Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
NAMES STATE
SCHOOL BOARD
Prominent Men Picked from
All Sections of Stats by
Governor MilSsn.
MUST Be BIPARTISAN
Commissioner of Education
Paying $40, 900 Annually
Yet to be Appointed.
Special to the EKENING NEWS.

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Trenton, June 30:-The members
of the new State Board of Education
! were appointed by Governor Wilson
last night and the names were an
nounced by him today. They are as
follows:
Democrats-Prof Henry Jones
Ford, of Princeton, of the chair of
political economy of Princeton Uni
versity, succeeding Governor Wilson
in that position; John P. Murray, of
jersey City, of the law firm of Con-
| dert Brothers, of New York, who
was counsel for the senate school in
vestigating committee, the probing
of which led to the abolition of the
| old State Board of Education; Colo
mel D. Stewart Craven, Of Salem,
assistant quartermaster general of
| the staff Of Quartermaster General
| Murray and a glass manufacturer; /;
| Melvin Rice, of Atlantic Highlands.
Monmouth county schools are one of
| his fads and each summer he has
taken all the school children on a
| boat excursion to Coney Island.
The Republicans.
ublicans-Senator Joseph s.
| Frelinghuysen, of Somerset county,
who was chairman of the senate
school probers and who is also presi-
dent of the State Board of Agricul-
ture; William G. schauffler. of Lake
wood; Edmund B. Osborne, of South
! Orange, the well-known Essex county
progressive Republican leader, and
John G. VanDyke, for many years a
member of the faculty of Rutgers
| College, New Brunswick. He holds
the chair of chemistry and physics.
Mr.. Schauffler is the only member of
the old state board to be reappointed.
The new law required that the
board be bipartisan.
No Commissioner Yet.
| Governor Wilson did not appoint
the commissioner of education, the
place which will pay a salary of
| 100000 a year 1t was said at the
state house today that the governor
| had not yet selected the man for this
| important post Several men have
been mentioned in connection with
the appointment, including DR.. James
NJ. Green, principal of the State
| Schools here; Prof. Charles Schapin,
| principal of the Montclair Normal
School; President Butler, of Colum-
| bia University, and others.
The law provides that the COVER
nor may go outside the state to fill
this position The delay in naming
the commissioner will lead to consid-
cradle embarrassment in the State
Department of Education.
Governor at Summer Home.
The governor has gone to his sum-
mer home at Lyme, Conn, and will
not return to the state house until
next Wednesday so the place will not
law took effect at midnight last night
and legisiated State superintendent
of Public Instruction Charles ]. Bax-
ter out of office, so the department
| has no head. No official papers can
be signed and much routine business
will be held up until the new man is
named. 1t is likely that the attorney
general will be consulted as to just
| how far business of the department
may be transacted.
The members of the new board
having been appointed last night
there will be no interruption of the
business of the state board. The new
board will organize in a day or two
and will then assume the direction
of the school matters of the state.
1t was reported today that Superin-
tendent Baxter, of this city, and his
assistant, ]. Brognard Belts, of
Plainfield, might be retained by the
new board.