The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-02-07
PUBLIC SCHOOL PERIL
IS PEOPLES PROBLEM
Representative Men and Women
Line Up With New Jersey
Teachers to Avert Disaster to
Educational System.

There is now a strong state commit
tee of prominent men and women &C
lively aiding New Jerseys teachers in
their statewide effort to prevent the
growing teacher shortage from causing
disaster to the public schools.
In announcing the formation of the
committee DR.. ]. ]. Hopkins, chairman
of the Executive Committee of the
School and Teacher Campaign, pointed
out that the public school system of
the United States, "the nationwide
factor in the making of real Ameri-
cans" is not only threatened by the
present lack of a sufficient number of
properly trained teachers, but is also
menaced by the shortage of teachers
which will exist In the next two years.
This danger must be met and re-
kpnd the possibility Of re-
the future he said. ut
~ khtion of It to say that the
81 the teacher must be increased.
That might satisfy those In the serv-
ice and who have adopted it as a pro-
fession. A proper solution calls for
such action as will make certain a suf-
hcient supply of teachers in the future.
ITO obtain an increase of the pay
of teachers nov In the profession may
be a teachers problem, but to obtain
an adequate supply of teachers in the
future is a peoples problem, and must
be solved by them"
The members Of the new committee
are:
Isaac Alpern, President Perth Am
boy Trust Company, Perth Amboy !;
Jonas NJ. Barnet, Atlantic City Rev.
Robert B. Beattie, East Orange AL
fred Borden, Short Hills; DR.. George
Boston, Newton; Joseph NJ. Byrne,
Newark Palmer Campbell, Hoboken !;
James D. Carton, Esq, Asbury Park
William Childs, Bernardsyille; @. c..
Christensen, Perth Amboy Frank H.
Cole, Asbury Park General Denis NJ.
Collins, Elizabeth F. N. Crawley,
Montclair; John Cotton Dana, New
ark Hon. John Y. Dater, Trenton !;
Judge Thomas A. Davis, Orange; w.
II. S. Demarest, President Rutgers Col
lege, New Brunswick DIR. G.. K. Dick
inson, Jersey City Mrs. J. Dale Dill
worth, Salem Frank L. Driver, Harri-
son Mrs. Wells P. Eagleton. Newark
Governor Edward l. Edwards, Tren-
ton Felix Fuld, Newark Mrs. Lillian
Feikert, Plainfeld, n. j.; Judge Thorn
as Haight, .. S.. Circuit Court, Jersey
City Willard l. Hamilton, Second Vice
President and Secretary Prudential In
surance Company, Newark; George NJ.
Hartt, Passaic; Max Heller, Dover;
Or. John Grier Hibben, President
Princeton University. Princeton Ches-
ter r. Hoag, Newark; c.. H. Jagles,.
Summit Oscar w. Jeffrey, E%nglewood :;
Charles F. H. Johnson, President.
Board Of Trade, Passaic; Samuel.
Kalisch, Newark; DR.. Calvin N. Ken
dali, Commissioner of Education, Tren-
ton; James Kerney, Trenton; Major
Eugene T.. Kincaid, Jersey City :;
George NJ. LaMonte, Bound Brook
Mrs. Edward Laterman, Jersey City
Samuel P. Leeds, Secretary Chamber
of Commerce, Atlantic City Mrs. VIII
liam r. Little, Railway Adrian Lyon,
President Y. NJ. G. A., Perth Amboy /;
Robert McCarter, Esq, Newark: Hon,
Thomas F. McCran, Attorney General,
Paterson; Hon. william B. Mackay.
Hackensack I. T. Madsen, President.
Chamber of Commerce. Perth Amboy :
s.. Merchant Meeker, Elizabeth JUS
tice James F. Minturn, HObOken =:
James J. Murphy, Jersey City; Hon.
Arthur N. Pierson, Westield Leonard
Fl. Robbins, Newark; W. H. Rogers,
Paterson Lincoln e. Rowley, East Orr
ange; Thomas c. Sheehan, Jersey
City John w. Slocum, State Board of,
Public Utilities George T. Smith, Jer-
sey City; Andrew J. Steelman, Jersey
city w. J. B. Stokes, Trenton Mark
A.. Sullivan, Esq, Jersey City William