The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-23

.rouble in the country districts but
he poor pay of the teachers, he said.
Town Clerk w. B. Ross of Kearny
said thai school boards which advo-
Gated h repeal of the tenure act
we're suffering from lack of backbone.
They could easily get rid of incOmpe-
tent teachers if they wanted to, but
feared trouble. To return to the days
before the tenure of office act was
adopted in 1909, said Mr.. Ross, would
be to return to the old political con
trolled days.
There is too much politics in every
thing now, said Mr.. Ross, without re-
turning the schools to those old days,
when a teacher was engaged through
political influence and another eve
knew how long he or she was going to
hold the positions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mrs. Katherine
Whalen Brown spoke strongly against
the repeater, as did Mrs. Charles A.
Woodruff of Princeton. former Assem-
blywomen Mrs. Margaret Laird of
Newark and Mrs. Reeves Baton of
Bergen County.
Members of the Citizens Public
School Association of New Jersey
maintain that under the plan now fol-
lowed actual school needs are utterly
disregarded. AS an example, the 1921
1922 awards to Atlantic and Burling-
ton counties are cited. Atlantic, with
a total enrolment of 1924 students,
received S59S, 660.S1, while Burlington,
with 1924 children on the rolls, drew
S201 1898. While the difference in
the number of pupils was less than
5000, Atlantic drew $400, 900 more
state aid than Burlington.
Physicians Marriage Certificate Bill
The senate defeated Senator Food
er's bill requiring a physicians certi-
ficate before a person would be per-
mitted to marry. FODDER, explaining
the measure, said that it was designed
to prevent the spread of disease.
Senator Blackwelrs bill appropriate
ing 100000 for an interstate bridge
at Wa~shingtOn's Crossing Park was
passed by the senate. Pennsylvania
is to appropriate a like amoust and
TIE GuCIdl SON u IIItlttll Is " app u
PIRATE $500, 900.
The house passed Assemblyman
Pascoe's bill requiring cities to pave
to the curb line roads within their
limits improved by the state; Powells
bill, authorizing the erection of a Ma
tional Guard armory at Mt. Holly to
cost $50 900, when the appropriation
;, oh+osIo1. NX-;TIsa.,-' hill Y,n1yipn tho
initiatory move for establishment Of
a State Normal school at Paterson,
Negue's bill intended to prevent re-
moval or demOtion of policemen for
political reasons.
Woman's Prayer Opens Assembly
Another equal suffrage record was
established in the assembly when
Rev. Elizabeth Padgham offered the
customary opening prayer, 1t was
the first time a thus figured
in New Jersey. Rev. Miss Padgham
is minister of the Unitarian Church
of Our Father at Rutherford. She
was in black clerical robe and the in
novation caused considerable COM
ment of a favorable character.
Students of chiropractic, who COM
pleted their courses of study and
were entitled to license at the time
of the act of 1920, creating the board
Of chiropractic examiners was abol-
fshed in 1921, were further o Of
luck" when the house rejected bill
225 by Mr.. Harbourt, of Mercer. This
bill would have licensed about $50
persons, who were prevented from
obtaining permission to practice be-
cause of the adjustment Of the spe-
cial examining board.
Mr.. Harbourt, who voted in the
affirmative, changed his vote to the
negative and then moved for a re-
consideration of his bill. This will
be taken up at a further date.
Oppose Tunnel Bill
The State Board of Commerce and
Navigation adopted and forwarded to
Governor Silzer a resolution that he
address a communication to Gov
ernor Smith of New York pointing
out that the Steinberg bill pending
in the legislature of that state pro-
yiding for a freight and passenger
tunnel between Bay Ridge, Brooklyn,
and Staten Island, lis violative of
the port treaty" or compact provid-
ing for a railroad belt line linking
Long Island, Manhattan, New Jersey
and Staten Island.
Meaney ard Baker Confirmed
The senate confirmed the nomina-
lions of Thomas F. Meaney as judge
of the Juvenile Court and James
Baker as a member of the State
Board of Taxation.
EuIogies of Dead Engineer
Memorial services for B. F. Cres-
son. Jr., consulting engineer of the
State Board of Commerce and Navi-
CATION. who died on January "a, We're
held in the chambers at the State
Board of Commerce and Navigation,
who died on January "a, were held in
the chambers at the State House.
Senator C. E. Case, Assemblyman
Herbert ]. Pascoe and officers of the