Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-08
FRELINCHUYSENO ON
FARMERS NEEDS
He Speaks TO Conference About
More Profitable Agriculture.
UPHOLDs MODERN IDEAS.

State School Board, Of Which He Is
Vice President, Thoroughly In Accord
With Anything That Produces Bet
ter Results For Children of Agricul-
turists and of Other Residents of
New Jersey.
New Brunswick. n. j., Dec. 20
Farmers from every county In the
state were In attendance at the SOILS
and Crops day." the second In the an
nual conference which was planned by
the late e. B. Voorhees,, the former di.
rector of the state experiment sta
ton here, and Franklin Dye, secretary
of the state board of agriculture. The
session today was repIete with inter
| est, and there was a larger attendance
than yesterday. Men versed In the
practical and experimental filling OF
the soil gave the visiting delegates
the benefit of their knowledge.
The Hon. Joseph s. Frelinghuysen,
president of the state board of agr1-
culture and vice president of the state
board of education, was the chairman
of today's session. The topic of his a d
dress was "a More Profitable Agricul-
ture In New Jersey" and, while he
told the farmers much about the trend
Of the times being back to b soil,'
he gave q comprehensive and interest
ing review of the public school system
What State Does For Farm Boys.
The senator spoke of what was be-
ing accomplished in the state In agri-
cultural and vocational training and
said that a better education for the
boys brought up on the farm would
At them for a life of independence and
comfort and make them proud OF their
calling. He brought out the fact that
the s~ustenance Of the people was of
far greater importance than any other
line of endeavor.
Throughout his address 1t was APP
parent that Senator Frelinghuysen. az
a farmer himself, had a clear d OF
the farmers viewpoint, particularly
with reference to the cost of he main
tenance of the school system In the
shape Of taxes. In a comprehensive
review of the school situation for ten
years Senator Frelinghuysen described
many of the weak points of the sys-
tenn before Its reorganization. He said
it was a known fact that many schools
were unfit for the school children. that
| financial matters were handled with
gross carelessness, there was little co.
operation from the school department,
the sale of bonds was controlled by a
few brokers, the railroads were allow
ed a year to pay taxes-in brief, he
reviewed thoroughly the conditions
that brought about the investigation
and reorganization of the system.
High Tribute to Associates.
Some of the things that had already
been accomplished by way of contrast
were described. The senator paid a
high tribute to Calvin N. Kendall, the
state commissioners, and his assistants.
J. Brognard Belts, Albert b. Meredith.
]. J. Savitz, Lewis N. Carris, Thomas
ID. Sensor and Herbert N. Morse.
That a better relationship between
the state body and the many local
boards Of education exists was shown
pu the senator, and the spirit of co
operation that is thus fostered is help.
full. He mentioned the higher stand
of teaching as having a good effect
t roughout the state and spoke of the
fact that practically all of the county
superintendent Endorsed the state
board and its excellent work.
He said the state board advocated an
additional normal school for south Jer
sey, which he hoped might be realized
the near future. He spoke of the
excellent work done by the summe
schools. The raising of the qualifica-
lions of the teachers had succeeded.
Senator Frelinghuysen impressed
upon his hearers the fact that the pres
ent state board of education was
strong in its advocacy for better train
ing In the three RS" He said thai
much had been accomplished by the
removal Of the defective children from
many Of the schools, which was oil
benefit to the normal children as well
as the unfortunates, and that the
board had done its best to bring about
a wider use OF the school buildings by
the people for community purposes.
children's Lives Better Protected.
He said that the lives Of the chill
dren of the state were better protected
than formerly because of the more
rigid requirements in the matter Of
fireproof construction of schools. 81
will not, so long as / am in any way
responsible, give my consent that
schools may be built in a fimsy or un
safe manner, ever though the platform
of every political party should explic
lily so declare" he said.
After speaking of some of the excel
len results that had followed the es-
Establishment of a thorough medical In
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