New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . 352 NEW JERSEY AS A COL proceeds of certain land set apart for education,wliile in 1676 Newark rejoiced in a well-qualifiedschoolmaster. In 1693 the East Jersey Legislature providedgeneral legislation upon this subject in a statutewhich stated, in its preamble, that the cultiva-tion of learning and good manners tends greatlyto the good and benefit of mankind. A townelection was permitted whereby three men wereto make a rate and establish a schoolmasterssalary. Under this and a subsequent law schoolswere established, accordi
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . 352 NEW JERSEY AS A COL proceeds of certain land set apart for education,wliile in 1676 Newark rejoiced in a well-qualifiedschoolmaster. In 1693 the East Jersey Legislature providedgeneral legislation upon this subject in a statutewhich stated, in its preamble, that the cultiva-tion of learning and good manners tends greatlyto the good and benefit of mankind. A townelection was permitted whereby three men wereto make a rate and establish a schoolmasterssalary. Under this and a subsequent law schoolswere established, according to collateral evidence,although the records of the institutions are lost. Instruction in the East Jersey schools waslargely of a religious nature. The Bible and thecatechism were used as text-books, and these werestudied with thoroughness. But little attentionwas paid to the higher branches of learning, ex-cept possibly mathematics and a superficial read-ing of the classics. In West Jersey the Society of Friends di-rected especial attention to the subject ofeduca
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