New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . of air space perpupil; that the light area must equal at leasttwenty per cent, of floor space; that there must bean approved system of ventilation; and that tlielight must be ad/nitted only from the left and rcnrof classrooms. In order that these provisions ofthe law shall be obeyed all plans for school housesmust be submitted to the State board of educationfor approval. Each district is also authorized toemploy a medical inspector, whose duty it shall beto look after the sanitary condition of the schoolproperty, to inspect
New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . of air space perpupil; that the light area must equal at leasttwenty per cent, of floor space; that there must bean approved system of ventilation; and that tlielight must be ad/nitted only from the left and rcnrof classrooms. In order that these provisions ofthe law shall be obeyed all plans for school housesmust be submitted to the State board of educationfor approval. Each district is also authorized toemploy a medical inspector, whose duty it shall beto look after the sanitary condition of the schoolproperty, to inspect the pupils, and to give instruc-tion to the teachers. The constitution provides that the State shallprovide free education for all children betweenthe ages of five and eighteen years, but the Legis-lature, recognizing the value of kindergarten andhigher education, has provided that children be-tween the ages of four and twenty years may beadmitted to the public schools. Funds for the support of public schools are de-rived from five sources, viz.: State school Abraham Ooloe, , , b. ScotchPlains. N. J., Dec. aS, 1S13 ; gracl. Jcfferuon MedicalCollege, Philadelphia, 1S36; practiced In Newark;became a dieitingulshed author and tranHlator, notaWjr of Diets Irae, The Microcosm, Old Oemsin New Bettings, The Evangel, etc. ; d. nearUoaiercy. Cal., May 8, 1691. 298 NEW JERSEY AS A COL State fund, State school tax, interest of surplusrevenue, and local tax. The appropriation fromthe State school fund amounts to two hundredthousand dollars per annum. Aside from the public school system the acade-mies and secondary schools of New Jersey havegiven the State prominence as an educational cen-ter in America. Considered by counties, a planfollowed in a recent monograph issued by theUnited States bureau of education, schools ofeminence in Bergen have been the Bergen Colum-bia Academy, 1790-1813; Lafayette Academy,1825-1853; and Washington Academy, 1769-1871. In Burlington C
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