The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-06
SCHOOL TO FOSTER
AMERICAN SPIRIT
Governor Runyon Tells Federation
of Education Boards to Fight
BoISheviSm.
FOR REFUGE, NOT REFUSE.
Campaign for Memorial Assembly
Hall Given Revivification at Meet
ina-Trenton Hospital Reports
Forty Per Cent. Cured

MISUNDERSTANDING that 1.-THE Ian
guage In which the Declaration of In
| dependence was written should be
| the only tongue spoken in the United
States, Governor William n. Runyon
addressed the session of the State Fed
Grafton of District Boards of Educa-
ton. He urged that the deeds in the
war of boys of foreign parentage be
given the prominence which they de-
serve, as mark of appreciation and
an Americanization idea.
".America for Americans is slo-
gan that can no longer apply" said
the Governor. "A new era has be-
gun and Americans have been forced
into world affairs. American is won
| derfully broad term, including not only
those whose descendants came over In
the little Mayflower, but also the boys
and girls whose parents came over a
| few years ago In the steerage of some
great transatlantic liner America
| must be a place of refuge and not a
place of refuse 1t is just as proper
| to teach good Americanism as read
ing, writing and arithmetic"
Governor Runyon took a shot at the
radicals and the Bolshevik propagan-
dists. "Inbred Americanism is easy of
perpetuation," he said, but we must
watch the evil influences on the chill
dren, represented by the gospel being
preached in our cities. The growing
boy and girl is dynamo of great pos
| sibilities, but they must be guided
along Christian lines. Men and wo-
men in your position do not serve their
| God well who do not well serve their
community" the speaker told the
members. He added the state cannot
| get along without the service of the
| board members, because there would
soon be chaos. "All of future Amer
| lea is in your CHARGE" he told his hear
ers. The governor also urged greater
| intimacy between the Boards of Edu-
cation and the pupils themselves, as
| something which should be of mutual
| benefit.
DR.. J. J. Savitz, principal of the
| State Normal School here, discussed
"How to Increase Our Training Teach
ing Force in New Jersey" and DR..
Frederick w. Maroney, supervisor of
physical training in New Jersey, talk
| ed on "The Benefits of Medical In
| spection."
New impetus to the campaign for
the collection of S250,000 to erect a sol
diers' and sailors memorial assembly
| hall on the grounds of the state capt.
tol was given by the federation at its
meeting. The campaign has been wan
ing lately, but is now revived, and the
local boards of education throughout
the state will be asked to take up the
canvass To date about $4,000 has
been collected, and the school chill
dren will be asked to contribute or
collect 100000 more to complete the
fund.
Melvin A. Rice of Red Bank, presi-
dent of the State Board of Education,
addressed today's meeting on this sub
ject, suggesting plans for the organi-
cation of the state federation TO get
the needed money. He announced that
Herbert N Morse, of the Department
of Public Instruction business office,
had been placed in charge of the cam
paign, and that the executive commit
fee of the federation had Endorsed the
movement of having the schools as
SiSt.
Assemblyman John f. Gill of Mercer
county, also addressed the board on
the same subject, saying that the pro-
moters of the memorial now hoped to
raise a good fund which the next legis-
lature may match for the erection of
the building.
The session of the federation was
presided over by President John Y.
Dater of Bergen county, and was de-
clared to be the most successful in
long time
Cure Many Insane.
Surprising declarations relative to
the percentage of recovery of certain
forms of insanity at the Trenton State
Hospital, as contained in reports pre-
scented by Dr. Henry A. Cotton, the
medical superintendent, were made by
Commissioner Burdette G. Lewis at a
meeting of the State Board Of Institu-
tons and Agencies.
Reports made by DIR. Cotton, the
commissioner said, show that the Tren-
ton hospital is releasing as recovered
more than forty per cent. of the num-
Der received, whereas Morris Plains
Hospital now reports that it releases
but sixteen per cent. of the total num-
Der received. Mr.. Lewis also stated
that DIR. Cotton reports a recovery rate
for manaic Oppressive of 1855 per cent.
Of the total number received at the
institution, of 972 per cent. for al
coholic cases and 71.s per cent of de-
mentia praecox cases, as against 49.2
Der cent, 1913 per cent. and IL per
rent. for all civil state hospitals in
New York for the same classification
bf cases In 1917.
The remarks of Commissioner Lewis
arose in connection with survey of
conditions to be made in the near fu-
| ture by the National Committee for
Mental Hygiene of the state and coun-
ty hospitals for the insane, together
with the conditions at the epileptic vii
| lage, feeble minded homes and like in