One of the New Schools Opened

ONE OF THE NEW SCHOOLS OPENED The James M. Cassady Threw Open Its Doors Yesterday THREE OTHERS SOON FINISHED One of the new schools, the one at Third and State streets, named after 'Squire James M. Cassady, was thrown open to the public yesterday, Supervisor James E. Bryan reporting to the Board of Education last night that 120 pupils had been transferred there from the Read School. From time to time other pupils will be sent to that school until its twelve rooms are in use. It is anticipated, however, that notwithstanding the rapid growth of the population in that section of Camden the school will be sufficient for the needs of the pupils for several years to come. Within a comparatively short time the three other schools now under course of construction will be in readiness for pupils. These include the Parkside School at Princess and Kaighn avenues; Henry B. Wilson School, Ninth and Florence streets, and the George Washington School, at 27th and Cambridge streets. In all these four schools will accommodate about 2,000 children and the Board of Education is of the opinion that they will meet the demands for several years. Supervisor Bryan also reported that the Jamestown Exposition had awarded three silver medals to as many exhibits from the local schools. One was for the model of a locomotive constructed by the Manual Training students, another for the exhibit of music, and the third for the general work of the pupils of the Mt. Vernon (colored) School. In his report concerning the closing of the Dudley School, Health Physician Davis stated that the prevalence of diphtheria in that section of the city, and which necessitated the temporary discontinuance of the school sessions, is due to bad drainage and the failure of [article continues — remainder not transcribed; see dvrbs source-audit issue]