the direction of their teachera give actual ln«iructlon to the pupils.
The diploma given entitles the grad¬ uates to teach In any of the elemen¬ tary schools In the State for a apeol- fted length ot time, after which they can engage in High School work U they like.
The institution of this achool is but another example of the eflacloncy and Inltlativ© of our local echool offlelala TTnquallfled recognition must be given to th© untiring efforts of Superintend¬ ent Moon, who has fathered the work from th© beginning.
MASTER COHEN SURPRISED
Suffrage Card Party Mrs. Harry P. I.i©onard, a member of the Freport Suffrage Club, wiii hold a card jiarty on Monday, Janu¬ ary 18, at the headquarters of the organization on Cottage Court for the benefit of the work. Handsome nrizes bare been giren by the ladies af tbe village.
Boom Long Island Dinner j
With a record of having exceeded ' 1-he attendame 1st in banfjuetF In , New York City, the Ix)ng Island din¬ ner this year is expectod to excell all . others. The jirominonco of the spoaa- , ers, the sipecial interest In their, toplots and the enthusiasm that goes [ with ©very I>ong bdand reunion is [ counted upon to grwitly aid tiy.s ©f- i ! fort. I
I Dr. S. Parkes C^danan will speak | ' at th© banquet on the European War. I Judge Alton B. Parker and Robert S. ' Pelletreu, of Patchogue, are on the toast list. The date of the banquet is F\ebruary 6.
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE FOR LAD
AT HOME OF MRS. CHARLES
HERVEY
Th© homo of Mrs, Charles Hervoy, on Grand avenue, was prettily deco¬ rated on last Friday whon Master Harry (ohon, of Portorfteld place, Freeport, wa,^ surprised on his birth¬ day. Mrs. Mervey .'|-rnngHd to have twonty-two childrein at her homo wlion Master Harry called
Th© dining-room wa.s particularly attractive, twcnty-flv© yellow canaries in their pretty cages wore hung In the room and tho laughter of the children blended with tho song* of the birds. Games w'ere enjoyed and a de¬ lightful musical programme was ren¬ dered. An elaborate ruAUiiion was served. Th© guest of honor received a number of pretty gifts.
Amon« those prosent were Richard Young, Sallie Wlnslow, Felix Cohen, Dorothy Harding, Roscjnary Harding, John Mikuc, Alex Mlkuc, Vlclra Darl¬ ing, W. Spence, Joseph Kehoe, Oeorge Canallw), Margaret f'analizo, Renee Canallzo. Eloulse Sumcer.'
