The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20

AFTER SURpL US.
School Boards Form State
Body and VIII Ask for
More Money.
STOKES DEFENDS HIS BILL
Says 1t Has Not Been Critic
ised, But Attacked By
Partisan Abuse.
Especial to .srhs Jersey city News."l

Especial % -lue Jersey Nltf &seW1.
TRENTON, Dec. 20, 1899.-The two hum
red odd Representatives Of school boarus
throughout the State who met in the Sem
ete chamber yesterday, as mentioned IN
Last evenings Jersey City News. or
ganixea themselves into the New Jersey
State School Board Association by the
sdecticn Of these oficers:-
President. H. Brewster Willis. Middle
nexs vice-Presidents, John H. Num-.
Hunterdou: Ray. F. B. Brace, Camden;
Fred e. Chamherlin, Hudson; Secretary
J. Brognard Belts, Somerset; Treasurer.
Hal Allaire, Monmouth.
The association. after lengthy discus
eion of the report of the special commas
zion named by the Governor last winter
10 codify the school laws. passed xesoiu-
xion suggesting several minor changes IN
ehe plan of the proposed legislation on the
subject. From the discussion 1t was eyi-
dent that majority of those present
booked with favor on the report OF the
gomnission.
The meeting was called to order at
eleven o clock yesterday morning by state
Superintendent c. J. Baxter. ID. Brew
Eter Willis was AIMED as chairman adid J.
Brognard Belts as Secretary
planned that the meeting was called for
the purposesof getting into q State organi-
cation the members of the local school
boards
I'VE represent an army of $500 school
board men," said Mr. Willis. While not
undertaking the work that has been done
among teachers, he said that thus lar the
school board has received little or NO at
tention. 1--WE propose today to organize
In order that we may be recognized, ne
continued. 1--WE want the local boards to
be represented in the county board, ana
the county board to be represented IN the
State board.'' He concluded by saying
that the interests of thespublic schools de-
naand more money ands more trained
teachers
Governer voorhees, was next introduced
AMI made happy little speech He
greeted the asseunblage as representa-
tives of one Of the most Important admin
astrative agencies Of the State" CoHtinu-
ing, he said, in part
Into your keeping and in the charge OF
those various bodies whom you represent
is The management of our public school
system There Is no more important duty
than this. and when we consider the fact
that In the majority of cases your ser
vices and those of your fellow laborers are
rendered without fee or reward, the State
is under additional obligations to you.
Your duties are Of the most important
character, in that upon them depends, ii
large measure the well being and even
the perpetuity of our institutions.
AS understand 1t, under our present
system, there are two lines Of work-one
the pedagogical aud the other the purely
administrative. Each depends on the
other for the attainment of the greatest
efficiency. 1t is to the credit of the State
that SO far as the pedagosic Is concerned
that it takes high rank with the other
states OF the Union. This is due more
especially to the fact that greater atten-
tion has been paid to this line of work. 1t
is high time that the friends of education
in this State should recognize the fact that
attention should be brought to the execu-
tive board of our school system. This
has been neglected"
President Hayes of the State Board fol-
lowed the Governor. He bitterly scored
the intermixing OF partisan politics with
school board appointments. The trust
Of the school boards are the children. and
where the appointments are governed only
by partisanship. he said. the children are
apt to be treated as a secondary consider
ation.
State superintendent of Schools Baxter
spoke of the work Of the department un-
der him. He was very pronounced in
urging a better sanitary condition Of the
schools Of the States. In most instances,
he said, tha sanitary conditions Of schools
Is the came as 1t was fifty years ago.
DR. James NJ Green of the State
Schools and several members of the State
Board of Education present expressed
themselves in favor of the proposed asso-
citation.
T. Frank Appleby, the representative
Of the State Board of Education from
Monmouth. in the course OF his address.
said that much had been printed about a
million-dollar balance in the State Trea-
sury. There was no reason why all this
balance, he said, should not be appro-
priated for school purposes and the pres
ent school tax entirely abolished.
w. .. Forbes Of Hoboken told of re-
ceiying lengthy typewriter document
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