Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-30
NEW STATE BOARD
Of EDUCATION IS
APPOINTED TODAY
Old Board, Legislated Out OF
Office, Ceased at
Midnight.
COMMISSIONER, $4,000
OFFICIAL, NOT YET NAMED
Governor at Summer Home.
Won't Fill VexatiOus Vacan-
cy Till Wednesday.

Especial to the Newark star.l

TRENTON, June 3o--The members
of the new State Board of Education
were appointed by Governor Wilson
last night and the names were am
nounced by him today
They are as follows. Democrats
Professor Henry Jones Ford, of Prince
ton, of the chair of political economy OF
Princeton Universi-g. succeeding Gov
ernor Wilson in that position; John p.
Murray, OF Jersey City, of the law firm
of Coudert Brothers, of New York, who
was counsel for the Sena. school in
vestigating committee, the probing of
which led to the abolition of the old
Stewart Craven, of Salem, assistant
quartermaster-g general on the staff of
Quartermaster-G General Murray, and a
glass manufacturer; Melvin Rice, of
Red Bank, Monmouth county, and a
wealthy New Yok dry goods importer.
Mr.. Rice has made the Monmouth
county schools one OF his fads, and
each summer has taken all the school
children on boat excursion to Coney
Island.
Senator EreIing buyscn Named.
Republicans-Senator Joseph H. S.
Freiinghuysen, of SomersHt county.
who was chairman of the State school
probers, and who is also president OF
the State Board of Agriculture; Will
ham @. Schauffler, of Lakewood: Ed
mund B. Osborne, of Montclair the
well-known Essex county progressive
Republican leader. and John c. Van
Dyke, Tor many years member of the
faculty of Rutgers College, New Bruins !,
wick.
he holds the chair OF chemistry and
physics Mr.. Schauffier is the only
member Of the old State board to be
reappointed- The new law reu,Iirad
that the board be bipartisan Cow
ernor Wilson did not appoint the corn
missioner Of education, the place which
VIII pay a salary of $4,000 a year. II
was said at the State House TODAY that
he had not yet selected the man for
THIS important post. Several men have
been mentioned In connection with this
appointment, including Dr. James M.
Green, principal of the State Normal
School here; Professor Charles S. Cha
pin, principal of the Montclair Normal
School; President Butler of Columbia
university, and others. The law pro-
vides that the governor may 20 outside
the State to hli this position.
The delay in naming the commits
sioner will lead to considerable embar-
rassment in the State department of
education. The governor has gone IN !
his summer home at Lyme, Conn. and !
will not return to the State House un- |
til next Wednesday, so the place will |
not be filled before that time
The new law took effect at midnight |
last night and legislated State SUPER |
intendent Of Public instruction Charles |
J. Baxter out of office, so the depart- !
ment has no head.
NO official papers can be signed and |
much routine business will be held I'm
until the new man is named. II is |
likely that the attorney general will |
be consulted as to just how far busi- /
ness Of the department may be trans I
acted
The members of the new board hay- |
ing been appointed last niht, 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 superintendent Baxter. of
this city. and his assistant, j. Brog /
nard Belts, of Plainfeld, might be re- I
tanned by the new board and given
positions under the new commissioner.