. Essex county, , illustrated . shortens materially the time necessary to com-plete the usual primary ami grammar school course of , then, from the fact that the training itself is of almostincalculable value, its general introduction would become an dir-ected to the uprooting of vicious habits acquired in theseyears of evil tuition in homes of ignorance, if not of vice, and inthe baneful companionship of the sidewalks and gutter. Remarkable as it may appear, however, the kindergarten isof hardly less value to the children of the rich than to thoseof the poor, the ignorant and t
. Essex county, , illustrated . shortens materially the time necessary to com-plete the usual primary ami grammar school course of , then, from the fact that the training itself is of almostincalculable value, its general introduction would become an dir-ected to the uprooting of vicious habits acquired in theseyears of evil tuition in homes of ignorance, if not of vice, and inthe baneful companionship of the sidewalks and gutter. Remarkable as it may appear, however, the kindergarten isof hardly less value to the children of the rich than to thoseof the poor, the ignorant and the vicious. It provides a littlecosmos wherein rich and poor meet on equal terms. It aims tocultivate besides the intellectual powers the nice preceptions ofright, justice and equality. .At an age when distinctions ofright and wrong, if not intellectually perceived, are neverthelessclearly felt and intlellibly impressed, the child life is given adirection and impetus that will save it oflen the danger of sub-sequent =%i>t^.2^U:s^^^t.:fi7,:T-^Ji^,^^^ -? CH.^RLTON SCHOOL. economy to the .State which is called upon to provide instruc-tion through the whole period of the school age. Its chief merit, however, is not to be ascribed to itseconomic value in the foregoing sense, but to its remarkableadaptation to the age and environments of the child to developthose incipient powers that begin to display themselves at theage of four to years. •• No more pitiable sight is to be witnessed than that of littlechildren of the kindergarten age, deprived of pleasant homesand careful nurture, spending the hours of the day upon thesidewalks and in the streets of our large cities. To these thekindergarten is a boom of inexpressible joy and of incalculablevalue. • Much of the early training of the elementary schools is It is my pleasant duty to report that the growth and exten-sion of the kindergarten idea in the State of New Jersey, thoughsomewhat slow, is no
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