New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-20
NEW STATE SCHOOL BOARD.
LIVELY DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED IEors.
LATION

Trenton Dec 10 (SpeciaD-In future tn. teach
ers' associations Of New-Jersey are not 10 havs
things their own way In handling school mattsr.
before the Legislature. Under the leadership q,
Miss Elizabeth A. Allen, OF Hoboken the teachers
OF the State have In recent years been niuencnz
legislation by q lobby composed chiefly OF female
teachers To-day about two hundred members o,
Boards of Education in cities and towns OF tia
State came together in the Senate Chamber and
organized the Ncw-Jersey State School Board As
ISOLATION This body proposes to have something 10
say in all future legislation bearing school mat
ters and will also originate considerable legisla.
ton Every county in the State represented
Among those who addressed the meeting were
the State BOARD OF Education; c. j. Baxter sa!s
superintendent Of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, and several
chairman was H. Brewster Willis, OF Middleser
and the secretary j. d. Belts. MT, Willis ex-
planned that the meeting was called for the pur
pose OF forming state organization OF the men,
bers OF the local School Boards;
men," said Mr. willis. "and. while not undertaking
the work that has been done among ne teachers
attention. We propose to-day TO organize In order
that We may be recognized .,,
illustrative agencies Of the state President
politics with School Board appointments. Super
intendent Baxter was emphatic In urging better
most Instances. he said the sanitary conditions 0.
schools are the same as they were htty years ago
law. embraced in the report OF the Commission
named for the purpose last winter oy Governor
VOORHEES,. Senator Stokes. the chairman o. the
Commission on Codifcation. was invited 10 address
the meeting. He said that the attacks on tie re-
port were not criticisms. but were ma icous ard
partisan in their nature. The Commission had sx.
amined the school laws Of the leading states, and
had embodied In it's report the plans II regarded
as the best. II was for the Legislature 10 say
what should be enacted into law The outcome %
the discussion that II was recommended that In
cities OF over fifty thousand Inhabitants there
should be business manager for the schools, under
the control OF the Boards OF Education. This part
OF the law is not 10 be mandatory. There were
also favorable expressions for the establishment
OF Board OF Estimate 10 prepare the needs FOR
each fiscal year This Board ia to consist Of the
Mayor and president OF the Board % Education
City Controller or City Treasurer. To avoid the
Board having a political bias the chairman OF the
Finance Committee Of the School Board should be
added. There much diversity OF opinion as
TO whether the Board Of Education should be Sc
lected by appointment election The Legisature
will have to settle that point There was an earneS
expression that the 81 600 900 surplus, or the better
part OF H. should be devoted 70 school purposes
After adopting a constitution, the association Sc
lected these officers for the first year: PRESIDENT
H Brewster Willis. Of New BRUNSWICK; wee
presidents. John Fl. Mum, OF Hunterdon; me rev
F. R. Brace. OF Camden, and Frederick +. .nam-
berain OF Hudson; secretary, j. y. Bets, OF som
erset. and treasurer Hal Allsre, OF Monmouth