. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. le, m 1900, and from the University of Michigan, m 1909; and of Lit. Hamilton College, in 1911 and from Rutgers College, in 1912; andL. L. D. from New York University in 1913. Mr. Kendall taught in the public schools of New York State for twoyears and in 1885 and 1886 was principal of the Jackson High School,Jackson, Mich. He became Superintendent of Schools in Jackson m 1886 and continued there until1890; he w
. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. le, m 1900, and from the University of Michigan, m 1909; and of Lit. Hamilton College, in 1911 and from Rutgers College, in 1912; andL. L. D. from New York University in 1913. Mr. Kendall taught in the public schools of New York State for twoyears and in 1885 and 1886 was principal of the Jackson High School,Jackson, Mich. He became Superintendent of Schools in Jackson m 1886 and continued there until1890; he was Superinten-dent of Schools of NewHaven, Conn., from 1895 to1900. and Superintendentof Schools in Indianapolisand a member of the StateBoard of Education of In-diana, from 1900 to July,1911. Incidentally he haslectured at the summerschools in the Universitiesof Chicago. Indiana, Wis-consin, Iowa. Illiuois. Cali-fornia and at Columbia. He has been President ofthe Connecticut Council ofEducation, of the Connec-ticut State Teachers Asso-ciation, of the Southern In-diana Teachers Associationand of the Indiana StateTeachers Association; andCommissioner of Education appointed. when, in 1911, the United States 308 Keniey three mvestigators to report upon the Baltimore schools, Mr. Kendall wasnamed to serve upon the commission. Dr. Kendall was Superintendent of Schools m Indianapolis when Gov-ernor Wilson invited him, in 1911, to assume charge of the schools of NewJersey, under a law greatly enlargmg the fmictions of the State SchoolSuperintendent and re-creating the office with the title of State Commis-sioner of Education. Dr. Kendall had already declined an offer of theSuperintendency of Schools in Washington, D. C, Louisville, Rochester andm Springfield, Mass.; but the functions of the New Jersey Commissioner-ship attracted him and he accepted. The salary of the office, which hadbeen $6,000 a year, was inreased to .$10,000 a year with the purpose of in-viting the best educational
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