. Essex county, , illustrated . schoololiicers of all grades, would appear to be a ques-tion of time only. The United States Com-missioner at Washington reported as follows ; The oldest American educational idea wasthat of Massachusetts, which looked to oneelementary school in every town containing fiftyhouse-holders, with a grammar school wherethere were fifty more house-holders. A some-what recent but more widely spread idea, wasto have ordinary schools in every township, ahigher school for each county and a collegeor university for every State. The township was the unit of the wholescho
. Essex county, , illustrated . schoololiicers of all grades, would appear to be a ques-tion of time only. The United States Com-missioner at Washington reported as follows ; The oldest American educational idea wasthat of Massachusetts, which looked to oneelementary school in every town containing fiftyhouse-holders, with a grammar school wherethere were fifty more house-holders. A some-what recent but more widely spread idea, wasto have ordinary schools in every township, ahigher school for each county and a collegeor university for every State. The township was the unit of the wholeschool system, and many thoughtful men arequestioning whether it ought not to be restoredto that position, instead of being broken inloincohesive fragments called school districts,as is common now. being invariablecharacteristics as results of the two systems,a nundier of the States are endeavoring toget rid of the district and substitute the town-ship system. The voice of the State superin- ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED. 117.
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