The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-27
TORETlRET TEACHERS
New Jersey Educators Work.
ing for Their Disabled
asvat Friends.
TO INCREASE THE FUND
A Concert to Be Given in the
Tabernacle-Phe List Of
Patronesses.
TO R THE FUND

retirement fuud- The fund has been
established for the purpose of providing
some means of honorable support for
the aged and invalid teachers of the
state Hitherto when teachers nave be-
come worn out in the work they were
Obliged to retire from active service n
live on hat they had been able to save
from their salaries or starve. Many
times teachers incapable of doing their
work as il should he done because of
Old as- or i'll hesitii iea We struggled on
dotns their their work imperf-ctly, be-
cause they had no other means of sup
port. The teachers realize that this Is
Unfair 10 the pupils as we'll as the teach
ers. and they have underworld to pre-
vent this. The plan was formulated in
Hoboken in 1890, and Jersey City
teachers We're the first to espouse the
cause. After an arduous campaign the
Legislature of 1886 passed a law creating
the New Jersey Public School Teachers
Retirement Fund. under which teachers
who are members of the fund, if disabled
after twenty years, of service, may be
retired on half pay annuity, which shall
be not less than $50 nor more than $500.
About half the 5000 teachers of the State
have joined the fund. which is provided
entirely by a deduftion.of one per cent.
per annum from the salaries Of teachers
who elect to, take advantage of the pro-
visions of the act; by monies the teach
ers raise by entertainments, fairs, ex-
cursions, etc., and by Donation. bequest,
devise, etc. Not a penny has been asked
from Statessof municipality. The only
State aid the teachers asked is thai
the Stateasrant a ettarter and. receive,
invest and administet the fund, This
they consider a modest request in view
of he fact that firemen and policemen
are pensiowed from public funds raised
by direct taxation without contributions
from thes salaries or effort of any kind
on their, part. ~ ,ag
ThsETeRchers' Retirement Fund Law of
1896, however, seemed imperfect in cer-
tain featuresrand administrative details,i
and amendments were most carefully
prepared by Hon. William NJ. tanning of
Trenton, ana Judge lGiIpert Collins of
Jersey City; these passed the House
unanimously and the Senate with but one
dissenting vote, but failed to become law
because of not one but a dozen or more
blunder in ehgrossing. Governor Griggs
expresses regret that the bill did not
come to him in proper shape.
The Board of Trustees who administer
the fund have organized as follows
Hon. Charles J. Baxter. State Superin-
tendent of Education. Chairman; Otto
Grouse. of Jersey City, Professor S. r.
Morse of Atlantic City, and Francis
Scott of Paterson. representing the State
Board of Education. S. E. Manness, of
Camden, Secretary, and Miss Elizabeth
A. Allen, of HoDoksn, represent the
teachers. State Treasurer George 3.
Swain is ex-ofncio treasurer of the fund.
The Board expectssto go ahead under the
law Of lss6 until tile desired amendments
are secured.
Laws for the same general purpose
exist in New York. Ohio, Michigan, llli-
nois. AEissouri and california. Competent
authorities. however concur that the
New Jersey measure is the ~oundes and
most conservative yet enacted.
Fifteen applications for retirement are
now on file.s 1t is of as great Importance
to the Stakgf as to these applicants hat
they be retired and replaced by vigorous
men n women. 1.-THE Retirement Fund
teachers are trying to provide modest in
comes for teachers eligible for retirement
in a way that seflrespecting men and
women can accept it. 1t can easily be
seen that the amount paid by teachers
themselves is inadequate to the demand
This amount they arefendeavoring to in
creasesoy gisfnguenteftainments.
Aegconcerfs will ~abesxgfven next Thursday
eveniBgysJuners, insthesTabernacle, for
ths hsnsait 81. the fSnd. The Soneert
Miss Anna l E~5wafmsete snsap Miss 6. A Meeyi N.
Morgan. MissvsJulia IA. Minihan, Miss
Clara Pest, Miss 4mogene H. Wheeler,
3 MisI k M,as & s;,4 q q Spe Rse Miss M, Martha Ganrs /;
B. Crater, Miss Edith o.. Martin. Miss M.
J. 3. Thomas, Miss Hannah j. Shafer,
c car: nnh's MISS s M Miaabs Mls 4. a sann MISS Mss
Edwine +. Haddenhorst, Miss Marie Z.
Coutessa Mrs Fanny Shepard, Miss Net
Josephine JOS s. &c u fei.s Miss i S. II. s tiles
4 fine programme, The Cecilia Bradford
baritone. will sing. Miss zetti Kennedy
will sing and Mss Maud Morgan will
play the harp, Miss Jessie Marvin will
Hauchett vii play sis organ. ''s :
The ones 4are:-Mrs; Caroline
s A@1saande g. Al Mrsi ME- Hlsm f,oui Allen = MrS.
Mrs; VIM. H. Armstrong. Mrs. John A.
Bouker. Mrs. William II Beach, Mrs.
Charles E Brownie, Miss Cornelia F.
Charles E. Bliss. Mrs. G. V. H. Brinker-
hon, Mrs. George s. Bennitt, Mrs. Cnas.
4 Ho Baxte z R RIgw;e si HMTasP Mi1,ism g Mrs.
Mrs. Charles Wells Cropper. Mrs. VIII
lam Cummings, Mrs. Edwin R. Case4Mrs.
Gilbert Collins, Mrs. George w. Case,
Mrs. Augustus, Creveling, Mrs. Burdette
p. Craig, Mrs. George W. Clerihew, Mrs.
Briee scollard. Mrs, Frank G.. Goldman.
Mrs. Joseph A. Dear, Mrs. Harry b.
Day. Mrs. John s.. De Hart. Mrs. Gordon
X. Dickinson, Mrs. William p Douglass.
Mrs. William A. Durrie, Jr., Mrs. James
8. Erwin. Mrs William D. Edwards. Miss
Louise s Edge, Mrs. Sarah r. Falkin-
burgh, Mrs. Lawrence Pagan, Miss Ada
Cecilia Gaines. Mrs. John Garrick, Mrs.
James F.. Cannon Mrs. Edward M. Hoos,
Mrs. Waiter J Hilton, Mrs. Charles S.
Haskell. Mrs. William Holcomb. Mrs.
George Hougn, Mrs. Charles Herr. Mrs.
Henry Harrison. Mrs. John E. Kirk. Mrs.
William m. Klink. Mrs. Robert g. Lyle.
arder7McLean Mrs. John T. Mclaughlin
7ffrs. 3. D. Mclaughlin, Mrs. Smith d.
Mackex, Mrs. o 8. Menagh, Mrs. Hen
n Morton, Miss Lucy F. Nelson, Mrs.
ropdyke, Mrs: solon Palmer. Mrs. Frank
Pearson, Mrs. Henry G. Roome, Mrs.
Harold Roorbach, Mrs Edward /. Stod-
dard, Mrs. Justus Slater. Mrs. Edwin A.
Stevens, Mrs. Manning F.. Stires, Mrs.
Charles G. stimetS Ms Henry Snyder,
Charles F. Vail. Mrs. william w. yarick,
Mrs. Edwin Van Houten, Mrs. John j.
Voorhees,, Mrs. Peter Sip Van Wrinkle,
Mrs. Edward y. Watson, Mrs. Thomas
II. Williams. Mrs. Hbrace c. Wait. Mrs.
Mrs. George F. Werds. Mrs. Edward w.
Woolley. Mrs. George Wilkinson. Mrs.
Edward f. c. Young.
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