The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-05

ton by the voters Of the state, ana
the funds would not be available very
soon.
The State Board Of conirfI ~ In
stitutions and Agencies has made rhtl'
or definite plans for tile expenditure
Of its money and for its future opera
ton II will strongly recommend The
removal Of the state prison from
Trenton to the site OF the Hhhwhy
ReformatOry. II will further ASK thai
the reformatory be removed 10 Annnn'
dale on the site Of the state Farm
there, and that new farm OF about
100 acres be purchased for occupancy
by the quiet, able-bodied insane. The
original plan called for the use Of iii"
Annandale farm for insane patients.
The board has agreed upon the fol
lowing work as being absolutely es.
seniial:
State Hospital at Trenton, S25000O
for a mess hall and living quarters;
$40 900 to complete the new hospital
building, and $4,000 for extraordinary
reconstruction and repair Of old build.
ings.
Predetermined colony at New Lis
bon. $4,000 for two dormitories. S2l,-
600 for an infrmaty, SEQ 1000 for the
construction Of new road from New
Lisbon TO the colony, and SG,3J0 for 90
acres additional farm land.
Home for Predetermined at Vine
land, 100000 for a building 10 house
idiots of the lowest grade and a suf-
fcient amount for sewage, lighting
and heating.
Glen Gardner Sanatorium, $4,000
for an employees building, $1,000 for
an engineers house. 81, 900 for play
pavilion for tubercuiar children and
So, 600 for a building to store alfalfa.
State Home for Girls. $4,000 for n
reception and quarantine building.
$4,000 for an addition TO the infiem-
airy and $4,000 for promotion cot
taEe.
State Home for Boys. $4,000 for a
reception cottage, 10000 for a segre-
CATION cottage and $4,000 for a su-
perintendent' home and staff build
Ing combined
The appropriations for maintenance
recommended by the board are as roi-
lows:
Clinton Refornatory. sG3.117, an in
crease of sT.455.
New Lisbon Colony, 4,0Ts, an in
crease Of 1913.
ylneland Soldiers Home, s17235j
an increase Of S10.555
Kearney Soldiers Home, s197.915.
an increase u S24.565.
Skillman village, S392. s12. an in
crease Of ST0.-12.
Boys Home, 1925, 1876. an increase
Of S117.956.
Girls Home, s156995, an increase
Of $40. 595
Glen Gardner. s227,1so, an increase
Of 81 30
The total maintenance for these
eight institutions aggregate s1267.9T7
Students shun German.
Statistics gathered ty Assistant
State Commissioner Of Education Mer-
edith in his report of high school edu-
cation in New Jersey for the school
year ending June 80 indicate that the
study Of German in the high schools
Of the state is not likely to become as
general for many years as it was at
the time of the entrance of the Unit
ed States into the war Its place has
been taken to a very large extent by
Spanish and French. the report shows
DR. Meredith gathered statistics
showing by grades and sexes the num-
her OF pupils in the high schools study.
ing German. In 1918 and 1919. be
cause Of the action of the State Board
Of Education and acting independent
~, many boards of education ordered
the Discrimination of the study of
the language. Other boards did not
take this action, and because of this
fact there were 1.207 high school stu
dents studying German in the last
school year as compared with 1888
in the preceding year.
DR. Meredith's report shows that
there were 5T1,434 students enrolled
in the high schools of the state on
June 80, an increase OF 9.609 from the
preceding year. For this number there
were 2.077 teachers, of whom 69S were
men and 1879 women. There was
decrease of 16 male teachers and an
increase of 81 women
The aggregate salaries of the teach
ers. exclusive of principals, was ST.
2S4,9i9 % for the men and $780,
699.64 for the women, representing an
increase of So, $50 % for the men and
s165.1l3.50 for the women. The av-
erage salary for the men was 81 ,906 45
and for the women S1.123.91, an in
crease of s1S2.3S for the men and
S10491 for the women. The increases
in many districts were in the form of
bonuses and in some instances these
were later legalized as salary in
creaseS.
Even with these increases" says
DR.. Meredith, 1.-THE salaries of teach
ers remain on a low plane in COMPARE
son with the character of their work
and the compensation paid in indus
try and in other professions demand
ing comparable skill and personality"
The figure relating to the number
of high school graduates who purpose
entering colleges and technical schools
is among the striking features dealing
with the distribution of graduates.
When compared with the number who
intend 10 enter normal schools the de-
duction may be drawn that the teach