Barringer High School - Athenaeum Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Three hundred ond twenty yeors ogo. when Purirons become dissotisfied with life in the New Hoven Colony of Connecticut, they deeded to seek o new settlement. The colonists led by Robert Treot. negotioted with the Hock-ensock Indions for the purchose of o trocr of lond. described in the deed of sole, os: “Bounded ond limited with the boy eosrword, ond the greot river Possioc northword; the greot creek or river in the meodow. running the heod of the cove ond from thence beoring o west line For the south bounds, which soid creek is commonly colled Weequohlc; on the west line, bockwords in the country to the foot of the greot mountoin.

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 t iui iimiiiTf. J$ =r tfXfft'fyjrMjy aj’ iKin'jf. J y'',' ■ ■ , . jy' ,' jrjfmuaz jrjaxbut mmr3cctivaL, ' ■ s . . yt yi z t t Z ' f tt r yt t t tt t t t td yt t tf r t t .t ttt y ttstty yist t . colled Wotchung The price poid for this kind wos ‘50 double honds (os much os two honds held together, could hold) of gun powder. 100 bors of leod, 20 oxes. 20 coots. 10 guns. 20 pistols. 10 kettles. 10 swords. 4 blonkers. 4 borrels of beer. 10 poirs of breeches. 50 knives, 20 hoes. 850 forhoms of wompum 20 ankers' of liguor. or something equivalent. ond 3 troopers coots. ” Even-fuolly this rrocr of lond wos colled New-ork. Settled in Moy 1666, Nework wos named in honor of on English minister. ices could send their children to his home to be fought. In 1714 o schoolhouse wos established by the community. It wos located on the south side of Morket Street. Lorer o second schoolhouse wos built on Or-onge Street. In 1775. on ocodemy (Nework Academy) wos built, but it oc-cepted only the pupils whose porents could pay for their board ond lodging As the Town grew, so did its edu-cotionol facilities. Most of the schools were still private with paying scholars The education of poor children wos pro- The Quality of a Students Education Depended on the Families Financial Status who come here from Nework Englond. It wos incorporated os o city in 1836 When the founding fothers londed on the shore of the Possoic River, educotion wos omong the issues thot concerned them However, educotion progressed slowly. Among the founders of Nework. there were several who were unoble to write their own nomes to documents they were to sign. Their nomes were opplied by the mork X. The originol chorter provided for the onnuol election of o School Committee ond outhorized the Common Council to raise money, through raxes, for the educotion of the poor. However, the monies needed were not ollocored Immediotely. therefore. private schools were founded. John Corlin. who wos the town attorney, become the first schoolmaster. Only porents who could pay for his serv- vided for by money from the ‘poor fund.” In those doys. Nework consisted of 71 squore miles ond encompassed oil of the municipalities which constitute the County of Essex today By 1820. Newark hod four ”word” Of district schoolhouses In 1828. o special committee wos nomed to survey ond to moke recommendations for the establishment of o high school. If recommended the continuance of four primary schools, each with mole ond femole deportments; olso. thot of the African School. In the Africon Church.” ond the establishment of o high school for boys. The reports sold of the 720 mole students in the schools, obout 160 hove begun to write ond cypher, ond ore sufficiently advanced to send to o high school”. The committee s arguments for the establishment of this school included, the higher branches of on English ed- 5