CIRCULAR TO  PRINCIPALS

The following circular issued by the City Superintend¬
ent, to Principals, November 23rd, 1909, marks the incep¬
tion of the movement to study more of Newark in our
schools and fittingly serves as an introduction to this
pamphlet:

The November Round Table was devoted to the ques¬
tion of how to give greater prominence in our schools to
Newark; to its history, growth, and government; to its
libraries, parks, playgrounds, and educational system;
to its advantages for commerce, manufactures, and resi¬
dence.

The opening of the New York tunnels, the projected
ship canal, the assured reclamation of the Newark
Meadows and their suitability for great business enter¬
prises needing transportation facilities by land and sea,
the sharp rise in real estate values throughout the city
and the suburbs, the erection of new high schools, and
the universal demand for industrial training—all point
unmistakably to the dawn of a new day for Newark.

These questions come within the scope of the new
definition of patriotism as a sentiment that begins at
home and regards the conservation of all home resources
of health, happiness, business, good government, and,
above all, of sound minds and sound bodies in our chil¬
dren, as a question touching the citizen far more closely
and laying on him a far more pressing duty than the
conservation of water rights in Montana or of coal fields
in Alaska.

It is for us to see that our city is not without honor
among its own children, and also to see that they have
this new patriotism and the larger vision fitting them to
grapple with and master the civic problems of the future
which is theirs.

In pursuance of the purpose of this meeting, I submit
the following recommendations and suggestions:

1. A copy of the circular, "The Good Citizen Says:"
arranged and printed by Mr. Dana, will be supplied for
each seventh and eighth grade class in your school.    It