Randall Spaulding, Ph. B.
 Supt.
Schools, Montclair, N. J.
Born February 3, 1845, in
Townsend, Mass.; graduate of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., 1866, and Yale
University, 1870; served as Principal of the public schools in Rockville,
Conn., 1870 - 1873. spent the year 1873-4 at the universities of
Gottingen and Heidelberg; served as Superintendent of schools in Montclair,
N.J. from 1874 to the present time. During this time the enrollment has
increased from about 300 to 3300.
Montclair has always been quick
to adopt new methods of evident value. Music, drawing and physical
training have been staple subjects in the curriculum. The Montclair
schools were the first in the country to introduce manual training as regular
class work. This work in its diversified forms, such as cooking,
sewing, advanced clay modeling, machine work, etc., is carried father in some
particulars in the elementary grades than is the case in most schools.
The high school, about sixty per cent of those graduates have in the past
thirty years sought a college education, has won an enviable reputation.
Author of "First Lessons in
Amateur Photography." Occasionally delivers addresses before
educational bodies. Has held the Presidency of the New Jersey State
Teachers' Association, New Jersey Council of Education, New York
Schoolmasters' Association, New York Schoolmasters' Club, Congregational Club
of New York.
Source:
"Brewer's Directory of School Superintendents and Normal
Principals", In cities with a population above two
thousand Revised to February, 1907 Published by the Orville
Brewer Publishing Co. The Auditorium, Chicago.
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