The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-06
The Severe Snow Storm Was
Too Much For the Poll
tiCians Yesterday.
STATE PRINTING CONTRACTS.
Annual Meeting of the State Board
of Education-Report On
the Normal School.
srecial to the Jersea en- Ne,ss.

men VINO generally come 10 Town vigil
freighted with Ideas and gossip. There
wss small sprinkle of Newark states
meu on hand, but they had little or
nothing to say 10 which there was really
any news.
Senator John Ward brought MP Richard
A. Starr of Salem te introduce MIN
should anybody be around to be intro
duced to. The latter conditions caused
them to retreat early. Richard Starr is
candidate for Engrosslng Clerk Of the
Senate.
Assemblyman John N. Glaspell OF
Cumberland came up late IN the day aud
he announced that he has Bill Clerk
of the House.
The State Board of Assessors met yes
terday and heard appeals against the
valuations set by the board In the cases
Of the following raIlroads:-South Easton
and Phillipsbure; Cape May, Delaware
Bay aud Sewelrs Point; Ricn and and
Petersburgh. Winslow snd Richland,
Petersburgh and Sea Isle. No conclu-
sions were reached.
The Electric Subway Commission held
no meeting yesterday, State Treasurer
Gray. one of the members of the board,
not being able TO be present on accoun
of sickness
ON GOVERNOR wERTs' STAFF
Governor Werts yesterday appointed
Colonel Edward P. Meaney. chief of his
personal staff to be the Judge Advocate
General of the New Jersey Division, to
succeed General w. F. Abbstt. son of OK
Governor Abbett. who died some months
ago. General Meapey was sworn in al
once and given his com mission. General
Meaney Is warm personal friend of the
Governor. resided near him In Morris
town, and WAS taken from private life
1a NAlo bof fd
and will be the second youngest Brigadier
in the State. General w. G. Hsppan-
heimer being now the youngest. A few
years ago the Advocate General only car>
ried with it the rank of Colonel, but when
Colonel Charles G. Garrison resigned to
become Justice of. the Supreme Court.
Colonel VIM. T.. Albeit was given the
honor. A bill was lster passed that ele-
waited the rank to that of Brigadier Gen-
eral. and he was the youngest In the State
at the time of his death.
PRINTING OF STATE DOCUMENTS
The contracts for tue printing of the
State documents were awarded yester-
day at the State House. and the success
full bidders were as follows:-Charles H.
Fox, Legislative Documents.
The John L. Murphy Publishing Com
panY get the followinK:-Attorney Gem
eral, Managers of Stats Hospitals. State
Prison, Quartermaster General, State
Geologist, Agricultural Experiment Sta
fion, Commissioners of Piloeage, State
Board OF Agriculture. Comptroller
Of the Treasury, Riparian Com
missioners, State Board Of Educs-
tion, New Jersey School for Deaf
Mutes, Commissioners OF Banking and In.
surauce. State Treasurer, State Lii
brariau, Factory and Workshop Iuspac-
tor. Fish and Game Commissioners. State
Dairy Commissioner. State Board of
Pharmacy. Washington Association.
sociation, New Jersey State Institute for
Feeble-Minded Women, Registration and
Examination in Dentistry. New Jersey
Weather Service. State Board of Medical
Examiners, Rutgers Scientific School and
Commissioner of Mines.
MacCrellish & Quigley are awarded
these Recommendations General,
State Board of Hsalth. Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Indus
tries, State Normal Schools. Railroads
ana Canals. Home for Disabled Soldiers.
Industrial School for Girls. State Reform
School for BOYS, State Board OF Assessor
and State Board of Taxation.
The following in the German language:
C. 5. Robinson, Princeton, State Board
of Education aud Factory and WORKSHOP
Inspector. New Jersey Freie Zeittt1g.
Newark. State Board OF Health and
State Board of Taxation.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIoN.
A meeting Of the State Board of Eauca-
tion was held at the State Eeuse yester-
day. Governor Werts In the chair The
following members were present: Msssrs.
Henry c. Kelrey, William @. Heppsn-
heimer. J. Bingham Woodward, john
p Brothers. Nicholas Murray Butler.
James L Hays. William W. Variek and
William r. Barricklo
The main business of the meeting was
the receiving of the aunuaf reports of the
various departments under the control Of
the Board.
The following are extracts from the re-
ports of the various committees:
The committee on Education, DR.. Butt
Ter, chairman, reported as follows:
state Normal School-This Institution
Is the head OF our State system OF schools.
aod continues to enjoy unnrecedented
prosperity. but while its growth has beeu
rapid its increase in educational
eff iency has been more rapid aiil. Your
committee believe tnat there is no Nor
mai School In the couRBry today that is
better equipped or mora efHcieuLiy man
aged than our own. That this fact Is
appreciated by the State at iargs is amply
evidenced by the fact thai the last Legis-
lature without q dissenting voice, fn-
creased the annual appropriation for the
s@pport of the scnool from $4,000 10 $28.-
600, as asked Tor by your Board year
ago. and also made special appropria-
zion of st2, 600 for the construction OF a
QKbluASiuIn Wher6 5vSteNlaJlS braluln z
In Dnysical exercises sud in the methods
of teaching the subject in schools could
BE- qtyen to future teachers. This new
gymnasium is splendid addition to the
resources OF the school, and In due time
irs good effects ought TO be visible in
every school district in the State.
Last year the Normal School enroll
ment. as will be showa insdetail by the
Principals report. rose to AL. This au-
tumn an Increase of 43 is shown, or
nearly 10 per cent. The Model Scnool
enrollment last year was The unDrece-
dented number of 599. AT present the
eprollment In the hool shows falling
off OF four from last years figures. while
The average atteudance shows an IN
crease or five. This falling off Is doubt.
less to be attributed to the prevaiilnR
business depression, which has mane tns .
smell tuition fee charged at the Mouei
School y burded 10 some parents.
.s1 success of the work OF the NOR
nal S9hool is 10 be measured prima, ,liy
by the efficiency of Its graduates when
tney become teachers ia the city anu
rural schools throughout the STATE.
.sFortunatel the records on this point
sneak with no uncertain soRud. Durihg
the past wear there were 81 graduates. OF
whott, were men. OF this number 63
graduated from the advanced, or three
rears coarse. and only 81 from tne eie-
nlentary, or two years course. By action
M the Commitses on Eaucatiens approved