Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-05

the college: Mrs. Augusta Reeve, on
the subject of good roads; State Ento-
mologist Thomas j. Headlee. on in
sects and their relation to human
welfare; A. G. Gaskill, State forester;
DR.. w. G. Schauffier, president of the
State Board of Education, who adj
dressed the school on mental hygiene;
Commissioner of Education DR.. Calvin
N. Kendall; Assistant Commissioners
of Education Meredith and Carris.
DR.. K. C. Davis of the Rutgers fac
ulty, is principal of the school.
The Coliingswood School.
The Collingswood School is operated
in the High School at Collingswood.
Amos G.. Flake, supervising principal
of Collingswood. is the principal in
charge
Most of the teachers in this school
are from Camden county and from
adjacent counties.
OF the one hundred and thirty-one
teachers In attendance, ninety three
are teaching in the elementary schools
of the State. twenty-eight have just
graduated from the high schools and
intend to begin teaching in the fall.
The courses of instruction have been
planned with special reference to the
needs of teachers In the elementary
schools.
The subjects taught are: Geo
graphy, United States history, arith-
metic, reading, physical training, PEN
manship, drawing, psychology, history
OF education, literature, general bis
tory and elementary physics.
The teachers are: Miss Anna B.
Carson, supervisor of penmanship,
Camden; Miss Arietta Snyder. super
visor of primary schools, Trenton; DR..
II. b. Boice. State Normal School.
Trenton; George b.. Fine. supervising
principal Pensauken township, Cam
den county; Miss Lillian M. Kreimer.
Newark Normal School; Miss Agnes
z, Hummer, State Normal School,
Trenton; Miss Eva Terry, North
Plainfield; Miss Elizabeth *. Middle
ton, director of penmanship, Camden.
Addresses have been given to the
school by Miss Sarah Askew, of the
Public Library Commission, and Louis
H. Carris. assistant commissioner oe
education. DIR. Twichell. state geolo-
gist will give an illustrated lecture
on picturesque America" next week.
A reception has been given to the
school at Collingswood Country Club
by the faculty of the school.
The Phillipsburg Faculty.
The school at Phillipsburg is car
rick OIL at tIc Ill6h
School. Mr.. Howard Dibble, super
vising principal of the Lambertville
schools, is principal of the school.
The members of the faculty of this
school are as follows:
Miss Ora Strange. supervisor of
drawing. East Orange: Miss Blanche
Welch, teacher of penmanShip, State
Normal School. at Montclair; Miss
Emma Campbell, supervisor of pr
mary schools. Jersey City; Miss Edith
Cumberland. state Normal School. OF
Pennsylvania: H. G. Cuthbert. New
ark Normal School,: Miss Cornelia
MacMullen, state Normal School, at
Montclair: C. A. Philhower. supervis-
ing principal, Chatham.
The teachers In this school are al
most exclusively teachers in the rural
schools About twO-thirds of the
teachers are from Warren county. but
there Is also q good representation
from Hunterdon, Sussex and Morris
counties. OF the students thirteen are
men and 1877 are women.
Eighty students are studying draw
ing, one hundred physical training,
fifty school management and thirty
three arithmetic.
Much of the success of this school
has been due to the active interest of
George w. Smith, secretary of
the Phillipsburg Board of Education.
Addresses have been made to the
school by Commissioner Kendall and
Miss Sarah Askew. of the Public
Library Commission. y. w. Twich-
ELL. state geologist. will give an
Illustrated lecture this week on "Pic-
turesque America"
An excursion to the Delaware
Water Gap was given on Saturday,
August 2.