Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-04
EDUCATORS PLAN
NEW SCHOOL LAWS
Superintendents of State Dis
cuss Bills to Be Submitted
to Legislature.
WOULD STOP ARRESTS
IN CASES OF TRUANCY
Say Parents and Children
Should Get Chance to Elk
plain Absences.

Inc STATE CCuncll or EQucallOn,
composed Of the school superintend-
ents of the various cities and coun-
ties Of the State, met today at the
Court House to consider changes in
the school laws that will be asked
Of the Legislature at the coming ses-
sion.
Assistant State Commissioners Of
Schools J. B. Belts presided at the
meeting, which was attended by
twenty eight members of the corn-
Gil, Most of the changes urged had
to do with the rural districts, those
most needed having to do with COM
pulsory education and the widening
of the scope of normal school educa-
ton to include more benefits to tho
country school teachers.
H. Brewster Willis, superintendent
OF education in Afiddlesex county,
read report III which he urged that
the changes be made in the compul-
sorry education act that would result
IN a better enforcement OF the act in
rural districts. He also urged that
the courts be empowered to issue a
rule to show cause, instead OF causing
warrant of arrest to issue in cases
where children and parents were re-
ported disobeying the compulsory
educational act.
He stated that this plan had been
tried with success in Middlesex coun-
ty. and that 1t had been found that
just as good results had been OBJ
tanned by causing the parents or chill
dren to show cause why they should
not be arrested for disobeying the
act instead of causing the arrest first
and getting the explanation after
ward. BY giving the parents or chill
dren chance to show cause and ex-
plain, Mr.. Willis explained the stigma
of arerst was done away with in
many cases.
Plea for County Schools.
John w. Carr, superintendent of
the Bayonne schools. urged that the
rural school service be improved and
read a number of resolutions bearing
on the matter He stated that the
State Normal School work should be
enlarged and that a new school
should be established in the southern
part of the State He also urged that
normal school extension courses be
established in rural sections so as to
give the county school teacher the
same opportunity as the city teacher.
Another suggestion by Mr.. Carr,
which will go to the Legislature this
winter, is the enactment of pen
sion law for teachers. This act will
require a total service of thirty-five
years teaching. of which twenty
years VIII have to be IA the State Of
New Jersey. The amount of pension
to be allowed will be one-half of the
average salary earned by the appli-
cant in the last five years of teach
ing, but in no case will the amount
OF the pension be less than $500 per
year.
superintendent C. j. Snyder, of Jer-
sey City said that it was the duty of
the State Board of Educa ton to make
a more rigid inspection of the city
normal schools, and that with effi-
cient inspection, the city normal
schools would rank as high or higher
than the State normal schools.
Nomal School Inspection.
Mr.. Snyder said that in his opinion
a certificate from city normal
ScnoOl snOul0 De equally as valuable
as one from the State Normal School.
His plea was for the State certifica-
ton of diplomas Of city normal train
ing and boarding schools.
The question brought up consider
able discussion, which was partici-
pated in by DR.. Addison B. Poland,
superintendent Of the Newark
schools; Mr. Corr of Bayonne, and
Mr.. Snyder. of Jersey City. All urged
that city normal school certificates
be accepted by the State board. The
entire matter was finally referred to
the State board for consideration.
Following the referring of the nor
NAL school matter to the State board
the members of the Council listened
to an address by Charles A. MacCall,
supervisor of attendance of the New
ark school system, on Compulsory
Education" and the need of a uni
form child labor law.
Mr.. MacCall called attention to the