The Penn's Grove record., 1914-06-19

In New Jersey there is no college for
the instruction of women. The project
of a college fol women affiliated with
Rutgers has already been started and
will be a reality in a few years.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL
at Rutgers College will begin June Goth
and close August Z. The first was held
there last summer and Mas attended by
3I2, many of them school teachers.
High School studies and college studies
are taught all who attend free OF
charge, without money and without
price. The College building aud para
phernalia have been idle for more than
a hundred years during the summer
months. The idea of putting all to
great use was begun last year. The
Sta 9 has appropriated money to pay
the college professors. Those who
attend will only have to pay table
board 81 a week, and for room from 81
to So a week, besides a registration fee
S.. The cCSt of bucks and a fare will
bring the amount to about $50.
Many teachers have to pay more
than that for board elsewhere, so it is
cheaper for scme who have no home to
go TO college during the summer than
to live where they taught or go to the
seashore.
Instruction is given in studies from /
to 3 hours; so that i'll six weeks with
hard study a subject be acquired
which is usually studied for a year in
a high school or college. Many who
have failed in subjects in a high school
or college go there to make it up and be
prepared to advance with their classes
during the next school.
There are So different subjects to be
taken at tile summer school at Rutgers.
They are not only for school teachers
and for students with deficiencies to
make up, but for the benefit of farmers
who wish to learn what is being done
at the State farm and experiment
station.
The summer school idea started more
than thirty years ago with the home
study Chautauqua movement. The
first was at Chautauqua, OH Lake
Chautauqua, New York, whence the
lecture courses and entertainments all
over the land.
Many believe that enough education
has been acquired when they leave the
grammar school at IA. Others at Ie
when they leave high school, others at
% when a college course is completed.
Othels believe all the world is one big
chool house and that there are Won
ders of nature all about us 10 be
studied, which we never think about.
Some lave observed these things in
mind, body, art, literature, science and
nature studies and are anxious to tel
others so they may have a wider enjoy
ment of life than merely the acquire
me mt of food, raiment and shelter.
The summer schools are provided fol-
teachers principally so they may learn
and go back to their class rooms and be
all inspiration to growing generations.
WHY STATE COLLEGE
In 1862 Congress passed All act to
appropriate some Of the proceeds from
the sale of public lands to States to be
used for the instruction of technical
scientific subjects. Some of the West
ern States founded large universities
with their funds. Princeton was the
College of New Jersey richly endowed
and conducting only the literary, cul-
tural courses. New jerseys share of
The land funds was so small that
Princeton did not care for it.
Rutgers College managed by the
Dutch Reformed Church accepted the
appropriation. 1t did not amount to
much for many years, but in the past
few years Rutgers has developed much
by this National and State aid and in
future years will become the most
prominent educational institution in
New Jersey.