The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-13
Jour SCHOOL INTERESTS.
A SPIRITED CONTEST FOR THE COUNTY
SUPERIkTENDENCY.

i The Local Board of Education Pushing
Superintendent Edson-H obolken Kicking
Principal CampbelI-Reasons For Mr.
JosIin's disappointment = A Portrait
THERE'S the livelicst kind Of competition
going ON among those ihteresed in school
matters over the coming appointment of a
County Superintendent of Schools The
County Superintendent is nominated by
the State Board of Education to the Board
of Freeholders The first point in the fight
| is of course to secure the nomination from
the State Board. In former years the Jer-
sey City School Superintendent has held
the position of County Superintendent,
and the local Board of Education propose,
if they can, to see that the rule is adhered
to. They are pushing City School Super
intendent Edison for the position, and MIR.
Edison himself is anxious to secure it. The
argument advanced for him is that he
can do the work better, because of his
position, than any one else in the County
A part of the County superintendent
duties is to gather statistics from the
schools in the County for the use of the
State Board. This Mr.. Edison will have to
do for the City Board. His position as
City School Superintendent places at his
disposal much of the information the
State Board requires. 1t he secures the
appointment he will hire clerk to attend
to the clerical work of the Office, and
give his attention to the more i'm
portant duty of seeing that the
schools are kept up to the
standard. Principal Kelly of Public School
NJ A ;s olso n oond;dofa Gov 4ha r,1ooa Ho
has q large influence working in his interest.
1t is doubted however, if he can properly
discharge the duties of both places. The
County School superintendent is required
by law to visit each of the schools In the
County twice year, and it is a question if
Mr. Kelly can answer that requirement.
Hoboken school circles are excited over
the candidacy OF School Principal Camp
bell, of that city. No one knows just what
capacity for the place Mr.. Campbell has
1t is not ten days since he was censured by
the School Board of that city for violation
of rules. Outside of that heis extremely
unpopular, and there is scarcely teacher or
principal in HobDken who will not oppose
his appointment. In fact, numerously
signed protest against his selection has
been signed and will be forwarded to the
State Board of Education, and each mem
Der of the State Board has had all the facts
laid before him. The fact that Mr.. Camp
bell resides in New York, ought to settle his
aspirations
North Hudson enters the lists to say
that neither Hoboken nor Jersey City
should have the County Superintendency
They do not seem to be afraid of Mr..
Campbell, and their fight is against the APP
pointment of Jersey City man, on the
ground that such an appointment gives
Jersey City the lions stare of attention in
the management of County School interests.
Her local school interests are Of such magni-
tude, these advocates Of an outside appoint
ment say, that they will compel their share
of attention; while the selection of the
head of her schools for the County Super
intendency will give her more weight than
she should have. In other words, if the
Jersey City School Superintendent be
made County Superintendent, the two
places will give him so much work to do in /,
Jersey City alone that parts of the County
outside will receive no attention. This is
the argument that is backing the applica-
ton OF Robert Waters of the West Hobo
ken School, to the State Beard. The State
Board will meet in few days and settle the
question. The place is worth 81 200
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