Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
KENDALL URGES
APPOINTMENT OF
MORE TEACHERS
Commissioner Says Children of
State Are Not Getting Equal
Educational Advantages.
SPECIAL to the Evening star.


TRENTON, Nov. Again pointing
ont the urgency OF another normal
school, to be located in South Jersey
State Commissioner of Education
Calvin ". Kendall today presented to
the State Board of Education his re-
port for the fiscal year.
After analyzing the school situa-
tion in the state, Dr. Kendall says:
1.-THE plain fact is that the children
81 the state are not supplied with
enough sufficient teachers. The conse-
auence is that the children of the
state are not getting equal eduea-
cional advantages. We need addl-
tional normal school facilities in order
that we may more nearly equaiize
the educational advantages Wnlch the
children should have"
OF the new teachers who entered
she training service during the year,
Or. Kendall points out that 4ss were
trained in the State normal schools
of the State and 617 were trained IN
state normal schools outside OF New
Jersey. In support of his claim FOR
an additional normal school, Or. Ken
DAN saws il seems from comparison,
that we receive into our SCHOOLS more
teachers trained in state norman
schools outside of New Jersey
In his report. DR.. Kendall continues.
''It appears:
..F1irst-That the number OF new
teachers required for the schools IN
The state during the past three years
has been as follows: 1912, LET: 1913,
ISIS; 1914, Ill.
Secondhand the rate Of increase
in the number of new teachers re-
dllired is about the same as the rate
of increase in population and in SCHOOL
attendance.
'sThird-That the number Of teach
ers of industrial subjects in rural
schools is increasing, which Is
Favorable Indication.
.Fourth-That the number OF new
teachers who are New Jersey normal
school graduates has increased ow-
ing in part to the addition Of the
students who were graduated from
the Newark Normal School in 1911
1873 in number.
"Fifth-That the number of new
teachers who are graduates of col
leges universities and technical in
stitutions increased by only Is over
the preceding year. OF the 448 Of
teachers reported, virtually all re-
ceived their education in institutions
outside of the State. The number en-
tering the public school service who
are ETduudIES u TIC COnHkES III AIlt
State is very small. Very few of
these college or university graduates
have any training for teaching.
Scholarship is an essential in teach
ing. but skill in teaching does not al
ways go with scholarship, and skill
IN teaching is also an essential for ef-
fective service in the classroom.
Neither the public nor teachers have
yet fully realized the need OF profess
sional training for college graduates.
"Sixth-That the number Of grad
yates of New Jersey normal schools,
State and city combined, was only
752 out of a total of 2,111 new teach
ers employed in the State, leaving a
total of 1883 who were not so trained.
"Seventh-That 1876 of the new
teachers were trained in the State
normal schools within the State and
ST were trained In State normal
schools outside of the State. It seems
from this that we continue to receive
into our schools more teachers
trained in State normal schools With
out the State than we receive from
similar schoo within the State
"Eighth-That 293 new teachers are
graduates of three and four-year
high schools. or with only one or two
years of high school education, which
Is too meagre equipment for effective
school work.
Below Jersey Trading standard.
'Ninth-That there were trained in
normal schools outside of the State
617 teachers, of whom nearly 400 are
IN other than city schools Many Of
these normal school graduates are
from normal schools whose standards
are not equal to the standards of the
New Jersey State Normal schools
Moreover, .arge numbers Of young
women who enter the rural schools
Of New Jersey are from schools out
side of the State; they remain in our
schools only a year or a term and
return to their home State whenever
financial or other inducements be.