Annual Report of the New Jersey State Board of Education, 1863 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Annual Report of the New Jersey State Board of Education, 1863 To the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: In obedience to the law, I submit respectfully my annual report, containing a statement of the condition of the public schools throughout the State. It will be perceived that notwithstanding the difficulties and trials which, as a people, we have been called to encounter, there has been no diminution of the interest felt in our common schools, but, on the other hand, an increased zeal for their welfare, and a deeper conviction of their vital importance to the maintenance and growth of our democratic institution. In evidence of this, I beg leave to call attention to the following facts: In the first place, the amount of money raised and appropriated for the support of public schools, as reported this year, is considerably greater than that reported during any previous year. There has not only been a great degree of willingness, on the part of the people, to pay the township school taxes, but a hearty desire to contribute whatever might be needed, additionally, in the various districts, to elevate the standard of education, and much more money, as I shall presently show, can be easily obtained for this purpose. While there is but a trifling difference between the number of schools reported this year and the number reported during the former year, it cannot be doubted that such an increase has taken place as the wants of the various districts demanded and their abilities permitted. The whole number of school houses erected during the year is twenty-one, at an average cost of about $1, 000 each. This number is not so great as that reported last year, but, in view of the deplorable condition of affairs, it is highly creditable to the good sense and patriotism of the people. The number of school houses yet needed in different parts of the State is eighty-six, and I am informed that several districts have already taken measures to provide what they respectively require. The tables annexed show the whole number of schools to be 1, 569. Of this number, 707 have been free during the entire year, and among these free schools are our best institutions for the instruction of the young. Many of them will compare favorably with the most desirable academies in the land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.