The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-08

Jersey City is at the foot Of the list,
givirs; but S7.72 for the education Of her
thought in every case women should be
principals of the primary departments,
while in the grammer and High School
il should be a matter, not only OF sex.
but ability.
Mrs. Spencer Weart said she had been
surprised when at the Federation meet
sey City, and she thought it couldn't
be 50 bad, 50 she took the trouble Of in
t~ervieWing Superintendent Snyder about
it and he had provided her with a re-
port which she then read. When read
ing. the report Mrs. Weart i~nterpolated
1889 the school buildings had been built
out of one-fourth the money received
from the siquor license:
MIR, SNYDER'S EPLY
The report given by Mr. Snyder was
as follows:-
It must be remembered that the details
of our city, government, and the meth
DDS of administration in vogue here diff
fer. widely from those of other mlnici-
funds, whose expenditure is usually adj
nainistered by school departments, are re-
stricted. In this city, besides the Board
the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners. spend What elsewhere is
called aehool money. B9t here it ian.
head. 1t should be noted that the amounts
given in the report quoted include only
llCSe GApeIVQ6Q QllQef UQe direction on
the Board of Education.
Then, too, it must be remembered that
the city's fiscal year extends from De,
year extends from July / to June 90,
and as all accounts are kept and bal
anees struck for the fiscal year, there
ing accounts given for the school year.
In the report referred to, the expendi-
lures given are enl \, for that part Of the
school year. In order to ascertain more
accurately the actual amount expended
for the various purposes itemized the
balance given hou be added.
Moreover, allowance must be made for
the fact that during the year '92-'93 the
Teeu1i s sept mbarh ! Os Was c inal slme So ha as
to begin July l. So that the expendf-
lures. for the preceding July and August,
which were considerable, could not be
Then, too. the form of the State re-
port, which is designed to be universally
practice and requirements. This leads to
a difference in the Interpretation of
terms and necessitates the omission of
some items which elsewhere might be
l have discussed local p~eculiarities at
length in order to show that the amounts
because they could not logically do so,
represent the total expenditure by this
city for school purposes.
l v aScertained somewhat hastily,
yet as accurately as possible, the amount
g MhiGh the the y city ,s sgsat aap p 1T its nat ch m;ss
to burden. you with the different items
say that the total was .s4ss, 4M. p. When
mounts expended by other municipali-
ties of the State are considered it must
be admitted { ! that Mhi this Is very ereditabls
capital expenses based on the school
census, which was SO. 9O9y of s7.2S. The
per capita expense s based on enrollment
an average attendance of 1858 was s27.s1.
expenses Of other cities calculated in
ranks very well indeed. Time win not
permit me to make all the comparisons
I should like. It viii be sufficient to
tendance. as this is the only one which
admits of an impartial and therefore
profitable sSoomparlson: It is true that in
is greater than here, but in most cases
this is due to local conditions and cir
fbans 1oeaIities II on Is II fai Wbicb to nr e9na iIigg
local conditions are more nearly similar,
as they are in the larger cities. The~per
tendance of the largest cities of the State
was as follows
Camden S29. 50
EIlzabeth i. . =. F. /. . >. j. -. -. %. q
Hopoken :. !. .. ;. ............... 25.59
New Brunswick ;. . ........ 2o.S2
PATERSON -..-...... =. ..... -. 20.76
For Jersey city it was, as I have
salu =. ............ 2-81
1t will thus be seen that our city was
far from the bottom; We were lower
higher than Elizabeth, Hoboken, New
Brunswick, Paterson and even Newark.
# we consider the expenditures for the
year 1884, the State report for which
has just been issued, we find again a
very creditable showing for the city. In
find the amount expended for schools to
have been mentioned, this does not in
the Board of Street and Water Com
1000. the amount of interest paid by
amounts we have $isS, $685. ssS4'ffhfs the total
amount expended. The per capita ex-
penses were actually, therefore, as fol-
Based on school census .......... s.e5
Based on school ENROLMENT ........ 1859
Considering again the per capita eS-
pense based on average attendance of the
cities we find it to be as follows:-
GanqeN - 49, .....- -.-.....t.... S53.S9
Elizabeth +. 1888. .....-- -. 1921
Hoboken .......... ...-.....- .... /. 20.l
Newark .--.-.. ..-... 1890. :. 1910
New Brunswick .......... ............ 1890
paterson $3.50. ...... ....... Z. ....... 1877
We We're thus lower than Sander. cut
Brunswick, Paterson, Trenton, ard
again even higher than Newark.
The figures which / ave given, and
which can be verified. show conclusive
ly that we have every reason to feel
proud of the interest which our city
manifests in its schools.
Another fact worth mentioning and In
dicative Of the progress we are making
should be cited. Since July i, 1892,
277.S7 in building and repairing schools.
It is no wonder, therefore, that State
Superintendent Poland says in his report
for '93'94:-"It will be seen that Jersey
City has surpassed all other cities of the
State in the number of buildings erected.
~remodelled and repaired during the year"
The character of the buildings erected
is, too, an evidence of the interest of the
city in its schools. The city authorities
the very best type in every respect. No.
is is not SURPASSED by any building in the
State, and is not equalled In some re-
spects by he more expensive buildings
Of New York or Brooklyn, while No. ..
now IN process Of erection, will surely
be better still.
Speaking generally, our buildings are as
good as those of the cities
Of the. State which have
mentioned, as well as those of New York
or Brooklyn. But If the present inter-
est in the erection of scientifically cor
rect buildings is maintained we will UNI
doubtedIy surpasS them.
Let me mention another item which is
most potent in it's effect upon teaching,
and hence upon the efficiency Of the
schools, yiz:-thc number of pupils per
teacher. Taking again the. cities men
toned above we have the following