The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-01-18


The bill suggested the naming OF q
director Of health, who must be a
medical man, to cooperate with the
State Board of Health for one year
at salary Of $4,000, a physical edu-
cation supervisor at $4,000 and
superintendent Of health education at
$4,000 a year
Commissioner Murray entered Wig.
orous protest against the measure
and inquired IL the bill did not mere
ly represent plan for the creation
Of another swiyel-chair job in the
State Department of Education. He
declared himself as favoring thor
ough reorganization Of all educa-
tional programs on a strictly funda-
mental basis, and in such way that
"fads and fancies" will be effective
Iy driven out The schools Of the
state, Mr.. Murray declared, are be-
ing subjected to criticism because
they are turning children out with
the most superficial kind of an edu-
cation and he insisted that the evil
be corrected at its source.
Bill Gets Silent Treatment
Mrs. Katzenbach defended the bill
as being designed to insure better
health for the children. She insisted
that it has been given thorough con-
sideration and that the work, inyolv-
ing the health and the hygeinic pro-
grains for school children could not
be adequately supervised by the di-
rector of physical education, as was
suggested by Oscar w. jeffrey, Of
Engiewood.
On roll call Mrs. Katzenbach's
bill was given silent treatment, no
one voting for it's approval and
Thomas w. Synott, of Wenonah, be-
| ing recorded in the negative.
Appointment of the Commissioner
| OF Education would be transferred
from the governor to the State Board
| by another bill 1t would not, how
ever, become effective until the ex-
piration of the term of the present
| incumbent The fve-year term and
salary of $4,000 would not be affect
| ed under the law, but the board
would not be restricted to state lines
| in the selection of the commissioner.
A school census every three years
| is provided under another bill, but
the local school districts would be
authorized to. determine how 1t
| should be taken. There would not,
however, be any funds appropriated
by the state for the purpose.
| Another measure provides for the
| appointment Of county attendance
officer on recommendation by the
CountyS superintendent. That rec
concentration must be approved by
the commissioner and the State
| Board and the salary fixed at $1,000
with a maximum of $500 expenses
annually.
The board confirmed the appoint
ment by Commissioner Enright of
4 Jason S. Hoffman, Pennington, and
H. C. Dixon, of Salem, as county
| superintendents of Hunterdon and
4 Salem, respectively. The reappoint-
| ment of A. l.. Johnson, Elizabeth, and
| Robert G. Sanford, Belvidere, as
superiAtendents of Union and Warren
counties, was referred to the advisory
| committee, as also was the appoint
ment of Mrs. May Griffin, attendance
officer of Monmouth County.
Plan Aviation Service
Under orders approved by Cover
nor Edwards and issued by Adjutant
General Gilkyson the New Jersey
Naval Militia is to be reorganized
and equipped with aeronautic serv-
ice. Flyers will be attached to each
of the proposed three battalions in
the brigade of the naval militia. The
naval militia in 1917 became part of
the federal service.
The reorganization plans call for a
modernlylequipped militia, with bri-
gade headquarters and three battal-
ions, brigade headquarters staff, bat
talon headquarters staff, deck divi-
| sions, engineer division and air serv-
ice
General Giikyson's order reads:
"An aeronautic division may be or
ganized as a part of battalion and
in addition to the divisions provided
for in this order, and the commission
ed and enlisted complement thereof
will be as may be authorized by the
! Auditor General at the time OF or
ganization, provided, however, that
no officer will be commissioned for
aviation duties who is not qualified
fiier."
Silzer's Active Blue Pencil
The inaugural message of Cover
nor-elect Silzer to the 1928 Legisla-
ture will be brief and will deal only
with outstanding problems. Mr.. Sill
ger believes that too often the i'm
portance of the message is lost in its
length and an effort to cover too
much territory.
The new executive will give first
place in his message, he has let it be-
come known, to the proposed change
| in the administration OF the state
highway system, which will provide
principally for a reduction in the size
of the commission and to the problem
of steadily mounting state and munic-
ipal tax rates. The message will