The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-30
RETIREMENT FUND.
Organized Yesterday Af-
ternoon in School
No. l.

There was so much business, especial
" the squabbling business, to come before
the Friday morning session Of the New
Jersey State Teachers Association in
No. School. that the meeting of the Re-
tirement Fund was crowded out, and in
stead of the convention closing its doors
at noon, according to programme, the Re
tirement was called for two o'clock in the
afternoon, SO that it was once more even
ing before the third trying day was over.
This session was. however, the only one
that passed off without dissent and excite
ment. The teachers had met for the pur-
pose of organizing the Retirement Fund
Association, which has heretofore been
only a provisional body, into permanent
society, and they accomplished their OBJ
ject.
First, there was the reading Of the
minutes, a matter of some length. from
which it appeared that at a meeting he'd
June g. 1899, in Trenton, provisional So.
ciety was. formed without constitution or
bylaws. Officers, however, were elected
at this time, Mrs. w. E. Marvin, of Jersey
City, being made president; Miss Anne
M. Adams, of Atlantic City, first vice
president; MIR. w. L. Sprague, second vice
president; Miss Burrows, Of Camden, re-
cordng secretary; Miss Elizabeth Allen.
of Hoboken, general secretary; Miss Nc
Pherson, of Trenton, treasurer In addi-
ton to these Miss E. NJ. Cattell of Cam
den, Mr.. E. S. Manness of Camden, Mr.
Thomas White of Trenton, Mr. Harry
Gathers. Mr.. Alexander P. Kerr of Lam
bertville Mr.. A. F. Chadwick, Miss J. B.
Thomas Of Bayonne, Miss L. K Ennis
Of Jersey City, and Mrs. G. B. Crater
were elected to the Executive Committee,
the officers of course being members Of
this committee, by virtue of their offices.
Miss Thomas place will have to be filled.
After the reading of the minutes, Mr.
Manness made report as secretary, the
new officers not yet having been initiated
into office He said that the receipts at
present were ahead of expectations. That
the association now had capital OF $780,
2o5.S2 in cash, bonds and mortgages; some
$1,000 in school bonds, some ST., 900 in bond
and mortgage and some $4,000 in the
bank
One urgent need of the association, he
said, was to find some way to invest
that $4,000 at higher rate of interest.
The fact of having this money, he said,
went far to prove that the association
would have its 100000 capital at the end
of ten years, and all debts paid. as he
had predicted at the outset. Ten to
every one of all the members that had
come in during the year. he said, were
from Jersey City. Mr. Manness further
said that accusations had been made
against him. He had been charged as
not being the friend of the teachers and
with not standing by the cases that came
before the trustees. He said that no
longer an officer, he was still a member
of the association and that as in the past
everything he did was for the best in
terests of the association, SO it should be
in the future. He did not he said, vote
for cases he deemed unworthy.
A vote of thanks was given Mr.. Man
ness.
Mrs. Marvin then announced that she
would have to resign on account of other
business matters, and Mr. Hovey, of
Newark, was elected president in her
place.
1t was also voted to make the provi-
sional body a permanent organization,
which was done, and committee APP
pointed to draft bylaws in place of the
usual constitution.
Miss Allen explained that at the Tren-
ton meeting she had advanced the money
to defray expenses of delegates and other
incidenetals. amounting to Sic. This bill
was vouched for and ordered paid.
AS this was all the business to come
before the association, the officers were
introduced, being the same as those given
vim, as stated, and the meeting stood eld-
journed.