The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-27
0 EMPHASIZE EDUCATION.
Letter from State Commissioner
Stresses Need Of Work.

state COmmlSSIOu6T VI GuuOolAOA
Calvin M. Kendall has addressed a
letter to the clergy and people of the
State requesting them to observe Sun
day, September IL, as Educational
Sunday" The object of the day will
be to impress upon the citizens the
greatness and importance OF the WORK
of training the young. The plan has
received the hearty approval OF o
ernor Fielder.
The letter in full is as follows: AT
the beginning of another school year
il seems appropriate that a day should
be set apart to impress all citizens
with the greatness and Importance
of the work of training the young. Our
schools, organized to do this training,
have become on effective instrument In
developing the spiritual, intellectual
and physical natures of children IN
order that they may live richer, full
Ter lives, and serve society n the
state more intelligently and effectively.
"The vastness of this work becomes
apparent when it is remembered that
more than six hundred thousand
young people of New Jersey enroll n
our public and private school during
the month of September. To carry on
so great a work successfully school
teachers and officials need the sympa-
thetic and constructive support OF all
men and women.
Public interest in education Is
great, but it may be greater. h
time could be more fitting to increase
this interest, and to discuss one or
more of the numerous problems OF
education than the beginning OF the
school year, and what organized insti-
tuition is more closely allied to the
school in aim and purpose thar the
church?
81 therefore earnestly recommend
that Sunday, September IL, be oD-
served as Educational Sunday, n
cordially invite the clergy to unite
with their congregations in service
appropriate to the greatness of the
cause. On such an occasion the worth
of education might be set forth, the
need Of cooperation of home, school
and church emphasized, and he at
tention of parents called to their own
responsibility. Much as the schools
are doing and much more that they
might do to build up a strong, robust
character, the responsibility OF par
ents in the training of their own chill
dren should be emphasized. The home
is a more fundamental institution tina
the school, great as the school is.
"It is hoped that the day, suitably
observed, may be of profit to boys n
girls-the greatest of the potential
women, and also the state itself, in
whose fundamental law are these
words implied:
1.-THE Legislature shall provide for
the maintenance and support OF a
thorough and efficient system of free
public schools for the instruction OF
all the children in this State between
the ages of five and eighteen years"
Would Simplify Work.
The conference of the State engin-
GERS, held here, received a report
from State Road Commissioner Edwin
A. Stevens, Inspector Philander Belts,
of the Board of Public Utility Com
missioners, and Engineer B. Fl Cres-
son, Jr., of the department OF COM
merce and navigation, recommending
many changes in the interest of uni
formity in engineering work.
The report recommended that all
maps prepared by the various State
departments be filed with the State
liberian, stadnard forms of State con-
tracts and a special study of the grad
ing of all State employees, with par
ticular reference to salaries.
Waterway Trip a Probe.
The inspection trip of the Board
of Commerce and Navigation over he
island waterway system of New Jer-
sey began from Cape May City. The
party proceeded to Atlantic City,
where the will spend the night. Then
they will proceed through the inland
waterway to Bay Head.
The Commission desires to become
thoroughly acquainted with the inland
waterway. region, and to probe the
facts made known the report of e.. A.
Ransom concerning squatters on he
State land in Cape May county.
The officials who are on the trip
are: President j. Spencer Smith, Ten
afy; Vice Presidents R. G. Jenkinson,
Reward; John E. Ward, Paterson;
William Saunders, North Plainfield;
Secretary Benjamin F. Cresson; AS
sistant Chief Engineer John c. Payne,
Engineer ofu Waterway Henry J.
Sherman; Inspector of Waterways,
William A. Murphy and E. A. Ransom.
Convict Dead in Knife Duel.
AS the result of a fight with knives
in a cell at the New Jersey State Pris-
on, John DeAugustino, a convict is
dead, and Joseph F~errarto is in the
prison hospital with a chance for his
life.