The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-09

the line California and Arizona legisla-
lures are acting Oh now against the Jap
aneSe who are not CT liens.
DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS ABOLISHED
James 2, son of Charles L, became
king i'll 1856 on the death of his brother
Charles 2, and tried some divine rights
OF kings on the people. He was driven
from office, from the county, aud his
Dutch son-ln-Iaw, William OF Nassau,
Prince of Orange, with his wife Mary
be, anne rulers of England i'll 1859. He
taVort d Puritan religion and education.
William and Mary College, Virginia,
was named for them. Princeton was
named for e prince. Nassau is the
name Of the old college hail and orange
and black, the banner Of the Prince Of
Or nge, ARE the colors of Princeton COL
lege. There are no colleges in Ameri
ca named for king James, who did not
believe The common people had a di-
vine rignI to books and education.
When King George III refused to grant
petitions his officers were dismissed by
DIR revolutionary fore fathers. They
we're radical and aid not get scared at
the cost in tax and blood. The sounds of
the guns the Puritan farmer fired at Lex
ington i'll l775 are reverberating to-day i'll
China and Turkey.
PURITANs FIRST In EDUCATION
AS soon as they landed in 1920, one Of
the first acts of the Plymouth c~olonist
was to provide a meeting house for re-
ligious services and a school house for the
children. By law OF Massachusetts colo
ny i'll 1912, the selectmen OF every town
ship we're required to see that every pro-
vision was made for the education of ALL
children, so as to be able to read and
have knowledge of the capital laws"
In 1647 every township OF fifty house
holders was required to appoint a school
master and every township OF a hundred
families to maintain a grammar school i'll
which boys could be prepared for Har-
ward. College, which was organized i'll
1886. New Jersey as early as 1893 by law
enabled the Inhabitants OF any town to
establish a free school and to tax all the
property holders for its support, under
which law schools became numerous.
Education has advanced much, but the
relative position of our present high
cOllOOlS w COlICSCS . Vic SdLlC. L upIlS
in Penns Grove high school are prepar-
ed for colleges and we have them now
in the University of PENNSYLVANIA, Buck
nell and Rutgers.
So you see this educational question,
this high school education is no new
thing, but is 277 years old in America. 1t
was Puritan education that made thes e
United States a Republic. 1t is the
Puritan education the Chinese received in
these United State that made China a Re-
public. Ultimately Puritan religion and
education will conquer the whole earth.
RIGHT OF PETITION CONSTITUTIONAL
The first amendment to the U. S. Con
stitution says: Congress shall make no
law abridging the freedom of speech or of
the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievance"
For the first time in the history of
Penns Grove School the history OF New
Jersey was studied this year, also the
state constitution read. The school boys
and girls can tell about the right OF Pc
tition. Article |, section Is: The peo-
pie have a right freely to assemble to-
gether and to consult for the common
good, to make known their opinions to
their representatives, and to petition for
redress of grievances"
The school law says: The Board of
Education shall have power to cali a
special meeting of the legal voters of the
district at any time in its judgement the
interests of the school require it, or when
ever fifty OF such legal voters shall re-
quest it by petition to do 20.
The above may give some ideas of the
beginning and history OF petitions and the
demands the people have made in the
past to govern themselves with reasons
for their WI benefits.