Rowan College - Oak Yearbook (Glassboro, NJ)

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A TRIBUTE ( Jill I UK Mil) DR. SAVITZ ' S LIFE . . . N THE little town of Bushkill Park, Pennsylvania, Jerohn J. Savitz was horn. This farming center where his father and grandfather had owned flour mills, maintained a one-room school, open only during the five winter months. The remainder of the year Jerohn Savit: attended a school m the city of Nazareth. At thirteen he had completed his work there. He had not considered teaching as a possible profession until a cousin persuaded him to attend a summer school session at Kutz- town State Normal School. Upon completion of this course he secured his first position to teach seventy-three pupils, ranging in age from six to tweny-one, in a new one-room school. After teaching here for two years, he was, at the age of eighteen, appointed principal of the Churchill Academy, a private school, for hoys and girls. This position he held for three years, then entered Lafayette College. During his term of pnncipalship at the Academy, Jerohn Savits married Stella Kiefcr of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. His next position, which he held for seven years, was that of Supervising Principal of the Slatington Schools. Dr. Savitz refers to this experience as a very enjoyable one, but he wished to move

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was made apparent to us. His idealism, his belief in the ability of every man as one (it God ' s beings to grow nearer perfection, has always so dominated his personal conferences with us that we have left him inspired to do our best. The years spent in the school which Dr. SavitZ dreamed, planned, and built have been a truly transforming experience for us. They have helped us to gain the power to lay hold of the worthwhile in our environment and to use this good in shaping our lives. Therefore, as an expression of our homage to him, we enshrine Dr. Savitz within our hearts as one of the greatest educators in our state. HERE ' S TO DR. SAVITZ ' 1 ' m0 Heres to Doc-tor 5a-vVtz,CW Ma st t V to yaO. 1 fcfc 3 — K Hevesto Pot-tor Sdc- vitj-Obl heavts p hat XSi ,., I c 0 Z- ' We Coh mot oov uc- cess 0 1 b m i i Dt.al Rv . 1 love of yOu wi

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nearer to New York to study tor his degree. Such an opportunity was provided in 1896 when Boontoon secured him as Superintendent of Schools. He worked in that capacity until 1901. At New York University he received his B.S. in 1896, his Pd.M. in 1899, and Pd.D. in 1902. In 1897 he obtained an A.M. degree at Ursinus College. From 1901 to 1917 Dr. Savitx was Superintendent of Westfield Schools, except for the year 1914-1915 when he acted as Assistant Commissioner of Education in charge of Elementary Schools. Dur- ing 1V()7 to IV 14 he was, also, Superintendent of the Union County Schools. In I ' M 7 he became Principal of Trenton State Normal School. After six years of service, he was chosen to establish the Normal School at Glassboro. Thus, in the role of a pioneer, he started his work in the southern part oi New Jersey. Aside from his school work, Dr. Savitz has served as President of the New Jersey State Teachers ' Association in 1910, President of the New Jersey Council of Education in I ' M 7, and as a lecturer on School Supervision and Administration at New York University Summer School in 1919. He is a member of the New York School Masters ' Club, the Rotary Clubs of Pitman, Wenonah, and Glass- boro; a Scottish Rite Mason; an Elder and Trustee in the Wenonah Presbyterian Church; and the President of the Gloucester County Council of Religious Education. Education Lafayette Collece New York University