New-York tribune., 1880-03-08
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INTERESTING FACTS rnou TIE STATE scfHRIN-
TlVDrNT's RrPDRr


INTERESTING FACTS FH0i TIE STATE Suf""N-
TfVDrNT's REPORT
In MI, report for the current year the Hon.
l. 4 \,-. state Superintendent of PuDic obstruction.
.... I,..cl i.c Deiicu trlcs and furnished bis
l,r...l sketch o. tine dove opmcnt ti tar NcwJ'rsey
puYc ~clool -y.l.iu from tIe earliest Isolated eN
rer.urut. in teaching Go ts present comp''''S Or
.!ut. .lu of frcr public Instruction Ihe history oI
, .t "A tv wears forms the Dulk o. THIS sketch Up 10
500 t school egisaiiou Of the state had been frag
,utry and u II GIVE, bh with tho act OF tnat year
,dueabolul caosi beg O. crystal y INTO q stem
u r toe Labor OF such men "a, Prcsden' h''r'n' ~
Prucc,ol 90, Icy. EoDer Baird ana Bishop D'ah''
How the sy-t.m was dry lOPcd uudcr turccs-Nr en-
,ctucut. unui it- machinery gradually conPocted
ami pcrecfed info its present '.mor and manag'"'e
shape forms mcrf instructive chapter IN tne eHues
uouai hi-'ory OF the country.
Ouite s interesting this more rec M history Is the
recod II TIE earlier educational effort m thc S'a' a.
long ago as 1929, when the Dutch were setting new
York and TIE iacent portions oi Ne"-J'rey' the COZ
ouista were enloncd auder the West India COMPANY
charter I'm spccdiost manner 20 cudeaVor to ma
ur WAYS and mean. whereby tuey might support a
,,,.ster and a 4choolmnscr" E1giob ri Ste"nhuysrn
Uss the nrst schoolmaster who taught In N'wJ'rSeF
he arrived In THIS country 1859. hat dd not begin his
r,gulnr work uutn thrco years later. school
nouse was built him IN 1854 on the
si,e OF what is now School No IL, Bergen square,
torsev CIV Heights. T. ougat be added that the
amazing production OF Dutch art N the shape Of brass
rooter who opposes hs proudly protnbeant breast 10
the wind above cupOa of No. II. Is thI Identical
fowl which originally pcfchcd on the ROOF oi the
steenhuysen Academy. II WAS stipulated In The hrst
charter of Bergen granted IN 17G3 by Sir Pniip Cur
ert Governor OF the Province OF jersey tlat all
should contribute according 70 thelr estates and
oroporons Of land for the keeping OF free school for
The cdncation OF youth" Only four years later, when
some OF the settlers In yng hamios questioned the
right OF the Town Bergen to levy Contributions upon
them for supporting school at an inconyonlent dis
aucc It was decided by the magistrates that a should
nav their share for support OF the precenor and
schoolnaster"
The otner Dutch settlements In tho State were not be-
mind grrren in zeal. Guiacm Bertholf, who presided
over the congregations OF AcquacianouK and icken-
sak in 1GoJ Wa, by OF his office schoolmaster
"a wrl a. Zieken toossr ousoer OF the sick and in
the early record. OF almost every congregation the
! cnooI hold. place OF almost equli honor with the
turch The Presbyterians and COngTega ionaists who
et,e IN the Town Of Newark brought with them teach
as well "a preachers Ata town meeting beld Just
100 ve,rs before the Declaration Of Independenc"
the Townsmen empowered to scr II they can ma
a ocompetent number OF scholars aud accommodations
,or scboolmaser" aud at the very next town meet
ING the following instructions were voed ." The town
hath consented that the Townsnen shall perfect the
hrin with the scnoolmaster for this year upon con-
,,, mat ne will come for this year and do hi' faith
All lou n
,a,ts of those whO have subscribed tho reading ana
r,,,r,, of English, aud also OF Arthmetck, II they
,.re IT, as much as they capable to learn and he
c.oable to teach them within the compass oil TINS
,a,r" In Woodbridge 100 acres OF the public land
| ,ye-e set aparC for school support, ana In 1911
a,,er lanes Fullerton the first schoolmaster, had
| r.t,red John Boacker was employed on trial foI
,, months. under the stipulation d" that he should be
,s.ut and faithful In that employ as schoolmastei
ht IN nr and thnt shall Be InRaged 10 attend TIE
ch'nl tnis Wnter-time until OclOck ~ nlght' FOL
tbis cxhaustiug service MIR. Boaokrr was 10 receive
cJ3 VIII en- to have been talr average WAGES IN
s'ncb a. John Browne, OF Amboy. his successor. re-
| ceycd ga for a years salary M. -, ~, -,
nj coure e the Quaker pioneers OF W9st Jersey Glu MOI
fYr .duration 20 laugnsh, fOrlt was part OF thel
roIdon Frnwicb'a settlement In salem opened 4
school M once which has bten maintained without III
t,rn,ptlon 10 tho present day. Jhe people or Bur
iingtou we're rminently progressive IN thls respect
III In Ig93 an fllnd In fhe Delaware
,osite the town. aud the revenue derived from The
I'M m sale OF land, were set apart Tor the education
a. cbool fuud Established IN the PrOYlucc, and 10 Il
dnnbfful n any other settlement IN America was IN ad
,."ce Of burlington. AS iar back as 1867 George Fox
dvised hrs brethren IN NcWJersey % ostaOsh board
a.. ecvools for young men Of genius low clrcunt
~ I,uc.." and the snackeweu school was founded
oo,o,t rms time "ior the teaching Of whatsO
| tnnu All this would seem 10 Indicate That M
,,tc.r4t I'm popular education unusual for those days
s man tested by the original settlers In the Jerseys
br. t.o lirst-Css colleges were soon 10 De founded
& e th, preamble Of the first general scnOOl law en-
by the General Assembly OF East Jersey at Pertl
Amboy lu 1898 reads as fOOws Mhereas, the cultl
,ftug ot learning aud good manners tends greatly Il
tbe good and benz 1T OF manlnnd. when hah nnert'
h..n much neglected Wituin THIS province No dOuD
the agmakers Judged their con-tituents too severely
Tor they were advanced thinkers ahd prompt aclois
- r.rv t,v prOyed, established the principle
taxing properly for the support or pnbc schools ana
VS. abrca, OF the foremost legislation on THIS sugec