Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14

~~PNAAo 81
Appropriation for Farnum school. lao On
Appropriation forTthe distribution
Of Smiths History to schools IS s.
Expenses OF state board of edu-
cation -..:.....-........::.......... 1878 81
Expenses Of department Of public
instruction. n.-...-................... $3.50 70
County superintendents's salaries. 2l2E "A
Expenses Of county superintend-
ents.. -....................... s.ss7 %
Expenses Of school fund. 729f 10
Amount of Indebtedness of school
districts (exclusi5e Of citiesl in
CURED during the year........... 10000 90
Amount expended for extension of
Enormal school building. 49,. s5s9 30
Paid for distribution in schools Of
geological maps ................. us ss
Amount paid for plans Of school
houses. ..l.............. 800 %
Paid deaf mute school,. 1888 %
s3.os5.sl2 81
The following are some Of the principal
expenditures:
For teachers salaries 8, ,443,0sl 80
FOR ruel. .......................- 9S,064 %
For building and repairing school
houses. -......-............-.... 6S0,831 ~
For janitors' salaries, books, sta
tionery. taking census, etc.. 4OS666 81
The total value of ordinary school proper
ty is s9,09S, SIG The number Of male teach
ers is 760, with an average salary ef s76. 80
per month. The number of female teachers
is 3 857, with an average salary of S44. 40 per
month.
Normal and VI odeI schools.
The normal school was established under
the act of 1855, fPs L. 1855, page 25) for the
training and education Of teachers in the
art Of instructing and governing the com
mon schools of the state Since that time
1910 teachers haye graduated therefrom
The model school is maintained as an ad-
junct Of the normal school for the purpose
OF providing training school for those who
intend TO become teachers, so that when a
normal graduate takes. charge of a ss Iool he
OF she will not only know what to teach,
but what is equally, if not more important,
how to teach This school is more than
self supporting. The original cost Of the
normal and model schools was $155, 900: the
present value Of the school property Is esti
msIed at $500, 600
In 1891 326 pupils were in attendance at
the normal school, Of whom "A graduated
from the advance course and G5 from the
elementary course. OF these graduates 81
are reported as teaching. The attendance
at the model school during the year was
541, Of whom II graduated.
The revenue for the support of these in
stitutions, in addition to the so, 900 an.
nually appropriated by the state, is derived
from the tuition fees of the model school,
amounting to s15, 729.6S, and from other
sources, 50, 1926. This, with the balance
Of 81, ,27l.0 on, on hand at the date Of the last
school treasurer's report, made the total
receipts SAC, ,421 96. The disbursements
amounted to s3S, go, leaving balance or
hand at the end Of the school year, Aug. 81.
1891, of g, ,640.36
The receipts of the boarding halls in the
last school year were $51, ,317.13; disDurse-
ments, $37 ,554 10, leaving a balance on hand
of $13, ,753.94
A new building has been erected connect
ing the normal and model schools, which
increase the facilities of these institutions,
and enables the schools to introduce physi
cal and manual training, and give instruc-
ton in natural sciences, so as 70 show their
practical bearing upon our agricultural and
other industries.
Farnum school.
This school, situated on the Delawart
river at Beverly. was built by Paul Farnum
in 1855. In 1851, by an act of the legislature
it was made a part of the state school sys
LEll anu IlT. EdfuuLl tuuOHcu IL WILL
SO, 600.
During the past year sixty male and sixty
seven female pupils were enrolled; the av
erage attendance was 10. The income OF
the school was derived from the state ap
preparation of 81, 800, the interest on the en-
dowment of 10000, amounting to $3.50, and
the money collected from tuition fees
amounting to 50, 455 The total receipts
were IS, 5,29S.0S, and the expenditures
amounted to $4, 49,. 30, leaving balance 81
$799.lS
school for Deaf Mutes.
There were l39 pupils in this school dur
ing the fiscal year, being an increase oi
twenty over the previous year. The aver
age attendance was l244 pupils. The ststt
pays to maintain the institution seventy-si1
dollars per quarter for each pupil. Thi
makes total OF sS7, ,924 for the last fsca
year The state also paid in the last isca
year 80 O44 for the quarter ending Oct. 81
I 1890, making total Of $40, ,96S.
During the past year special attention ha
been given by the school to industrial a
well as literary education.
The disbursements for the year for sal
7 aries Of officers and teachers, and for all pur
poses connected with the tuition and main
4 tenance, amounted to 81, ,97250. Their
was a balance on hand at the commence
ment Of the fiscal year Of s., 44O. %, leaving
a balance Oct 81, 1891, OF 81, ,4S6.49.
7 National Guard.
4 The national guard consists of S25 officer
and 3,909 enlisted men, making total o
\ 4234, which is an increase during the yea
Of fourteen. This force is organized int
fifty-seven companies Of infantry and twt
/ gatling gun companies. No companies hav'
been disbanded during the year, nor hav'
any new companies been mustered into serv
\ ice.
The total expenditures for national guarC
purposes for the last fiscal year amounted
to $124,41S6S
The total number of Springfield breech
loading rifles, caliber IS, in possession Of thC
\ state is $3.50 In addition the state pos
sesses considerable number of muskets
serviceable and unserviceable, Of obsolete
patterns. An effort is now being made, IL
pursuance of the concurrent resolution
passed by the legislature last session, tc
have these obsolete arms exchanged by tht
national government for the Springfield
| breechloading rife of the latest improved
model.
/ The quartermaster general reports tha
the total expenses for militia purposes dur
ing the past year amounted to 1924. 4l5.6S
This report gives in detail the items thereof
From this is to be deducted the sum o
s1,2743s, which is properly chargeable K
the expenses Of 1890 This leaves the ne
expenses Of the national guard for 1891 al
/ 1928, 1443S. The increased expenses owe
the preceding year are fully stated and ex
planned in the report of the quartermastel
/ general.
Under direction Of the governor, 800 com
mon tents were loaned 10 the Seahright fir
relief fund committee for the relief Of thI
people deprived Of shelter by the disastrous
fire at Seabright ON the 10th of June last.
Rifle Practice.
The inspector general Of rife practice re
ports that the results Of the season Of lS9l
were extremely gratifying and eminently
successful that the number Of marksmer
increased from sos in 1890 to S45 in 1891
that the matches which were held at the
close OF the season, under the auspices oi
the New Jersey State Rife association, re
suited in bringing together a large number
of rifiemen from other states, together viii
two teams from the District Of Columbia
4 that the entire expenses OF the meeting
were borne BY the association; that the di
rect expenses Of rife practice were increased
during the season because OF the necessity
of the reconstruction of the target pits and
butts, they having become worn out after
several years hard usage; that the estab
fishing of a separate magazine for ammu
milton, and its distribution only upon the