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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2002
The State conducts six normal or training schools for teachers, situated
in Trenton, Montclair, Newark, Glassboro, Paterson, and Jersey City.
These are all four-year schools with authority to confer academic degrees,
and since 1913 all six have maintained summer schools.
New Jersey has two outstanding universities, Princeton and Rutgers. A
land-grant college since 1864, Rutgers was designated the State university
of New Jersey in 1917, and receives direct State aid and funds for free
scholarships. It ranks favorably with most State universities east of the
Mississippi and has made significant scientific and governmental contributions to State progress. Its College of Agriculture maintains experimental
stations throughout the State. Established in 1918 as part of the State university is the New Jersey College for Women, which has developed rapidly into one of the most progressive women's schools in the Nation.
Princeton, along with Yale and Harvard, is traditionally one of the
country's "Big Three." It has sent forth from its beautiful Gothic buildings many men prominent in public affairs. Princeton has recently begun
to emphasize the social sciences and has undergone a campus democratization, largely inspired by Woodrow Wilson. The university curriculum is
particularly strong in architecture, politics, mathematics, and the classics.
Also at Princeton, although not part of the university, is the Institute
for Advanced Study, a small center for experiment and research in science
and the humanities conducted by some of the world's leading scholars.
Albert Einstein is a member of this group.
Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken (opened in 1871) holds a
distinguished place among the technical and engineering schools of the
country. It was the first college in the United States to grant the degree of
mechanical engineer. It has become a tradition to give only that degree,
but the M.E. carries with it training in civil, electrical, and chemical engineering, as well as the economics of engineering.
Organized in 1935, the University of Newark provides higher educational opportunities for those in the lower income brackets in the crowded
northern New Jersey area. It represents a consolidation of New Jersey Law
School, Dana College, Mercer Beasley Law School, Newark Institute of
Arts and Sciences, and the Seth Boyden School of Business. In four years
it has achieved an acknowledged reputation as a leading liberal university.
The South Jersey Law School at Camden, Upsala College at East Orange,
and Newark College of Engineering are other well-known institutions.
New Jersey has many private schools of long-established reputation.
Among the outstanding religious schools are the College of St. Elizabeth
at Convent Station, Drew University at Madison, Seton Hall College at
South Orange, and Centenary Collegiate Institute at Hackettstown. More
than 70 schools in the State prepare students for colleges and universities.
Among the better known preparatory schools are the Hun School at
Princeton, Lawrenceville Academy at Lawrenceville, Bordentown Military
Institute at Bordentown, and the Peddie School at Hightstown.
A widespread parochial school system under the direction of the clergy
covers the two Roman Catholic dioceses in. the State. There were 263 of
these schools in 1935, with an enrollment of nearly 116,000 pupils.
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