The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-03-19
SCHOOL SITUATION
FULLY SET FORTH
What Has Been Done and
Shoud Be Done.

The Morristown school system, in
augurated more than forty years
ago, has shown conservative but
steady development Avoiding the
pitfalls of fads and frills the aim has
been to give a practical education
with the idea on the part Of the mem
bers of the board of education to
make special provisions for the hum
dreds who have to drop out of school
from fourteen to sixteen years OF
age rather than emphasize the high
| school work, and in this the board has
had the endorsement of many of the
leading citizens of the town. There
has never been any scandal connected
with the school, the finances have
been administered in careful and
economical manner, so that with one
exception the additions to the main
building and the new primary school
building have been secured without
bonding the district The standard
a favorable comment upon the man
agement that the school has been tho
stepping stone of many teachers to
more lucrative situations, showing
that Morristown has had high-gradn
of teachers at lower salaries than
other towns are paying The high
school has developed with the years
and its alumni are now numbered by
the hundreds and among them are
successful teachers, clergymen, physi-
clans, lawyers and many prominent
in business circles. Some of them
are on the board of education. The
graduates of the school have com
pared favorably with those of other
schools when they have come in COM
petition with them. While there has
always been more or less healthy criti-
cism of the schools here, to which
the board of education has always
given heed and acted upon if it
seemed reasonable, it remained for
the present time of unrest and gem
/ eral social, political and industrial up
heaval for a general denunciation OF
our schools and now 1t is proposed
to exercise the principle of the recall
and referendum to discredit the eff
forts of the men who for years have
given their time and energy to the.
management of our public affairs. And
this is said with no reflection upon
the men who are the candidates OF
the Civic association for election to
the board of education. The people
of Morristown know what the schools
have been and are; they know that
the children of two generations have
passed through the schools with de-
cided advantage in an educational
way and have suffered no serious
consequences from their surround
ings; they know that a high school
commensurate with the wealth and
prestige of the town must come in n
few years, and also believe for the
most part that if s125, 900 high school
building proposition was presented to
the voters at the present time it
would be voted down and the project
be delayed for ten years; they know
that the men who have successfully
and economically managed the school
affairs are the men to be trusted to
continue the work in the immediate
future; they know that when the
state inspector of buildings comes
here and orders certain changes made
in the school building to make it con-
form to the law the school board
will cheerfully and promptly take up
the work and carry it to completion
in an economical manner There is
no occasion for any one to work them
selves into state of excitement over
the findings of the committee, as
there is no more danger to life or
health than there has been in the.
last forty years and if the voters will
consult their interests from every
standpoint there is no question but
what the school affairs will continue
to be managed along the lines that
they have in the past two score
years.
The members of the school board
whose terms expire are:-
Frank II. Fairchild,
Harrie A. Freeman,
Clifford Mills, NJ. d.
The ticket finally named by the,
school committee of the Civic associa-
tion Isl
Rev. Ralph B Urmy,
Walter S. Poor,
Isaac D. Lyon.
Under the law no one has to be
nominated for the office. Any citi-
zen can be candidate and if he re-
ceives a plurality of the votse cast
would be elected
Special Music at South Street Chnrcss
A special musical service will be
presented by the choir next Sunday
evening when ]. Fl. Maunder's beauti-
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